A lab is a space dedicated to a specific theme, project, or medium, and is an overarching 'track' that will run during the iSummit programme. Different session formats such as workshops, panel discussions, speedgeeking and content sprints will take place within the labs.

Open Education Policy and Practice in a New Century: Implementing What Works

A track dedicated to knowledge-sharing among open education practitioners and the development of new global initiatives to spread open educational tools, policies and practice to countries around the world.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic

Open Business

A track designed to both introduce newcomers to the basic concepts of open business tools and practices such as the newly-launched CC+ protocol as well as to collaborate on new global initiatives that will further the goals of the open business community.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitbusiness

Local Context Global Commons: Open Publishing

A track that will showcase regional and local approaches to the concept of Free Culture around the world - and will highlight initiatives such as Wikipedia and Global Voices that are developing innovative approaches to the localisation of global projects.

To connect with this lab's participants, join the mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitglobalcommons

DIY video

This track will focus on how you 'do' open video by exploring best practices for producing and distributing open film.

To discuss DIY Video in this and future iSummits, join the mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/isummitvideo

Frontiers of Openness in Japan

A Japanese-language track coordinated by the ccJapan team to debate and discuss the commons in relation to Japan, and to plan how to spread ideas about Free Culture and the Commons.

Parallel Event:

Research Workshop on Free Culture

The First International Research Workshop on Free Culture will gather academics and researchers who are interested in furthering scholarship in the Commons and Free Culture, providing a space for them to share the results of their work and develop ideas for further collaboration.

Join the mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research

Feel free to subscribe to any of the lab mailing lists that are of interest to you. The lab list will be used to coordinate between participants of the lab and to introduce lab participants to one another, to develop specific goals for the overarching labs and to discuss next steps after the iSummit.

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