http://blog.okfn.org/2013/05/07/okcon-2013-call-for-proposals-out-now/ OKCon is the annual conference for Open Knowledge (Foundation), 17th-18th September 2013, Geneva, Switzerland. It was called "OKFest" last year. It's a well-attended and well-organized conference for anyone interested in open knowledge, sharing, open hacking, etc. Opportunities for Wikimedia lighting talks, workshops, etc.: - Wikipedia Zero (see Open Development & Sustainability track) - Analytics and open data (see Technology, Tools & Business) (UserMetrics API? privacy? Limn?) - SOPA/PIPA and related activities (see Evidence & Stories) - Hack events: use their hackspace. Teach folks to make bots, gadgets, apps, and Lua templates. Get user testing from other open culture advocates and learn what tools they need. This conference is eligible for subsidy of travel costs -- see Participation Support https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Participation:Support to put in your request. Thanks to Sarah Stierch for the heads-up. -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation