The Center for European Studies, Sciences Po
Paris, Regards Citoyens and Madialab Sciences Po are organizing on the 6th &
7th July, 2012 the international conference: Open Legislative Data in Paris
A Conference of the Third Kind with Hacktivists and
Academics.
When?
6th &
7th July, 2012
Where? Sciences Po
in Paris
Who? The Law
Factory (Regards Citoyens + Sciences Po)
The
conference has two aims:
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<!--[endif]-->To discuss
the latest developments regarding parliamentary informatics, eg. parliamentary
open data, computer analysis of parliamentary activities, e-parliament…
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<!--[endif]-->To assemble
two groups that usually do not communicate: the academic world of legislative
studies and individuals and organizations from across the open data and
parliamentary informatics spectrum.
What is the program ?
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6th of July, we’ll have a plenary session with keynote speeches and the public
presentation of several on-going projects like the Law Track System by the Law
Factory Group.
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the 6th of July, there will be several parallel thematic sessions.
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7th of July, a hackspace in Paris will host an informal meeting devoted to
performances, exchanging practices and networking.
How do I get involved?
We welcome different kind of presentations
from individual or groups, from academics or hacktivists… or both!
There will be two ways that you can
participate:
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<!--[endif]-->Lightning presentations (5 minutes)
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<!--[endif]-->Talks (10-15 minutes)
You’ll find an on-line application form here:
http://www.lafabriquedelaloi.fr/submit-a-proposal/
Application must be sent before April 28th
2012!
We’ve also got a dedicated mailing list for
discussions around the conference which you can write to: TheLawFactory@ml.regardscitoyens.org. If you’d
like to join the discussion, sign up by sending an empty e-mail to TheLawFactory-subscribe@ml.regardscitoyens.org.
To ask for a grant, please find more in
Grant Call for Applications: http://www.lafabriquedelaloi.fr/conference/submit-a-proposal/
For further information, please find attached
the call for application.
Angela Tacea
Research Assistant
Centre d’études européennes de
Sciences Po
27 rue Saint-Guillaume 75337
Paris cedex 07 France
Tél. +33 (0)1 45 49 55 10 -
Fax +33 (0)1 45 49 83 60