4th International Open Data Conference

Biography: Martin Alvarez-Espinar, engineer in computer science, is the W3C Spanish Office Head and Open Data expert at CTIC Technology Centre. He has broad experience in Web standards development, representing CTIC at the World Wide Web Consortium Advisory Committee. Martin has taken part in several standardisation projects, both in W3C and the European Commission's Joinup platform. He also participated in the definition of Spanish... Read More →

Biography: Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes is the Head of Development & Policy at Etalab, the French Prime Minister's taskforce for Open Data, OpenGov, and Datascience. She works on fostering partnerships around data.gouv.fr and OpenFisca.fr and negotiating with agencies the release of open datasets and source codes. She serves on the board of Directors of the Open Government Partnership and was a Visiting Collaborator at the White House... Read More →

Title proposal: Building demand-driven and citizen-focussed open data tools. | | Biography: Andrew serves in Code for Africa's Tech Team, building web and mobile tools around Africa's largest open data initiative, using technology and data to help citizens shape their governments and hold those in power to account. CfAfrica currently has country-based programmes in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa

Title proposal: Opening financial data or how to stop worrying and love open. | | Biography: Elena Alfaro is the Chief Executive Officer of BBVA Data & Analytics, a spin off of BBVA Bank (Spain), which mission is to create new products and services based on internal and external data sources, and advanced analytics. Elena has achieved international recognition through various publications around Big Data applications to urban... Read More →

Title proposal: Data innovation landscape in Lebanon. | | Biography: Ali Rebaie is a principal industry analyst at Rebaie Analytics Group. He is also a prominent blogger, consultant and keynote speaker. As a data science anthropologist, Rebaie has been studying the impact of data patterns that govern changes in business, human affairs, and culture. His research, keynotes, and consulting help data natives and business executives to draw... Read More →