[plug] Pia Waugh in Perth

[Kevin Shackleton]

Hi Bret,
Maybe pre-election there might be some publicity with independent
candidates on the open government theme? Might fall in a hole after next
weekend though.
Cheers,
Kevin.
On Mar 1, 2013 8:56 PM, "Bret Treasure" <treasure at freebeer.com.au> wrote:

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> Pia Waugh is making a rare trip to Perth. Do you reckon you could give us
> a hand promoting it?
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> She's a former President of Linux Australia and President of Software
> Freedom International and is speaking at the Edge of the Web breakfast on
> March 15. The theme is open data and open government. Here's the spiel:
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> *Pia will discuss the role of government in a digital society, and how
> "Government as an API" leads to new opportunities for improving policy,
> citizen-centric service delivery, public debate on complex issues, industry
> innovation, accountability and a more democratic society. She will reflect
> on her recent open data and data visualisation trips to Finland and New
> Zealand, and her recent conversations with Tim Berners-Lee.*
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> Her bio's on the web with all the other gurus: http://eotw.com.au/
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> Cost for the breakfast is $30 and you book in the very same place<http://www.eventbrite.com.au/event/4520039560>you buy tickets to the Edge of the Web conference.
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> To be frank, I have no clue how to promote things into the Government
> sector - we (AWIA) put an ad into PS News - it cost a fortune and delivered
> not many bookings.
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> bret treasure
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