The Tech We Want Summit: Review the recordings of what was a great community moment in 2024

The event brought together our beloved community of technologists, practitioners and creators for two days to show that a different technology stack is possible.

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Panel: The Tech We Want is Built and Maintained with Care

Digital technologies need people to care for them and keep them alive. In a time of obsession for innovation and disruption, in this panel we will shine a light on the invisible but essential work of maintenance.

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Open Knowledge Achieves US Charitable Organisations Equivalency Status

We’re thrilled to announce that the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) has achieved NGOsource Equivalency Determination (ED) certification, formally establishing our recognition as equivalent to a US public charity. This status represents a major milestone for OKFN and opens new avenues for partnerships and support from US-based donors and foundations.

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Mapping Openness in Europe: A Regional Meeting with Open Knowledge Foundation

The Europe regional call aimed to understand whether it would be helpful to map the connections between existing OFKN network and chapter members.

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Panel: The Tech We Want is Political

Since the Snowden revelations, citizen efforts have been focused in patching a broken system of surveillance, extractivism of people and the planet and rights erosion. This conversation will discuss the current state of the things and the viability of uniting technical and political efforts to move in a different direction.

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The Tech We DON’T Want: Bring your scary tech story to our Halloween

Next Thursday, October 31st, 11:00 CEST, come celebrate Halloween – or Buggyween – at this open meeting with the Open Knowledge Foundation team.

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Open Data Commons in the age of AI and Big Data

AI is bringing forth new types of capture, appropriation and enclosure of data that limits the realisation of its collective societal value.

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Mapping Civil Society Organisations on Open Data in Francophone Africa: A Regional Meeting with Open Knowledge Foundation

This virtual meeting brought together various stakeholders in the field of open data in French-speaking Africa, with the main aim of mapping the civil society organisations active in this field.

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Open Data Editor: Our Open Source Dependency Just Disappeared

The sudden disappearance of this core dependency only reinforces the idea that we should aim to build simpler, less dependent technologies.

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The Tech We Want Summit: Full Programme Announcement

The Tech We Want Summit is just around the corner. Today we are announcing the full programme for day one, Thursday 17 October, featuring 28 speakers from all around the world across 5 panels and 2 keynotes.

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The Open Data Editor is now ready for the pilot phase

This week saw the release of version 1.1.0 of the Open Data Editor (ODE), the new Open Knowledge Foundation’s app that makes it easier for people with little to no technical skills to work with data. The app is now ready to enter a crucial phase of user testing.

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