Open Data Workshop @ Geonovum

Posted by in Open data on Oct 6th, 2011 | 0 comments

Geonovum (a semi-public organization devoting itself to providing better access to geo-information in the public sector) is hosting an open data workshop on November 9, 2011. Location: De Observant in Amersfoort.

Who will be there and what will they be talking about?

  • Marc de Vries (ePSI platform) will try to look into the future of open data.
  • Christopher Dittmann (Shell) will give a talk on the experience of availability/non-availability of open geospatial data.
  • Paul Suijkerbuijk (ICTU) will share his experience with national government open data platform.

Interactive sessions:

  • Johan van Arragon (Province of Zuid-Holland) will talk about the costs and benefits of open data.
  • Paul Hendriks and Peter-Jan Speerstra (Municipality of Rotterdam) will deal with the question of how to implement an open data policy.
  • Jens Riecken (Ministry of the Interior and Local Affairs NordRhein Westfalen, Germany) will explain how to utilize the wisdom of the crowds.
  • Kathleen Janssen will take a step back and will deal with legal, financial and practical issues that need to be tackled. I am particularly interested in this session.
  • Richard Blad will give a talk on how to organize an open data-community.

The full program can be found here: http://www.geonovum.nl/dossiers/kennissessies/opengeodata/programma.

I’ll be there. By the way, in the spirit of the open data philosophy: it’s free!



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