Open Data vs Urban Poverty, and Apps as Community Assets
Inspired by International Open Data Day, we talk to Steve Spiker, IT director for the Urban Strategies Council in Oakland, California, to talk about open …
Posts in category Open Data
Open Data is the hot issue of the moment, and Governments are facing an ever increasing demand for access to public data. Here we’re curating an ongoing series of discussions with Open Data practitioners at all levels – city, county, state, national and international – to share their experiences and examples of emerging practice.
One of the special areas of focus will be how cities are holding app competitions and hackathons. What’s really working?
Open Data Day and How to Do a Hackathon
Join us for a conversation with David Eaves about International Open Data Day, and his best advice on how to organize a hackathon – including …
Montréal Ouvert – Open Data for Québec
When a small group of open data enthusiasts in Montreal wanted greater openness in government data they took matters into their own hands and created …
Opening Philly’s Data
Join us for a great discussion of open data practices in Philadelphia. Deb Boyer is a project manager with Azavea and Open Data Philly, the …
Open Knowledge Foundation and the Warsaw OGD Camp
Join us as we chat with Lucy Chambers from the Open Knowledge Foundation in London. As well as the work of the Foundation, we discuss …
Data, Gov and the W3C
Join us for a conversation with Jeanne Holm, Evangelist for data.gov and Chair of the W3C eGovernment Interest Group. We chat about some of the …
Evangelizing Open Data at the World Bank
Join a discussion with Tariq Khokar, the World Bank’s Open Data Evangelist. We chat about how data is impacting development priorities, and how the World …