Events

The international data visualisation programme Visualizar (Visualise), organised by MediaLab Prado, this year celebrates its tenth anniversary with a symposium open to the public on September 15 and 16 and a practical workshop dedicated to Migrations that will be developed over the second half of the month. On Friday September 15 the public symposium starts, which will last until Saturday 16, and includes project presentations, presentation of collaborators and team training. The symposium will have a...

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 June 1, Madrid will host the fourth edition of Conference on FLOSS (software and free code) and Open Economy. The aim of the Open Expo is bringing together leading companies and institutions, developers, hackers, experts, suppliers and users to learn about technology solutions and trends on open source, open source, open data and innovation. Since 2012, each of the events has sought to promote the use and development of free and open software to boost the collaborative philosophy and...

The Aporta Initiative (datos.gob.es) is present from Monday 22 May until Wednesday morning at the Open Data Leardes Network (ODLN) meeting held at the headquarters of the Open Data Institute (ODI) in London, bringing together leaders of government open data initiatives in Europe. Open Data program managers and managers from eleven European countries (Italy, Germany, Spain, Lithuania, United Kingdom, Slovenia, Denmark, Switzerland, Latvia and the Netherlands) are present at this event to...

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...

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...

Nowadays, research methods (sensors, technological devices, simulations, etc.) generate a large amount of data that, in open and reusable format, conceals a great re-use potential for other researchers, public administrations, private companies or users. That is why last year the European Commission agreed on an international commitment to promote open science during the Competitiveness Council, ensuring that all results of EU research are available without any technical, legal or financial...

The International Open Data Day is celebrated on Saturday 4 March. For the fifth time in history, organizations around the world and local groups will create different events, conferences, workshops and activities in their community to show the benefits of open data and their re-use while promoting the adoption of open data policies in governments, companies and civil society. In Spain, the institutions Open Knowledge España, ODI Madrid and Medialab-Prado organize the Open Data Day Madrid. It...