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 Cities of the Future
In advance of the Open-Data Cities Conference in Brighton, UK, convenor Greg Hadfield talks about the ways in which all elements of a city – leaders, government, local institutions and businesses as well…
A Right to Data – policy opportunities for UK government
Chatting with Gov 2.0 Radio from London is Chris Yiu from leading UK thinktank Policy Exchange about their newly-released report ‘A Right to Data‘. The report provides an analysis of the current state…
Cook County’s Open Data Portal
Join Gov 2.0 Radio for a discussion talk with Cook County’s Deputy Director of New Media Sebastian James. We chat about about the launch of data.cookcountyil.gov, and the challenges facing counties in moving…
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 data’s role in taking on urban poverty. Steve…
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 the value of statisticians and project managers to…
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 “Montréal Ouvert,” a multi-sector citizen-led initiative to increase…
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 public-private partnership opening up government, nonprofit and business…
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 the Warsaw Open Government Data Camp, a festival…
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 innovative ways in which data is being used…
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 Bank is playing a leading role in providing…
