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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:large"><strong>Upcoming Events</strong></span><br>
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Open Access Week, now in its 5th year, is taking place next week, October 24-30. "<a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3737&qid=398680" target="_blank">Open Access</a> to information---the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need---has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. It has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole." </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Check out Open Access Week and other events from around the world and add your own to our <a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3778&qid=398680" target="_blank">Events</a> wiki. Below, we highlight a few of these events.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:medium"><strong>October</strong></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>18-21</em></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><strong>Educause Annual Conference 2011</strong></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Whether your focus is on administration, teaching and learning, information technology infrastructure, information systems, cybersecurity, policy, library systems or information technology leadership, the Educause Annual Conference will give you practical takeaways, help you develop beneficial relationships, and advance your professional knowledge and skills<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">.</span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 18-21, 2011<br>
Where: Philadelphia, PA, U.S.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3768&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>21-24</em></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Open Government Data Camp 2011</strong></span></span></span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Around the world governments and public bodies have been opening up official datasets for the public to reuse. There has been an explosion of new applications, competitions, hackdays and other initiatives from local authorities, central government departments, international bodies and others. Following on from the first international Open Government Data Camp in fall 2010, this event will bring together movers and shakers from the world of open government data — including government representatives, policymakers, lawyers, technologists, academics, advocates, citizens, journalists and reusers.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 21-24, 2011<br>
Where: Warsaw, Poland</span></span><br>
<span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3779&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>25-28</em></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><strong>Open Access Week Perú</strong></span></span><br>
CC Perú has been invited to give a talk regarding CC, open access and copyright at Open Access Week Perú. Open Access Week Perú is a series of activities that address different aspects and approaches to open access internationally and aims to highlight the various initiatives that promote free access to academic and scientific information in Perú and elsewhere.</span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 25-28, 2011<br>
Where: Lima, Perú</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3770&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>25-27</em></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Open Ed 2011</span></span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">The Open Education 2011 conference brings together a broad diversity of people to discuss the state of the art in open education and facilitate creative conversations across a wide variety of perspectives. Keynote speakers will address topics ranging from major government initiatives to efforts directed toward moving beyond traditional institutions.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 25-27, 2011<br>
Where: Park City, Utah, U.S.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3780&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>26-27</em></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">SHOW - Share Open Access Worldwide</span></span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">SHOW (Share/OpenAccess/Worldwide) will be the first-of-its-kind event to celebrate Open Access Week in Croatia at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences within the University Campus in Rijeka, Croatia<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">.</span></span></span></span> The idea is to raise awareness among Croatian students about the importance of free flow of information and open access to research literature, which is not a familiar term, by raising questions about what students are already well familiar with, i.e., intellectual property. The students will be
introduced to Copyleft movement, Creative Commons licensing, Open Projects, Open Content movement, Open Access movement and the Right to Research Coalition action and they will be invited to join the debate about the chances for the world of open values.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 26-27, 2011<br>
Where: Rijeka, Croatia<br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3781&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>27-29</em></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Media That Matters Film Festival</span></span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">The eleventh annual Media That Matters Film Festival is taking place once again in New York City! More than a film festival, Media That Matters inspires and impacts audiences across the globe. Covering a vast array of topics from LGBT youth, autism awareness, biased-based bullying, immigration and much more, the eleventh annual collection will feature thirteen new shorts. The films will be made available online under CC BY-NC-ND starting October 27th.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 27-29, 2011<br>
Where: New York, NY, U.S.</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3782&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><em>27-29</em></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Oxcars and Free Culture Forum 2011</span></span></strong><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">For 3 years now, the OXCARS and the FCForum, held in Barcelona, have provided international meeting spaces in which to build and coordinate common tools for issues regarding free culture and the Internet. This year, the FCForum will focus, inevitably, on the experience of the 15M movement as a case study that can be exported to the global arena.</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">When: October 27-29, 2011<br>
Where: Barcelona, Spain</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3783&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:medium"><strong>and a sneak peek at November...</strong></span></span></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">Mozilla Festival: Media, Freedom and the Web </span></span></strong><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">(Nov 4-6)</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">The Mozilla Festival will take place over three days in London, UK, fueled by innovative challenges that pull the best of modern web technology into the world of media making. Sessions will drive new ways of making media with design challenges, hackfests, learning labs, live demos and parties. At Media, Freedom and the Web, you'll collaborate with real-world journalists and innovative technologists to build whatever inspired version of the media future you like. </span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3775&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><strong>International Open Access Meeting </strong>(Nov 9-10)</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">The ninth installment in the Berlin Open Access Conference Series, which convenes leaders in the science, humanities, research, funding, and policy communities around The Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities, will take place at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute on November 9 & 10, 2011. The conference, called “Berlin 9 Open Access Conference: The impact of Open Access in research and scholarship,” will focus on the role that open online access can play in accelerating the conduct and communication of scholarship, and the opportunities this presents to the funders, creators, and end users of this information<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">.</span></span> <a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3784&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><strong>FSCONS 2011</strong> (Nov 11-13)</span></span><br>
<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica">FSCONS is the Nordic countries' largest gathering for free culture, free software and a free society. The conference is organised yearly with 250-300 participants primarily from northern Europe. The main organiser is <span>the Society for Free Culture and Software</span><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-family:helvetica"><span style="font-size:small">.</span></span> <a href="https://creativecommons.net/sites/default/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3777&qid=398680" target="_blank">More info</a></span></span></span></span></p>
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