Flemish Government Open Data Day

15/6

2012

On 15 June 2012, the Flemish government organises an "Open Data Day"

There will be 2 main activities:

"APPS FOR FLANDERS": an event where developers will go to work with a number of government datasets. The event will be guided by the Belgian section of the "Open Knowledge Foundation" chaired by Pieter Colpaert.

"OPEN DATA - FROM STRATEGY TO PRACTICE"

Possible topics:

Public nature and reuse of government data

European Directives and their impact on our legislation (PSI Directive)
GEO integration and the INSPIRE guidelines (INSPIRE Directive)
Open Data portals in Flanders and Belgium, a future perspective, (opendataforum.be, data.gov.be, ...)
Open Data, an economic perspective
Open Data and the local authorities

These sessions / workshops will be organized by DDBZ, MOVI, AGORIA, V-ICT-OR and with the cooperation of the city of Ghent and the Catholic University of Leuven.

A number of experts in this field have already pledged their cooperation:

Ton Zijlstra, Dutch Open Data expert
Katleen Janssen Research Unit Law and Information Technology, KUL Leuven
Chris Taggert, CEO and expert Open Data - Uk
Bart Rosseau, Coordinator of expert, E-Strategy - Department of Strategy and Coordination - City of Ghent
Tanguy De Lestre, Assocation Manager at Agoria
Pieter Colpaert, open knowledge enthusiast and member of the Board and the OKFN.be and iRail

Open Data Day - 15 June 2012
Boudewijngebouw - Koning Boudewijnlaan 30, 1000 Brussel
For "Apps for Flanders" (max 100 p), registration via mail to pieter.colpaert@okfn.org/strong>
For "Open Data - from strategy to practice" (max 100 p) registration vai mail to noel.vanherreweghe@bz.vlaanderen.be

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