Call for Expressions of Interest to host EDF 2016 in Netherlands or Slovakia

Call for Expressions of Interest to host EDF 2016 in the Netherlands or
Slovakia

The European Data Forum,  <http://data-forum.eu/> http://data-forum.eu/, is
a meeting place for industry, research, policymakers and community
initiatives to discuss the challenges of the emerging Data Economy (Open
Data, Linked Data, Big Data, business models, legal issues etc.).

The European Data Forum Steering Committee solicits Expressions of Interest
(EoI) to act as local host/organizer of the European Data Forum in 2016.

The European Data Forum follows the country of the EU Presidency:

*        EDF 2012 in Copenhagen:  <http://2012.data-forum.eu/>
http://2012.data-forum.eu

*        EDF 2013 in Dublin:  <http://2013.data-forum.eu/>
http://2013.data-forum.eu

*        EDF 2014 in Athens:  <http://2014.data-forum.eu/>
http://2014.data-forum.eu

*        EDF 2015 in Luxembourg:  <http://2015.data-forum.eu/>
http://2015.data-forum.eu/

In 2016, Netherlands and Slovakia will hold the EU Presidency. Hence, we are
looking for local organizers from these two countries.

The requirements and duties of a local host/organizer include (but are not
limited to):

*        Arrangement of an attractive and accessible venue, catering, social
event/dinner

*        Outreach and engagement of local communities including politicians
and industry representatives, etc.

*        Taking care about local sponsoring

*        Management of the EDF event budget

Please review the rules of EDF for further information:
<http://www.data-forum.eu/rules> http://www.data-forum.eu/rules

As the local host/organizer of the EDF 2016, you would be uniquely
positioned in the European Data community with hopefully many collaboration
opportunities arising from this extremely important community service.

Interested persons/institutions should submit an EoI including background
information about yourself, your organization, your event organization
experience and your local community outreach capabilities. Please submit
your EoI until March 31, 2015 to  <mailto:auer@cs.uni-bonn.de>
auer@cs.uni-bonn.de.

We look very much forward to receiving your Expression of Interest to become
the EDF 2016 local host.

Dieter Fensel and Sören Auer
(On behalf of the European Data Forum Steering Committee)