As we blogged a few weeks back we’re putting on a workshop on ‘Finding and Re-using Public Information’, co-organised with the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI), the Power of Information (POI) Taskforce and mySociety. Its coming up this Saturday!

Details are as follows:

• When: Saturday 1st November 2008, 1030-1600
• Where: London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QS. (See map.)
• Wiki: http://okfn.org/wiki/PublicInformation
• Participation: Attendance is free. If you would like to come along please add your name to the participants list, or email us (info at the okfn domain).

So far participants include:

• Jonathan Gray, The Open Knowledge Foundation
• Rufus Pollock, The Open Knowledge Foundation
• Richard Allan, The Power Of Information Task Force
• Richard Stirling, Cabinet Office
• John Sheridan, the Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI)
• Dave Briggs, DavePress
• Dominic Campbell, FutureGov and Barnet Council
• Harry Metcalfe, The Dextrous Web TellThemWhatYouThink
• Anna Maybank, Social Innovation Camp
• Chris Taggart, Count Culture
• Sarah Gentleman Research Information Network
• Robert Brook
• Noel Hatch, Kent County Council – Innovation
• Ruth Tye
• Christian Nold
• Chris Corbin, ePSIplus
• Paul Appleby, TSO
• William Perrin, Cabinet Office
• Rhian Jones, RICU Digital Media, Research, Information and Communications Unit
• Ian Ibbotson, Knowledge Integration Ltd t (DCSF ISPP Project, Peoples network Discover, etc)
• Adrian Norman, Psiphon

From the wiki page:

The UK Government produces and distributes a vast amount of documents and datasets – from national statistics to environmental information, from socio-economic data to legal material. Recent technologies allow this information to be explored, built upon and made accessible in new ways – whether through visual representation, semantic interlinking, or through social media applications.

This informal, hands-on workshop will bring government information experts together with those who are interested in finding and re-using government information. In addition to focused discussions about legal and technological aspects of re-use, government information assets will be documented and tagged on CKAN, a registry of knowledge resources.

We are looking forward to it!