Last week we released the provisional programme for this year's Open Knowledge Festival. We’re starting with an opening evening event on July 15th followed by two full days of the festival on July 16th and 17th. However, the fun isn’t confined to our official festival events! There are also going to be various fringe events taking place in Berlin around the festival – one of which is CSVConf on July 15th.

CSVConf will bring together data makers/doers/hackers from backgrounds like science, journalism, open government and the wider software industry to share tools and stories. It's not just about CSV tools – the organisers would love to hear about a wide range of data-based projects, so if this sounds like your thing the call for proposals is now open and tickets are also on sale. Don’t delay though – the deadline to submit suggestions is May 31st!

You can check out the other OKFestival fringe events that are taking place here – and there's still time to organise one of your own. If you’re planning to do so, do let us know. We’d be happy to help you to spread the word!