Events

More than 90,000 people from all over the world participated in the latest edition of the Space App Challenge. This annual two-day event, organized by the US space agency, NASA, is an opportunity to innovate and learn about the advantages that open space data can offer. This year the competition will be held on October 4 and 5. Through a hackathon, participants will engage first-hand with NASA's most relevant missions and research. It's an opportunity to learn how to launch and lead projects through...

Once again, the Junta de Castilla y León has launched its open data contest to reward the innovative use of public information. In this post, we summarize the details to participate in the IX edition of this event, which is an opportunity for both professionals and students, creative people or multidisciplinary teams who wish to give visibility to their talent through the reuse of public data. What does the competition consist of? The aim of the competition is to recognize projects that use open...

Madrid City Council has launched an initiative to demonstrate the potential of open data: the first edition of the Open Data Reuse Awards 2025. With a total budget of 15,000 euros, this competition seeks to promote the reuse of the data shared by the council on its open data portal, demonstrating that they can be a driver of social innovation and citizen participation. The challenge is clear: to turn data into useful, original and impactful ideas. If you think you can do it, below, we summarize the...

The EU Open Data Days 2025 is an essential event for all those interested in the world of open data and innovation in Europe and the world. This meeting, to be held on 19-20 March 2025, will bring together experts, practitioners, developers, researchers and policy makers to share knowledge, explore new opportunities and address the challenges facing the open data community. The event, organised by the European Commission through data.europa.eu, aims to promote the re-use of open data. Participants will...

Spatial and geospatial data are essential for decision-making, spatial planning and resource management. The ability to visualise and analyse data in a spatial context offers valuable tools to address complex challenges in areas ranging from defence to sustainability. Participating in events that address these issues not only broadens our knowledge, but also fosters collaboration and innovation in the sector. In this post, we present two upcoming events dealing with geospatial data and its most...

On 11, 12 and 13 November, a new edition of DATAforum Justice will be held in Granada. The event will bring together more than 100 speakers to discuss issues related to digital justice systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and the use of data in the judicial ecosystem.The event is organized by the Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts, with the collaboration of the University of Granada, the Andalusian Regional Government, the Granada City Council and the Granada Training and...

Do you accept the challenge of transforming Bizkaia from its open data? This is the "Datathon Open Data Bizkaia", a collaborative development competition organised by Lantik and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia. Participants will have to create the mockup of an application that helps to solve problems affecting the citizens of Bizkaia. To do so, they will have to use at least one dataset from among all those available on the Open Data Bizkaia portal. These datasets may be combined with data from other...

For yet another year since 2016, the Junta de Castilla y León has opened the deadline to receive the most innovative proposals in the field of open data. The sixth edition of the competition of the same name aims to "recognise the development of projects that provide any type of idea, study, service, website or application for mobile devices, using datasets from the Open Data Portal of the Junta de Castilla y León". With this type of initiative, Castilla y León seeks to showcase the digital talent...

Red.es, in collaboration with the Secretary of State for Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence, organizes the fourth edition of the Aporta Challenge. Like other years, it seeks to identify and recognize new ideas and prototypes that drive improvements in a specific sector through the use of open data. This year the focus will be on health and wellness. The objective is to encourage the talent, technical competence and creativity of the participants while promoting the direct reuse of data published...

On 23, 24 and 25 November, the first edition of EU Open Data Days will take place, which can be followed online. Organised by the Publications Office and the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the aim of the event is to promote open data, showing the value of the different business models based on them. The event will be divided into 3 days: the first two days will be dedicated to the EU DataViz 2021 conference, focusing on open data and data visualisations, while the last day will be...