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Asedie, the Multisectoral Information Association, is once again organising its International Conference on the Re-use of Public Sector Information. This year's edition, now in its fourteenth year, will be focused on the theme "Data Strategy in Europe and Spain".

The event aims to serve as a platform for sharing knowledge and experiences among all those involved in the information and data community, as well as to promote public-private collaboration for the benefit of the general interest.

When and where does it take place?

This is a face-to-face event. The event will take place on 17 November 2022 at the Colegio de Registradores (Calle Alcalá 540), in Madrid. The reception of attendees will start at 9:00h and the event will end at 13.40h.

What is the programme?

The focus of this edition will be on the Data Economy and the practical development of the Act on the Reuse of Public Sector Information. It will also address issues related to data, such as transparency, artificial intelligence, digitisation, geospatial information and personal data protection, among others. These topics will be addressed by leading experts in the field.

The session will open at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome from the Dean of CORPME, Ms. María Emilia Adán García, followed by the inauguration of the President of Asedie, Mr. Ignacio Jiménez.

The event will feature two round tables:

• The first will focus on "The Data Economy: rights, obligations, opportunities and barriers". Carlos Alonso, Director of the Data Office Division, will participate in it, together with representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Public Function, the Autonomous Community of Madrid and the Association of Registrars.
• The second round table, moderated by Emilio López, Director of the CNIG, is entitled "The potential of geospatial information as a high-value dataset", and will be attended by representatives of the European Commission, the National Statistics Institute, the General Directorate of Cadastre and the Autonomous Community of La Rioja.

During the day, there will also be presentations linked to the European Commission, such as that of Mr. Szymon Lewandowski, who will speak on data and innovation policies, and that of Martin Ulbrich on artificial intelligence. Leandro Cervera-Navas, Director of the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), will also participate.

In addition, as usual, the Asedie Award, now in its ninth edition, will be presented within the framework of the Conference. The purpose of this award is to recognise those individuals, companies or institutions that stand out for their contribution to the innovation and development of the infomediary sector in the current year.

You can consult the full programme here.

How can I register?

As capacity is limited, it is necessary to register through the Asedie website before Tuesday 15 November.

On 20 October, Madrid will host a new edition of the Data Management Summit Spain. This event is part of the Data Management Summit (DMS) 2022, which was previously held in Italy (7 July) and Latam (20 September).

The event is aimed at a technical audience: CiOs, CTOs, CDOs, CIOs, CIOs, Business Intelligence Officers and Data Scientists in charge of implementing emerging technologies in order to solve new technological challenges and align with new business opportunities.

Date and time

The conference will take place at the Nebrija University, on 20 October 2022, from 9:30 to 19:30.

The day before, a DMS prologue will take place in the same space, exclusively for representatives of public administrations, from 14:00 to 19:30.

Agenda

The agenda is made up of presentations, round tables and group dynamics between professionals, which will allow networking.

The prologue on the 19th will focus on open data and the exchange of information between administrations. Carlos Alonso, Director of the Data Office Division, will be one of the speakers. Among the different activities, there are two group dynamics that will focus on open data and interoperability, as well as two round tables, in the first of which the red.es coordinator of the datos.gob.es platform will participate:

• Round table 1: Open Data and data interoperability in public administrations.
• Round table 2: Challenges and barriers to data exchange in the public sector.

Day 20 will have a business-oriented focus.  This second day will also feature expert presentations and group dynamics focusing on data governance, data quality, master data and data architecture, among other topics. There will be three round tables:

• Roundtable 1: “Data Architecture, Data Mesh or Data Fabric?” which will discuss the Data Mesh architecture pattern, with a decentralised approach, as opposed to Data Fabric, which promotes a single unified data architecture.
• Roundtable 2: “How Data Governance changes with the new paradigm of open banking” that will address the evolution towards an economy based on full interoperability and APIs, where the traceability of processes is complete.
• Roundtable 3: “How to converge the different data quality models”, focusing on how to measure data quality, how to manage quality processes automatically and how to avoid Data Lake corruption.

You can see more about the event in this video.

¿Cómo puedo asistir?

El aforo de cada sesión está limitado a 60 plazas presenciales y a 100 online. 

How can I attend?

The capacity of each session is limited to 60 places in person and 100 online.

Registration for the session on the 20th can be done through this link (currently the capacity is full, but you can join the waiting list). Registration for the 19th is available, but remember that this session is exclusively for Public Administrations.

More information on the summit website.

September arrives, the holidays are over - with permission from those who have chosen this month to enjoy their well-deserved rest - and with it all sectors are returning to day to day routine. Although during these summer months many organizations have not stopped promoting activities around open data, such as the Government of the Canary Islands, it is now, with the autumn, when the level of activity increases.

Large format conferences

September, October and November are the months chosen by many organizations to hold general theme events that bring together a large number of audiences. In addition to the International Open Data Conference, which this year is being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 27 and 28 (it be followed through streaming), our country will also host various international events:

• The 5th edition of the Ibero-American Congress of Public Innovation Novagob2018 will be held from 24 to 26 October in Toledo. In order to promote innovation and collaboration to create public value, issues such as electronic administration, open government, new technologies or open data will be addressed. The event is organized by NovaGob, Junta de Castilla-La Mancha, City of Toledo, University of Castilla la Mancha, Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and its Network of Local Entities for Transparency and Citizen Participation.
• In addition, two international congresses will take place in Barcelona during the autumn. The first will be IoT Solutions World Congress (October 16-18), an event dedicated to "join IoT (Internet of Things) providers with the industry to help industry to increase productivity through this disruptive technology". On the other hand, on 13 and 15 November, the Smart City Expo World Congress is held in Barcelona, aimed at "promoting social innovation, establishing partnerships and identifying business opportunities. The event is focused on creating a better future for cities and their citizens around the world". In both events there will be spaces dedicated to the management and analysis of the data generated by the different technological solutions that make up an IoT ecosystem or an intelligent city.

Thematic events

In addition to these general events, smaller conferences focused on specific themes return in the fall. Some examples are:

• The Open data for journalism conference, organized by the Barcelona Open Data Initiative, will gather on September 24 those professionals interested in telling stories based on data. During the event, Karme Peiró, Catalan journalist, specialized in Internet and information and communication technologies, will share his experience in this field.
• Also in September, the organizers of the different databeers restart their activity. Their events join the passion for beer and data. The first appointment, on September 3 in Madrid.

Contests and Hackathons

These dates are also a good opportunity to launch new contests that help promote the reuse of open data and solve specific problems of society, such as:

• Visualizar18, organized by Medialab Prado, will celebrate its eighth edition from September 21 to October 5 in Madrid. On this occasion, the event will be focused on personal data.
• After the success of the first edition, the city council of Barcelona organizes again the Barcelona Dades Obertes Challenge, a contest aimed at "promoting the knowledge and use of open data in the educational centers of the city of Barcelona". Centers that wish to participate must register before October 1st.
• The Barcelona Provincial Council organizes the Apps & Iot for citizens awards with the aim of "promoting the creation of services and applications related to innovative Internet of Things projects that use the SENTILO actuator and sensor platform of the Provincial Council. The projects should cover any of the action areas of the Diputación or their municipalities". Proposals can be submitted until October 12.
• The Green city hackathon will take place from October 25 to 27 in Barcelona. The contest seeks solutions that could help reduce the use of cars in Barcelona and increase bicycle use. The competition will involve five teams made up of computer scientists, data scientists, social scientists and experts in surveys and big data, who will have to work with population and demographic data from Open Data BCN.

In addition to these events and activities, many other organizations will make the most of these months to suggest activities that help bring open data culture closer to the citizens. In datos.gob.es, we will continue telling you the novelties.

The deadline to register for the ninth International Conference on the Reuse of Public Sector Information organized by ASEDIE is now open. The event will take place on November 30 at the headquarters of the National Geographic Institute, in Madrid.

From 27 to 28 April the international conference OD4CH is organized in Milan, an opportunity to discuss and deepen methodological and practical approaches for the digitization of cultural heritage. This meeting is designed as a collaborative space where participants can work on new models and actions of cultural heritage management based on the re-use of open data and the use of free software.

The goal of the conference is raising the citizen's awareness of democratizing access to common goods, through open data policies and open licenses. After all, opening up this public information would help in the decision-making of the cultural sector and would improve the current improvement and conservation procedures.

The call for proposals is already open 

All experts and academics specialized in digital humanities, architectural design, urban planning and design, data journalism or heritage management can attend as speakers at the next conference. To do this, they must submit before 17 March a summary of their project - in English or Italian - related to open linked data for cultural heritage; GIS and free software in the management of cultural heritage; the role and impact of open data in the information and communication of cultural heritage or the history of architectural analysis based on open data; among other possible topics.

The organizing committee is looking for innovative ideas that will be analyzed and evaluated according to their originality, relevance, clarity, impact and solidity. On March 24, the names of the selected candidates will be communicated, who must submit a document explaining the project in depth, being interviewed by a jury before presenting their idea at the International Conference.

If you want to attend, all the information is available on its official website: https://od4ch.org/conference/.