[ILUG] [UKUUG-Announce] Call for Participation - OpenTech 2008

[Brian Foster]

 there are certainly people on this e-mailing
  list who could make interestring/fun/useless
   contributions ....  please note you have
    approximately one month before the deadline
     of Monday 31st March to submit a proposal!

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OpenTech is an informal, low-cost one-day grassroots
event that we put on every couple of years for people in
the UK to get together and talk about digital technology,
its impacts on society and - newly added this year - the
environment.  In previous years we heard from the founder
of the Internet Archive and the man behind BitTorrent,
saw the launch of TheyWorkForYou.com, and triggered
the creation of the Open Rights Group.  We also had a
presentation from a chap who'd made a semi-reliable clock
out of an old PC and a prawn sandwich, so it's not all
serious stuff.

We're accepting proposals for talks between today and the
31st March, The full details are below, and there's more
information on our website:

  http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/


 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - OpenTech 2008

     Saturday 5 July 2008, London, UK
         Presented by UKUUG in association with
         mySociety + Open Rights Group
         http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/

     *What is OpenTech 2008?*
         A low-cost, one-day grassroots conference with a wide
         range of sessions covering digital technology, society
         and the environment

     *What do we need?*
         Proposals from people who want to give a
         presentation, run a panel, organise a workshop,
         or run a demo of something new and interesting

         Publicity - please blog this announcement, write
         a newspaper article, forward to mailing lists,
         and tell your friends!

     *What topics do we hope to cover?*
         - Mashups, open data and security
         - Future of media distribution
         - Low-carbon and low-impact living
         - New adventures in hardware hacking
         - Politics 2.0
         - Long term thinking on big problems and massive opportunities

         - If you've got an interesting proposal that doesn't fit
           into any of the categories above, please send it in anyway!

     *How do I submit a proposal?"
         Please use the form on

             http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/

         The deadline for submissions is midnight on
         Sunday 30 March 2008.

     *Can I buy or reserve a ticket to the event?*
         Register at  http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/list
         and we'll email you nearer the time with more information

     *Any other questions?*
         If you have any other questions, or want to make us
         an offer we can't refuse, please visit

             http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/

         for more information and contact details of the event
         organisers


     OpenTech 2008 organisers (Ben Lamb, Etienne Pollard, Sam Smith)
     http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/
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