[plug] Pia Waugh in Perth

[Bret Treasure]

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Thanks all for suggestions. I suspect she's hanging around for drinks after
the conf on Fri. but won't know til next week. Not sure what other plans
she has - she arrives late Thursday.

We'll be nominating a few 'target' bars for Friday night; can pass that
info on to the list.

bret

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Sen ectus <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know if she's having a friendly drinks/meal session?
> Pia's good people/company. :-)
>
>
> On 2 March 2013 08:17, Luke John <luke.john at osmahi.com> wrote:
>
>> They wont get anything in local papers,  but if you can think of a
>> sensational spin they might be able to get in the west.
>>
>> Maybe an epetition spin?
>>
>> - sent from a mobile device
>> On 02/03/2013 6:57 AM, "Kevin Shackleton" <krshackleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 040 990 8133
>>>> Tweet @brettreasure
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pia Waugh is making a rare trip to Perth. Do you reckon you could give
>>>> us a hand promoting it?
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> *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.*
>>>> *
>>>> *
>>>> Her bio's on the web with all the other gurus: http://eotw.com.au/
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> bret treasure
>>>> 040 990 8133
>>>>
>>>>
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