This is the story of the world's first Open Knowledge Festival in Helsinki, Finland on September 17-22, 2012. Tickets and details at http://okfestival.org and updates via @OKFestival on Twitter.

1. This is the story
of the world's first open
knowledge festival, an
international team and
experimental new ideas.

2. Our names are
Kat, Juha, Petri, Massimo,
Jussi and Antti. Together, we
are the Core Organising Team.

3. We live and work
around the world,
from the Open Knowledge Foundation in London to the Aalto
Media Factory in Helsinki to the Finnish Institute in London to
Forum Virium, EIT ICT Labs and Otavan Opisto in Helsinki.

4. And with a diverse
global team
we are planning the world's
first-ever Open Knowledge
Festival in Helsinki this Sept.

5. To define openness,
We use the Open Definition: “A piece of
content or data is 'open' if anyone is free to
use, reuse, and redistribute it without
legal or technological restrictions.”
Source: http://opendefinition.org

6. The Open Knowledge Foundation is
a network that fosters tools, projects and communities
that promote this kind of collaborative openness.
Source: http://okfn.org

7. And every year, the Open Knowledge
Foundation has held 2 annual events:
Open Knowledge Conference &
Open Government Data Camp.
Source: http://ogdcamp.org and http://okcon.org

8. #OKFest 2012
will combine these events for a
week-long celebration in Helsinki.
Source: http://okfestival.org

9. For this festival, the first of its
kind, we decided to explore
experimental new methods.
Source: http://okfestival.org

10. With a focus on open knowledge in action,
we offered festival-goers themselves the
chance to plan over 2/3 of the week
together as Guest Programme Planners...
Source: http://okfestival.org

11. The first submission round
allowed us to determine the festival's 13 key
Topic Streams, from open democracy to
development to sustainability software.
Source: http://okfestival.org

12. But we still want more.
More submissions from local
communities around the globe.
Leadership on emergent topics.
Source: http://okfestival.org

13. Most of all, we want to see your
passions come to life! We
encourage strange and crazy
ideas for innovation... join us!
Source: http://okfestival.org

14. Get involved at
okfestival.org.