EDF2012 Speaker News: Dr. Rufus Pollock confirmed as keynote speaker

The programme for the European Data Forum 2012 (EDF2012) - that takes place at the Copenhagen Business School from 6 - 7 of June 2012 - is set up by the EDF2012 organising team at the moment. We are very happy to announce the confirmation for a keynote talk by Dr. Rufus Pollock at the EDF2012 conference! The keynote will take place on the second conference day, 7th of June 2012, 01.30pm CET in the main conference track (see also EDF2012 conference program).
 
Dr. Rufus Pollock is co-Founder and Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation, a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, and an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge.
The Open Knowledge Foundation has rapidly established itself as a leading organization working on open data and open access to knowledge both nationally and internationally. Today it has more than a two dozen active projects and working groups organizing activities around the world. The Foundation has worked extensively on almost every area of open knowledge and performed almost every kind of activity: developing standards and licenses (e.g. OpenDefinition.org, Open Data Commons), organizing workshops and conferences (e.g. the annual Open Knowledge Conference now in its 5th year), supplying tools and infrastructure (e.g. CKAN data management software, used by data.gov.uk and many others), and building services and websites (e.g. Where Does My Money Go?, Open Shakespeare).
In parallel with his activities at the OKF, he has also worked as an academic in economist: in 2008 he obtained a PhD in Economics from the University of Cambridge and from 2007 to 2010 he was the Mead Fellow in Economics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He remains an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge.
 
For more information take a look at the EDF2012 keynote page.
 
EDF2012
The European Data Forum 2012 (EDF2012) is a meeting place for industry, research, policymakers and community initiatives to discuss the challenges of Big Data and the emerging Data Economy and to develop suitable action plans for addressing these challenges.
 
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If you are interested to speak at the EDF2012 please read the Call for Participation and submit your presentation proposal soon: http://www.data-forum.eu/registration
 
The registration to and participation in the European Data Forum 2012 is free of charge: http://www.data-forum.eu/registration 
AND there is an opportunity (limited number) for financial travel support - please see respective guidelines here.
 
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The EDF2012 conference team is looking forward to meeting you in Copenhagen in June!