The last couple of weeks have been very busy (re: NYC Community Fiber) but I’ve managed to set a few hours aside to attend Day 1 of Participation Camp 2009, an unconference being at NYU’s ITP. True to its participatory namesake, the two main organizers, Matt Cooperrider and Suresh Fernando, have done a great job putting together a hybrid online/offline format.
Two video streams provided by Livestream.com (formerly known as Mogulus) enable remote participants to follow roughly have of the sessions and a combination of Skype and DimDim have been used to pipe-in remote presenters. Having watched the streams for some amount of time, the audio and video quality has been consistently good - cudos to the technical crew!
Unfortunately though, NYC Councilmember Gale Brewer’s session on opening government data, Introduction No. 991-2009, wasn’t streamed live. It was one of the largest sessions of the day, filling ITP’s largest conference room to capacity and beyond - people were standing in the hall! True to barcamp-style, Gale gave an overview of the proposed legislation then turned the session over to group discussion in a Q&A-style format.
Several notable individuals participated in the discussion, including but certainly not limited to, Andrew Hoppin (CIO, NYS Senate), Noel Hidalgo (Director of Technology, NYS Senate, ), Steven Clift (Founder, e-democracy.org), Silona Bonewald (Founder, Legal of Technical Voters), and Craig Newmark (Founder, Craigslist.org).
More to follow as Day 2 of Participation Camp 2009 unfolds, followed by Personal Democracy Forum 2009 on Monday and Tuesday.
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1 Participation Camp, NYC: Open Government, Open Organizations, Open Collaboration, Open Data, and Apps For Democracy | UgoTrade // Jul 10, 2009 at 10:02 am
[...] individuals” participated in the discussion on Open Data which as Lou Klepner noted, in his post, included but was certainly not limited to, Andrew Hoppin (CIO, NYS Senate), Noel Hidalgo (Director [...]
2 Kylie BattName // Apr 11, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Я уверен, что это уже обсуждалось, воспользуйтесь поиском по форуму….
True to its participatory namesake, the two main organizers, Matt Cooperrider and Suresh Fernando, have done a great job […….
3 Kylie Batt // Apr 20, 2010 at 3:54 pm
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True to its participatory namesake, the two main organizers, Matt Cooperrider and Suresh Fernando, have done a great job […….
4 Kylie Batt // May 12, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Буду знать, благодарю за информацию….
True to its participatory namesake, the two main organizers, Matt Cooperrider and Suresh Fernando, have done a great job […….
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