First National Open Data Meeting to focus on the demographic challenge

The first National Open Data Meeting will take place in Barcelona on 21 November. It is an initiative promoted and co-organised by Barcelona Provincial Council, Government of Aragon and Provincial Council of Castellón, with the aim of identifying and developing specific proposals to promote the reuse of open data.

This first meeting will focus on the role of open data in developing territorial cohesion policies that contribute to overcoming the demographic challenge.

Agenda

The day will begin at 9:00 am and will last until 18:00 pm.

After the opening, which will be given by Marc Verdaguer, Deputy for Innovation, Local Governments and Territorial Cohesion of the Barcelona Provincial Council, there will be a keynote speech, where Carles Ramió, Vice-Rector for Institutional Planning and Evaluation at Pompeu Fabra University, will present the context of the subject.

Then, the event will be divided into four sessions where the following topics will be discussed:

• 10:30 a.m. State of art: lights and some shadows of opening and reusing data.
• 12:30 p.m. What does society need and expect from public administrations' open data portals?
• 15:00. Local commitment to fight against depopulation through open data
• 4:30 p.m. What can Public Administrations do using their data to jointly fight depopulation?

Experts linked to various open data initiatives, public organisations and business associations will participate in the conference. Specifically, the Aporta Initiative will participate in the first session, where the challenges and opportunities of the use of open data will be discussed.

The importance of addressing the demographic challenge

The conference will address how the ageing of the population, the geographical isolation that hinders access to health, administrative and educational centres and the loss of economic activity affect the smaller municipalities, both rural and urban. A situation with great repercussions on the sustainability and supply of the whole country, as well as on the preservation of culture and diversity.