Events

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...

The Basque Government, with the support of the Provincial Councils of Alava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, and the city councils of Bilbao, Donostia-San Sebastian and Vitoria-Gasteiz, is organising the fourth edition of the Open Data Ideas and Applications Awards. These competitions aim to reward the best ideas and applications/services created from the datasets available in one of the following open data catalogues of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country: Open Data Euskadi Araba Irekia...

The Open Government Week, organised by the Open Government Partnership in the framework of Open Gov Week, is taking place this year from 27 June to 1 July 2022. The aim of this initiative is to open up and bring public administrations closer to citizens, based on the Open Government principles mentioned above.In Spain, this initiative is promoted by the Directorate General for Public Governance, in collaboration with the Open Government Forum. As usual, this year's Open Government Week will feature...

Part of the European Union's new strategy to create a digital single market focuses its attention on the construction of a Data Economy. In carrying out this process, European data spaces are of paramount importance. Data spaces are ecosystems that make it easy to share, find, access, and use data. To talk about it, Cajasiete Chair of Big Data, Open Data and Blockchain of the University of La Laguna will arrange a new online webinar focused on this theme. The event will take place next Thursday, May 24...

Open data publishers and reusers have an appointment on May 18 and 19. That is the date chosen by the Ministry of Participation, Transparency, Cooperation and Democratic Quality for the celebration of the International Congress on Open Data and Transparency, promoted through the Observatori Valencià de Dades Obertes i Transparència, together with the University of Alicante, Open Knowledge Foundation and Datause. What is the agenda? The event is focused on the past, present and future of open data and...

This year, the Infomediary Sector Report, prepared by the Multisectorial Association of Information (ASEDIE), reaches its 10th edition. The report, which is carried out annually, analyses in detail the national infomediary market, that is, the one linked to the reuse of public and/or private information for the development of value-added products. The conclusions of this new edition will be made public on Thursday 7th April, in an event that can be followed both online and in person, from the National...

7 February 2022 was the date chosen for the launch of the sixth edition of the EU Datathon. Organised by the Publications Office of the European Union, this competition aims to raise awareness of the value of open data and showcase the opportunities for data-driven business models. EU Datathon 2022 gives participants the opportunity to gain international visibility for their innovative ideas based on open data, as well as compete for a total prize fund of €200,000. 4 challenges available Unlike...

On March 5, communities around the world will join together to celebrate Open Data Day 2022. It is an annual celebration that seeks to showcase the benefits and encourage the adoption of open data policies in governments, businesses and civil society. Throughout the day -and on upcoming dates- local groups from all corners of the world organize different actions related to the publication and reuse of data. In Spain, some activities are also being held, such as: DATATHON 2022 Date: From March 4...

The health situation we have been experiencing for a couple of years now had changed the way of celebrating major events to date, moving from a face-to-face to an online format. This year, however, we are slowly beginning to see a return to the normality that existed before the pandemic. Several of the major technology events to be held in 2022 have already announced that they will be held in hybrid format, or even exclusively in person, if health conditions permit. Here is a brief review of the...

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...