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Highlights from the OGP Launch Events

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Relive the Open Government Partnership Launch Events by reviewing the day's events and activities below.  Here are some highlights:

Video

Courtesy: WhiteHouse.gov

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Live streamed coverage of the Open Government Partnership Launch Events on September 20, 2011

Click to learn how to participate.

Overview of Event

On September 20th, as world leaders gather in New York for the opening of the United Nations 66th General Assembly, the Open Government Partnership will formally launch with a series of high-level meetings highlighting the transformative nature of open governance.
 
Events will include day-long multi-stakeholder discussion, "The Power of Open," that brings together governments, civil society, industry leaders, academics and the media for a series of panels and networking events focused on the role of openness in improving responsiveness, fostering accountability, creating efficiencies, promoting innovation and growth, fighting corruption, improving performance, and capturing dispersed knowledge in support of smarter policies. You can view the most current version of the "The Power of Open" agenda at the bottom of the page. 
 
There will also be a separate high-level OGP Launch event that afternoon, where the eight OGP Steering Committee governments will deliver their OGP action plans, sign a declaration of principles and welcome a new group of countries into the effort. This event will also be live streamed separately from the Power of Open Event at the following address: www.whitehouse.gov/live.
 

Details about Virtual Participation in Power of Open Event

"The Power of Open" event will be covered live by the OGP and media leaders to enable engagement by those who cannot attend in person and to encourage ongoing dialogue about the OGP. To view the OGP Power of Open Press Release, click here <link to OGP Power of Open Media Note>
 
To participate virtually in "The Power of Open" Event:
 
  1. Check out the live streaming coverage which will run from 9- 10:30 AM and again from 1:30-4:30 PM.
     
  2. Check out the biographies and presentation materials for the speakers, "how to" aley participants, and birds of a feather lunch experts later on this page.
     
  3. Follow the live coverage of the event including:

    Jed Miller for the Open Government Partnership
    Twitter handle: @opengovpart

    Alex Howard, O'Reilly Media
    Live blog: Alex Howard on O-Reilly Radar
    Twitter handle: @digiphile
    Photos (Tumblr): http://digiphile.tumblr.com
    Photos (Flickr): http://www.flickr.com/photos/divergence

    Nick Judd, TechPresident.com
    Live blog: http://techpresident.com
    Twitter handle: @nclarkjudd

    Diego Casaes, Global Voices Online, Eleitor 2010
    blog: http://diegocasaes.com/
    Twitter handle: @diegocasaes
     

  4. Join the discussion during and after the event through social media:
    Twitter hashtag: #OGP
    OGP Facebook Group
Speaker, How-to Alley and Lunch Expert Information
  • Speaker Biographies
  • How to Alley Participant Biographies and Presentation Materials
  • Birds of a Feather Lunch Expert Biographies
For more information or to arrange interviews with presenters, please contact OGP’s Press Contact:
 
Holly Jensen
202-315-8309