67 interviews found
Interview with the organizers of Databeers
Science and technology
Databeers is a non-profit initiative specializing in dynamic events focused on different areas related to the data universe. The objective: to disseminate issues related to data, so fashionable and so habitually plagued with common places, myths and some confusion.
Datos.gob.es have talked with Marcelo Soria Rodríguez and María Sánchez, organizers of Databeers and Databeers Málaga respectively, to…
Interview with María Jesús González-Espejo, expert in open data in the legal sector
Legislation and justice
María Jesús González-Espejo is, with Laura Fauqueur, co-founder of the Institute of Legal Innovation (Instituto de Innovación Legal), a company specialized in supporting professionals, law firms and organizations in innovation and digital transformation projects. For this, they are based on 4 pillars: consulting, training, events and information.
Datos.gob.es has spoken with her to tell us the rol…
Interview with Mariano Rico, responsible for qMe-Aporta, third prize of Desafio Aporta 2017
Science and technology
qMe-Aporta, third prize winner at Desafío Aporta 2017, is a prototype for the intuitive construction of queries, in guided natural language, based on datos.gob.es knowledge. It is a system that guides the user in the construction of the question, showing multiple alternatives to start and continue the question. It not only uses the system terms (metadata), but also the data and its synonyms. These…
Interview with the team in charge of the DataLab of Juan March Foundation
Culture and leisure
In 2013, the Juan March Foundation decided to create a digital knowledge laboratory to centralize data curation and analytics projects carried out by the organization. This is how the Datalab of the Juan March Foundation emerged, a dynamic and integrating space that highlights the power of data science applied to culture, driving its dissemination.
Datos.gob.es have spoken with Paz Fernández, dire…
Interview to the of the Plataforma PLAN creator, second prize of Desafío aporta 2017
Public sector
Plataforma PLAN, which won the second prize of Desafío Aporta 2017, is a platform that facilitates public procurement. It provides market information to contracting entities, facilitating the design of open procedures, and allows operators to configure a highly personalized alarm system. The platform include the possibility of generating catalogs of available products and offers to contracting ent…
Interview with Liight App, first prize of Desafío Aporta 2017
Environment
Liight App was the winner of Desafío Aporta 2017 with its application to gamify sustainability, encouraging those citizens who make efficient and sustainable use of resources. To this end, activities such as the use of public transport or recycling are rewarded through a virtual currency exchangeable for discounts and direct rewards.
We spoke with Santiago Jiménez and Carlos Rosety, the founder of…
Interview with Manuel Bravo, director of Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library Foundation
Culture and leisure
The Miguel de Cervantes Virtual Library, winner of the 1st edition of Aporta Awards, facilitates access and reuse of its funds, based on international standards, with the focus on user experience and the dissemination of Hispanic culture. Manuel Bravo, General Director of the Foundation, tells us how this initiative was born and how it has evolved over the years, and share his opinion on the reuse…
Interview with Manuel Noya and José López Veiga, Linknovate's associates
Science and technology
Linknovate, the winning company of the 1st edition of Aporta Awards, is a software provider that tracks all the scientific production published on the internet, ranking the contents according to its own algorithm. Its search engine optimizes the time spent searching for information, facilitating contact between the academic and the business world.
We interviewed Manuel Noya and José López Veiga, L…
Interview with the Open Data Advisory Team at the World Bank
Economy
In reference to the Open Government Data Working Group of the World Bank, could you explain how the entity contributes to the opening and re-use of public information?
The World Bank has been providing technical assistance, capacity building and funding for developing countries’ Open Data programs since 2012. Its activities can be summarized under four domains: (a) tools, (b) technical assistance,…
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual
Science and technology
Interview with Antonio F. Rodríguez Pascual, Assistant Deputy Director of CNIG.
What is the place of geospatial information within the general open data ecosystem?
To provide some figures, geographic information is inevitably present in seven (election results, national map, weather forecasts, pollutant emissions, location dataset, water quality, land ownership) of the thirteen essentia…
