Opentech is a cool, grassroots eventand there is going to be a lot of cross over with geeKyoto, Interesting and this. They have just launched their call for participation.

Call for Participation – OpenTech 2008

Saturday 5 July 2008, London, UK

Presented by UKUUG in association with mySociety + Open Rights Group
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/

*What is OpenTech 2008?*
A low-cost, one-day grassroots conference with a wide range of
sessions covering digital technology, society and
the environment

*What do we need?*
Proposals from people who want to give a
presentation, run a panel, organise a workshop, or
run a demo of something new and interesting

Publicity – please blog this announcement, write a
newspaper article, forward to mailing lists, and
tell your friends!

*What topics do we hope to cover?*
– Mashups, open data and security
– Future of media distribution
– Low-carbon and low-impact living
– New adventures in hardware hacking
– Politics 2.0
– Long term thinking on big problems and massive opportunities

– If you’ve got an interesting proposal that doesn’t fit into any of
the categories above, please send it in anyway!

*How do I submit a proposal?”
Please use the form on http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/
The deadline for submissions is midnight on Sunday 30 March 2008

*Can I buy or reserve a ticket to the event?*
Register at http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/list
and we’ll email you nearer the time with more information

*Any other questions?*

If you have any other questions, or want to make us
an offer we can’t refuse, please visit
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/ for more
information and contact details of the event
organisers

OpenTech 2008 organisers (Ben Lamb, Etienne Pollard, Sam Smith)
http://www.ukuug.org/events/opentech2008/