Hi everyone,
We'd like to invite you to the Data Sharing Workshop on April 18th and
19th and the Data Sharing Summit on May 15th.
Both events are part of an ongoing collaboration with
DataPortability.org, which we hope to evolve into a larger-scale Data
Portability conference in the near future.
Our primary goal is to provide a gathering space for everyone to work
together to build consensus around and get adoption of emerging data
portability standards. We know the timing is tight, but we also know
there is a lot of momentum, and we want to move it forward with these
two highly-interactive events.
*The Data Sharing Workshop* (April 18 and 19)
As a first step, the Workshop will provide a gathering space for
different groups to have in-depth discussions about emerging data
sharing standards and initiatives, and continue ongoing work by
establishing Action Items to be carried out at subsequent events.
The Workshop will be held at the SFSU downtown campus in cooperation
with the SFSU Institute for the Next Generation Internet [http://
www.cel.sfsu.edu/institute/index.html].
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*The Data Sharing Summit* (May 15)
The Summit will take place a month later, providing enough time to
further develop the ideas discussed at the Workshop while still being
able to track progress. With the larger venue, participants from the
Workshop will be able to share their ideas with a broader audience.
The Summit will be at the Computer History Museum [http://
www.computerhistory.org/] in Mountain View, Ca, immediately following
the Internet Identity Workshop [
http://iiw.idcommons.net/index.php/
Main_Page], allowing those in the user-centric identity community to
participate in the Summit.
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*Sign up*
You can register for both of these events at [http://
eventbrite.datasharingsummit.com eventbrite.datasharingsummit.com].
Additional information is available on the [http://
datasharingsummit.com Data Sharing Summit Wiki].
*About (un)conferences*
As with the previous summit, which was facilitated by Kaliya Hamlin,
aka "Identity Woman" [
http://www.identitywoman.net/], the upcoming
event will follow the open space (un)conference [http://
unconference.net] format. The agenda is created on the first day of
the event, allowing everyone to participate in the discussion.
Since 2005, Kaliya has been facilitating the Internet Identity
Workshop and has received [
http://www.identityblog.com/?p=438
considerable praise] for helping achieve real results, including the
incredible progress of OpenID and other user-centric identity
projects. Based on the success of IIW, we have decided to use a
similar model for the Data Sharing events.
*Get Involved*
We need help with promoting these events and ask that you blog about
both events. We are also looking for volunteers and sponsors to help
support this community, so that we can create real value for everyone
involved.
To make the event accessible to a broader range of participants,
attendance fees are relatively low. All three days are $200.00 for
regular attendees and $140.00 for independents and start-ups. These
fees
will cover approximately half the cost. Sponsorship support is needed
to cover the remaining half.
If you have any questions about any of these events, or would like to
get involved as a volunteer or sponsor, please contact Laurie Rae at
laur...@datasharingsummit.com.
Warm Regards,
Chris Saad, DataPortability.org
Kaliya Hamlin, Identity Woman
Laurie Rae, Data Sharing Events.