Events

Open Data Lab, de Iniciativa Barcelona Open Data, organiza este verano una semana de formación sobre datos abiertos con el fin de aproximar esta materia a ciudadanos y empresas. La cita tendrá lugar los próximos días 11, 12 y 13 de julio en Citilab. “Crear proyectos basados en datos abiertos” es el título de la primera jornada, que se enmarca dentro de las actividades gratuitas con carácter periódico que ofrece la Escuela Ciudadana Open Data Lab. La charla “La economía de los datos”  tendrá...

Data have become high-value assets for both public and private organisations. But only by being secured, accessible, shareable and reusable they deliver their full potential. This is the reason why several data and information management and governance initiatives are becoming increasingly important. Aiming at shaping long-term visions, these initiatives put in place the right processes, standards and tools for information sharing and reuse. Next June 14 SEMIC 2017 will be held in Valletta (...

On Friday, April 21, a workshop dedicated to data science in the social and health sector will take place in Media-Lab Prado, Madrid. A meeting designed for professionals and researchers specialized in the data analysis for social purposes and belonging to the health science. The event will start with a specific session on the analysis of urban mobility through big data, followed by two talks related to the healthcare sector under the titles "Big4Cast: prediction of crisis in bipolar...

In 2011 the project Sharing is caring was born in Denmark. An initiative  to organize different national seminars that promote the openness of the information of the GLAM sector (galleries, libraries, archives and museums). The first event took place in November 2011 bringing together a large number of participants from all over Denmark, from large and small institutions, museums, libraries, archives, educational institutions and members of the Wikipedia community. Such was the success of...

  “Crowd-sourcing questions that if answered could radically increase our understanding of open data” On October 5th, international researchers will gather at the second Open Data Research Symposium (ODRS); a pre-event to the International Open Data Conference to be held in Madrid. As in the previous edition, ODRS 16 will offer attendees the opportunity to reflect critically on the results of their investigations while cohesion is sought within the research...

  From September 26th to October 5th the international workshop Visualizar'16 Open Cities will take place in the cultural space Medialab Prado (Madrid), an event dedicated to those cities in the world that are committed to openness of information, transparency and re-use of data to improve services provided for citizens. On this occasion, two simultaneous calls are opened: one call for projects related to open cities and an application for collaborators. During the workshop a maximum of 8...

  Madrid City Council has announced the first edition of the Datathon and Data Journalism Awards, aimed at entrepreneurs, developers, designers, journalists and students interested in open data. The aim of this competition is to foster the re-use of public sector information, promote http://datos.madrid.es/ and convert it into, not only a point of access to local datasets, but into a tool to boost the development of innovative solutions based on open data. The awards are divided into two...

  On 29th-30th June the European Data Forum will take place in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Under the slogan "Scaling up the Data Economy in Europe", this event will bring together professionals, researchers, legislators and members of several initiatives to discuss about the challenges and opportunities arising from the data in the EU. Thus, during these two days, this forum will address all facets of data-driven innovators: big data, from infrastructure, tools, applications (including new...

  Next 15th the event eventotransparente.org will take place in Madrid, a day in which best practices, open government policies and models in Spain will be analyzed. Driven by the Oesía Group and collaborating in the Gobiernotransparente.com and Docxpresso organization, the meeting consists of four panels, through which participants will have the opportunity to learn the experience of experts, public and private entities on open data initiatives, open government, legislation transparency and...

Last Wednesday the conference Open Data for European Entrepreneurs was held in Pamplona gathering the FIWARE community. The event was organized by FINODEX accelerator that provides support services to European ICT industry building technological solutions re-using open data and making use of the open platform FIREWARE. The roadshow was divided into different panels focussing on two main areas: FIWARE technology, a simple set of APIs that ease the development of smart applications in multiple vertical...