4th International Open Data Conference

Title proposal: Making open contracting data actionable: what do users really need?Biography: Born in a small Dutch village in the north of the country. Studied history and journalism. Started working as a journalist for Dutch dailies. Then jumped to international affairs at the... Read More →

Biography: David Banisar is Senior Legal Counsel at ARTICLE 19 and leads the organisation’s work on transparency and information rights, including the right to information, environmental protection and sustainable development. He has worked in the field of information policy for... Read More →

Biography: Baldwin is Hivos Project Manager for Open Society in the Malawi Office and also serves as Commissioner for Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC). He is an experienced development practitioner, communication specialist and researcher. He has a number of publications to... Read More →

Daniel Dietrich is senior consultant, researcher, activist and curator at the intersection of media, technology and society. He is interested in empowering people through open knowledge and the use technology for social good. He is honoree member of the Advisory board of Open Knowledge... Read More →

Biography: Karolis Granickas is an Independent Consultant and Policy Expert on open government, interested in change brought by data & technology.  He is currently working with Open Contracting Partnership, Open Government Partnership, Open Data Institute and others on information... Read More →

Biography: Currently, Julia leads Hivos’ global Transparency & Accountability work as Programme Development Manager, with special interest in developments in technology, (open) data and the role of infomediaries.  She holds Master degrees in International Communication (M.Sc... Read More →

Biography: Program Development Manager for Transparency/ Accountability and Freedom of Expressions at Hivos Regional Southeast Asia Shita has 15 years hands on experience in thematic issues such as, transparency and accountability, open data, technologies, freedom of expressions... Read More →

Biography: Paula Martins is an activist and researcher on access to information and freedom of expression. Working in the protection and promotion of human rights for more than 15 years, she is the Director of the South America office of international NGO ARTICLE 19 since its setting... Read More →

Biography: Sandra Musoga is a human rights lawyer and holds an LLB in Law from the University of Nairobi. She has worked variously in the human rights field and has previously worked on women and children’s rights issues in Kenya. She has extensive experience in coordinating, planning... Read More →

Biography: Gilbert is the Coordinator and Head of Secretariat of Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC). Since 2010, he has championed citizens access to information, open contracting and open government across Africa.  He holds a Masters degree in Management studies, a postgraduate... Read More →

Miko is Web Foundation’s Regional Research Manager for Asia. He has more than ten years of research and development work experience at a progressive pace – from community-based project management to regional development with most of his work rooted mainly in Southeast Asia. Miko... Read More →