08-08, 11:15–11:55 (Poland), Dilijan (3) (interpretation)
Language: English
Join the Open Knowledge Network for a dynamic discussion on strengthening the digital commons. As a diverse and vibrant community of experts from different areas of the open movement, we will explore avenues for collective action to address fragmentation and enhance our collective impact. Let’s find out how we can build bridges across all different organisations active in the open movement to drive positive social change together.
The Open Knowledge Network brings together experts and activists of the digital commons from more than 40 countries worldwide. We use advocacy, technology and training to unlock information, to create and share knowledge, in order to achieve positive social change. The Network is very interdisciplinary, and brings together individuals that are active in a number of open initiatives, including Wikimedia, Open Street Map, Creative Commons, etc. A Network delegation is attending Wikimania 2024.
Together with representatives from Open Knowledge Nepal, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Gambia, and Open Knowledge Foundation we will discuss:
• What are the current trends in the open movement?
• What are the areas that need our collective attention?
• How can we build bridges among all the different organisations in the Digital Commons?
• How can we be stronger together?
• Which topics can we cooperate on?
The session will be moderated by the Open Knowledge Foundation's CEO Renata Ávila.
This will be a participative roundtable, the audience will be invited to contribute to the discussion and bring their topics, ideas and experience to the table.
The aim of this session is to give us all some concrete leads on how we can build more robust collaborations between our (often overlapping) communities, in order to tackle the fragmentation of our movement, and be stronger together.
Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/z075DihKGPQ?si=v68a8as1WaRjs2-2&t=5919
By actively trying to understand how we can increase the collaboration between all organisations active in the digital commons, this session directly aligns with the event theme.
What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?* –Everyone can participate in this session
How do you plan to deliver this session?* –Onsite in Katowice
What other themes or topics does your session fit into? Please choose from the list of tags below. –Collaboration
Sara leads the Open Knowledge Network, which brings together experts of the open movement globally. The Network's main focus is the intersection of tech and democracy, and Sara’s role is to facilitate synergy and collaboration among the members, encouraging the sharing of best practices, and strengthening strategic alignment on topics of interest. Under her direction, the Network has grown larger and stronger. At Open Knowledge Foundation Sara also supports open source and open data communities, and is passionate about all issues linked to community care and health, like governance. Before joining Open Knowledge Foundation, she was part of a project advocating for public libraries to be on the EU agenda (notably for the review of the Copyright Directive), and was part of the team that grew Khan Academy in French.
Susanna is on Open Culture advocate based in Helsinki. She leads the AvoinGLAM working group and works as interim ED of Open Knowledge Finland. She has initiated the development of Wikimaps Warper to georeference old maps, Wikidocumentaries for exploring the cultural commons, Wiki Loves Living Heritage to spark collaborations for documenting living heritage around the world and organized events such as Hack4OpenGLAM and AI Sauna for the contributors of the cultural commons to come together.
Haydée is currently Executive Director of Open Knowledge Brasil and strongly believes that information is power and that sharing information leads us to build more democratic, ethical, transparent, innovative and creative societies and cities. She has been working professionally for more than 10 years in this place where technology and politics meet, where data leads to more assertive decisions.
She is also co-founder and partner of ASK-AR (a data analysis consultancy). She has worked as a consultant for the IDB, the World Bank, as an engineer for the São Paulo Metro and as co-founder of groups/movements that debate gender and/or free software. She holds a Master's degree in Science, is a specialist in Participatory Democracy, Republics and Social Movements and has a degree in Civil Engineering/Architecture (USP).
I am an organization development specialist and strategy consultant with global expertise in community-driven movements. I am an employee at the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany. As a volunteer, I am the current chair of the board at Wikimedia Austria. I'm user:Sonkiki.
Nikesh Balami is a civic entrepreneur, open data advocate, and tech researcher. He is the co-founder and CEO of Open Knowledge Nepal, a non-profit civic tech organization working to create a fair, sustainable, and open future by advancing open knowledge as a design principle beyond data. With extensive experience in business development, project management, and capacity building, Nikesh has been instrumental in promoting data-driven decision-making across various sectors.
Renata Avila is an international human rights and technology lawyer and openness advocate. She is helping individuals and organisations access and use data to take action on the most pressing social problems, as well as preserving and enhancing human rights through open standards, policy and advocacy. In her previous practice, focused on strategic litigation for access to information and access to justice, she represented high-profile human rights advocates, including Nobel Peace Prize Rigoberta Menchu Tum. A former fellow and affiliate of the Stanford Institute of Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence, she is currently associated with the Center for Internet and Society at CNRS, France. She participates on the boards of several organisations, including Open Future, the Center for the Advancement of Infrastructural Imagination and the Just Net Coalition. She co-founded the <A+> Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms and the Progressive International. She has co-authored two books, contributed chapters to several others, and regularly writes for different publications in English and Spanish.