Hi Jay, I&#39;d be happy to volunteer for this, unless someone else has already said they would do it. My &#39;speciality&#39; is wikis and education - specifically Wikiversity - as well as research (open, collaborative research is the theme of my submission to this year&#39;s Wikimania). I&#39;ve spoken on these issues at all three previous Wikimanias, and OpenLearn, ALT-C, and Wikimedia Nederland conferences in 2007. Even if someone else is doing this, you can add me to your list for future events.<div>
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Cormac</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Jay Walsh &lt;<a href="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org">jwalsh@wikimedia.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi all,<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve received the following invitation for a speaker in the UK, and I thought it<br>
most efficient to share this with the UK list to gauge interest.<br>
<br>
I&#39;m also in the process of developing a volunteer speaking list for each of the<br>
major territories, so I can send requests to people directly.<br>
<br>
If you&#39;re interested in being added to that list (or if there already is one you<br>
might know of...) feel free to send me your contact information directly. &nbsp;Please<br>
also provide some information about areas of interest, your background on WP or<br>
the other WM projects, and what experience you have when it comes to speaking or<br>
lecturing.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance,<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Jay Walsh<br>
Head of Communications<br>
WikimediaFoundation.org<br>
+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609<br>
<br>
<br>
-------- Original Message --------<br>
Subject: Re: Talk Invitation: Sheffield UK<br>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:33:52 +0000<br>
From: Susheel Varma &lt;<a href="mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk">susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk</a>&gt;<br>
Reply-To: <a href="mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk">susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk</a><br>
To: <a href="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org">jwalsh@wikimedia.org</a><br>
CC: Wales PA &lt;<a href="mailto:wikispeaker@gmail.com">wikispeaker@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
References: &lt;<a href="mailto:7488e7730803181442t798c409fm304bad207de05f5c@mail.gmail.com">7488e7730803181442t798c409fm304bad207de05f5c@mail.gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
&lt;<a href="mailto:282a01800803191053i5bbc3a58i63a8851979905329@mail.gmail.com">282a01800803191053i5bbc3a58i63a8851979905329@mail.gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
Dear Jay Walsh,<br>
<br>
The Kroto Research Podium Seminars is a long running seminar series<br>
organised weekly by The Kroto Research Institute(KRI) at Sheffield,<br>
UK. The series is mainly aimed at young researchers and participants<br>
to gain access to and interact with distinguished speakers on a wide<br>
range of research topics. The seminars are usually held every Friday<br>
between 10am-12pm and is designed to be informal and free and open to<br>
all members of the University across disciplines.<br>
<br>
We have heard that you are a wonderful speaker and deeply passionate<br>
about the work that you do at <a href="http://Wikimedia.org" target="_blank">Wikimedia.org</a> We are particularly<br>
interested in the work your organisation does in the field of Openness<br>
and IP, and we imagine there to be a wide range collaborative<br>
interests between us. We would additionally like to extend the<br>
invitation to any other suitable spokesperson from your organisation<br>
to Sheffield. We would be deeply indebted to you if you could spare<br>
some of your time to give us a talk at the North Campus Conference<br>
Centre here in Sheffield about your thoughts, opinions and comments on<br>
Open Research. We would be able to cover all reasonable travels<br>
expenses within the UK and lunch afterwards. We have listed a number<br>
of possible dates/time for your visit to Sheffield below:<br>
<br>
20th June 2008 (11am-12pm)<br>
11th,18th July 2008 (11am-12pm)<br>
8th August 2008 (11am-12pm)<br>
<br>
Our research websites (<a href="http://www.shef.ac.uk/dcs/research/" target="_blank">http://www.shef.ac.uk/dcs/research/</a> and<br>
<a href="http://www.shef.ac.uk/northcampus/" target="_blank">http://www.shef.ac.uk/northcampus/</a>) will provide an overview of some<br>
the work carried out by our research staff, and may hint at some of<br>
the collaborative ideas that may be possible. Should you have any<br>
questions or need additional information regarding our request, please<br>
feel free to reply to any of my contact addresses below.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your<br>
reply to our request.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Susheel<br>
<br>
--<br>
Susheel Varma<br>
Computational Systems Biology &nbsp; &nbsp; | Tel &nbsp;: +44 (0) 114 22 25931<br>
Department of Computer Science &nbsp; &nbsp;| Fax &nbsp;: +44 (0) 114 22 21810<br>
The Kroto Research Institute &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;| Web &nbsp;: <a href="http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~susheel" target="_blank">www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~susheel</a><br>
University of Sheffield &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; | Email: <a href="mailto:susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk">susheel.varma@sheffield.ac.uk</a><br>
Broad Lane, Sheffield, S3 7HQ, UK | Email: <a href="mailto:susheel@dcs.shef.ac.uk">susheel@dcs.shef.ac.uk</a><br>
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