Barcelona launches the World Data Viz Challenge 2018 Barcelona_Kobe

World Data Viz Challenge
November 02 2018

In 2018, the cities of Barcelona and Kobe celebrate 25 years of twinning agreement, and to commemorate it, both municipalities have launched the World Data Viz Challenge 2018 Barcelona-Kobe.

Promoting policy improvements through data visualizations

A similar challenges have been launched in each city: participants will have to generate visualizations based on open data to show the challenges of an intelligent city, which can be useful to optimize public policies. In the case of Barcelona, it will be necessary to use at least one of the more than 440 datasets included in Open Data BCN. These datasets are classified into five major themes: city and services, territory, population, administration and economy and business.

A group of experts will select the 10 best datavizs or infographics. These datavizs will be presented at the Smart City Expo World Congress 2018, on November 14. This international event has been held in Barcelona since 2011, with the aim of promoting innovation and identifying opportunities to create smart cities that respond to the needs of citizens.

Pre-registration is open until October 26

Any citizen can participate. It is only necessary to have "the skills and capabilities to understand, analyze and visualize open data”

Those interested in joining the World Data Viz Challenge 2018 Barcelona-Kobe must pre-register before October 26, by filling out this form. The deadline to submit the visualizations will be from October 2 to November 2 through this other form. The works, which may be presented in Catalan, Spanish or English, must be carried out by a maximum of two people. You can consult the full terms of participation in this link.

With this challenge, the Barcelona City Council seeks to encourage the use of open data from smart cities and tools and techniques for analyzing data and visualizations. In addition, the contest will also serve to develop the critical thinking of citizens, who are a fundamental piece to promote policies that improve our environment.