"First and foremost, we are looking for African Open Data problems to study and explore that together with a larger international community can be addressed and solved as part of the Open Government Partnership. Participants will include African Open Government Partnership members with existing Open Data programs, the US State Department, USAID, USDA, The World Bank, IBM, and many Open Data community groups. The event will take place at the IBM Institute for Open Government in Washington, DC and will be broadcast to US Embassies and IBM locations in Africa." ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Steven Adler <adler1@us.ibm.com> Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:39 PM Subject: [betaNYC] Africa Open Data Jam To: betanyc-list@meetup.com On August 5th, The US State Department, US Office of Science and Technology, USAID, USDA, and IBM are hosting a one-day Africa Open Data Jam as part of the US-African Leaders Summit. We expect a wide range of policy and data professionals from across Africa and the United States to participate. The goal is to share African experiences in Open Data publishing, real use cases that demonstrate growth and empowerment, develop skills and capabilities, and build a global community of Open Data developers and professionals who can help Africa become an Open Data leader. This Jam is designed to be interactive, informative, and fun. It will involve diverse skills and experiences, and showcase real live examples of how Open Data works, African Challenges and opportunities, and example applications. There will be a mixture of keynote presentation, panel discussions, lightning talks, solution demonstrations, and problem-solving workshops. Participants should come out of the meeting with tangible experiences of what works, how it works, and how it can be deployed at home – with new relationships across Africa and the United States. Our goal is to create new global relationships that bring passionate Open Data communities together to share common challenges and build new solutions. It doesn't matter where you live, where you were born, or where you work. We are looking for Citizens of the World to work together to help African countries embrace Open Government and Open Data. If you are interested in lending your skills and talents to a new international effort *that will make a difference* please join this meetup group and RSVP by August 1st. http://www.meetup.com/Africa-Open-Data/events/195684502/ Best Regards, Steve Motto: "Do First, Think, Do it Again" -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -