Official printed programme for participants of the world's largest open knowledge event, OKFestival 2012 [okfestival.org] in Helsinki, Finland. Info pack built by graphic designers Inka Kosonen and Juan Hernández.

2. 3 // open knowledge festival // welcome
WELCOME TO THE OPEN KNOWLEDGE
WORLD’S LARGEST FESTIVAL 2012:
OPEN KNOWLEDGE OPEN KNOWLEDGE
COMMUNITY! IN ACTION
We are delighted to have you as a participant at the The 2012 theme of OKFestival erence the summary for each
is Open Knowledge in Action, Topic Stream to find out more
world’s first Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki, Finland looking at the value that can about how they have been or-
– a series of hands-on workshops, talks, hackathons, be generated by opening up ganised, who is involved and
knowledge, the ecosystems of the programming that has
meetings and sprints organised by a wide range of open organisations that can benefit been planned. We encourage
knowledge communities around the globe. from this, and the impacts that
transparency can have in our
OKFestival participants to try
out sessions from all 13 Topic
societies. This year’s schedule Streams to experience the full
is diverse, with over 13 guest- diversity of the festival week
planned Topic Streams from and to help build new forms
“Transparency and Account- of collaboration that promote
ability” to “Open Knowledge openness in new ways!
and Sustainability”. Please ref-

3. 4 // open knowledge festival // spaces 5 // open knowledge festival // spaces
INSPIRE HACK MAKE MEET
in-ˈspī(-ə)r: to influence and move. ˈhak to access, to manage, to build. ˈmāk to inspire, to create. ˈmēt to come together, to encounter.
inspire, to draw forth or bring out, to infuse.
Spaces
to make something new.
Spaces
to construct. to bring into being.
Spaces
to occur.
Spaces
hack, Morning plenaries – Keynotes –
Lightning talks – Info Desk – OKFest
Library – OKFest Shop – Lunch and
Hackathon Spaces 1, 2, 3 and 4 –
Workshops – Partner stands – HACK
Cinema 1 and 2.
FabLab – Presentations – Workshops.
The MAKE rooms are special...
Presentations – Panel discussions –
Fishbowls – Lightning talks.
make Evening meals.
The INSPIRE Foyer is your gathering
The HACK Workshop spaces are made
for building...
as the Open Cultural Heritage
hackathon takes place in MAKE on
Tuesday 18 Sept. The rest of the week
The MEET rooms are for discussion...
and throughout the venue offer most
of our full-day conference sessions,
+ place...
a large public space to arrive and have
a coffee in the morning before sessions
and have been specifically designed
for the festival’s many hackathons and
hands-on group workshops. OKFestival
is dedicated to those participating
in the Open Design, Hardware,
Manufacturing and Making Topic
as well as many other smaller
discussions, informal gatherings and
meetings between participants.
meet (speaker reception between 9–10 am)
and to hang out with old friends and
new contacts throughout the day. You
partners stands are also located in
this area, as well as two film-ready
cinemas: HACK Cinema 1 and 2.
Stream, which features a series of
interactive workshops, lectures and
seminars highlighting making in all its
are also welcome to check out the forms, all focused around the rooms of
OKFest Library and OKFest Shop – and Finland’s first FabLab at Aalto Media
be sure to stop and support those Factory, the Aalto FabLab.
speaking in our interactive programme
of lightning talks and other foyer
events.
The venue spaces across Aalto University for OK­
The INSPIRE Auditorium is for festival
Festival 2012 have been divided to 4 different catego-
features...
ries, each with different contextual and social func- where you can watch morning
tions. From hackathons in HACK to hardware sessions plenaries each day and get inspired by
in MAKE, from keynotes in INSPIRE to workshops in our keynote speakers, who will also be
MEET, these spaces have been built to promote new live-streamed outside in the INSPIRE
connections and linkages across spectrums. We hope Foyer. During the day, the INSPIRE
Meeting Room features a diverse range
you will get the chance to try each space out during
of presentations from many different
the week to explore different types of participation. Topic Streams – watch this space!

4. 6 // open knowledge festival // topics 7 // open knowledge festival // topics
Open Democracy generation of problem solvers, such contemplates on the new roles and
and Citizen Movements Open Cities
as developers, in the public service tools openness calls for the cities,
The Open Democracy and Citizen Open Cities will explore cities both as production can now be seen as evident companies, developers and dwellers.
Movements stream explores the systems and as active communities elements in the process of shifting What role do digital networks and
recent moves towards more open of citizens. Topic stream takes a to open cities. Collaboration between technologies play?
and participatory democracies within look at the existing structures and open cities: willingness to share Open Cities program will consist of
societies. Online tools now allow people practices that construct the cities of what we know and the readiness to keynote presentations and discussions
to speak, be heard, find each other and today. How should future smart city implement innovations envisioned involving researchers, city officers and
take collective action in new ways. This infrastructures be designed and built elsewhere, are steps towards open active citizens. Stream brings together
stream will showcase and debate these to support openness in its various cities of tomorrow. Concurrently urban inspiring examples from organizations
ideas, starting with an exploration forms? surveillance and data collecting set such as World Bank and European
of new democratic initiatives and More effective usage of public new opportunities and challenges Network of Living Labs as well as cities
formalised understandings such as the sector data and engagement of new on the way. Open Cities stream of Helsinki and Barcelona.
crowdsourced Icelandic constitutional
reform, participatory budgeting and
European citizens’ initiatives. The Open Design, Hardware,
13
Manufacturing and Making Open Cultural Heritage
theme carries on to to the informal,
non-mandated citizen movements This stream covers Open Design in The Open Cultural Heritage stream at OKFestival has the goal of taking the
that are shaping our societies from the all its various facets (from design as discussion about making cultural data available for anyone to re-use to the next
topics
bottom up. a blueprint to design as process to level. During OKFestival, experts from around the world will come together to
design as an artefact) and applications share experiences, lessons learned and find out what next steps need to be taken
(product design, graphic design, to achieve our common goals, or even set new ones. These experiences will also
of the
Transparency and fashion design, service design, interior be shared with the representatives from cultural heritage institutions during a
Accountability
design, architecture, hardware, etc). hands on workshop. We will help them actively with opening up their data by
Transparency is important – but it’s Topics such as Open Hardware, Open addressing the different barriers and also give them the opportunity to share
festival
only valuable in the context that Fabrication and Manufacturing, and their experiences with the people working in the sector. Finally, there will be a full
people can find and use information Making in general are also covered. The cultural hackday dedicated to working with, and building, new things using open
to ensure that the behaviour of those stream will showcase contemporary cultural and scientific data in cooperation with a number of cultural heritage
in power, or those watching power, research and practice in this emerging institutions to show the potential of Open Cultural Data for developers.
changes for the better of the public. field and address some of the greatest
This stream will look at issues of challenges in the area.
transparency around data, emerging Programming will include Open Development
ways to build on open data, and keynotes, presentations, panels
the related issues and uncertainties and discussion, practical hands- Open Knowledge – from open educational resources to open hardware and open
around privacy, sustainability and on activities and topic-focused data – can play a powerful role in supporting sustainable global development.
For OKFestival 2012, we took a risk and opened up
corporate data. There will also be workshops, and an exhibition about The Open Development stream is about exploring how the OKFest community
the entire programme to festival participants, asking a day focused on the state-of-play open design and hardware. can engage with key development challenges, from addressing chronic poverty,
what topics were most important to your own under- of existing Open Government Data to providing access to education and healthcare and addressing climate change
standings of openness – and the results have been movements and related initiatives, and natural resource management.
astounding. Over 100 Guest Programme Planners col- as well as the Open Government It is also about bringing voices from development actors into the heart of the
laborated from across the globe to build the schedule Partnership (OGP), with an emphasis Open Knowledge debate, supporting two-way learning about making open data
on the perspectives of civil society and open knowledge work for development.
for 13 different Topic Streams. We are proud to high-
members. Through our sessions,
light such a diverse, community-focused programme
we aim to help the OGP achieve its
– the first of its kind in the world. Here is a summary stated goals for the community while
of each Topic Stream, written by Guest Programme overcoming what may prevent those
Planners themselves. goals from being realised.

5. 8 // open knowledge festival // topics 9 // open knowledge festival // topics
Topic Streams
1. Open Democracy and Citizen Movements 8. Open Geodata
2.Transparency and Accountability 9. Open Source Software
3. Open Cities 10. Data Journalism
and Data Visualization
4. Open Design, Hardware,
Manufacturing and Making 11. Gender and Diversity in Openness
5. Open Cultural Heritage 12. Business and Open Data
6. Open Development 13. Open Knowledge and Sustainability
7. Open Research and Education
Data Journalism and Gender and Business Open Knowledge
Open Research and Education Open Geodata Data Visualization Diversity in Openness and Open Data and Sustainability
Openness is very much in action in The Open Geodata stream aims to The Data Journalism and Data This topic stream features a set This topic stream is focused on how Sustainability is the main challenge
the generation of (and dispersal of) facilitate new collaborations and Visualization stream combines two of hands-on sessions focused on to support existing business practices of our time. Society needs to adapt
knowledge. The Open Research and connections between the already closely-related disciplines for hands- promoting discussion and inspiring within the field of Open Data. It and change to avoid environmental
Education stream will offer talks, strong geo-information community on practical sessions, discussions, action, showcasing both challenges includes a day of ‘Open Data in collapse and to guarantee the
debates and hands-on workshops (GIS) and the Open Data movement. demonstrations and debates. The and solutions regarding the role of Business Research’ sessions as well as well-being of the current and future
geared particularly towards educational Much of the programme will therefore stream will kick off on Monday with gender, diversity and accessibility a business practitioner session which generations. We believe that open
specialists, researchers and scientists. be organized in collaboration with two satellite events, “Visualizing within open data and Open Source highlights the good cases of using and knowledge can be key in helping this
Open Education sessions will explore other streams. Knowledge” and “Hacks/Hackers movements. Programming includes providing open data in business. The transformation.
the value of open technologies, open Helsinki”. During the festival itself, “Gender, Hardware and Open research sessions are co-ordinated with Therefore openness and building
resources, and collaborative peer join us to learn how to make data Fabrication” (with the Open Design/ Aalto University School of Economics up our knowledge commons should
learning through a series of interactive Open Source Software pretty, with tools demos and a session Hardware/Making topic stream), an and the business practicioner session be an integral part of sustainability
and innovative workshops, including This stream covers various topics on using APIs for journalists. Join introductory RailsGirls workshop for is run by Sitra the Finnish Innovation thinking. In this stream we want
pecha kucha and fishbowl techniques. related to Open Source Software, the debates on how to bring data those new to code, a “10 Women Fund and IBM Finland. The topic to explore current contributions of
Open Science topics include Open including open procurement, best journalism to the newsroom and in 10 Minutes” edit-a-thon with the stream brings business minds and Open Knowledge with sustainability,
Source Drug Discovery, Open Access in open source practices and fresh make open data mainstream, and Wikimedia Foundation, “Exclusive academic minds together to discuss with the purpose of discussing and
Practice and Communicating Science, showcases where open source has on how to use it to track powerful Diversity? A Conversation” with how to build sustainable business building innovative ideas to showcase
alongside opportunities for discussion made a difference. We will hear about influence groups in the media. Our TechSoup Global and NetSquared, using open data. this potential.
with the European Commission and the the importance of software freedom week ends with a hackday co-organized and lightning talks under the theme
Open Knowledge Foundation’s Panton and discuss the threats to openness with Helsingin Sanomat, pioneers of of “TAKE ACTION: Projects Around the
Fellows. The Open Data research and general purpose computing that combining Open Data and journalism World that Address the Tech Gender
session will focus on the impact of Open we are currently facing. We also have in Finland. Whether you are a hack, Gap”. Participants of all gender and
Data research within the academic a session dedicated to the potential a hacker or an interested bystander, cultural identifications are welcome!
environment. This session will bring future of mobile technologies – what we’ll make you into a data journalist –
together the latest research concerning role can Open Source Software join us!
Open Data and Open Government play in these new developments?
Data, forming a interdisciplinary mix Programming is organised by COSS
of short presentations followed by a (the Finnish Centre for Open Systems
discussion panel. and Solutions).

6. 10 // open knowledge festival // schedule 11 // open knowledge festival // schedule
the
schedule
We recommend engaging with a variety of sessions, coding
jams, lightning talks, workshops, keynotes and meetings
from several Topic Streams and spaces in order to experience
the true diversity of OKFestival 2012 – and don’t forget to
join the Morning Plenaries at 10:00am from Tues–Fri in the
INSPIRE auditorium to get energised for the day!
s a t ur d a y 1 5 . 9 . + s u n d a y 1 6 . 9 .
10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00
Satellite events
aalto media factory The Art of Data Cuisine The Open Data Cooking Workshop.
meet
& aromi kitchen Sat 15 Sept: Workshop 10-19
Sun 16 Sept Workshop 10-17, Public presentation and Tasting 17-18. (at Aromi Kitchen)
monday 17.9.
09:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00
13:00–17:30 // Open Cities/Open Transport
sitra ePSI Sectoral Meeting
09:00–17:00 // Data Journalism and Data Visualization
aalto university Visualising Knowledge Conference (Satellite event)
school of business
meet
17:00–20:00 // Satellite events
M-cult Open Publishing and Visual Free Culture
18:00–20:00 // Data Journalism
painobaari and Data Visualization
Hacks/Hackers (Satellite Event)

7. 12 // open knowledge festival // tuesday
10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00
10:00–11:15 // Opening 11:30–13:00 // Transparency and 14:00–15:30 // Transparency and
16:00–17:30 // Transparency and 18:00–19:30 // Transparency and
plenary/Martin Tisne & Farida Accountability/State-of-play: Accountability/Reflections on Open
AUDITORIUM Accountability/Hacking the Open Accountability/What Next?
Vis + Introduction to Tuesday’s The Open Government Data Government Data Standards/
Government Partnership Process Future Open Government Bar
Programme Movements and Related Initiatives Principles/Measures
hav e
10:00–11:15 //
11:30–13:00 // Open Cities/ 14:00–15:30 // Open Cities/ 18:00–19:30 // OKfest main
Opening plenary 16:00–17:30 // OKFest partner
lu n
INSPIRE FOYER Open Transport/Open Transport Open Transport/Open Transport partner presentations
inspire
Live Video from presentations/Lightning Talks
Data – Inspiring Talks Data – Tech and Policy Talks Lightning Talks
B R E A K
B R E A K
B R E A K
Morning coffee and speaker the Auditorium
reception 9:00–10:00
fo y
18:00–19:30 // Open Cities/
ch
11:30–13:00 // Transparency 14:00–15:30 // Transparency and 16:00–17:30 // Open Cities/
Open Transport/Existing Transport
meeting room and Accountability Accountability/Mapping Internet Open Transport/Open Transport
i n
Apps: Let’s Make Them Go Global by
er
Finnish Open Data Censorship with Open Source Software Data Plenary Discussion
Adding Open Data
11:30–13:00 // Open Cities
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0 // B R E A K
Helsinki City Appstore + Open Data
WORKSHOP 1 Layers to Helsinki City’s Case
Management Solution (AHJO)
workshop 2
14:00–17:30 // open geodata
WORKSHOP 3 Open Geodata Workshop
tuesday 18.9.
HACK
workshop 4
11:30–13:00 // open source 16:00–17:30 // business and 18:00–19:30 // Transparency
14:00–15:30 // business and
CINEMA 1 software/Open Procurement – open data/The Business Value of and Accountability
open data/Open Data in Business
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0 // B R E A K
by the Rules or Bend the Rules Transparency Personal Data (panel discussion)
11:30–13:00 // lightning talks 14:30–15:30 // lightning talks 16:00–17:30 // lightning talks 18:00–19:30 // lightning talks
CINEMA 2
Programme TBA Programme TBA Programme TBA Programme TBA
11:30–19:30 // Open Cultural
auditorium Heritage/Open Culture and
Science Hackday
FABLAB
MAKE
11:30–19:30 // Open Cultural
MEETING ROOM 1 Heritage/Open Culture and
Science Hackday
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0
11:30–19:30 // Open Cultural
MEETING ROOM 2 Heritage/Open Culture and
Science Hackday
18:00–19:30 // Data Journalism
11:30–13:00 // Data Journalism 14:00–15:30 // Data Journalism 16:00–17:30 // Data Journalism
and Data Visualization/
8th FLOOR and Visualization and Data Visualization and Data Visualization
Discovering Data and
Datajournalism in the Newsroom Power and the Powerless in the Media Practical Tools for Visualization
Putting it into Action
16:30–17:30 // Open Knowledge
11:30–13:00 // Open Knowledge 11:30–13:00 // Open Knowledge
AALTO PRO ROOM
and Sustainability/Green Maps:
and Sustainability and Sustainability
Informing & Engaging Through Icons;
Open Knowledge and Energy Data Presentations
Future, Openness and Sustainability
meet
comic center
sitra
Please check the web site for possible changes in the schedule and last minute announcements: okfestival.org/programme-updates

8. 14 // open knowledge festival // wednesday
10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00 19:00
10:00–11:15 // morning 11:30–13:00 // Open Development 14:00–15:30 // Open Cities 16:00–17:30 // Open Cities
18:00–19:30 // Open Research
plenary/Philip Thigo and Open Development is a Freedom Keynotes I: Cities Leading the Way – Keynotes II: Citizens Opening Up Cities
AUDITORIUM and Education/Open Source Drug
Carlos Rossel + Introduction Song: Power, People and Towards Open Cities Through Strategy, – Rise of Civic Technologies Defining
Discovery
to Wednesday’s Programme Social Change Implementation and Collaboration Open Cities of Tomorrow
hav e
10:00–11:15 // 11:30–13:00 // Transparency
morning plenary and Accountability/Parliamentary 14:00–15:30 // Open Geodata 16:00–17:30 // Gender and 18:00–19:30 // open cities
lu n
INSPIRE FOYER
inspire
Live Video from Monitoring Organizations: Open Geodata Lightning Talks Diversity/Lightning Talks Code4Europe launch
B R E A K
B R E A K
B R E A K
Morning coffee and speaker the Auditorium Developing a Global Action Plan
reception 9:00–10:00
fo y
ch
11:30–13:00 // open democracy 14:00–15:30 // Transparency 16:00–17:30 // Transparency and
18:00–19:30 // Gender/Diversity
meeting room Open Democracy – and Accountability Accountability
i n
in Openness/Meeting on Diversity
er
EU Citizen Initiative (workshop) Privacy Session The Money and the Many
11:30–19:30 // Transparency
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0 // B R E A K
and Accountability
WORKSHOP 1 CKAN, Data Management and Open
Data Portals
m e e t
at
11:30–19:30 // Open Cities/
workshop 2 Open Transport Data
Hackathon/Workshop
th e
hack
wednesday 19.9.
11:30–19:30 // Open Knowledge
s p
WORKSHOP 3 and Sustainability
Green Hackathon (Day 1/2)
ac e
okf e
HACK
11:30–19:30 // Open Research
1 5 : 3 0 – 1 6 : 0 0
and Education
st
workshop 4
School of Data and School of Open
p a r t n e rs
11:30–17:30 // open source 14:00–15:30 // open source 16:00–17:30 // open source
CINEMA 1 software/Open IT – software/Open IT – Where it Has software/Open IT –
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0 // B R E A K
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0 // B R E A K
Best Practices to Make it Happen Happened? Future of Mobile
11:30–13:00 // Open Knowledge
14:30–15:30 // Open Development
CINEMA 2 and Sustainability
Lightning Talks
Green Hackathon Start Session
14:00–15:30 // Open Design, 18:30–19:30 // Open
11:30–13:00 // Open Design, 16:00–17:30 // Open Design,
Hardware and Manufacturing Design, Hardware
auditorium Hardware and Manufacturing Hardware and Manufacturing
Open Design, IP and Creative and Manufacturing
Open Economy – Future Factory OHANDA + Fablab Documentation
Commons Licences Summary of the Day
11:30–18:00 // Open Design,
FABLAB Hardware and Manufacturing
Open Design for Laser Cutting
MAKE
11:30–15:30 // Open Design, Hard-
16:00–17:30 // Open Design,
ware and Manufacturing/The
MEETING ROOM 1 Hardware and Manufacturing
Maker Movement and Sustainability:
Design Capitalia Workshop
a Live “Collaborative Delphi”
1 7 . 3 0 – 1 8 . 0 0
1 5 . 3 0 – 1 6 . 0 0
1 3 . 0 0 – 1 4 . 0 0
11:30–18:00 // Open Design,
MEETING ROOM 2 Hardware and Manufacturing
Fab Lab Workshop: Open Mobile
11:30–13:00 // Transparency 16:00–17:30 // Open Development 18:00–19:30 // Open Development
14:00–15:30 // Open Development
and Accountability Africa Live! Live Broadcast between Taking it Local: 10 Ways to Make
8th FLOOR Open Development and Aid Flows:
Corporate Transparency, Helsinki and Africa’s Innovation and ‘Open’ Relevant in Low Resource or
How to Use Aid Data
Corruption and Open Data Technology Hubs Marginalized Contexts
11:30–13:30 // Open Research 16:00–17:30 // Open Research
14:00–15:30 // Open Research
AALTO PRO ROOM
and Education and Education
and Education/Open Access in
The Quantified Self + Immediate Access to Raw Data from
Practice – How?
Communicating Science Experiments + Panton Fellowships
meet
comic center
sitra 09:00–18:00 // Open Cultural Heritage
Building the Cultural Commons Expert Meeting
Please check the web site for possible changes in the schedule and last minute announcements: okfestival.org/programme-updates