Global Summit 2011/Unconference

Potential unconference session topics

There's a lot of time to run informal, unconference sessions and workshops during the CC Global Summit. We have several extra rooms available. Below is a non-comprehensive list of session ideas which are not a part of the formal Summit program. We encourage interested persons to sketch out ideas for the topics below, or add different ones if you're so inclined. Also, please suggest a preferred time slot for your session, which are listed at the bottom of the page. Note that your session doesn't have to fill the entire time available.

Brainstorming session on open government data principles

• we'd like to hold a drafting session on international open government data (legal) principles immediately after the "CC and the Broader Open Government and PSI Community" session
• preferred time is 16:00 SATURDAY
• there's been quite a bit of work by various groups over the last few years in developing principles for open government, but we'd like to have a community discussion of some of the legal-specific considerations that governments around the world should take into account when thinking about releasing data
• the goal is to develop a set of principles that addresses the legal and other licensing issues to make sure that governments who mean to release their data openly actually have the tools, knowledge and guidance to do that

CC and EULA compatibility

[please provide a rough session description, preferred time slot, and and why people should come]

Beginners guide to CC

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CC technology: licensing tools and other tech projects update

• Organizer(s): Nathan Kinkade, Chris Webber
• Timeslot: no preference
• Description: Topic(s) can be flexible depending on what interest people the most, but general direction will be about the various tools that CC offers and the underlying technology, as well as things we are currently doing and things we have planned in the area of technology.

Free software tools for creating free culture

• Organizer(s): Christopher Allan Webber
• Timeslot: no preference
• Description: Learn about and discuss various free and open source software tools for creating free culture, particularly on the graphics end (Blender, GIMP, Inkscape, MyPaint, etc)

translation tools Q&A

• Organizer(s): Nathan Kinkade
• Timeslot: no preference
• Description: Learn about the tools that CC currently uses to facilitate localization of various parts of the CC site. This session can also be a forum for suggesting new tools, processes or methods to make translating as easy as possible.

How to create short videos like CC NZ

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ACTA discussion

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CC and piracy discussion

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Government transparency and CC's role in addressing corruption

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Communia presentation and discussion

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Global community communication strategies: best practices from Wikimedia, Global Voices, others

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Integrating CC licenses and tools in gov policy/open gov toolkit

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Open access and students

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Arab World arts events

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LRMI project

• Organizer(s): Greg Grossmeier
• Timeslot: no preference
• Description: Learn about CC's exciting education metadata project, the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative

Open Times

• Friday 14:00-15:00 (2 time slots)
• Friday 15:00-16:00 (2 time slots)

• Saturday 9:00-10:30 (2 time slots)
• Saturday 11:00-11:50 (4 time slots)
• Saturday 12:00-12:50 (2 time slots)
• Saturday 13:00-13:50 (1 time slot)
• Saturday 13:00-14:20 (1 time slot)
• Saturday 14:00-15:20 (1 time slot)
• Saturday 14:30-15:50 (1 time slot)
• Saturday 15:30-15:50 (1 time slot)
• Saturday 16:00-16:50 (2 time slots)

• Sunday 9:00-10:40 (3 time slots)
• Sunday 11:00-12:30 (2 time slots)