[p2p-research] Fwd: Call for Participation: iSummit 08

[Michel Bauwens]

*Commons research:* A track dedicated to the 'First International Research
Workshop on Free Culture'. This lab will gather academics and researchers
who are interested in furthering scholarship in the Commons and Free
Culture, providing a space for them to share the results of their work and
develop ideas for further collaboration.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research>


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From: Heather Ford <heather at icommons.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 8:01 PM
Subject: Call for Participation: iSummit 08
To: asia-commons at googlegroups.com


Would love to have as much participation from the Asia Commons group as
possible :) And we can look at setting aside a dedicated space for this if
there is enough interest? Please join up relevant lists below - there are
some great ideas for practical sprints already!
Best,
Heather.

Dear friends,

iCommons is happy to announce the Call for submissions for this year's
iSummit in Sapporo, Japan. Please read the instructions, FAQs and download
the programme structure by going to: *
http://www.icommons.org/isummit08/call-for-submissions/*<http://www.icommons.org/isummit08/call-for-submissions/>
.

I think its a great improvement on last year's wiki-based call - and James
Cairns and a bunch of volunteers from the January workshop have worked
really hard in making this year's process much smoother, more transparent
and efficient. Thank you to them and those who have started working on
communal programme initiatives such as the Commons Research participants and
others.

The call is open until the end of March to submit your ideas for
presentation slots but we're also encouraging people to join one or more of
the related iSummit 'Lab' (track) lists below to discuss community-wide
activities and outcomes.

*Open Education:* A track dedicated to knowledge-sharing among open
education practitioners and the development of new global initiatives to
spread open educational tools, policies and practice to countries around the
world.
To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic>

*Creative Commons Japan:* A Japanese-language track coordinated by the *
ccJapan* <http://www.creativecommons.jp/> team to debate and discuss the
commons in relation to Japan, and to plan how to spread ideas about Free
Culture and the Commons.

(Mailing list coming soon!)

*Open Business:* A track designed to both introduce newcomers to the basic
concepts of open business tools and practices such as the newly-launched *CC+
protocol* <http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Ccplus> as well as to collaborate
on new global initiatives that will further the goals of the open business
community.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitbusiness*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitbusiness>

*Commons research:* A track dedicated to the 'First International Research
Workshop on Free Culture'. This lab will gather academics and researchers
who are interested in furthering scholarship in the Commons and Free
Culture, providing a space for them to share the results of their work and
develop ideas for further collaboration.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research>

*Local context global commons:* A track that will showcase regional and
local approaches to the concept of Free Culture around the world - and will
highlight initiatives such as *Wikipedia* <http://wikipedia.org/> and *Global
Voices* <http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/> that are developing innovative
approaches to the localisation of global projects.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitglobalcommons*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitglobalcommons>
*DIY video: *A track that will showcase (through screenings), discuss and
analyse (through screening discussions) the intersection between the Commons
and do-it-yourself video production around the world.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: *
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitvideo*<http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitvideo>
Best,
Heather.


Heather Ford
iCommons Executive Director
http://icommons.org

The iCommons Summit: 29 July - 1 August 2008, Sapporo, Japan

Phone: +27 11 327 3155
PO Box 1453, Saxonwold, 2132, Johannesburg




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