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4th International Open Data Conference
Thursday, October 6
 

08:30 CEST

Collecting documentation
Collecting documentation

Thursday October 6, 2016 08:30 - 09:00 CEST
 Hall 

09:00 CEST

Main Session - Official Welcome
Main Session - Official Welcome

Speakers
avatar for Victor Calvo-Sotelo

Victor Calvo-Sotelo

Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society, Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism
Biography: Víctor Calvo-Sotelo, civil engineer (roads, canals and ports), has been  Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society at the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism since February 2011. He promotes the internationalization of ICT and telecommunication... Read More →
avatar for Naser Faruqui

Naser Faruqui

Director, Technology and Innovation, IDRC
Biography: Naser Faruqui is Director, Technology and Innovation. Previous roles at IDRC include Senior Program Officer with the Environment and Natural Resource Management program, and Team Leader for the Urban Poverty and Environment program. He has also worked as Chief, Water... Read More →
avatar for Haishan Fu

Haishan Fu

Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group, World Bank
Biography: Haishan Fu is the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group, overseeing its development monitoring and open data initiative, statistical capacity building and global statistical programs.  As an Ex-Officio member of the WBG Data Council and Co-Chair of the... Read More →
avatar for Javier Hernández-Ros

Javier Hernández-Ros

Acting Director. Data Directorate. DG CONNECT, Communication networks, Content and Technology., Euroepan Commision
Biography: Carried out Civil Engineering studies and holds a Masters in Business Administration. Joined the European Commission in 1986 and was involved in technology transfer and innovation policies. From June 2002 to December 2010 he was Head of the "Access to Information" unit... Read More →
avatar for Pablo Soto

Pablo Soto

Biography: Born in Madrid in 1979, Pablo Soto started working very young as a software developer of P2P technologies that have been used by more than 25 million people. Later he participated in the 15M movement, and he has been involved since then in political advocacy: surges, evictions... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 09:00 - 09:30 CEST
Main assembly room

09:30 CEST

Main Session - Global Goals, Local Impact
Open data has been prominently discussed in major global commitments this past year. From the the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, COPS 21 and Anti-Corruption Summit, data has been central to the political debate. However, is this really making a positive change in people’s lives on the ground? The panel will feature high-level female leaders from open data field to reflect on the use of open data to achieve sustainable development around the world. They will also reflect on the role of the international roadmap put in motion in the last conference and how the discussions at IODC 2016 can accelerate greater local impact.

Moderators
avatar for Millán Berzosa

Millán Berzosa

Professor of Digital Journalism at University, Google News Lab
Biography: Millan Berzosa (@mberzosa on Twitter) is a journalist and consultant with strong ties to Latin America and a passion for Iberian and hispanic culture, digital transformation and the whole picture of communications. PhD in Journalism by Complutense University of Madrid... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ania Calderón

Ania Calderón

General Director of Open Data, Office of the President of Mexico
Biography: Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the Mexican Government, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s... Read More →
avatar for Karin Christiansen

Karin Christiansen

Chair, Open Knowledge
Biography: Karin is the chair of Open Knowledge International and the founder and a board member of Publish What You Fund - the global campaign for the transparency of aid.  Her background in aid and development includes working as an economist in the Rwanda Ministry of Finance... Read More →
avatar for Anne Jellema

Anne Jellema

Chief Executive Officer, World Wide Web Foundation
Biography: Anne Jellema is Chief Executive Officer of the World Wide Web Foundation, an organisation established by Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee "to advance the open Web as a public good and a basic right." Open data - in combination with an open Web - forms one of the Foundation's three pillars of work. In recent years, the Foundation has helped to lead the in... Read More →
avatar for Jeni Tennison

Jeni Tennison

CEO, Open Data Institute
Biography: Jeni Tennison is the CEO of the Open Data Institute. She gained a PhD from the University of Nottingham then worked as an independent consultant, specialising in open data publishing and consumption, before joining the ODI as Technical Director in 2012 and becoming... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Main assembly room

10:30 CEST

Coffee break
Coffee break

Thursday October 6, 2016 10:30 - 11:00 CEST
 Hall 

11:00 CEST

Data + Geospatial
Data + Geospatial

Moderators
avatar for Emilio López

Emilio López

Director, National Centre for Geographic Information of Spain
Biography: Emilio López Romero is a computer engineer. He is the Director of the National Centre for Geographic Information of Spain, the National Contact Point for INSPIRE Directive and President of the Spain's Geographical Information Infrastructure Board of Directors. For more... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Edward Anderson

Edward Anderson

Senior Technology & Innovation Specialist, World Bank
Title proposal: Open map: combining citizen data and Government data to complete the map in Dar es Salaam.Biography: Edward Anderson is a Senior Innovation Policy Specialist at the World Bank’s Global ICT unit. Since 2014 he is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he represents... Read More →
avatar for Kelsey Leonard

Kelsey Leonard

PhD Candidate, McMaster University
Title proposal: Indigenous partnerships for ocean data mapping.Biography: Kelsey Leonard currently represents the Shinnecock Indian Nation as the Tribal Co-Lead on the Mid-Atlantic Regional Planning Body of the U.S. National Ocean Council. She also serves on the Shinnecock Natural... Read More →
avatar for Lluís Sanz Marco

Lluís Sanz Marco

Lead Director of Informació de Base i Cartografia, IMI-Ajuntament de Barcelona
Title proposal: Open data BCN, and now what?Biography: Industrial Energy Engineer from UPC and MBA in public administrations from ESADE, and extended post-degree courses in GIS and Urbanism. Belongs to several Professional TIC associations and has been professor in GIS and Urban... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room A

11:00 CEST

Data + Agriculture
Data + Agriculture

Moderators
avatar for André Laperrière

André Laperrière

Executive Director, GODAN
Title proposal: For a Data driven agriculture, conclusions from the 2016 GODAN Summit.Biography: Mr. André Laperrière joined the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)initiative as its first Executive Director, in September 2015. During his career, Mr. Laperrièrehas... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Stéphane Gigandet

Stéphane Gigandet

Founder and President, Open Food Facts
Title proposal: Open food facts and open beauty facts: crowdsourcing data of public interest from the private sector.Biography: Stéphane Gigandet is the founder of the collaborative, free and open food products database Open Food Facts. Since 2012, 4000 contributors have opened... Read More →
avatar for Thodoris Kontogiannis

Thodoris Kontogiannis

Account Manager, Business development department of Agroknow
Biography: Theo Kontogiannis works in the business development department of Agroknow as Account Manager. He is responsible for collecting data requirements of the agricultural community and transforming them into respective data-powered services. He is also involved in various agri-food... Read More →
CP

Cristina Pérez

Knowledge Management Systems Coordinator, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room B

11:00 CEST

Data + Education
Data + Education

Moderators
avatar for Marco Túlio Pires

Marco Túlio Pires

Program Manager, School of Data
Title proposal: Train the trainers: sharing methodologies for teaching how to use open data.Biography: Marco Túlio Pires is the programme manager at School of Data, overseeing the Global Fellowship and the the coordination of the international network of individuals, organisations and data-trainers. A Brazilian journalist and coder, Marco has worked as an investigative journalist in Globo TV, Brazil's biggest TV channel and also as a science... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Christian Anker

Christian Anker

Head of the Promotion Unit - General Direction, Council for Transparency - Chile
Title proposal: Promoting the access to information and open data in citizens: the chilean experience of the Council for TransparencyBiography: Mr. Christian Anker is Head of the Promotion and Client Unit of Chile’s Council for Transparency, where he work since its inception... Read More →
avatar for Marija Kujacic

Marija Kujacic

Head of Departement, Directorate for eGovernment
Title proposal: Open data in education.Biography: Marija Kujačić is a Head of Section for Development and Standardization in the Serbian Directorate for e-Government, body inside the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government. She manages activities on development... Read More →
avatar for Jose-Norberto Mazón

Jose-Norberto Mazón

PhD. Assistant Professor, Universidad de Alicante
Title proposal: Open data ecosystem in universities: experiences from University of Alicante.Biography: Jose-Norberto Mazón is coordinator of the Computing degree at the University of Alicante (Spain). He is also member of the WaKe research group at the University of Alicante. His... Read More →
avatar for Miguel Ángel Acero Álvarez

Miguel Ángel Acero Álvarez

Project Manager, CTIC Centro Tecnológico
Title proposal: Open SmartKidsBiography: Miguel has a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Oviedo University (2000), a certificate in Project Management by the Project Management Institute (PMI, 2014), as well as an extensive educational background in technology and innovation consulting. He... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room C

11:00 CEST

Data + Utilities
Data + Utilities

Moderators
avatar for Fernando Belda

Fernando Belda

Director of Production and Infrastructure, AEMET
Biography: PhD. in Physics (Cum Laude) by University of Valencia and Master in Public Management by Ministry of Finance and Public Administration. Director of Production and Infrastructures (AEMET). He has also been Head of the Regional Office in Murcia and Head of the meteorological... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Rafael Aguado

Rafael Aguado

COO, Canard Drones
Title proposal: Open data.Biography: Succesful entrepreneur, CoFounder of Canard, and founder of GlobalSDR. with more than 17 years of experience. He is considered as a well known expert in military communication and security. Holds a Master degree en Computer Science. 
avatar for Brian Banks

Brian Banks

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Global Water Challenge
Proposal title: Data to Drops: improving water services through open data.Biography: Brian Banks is Director of Strategic Initiatives at Global Water Challenge.  Mr. Banks has worked in the WASH sector for nearly a decade, with an emphasis on southern and eastern Africa. In support... Read More →
avatar for Pierre Chrzanowski

Pierre Chrzanowski

Open Data Consultant, World Bank
Biography: Pierre Chrzanowski is an Open Data specialist, based in Paris, working regularly as a consultant for the World Bank. He is the author of one of the first publications [1] in French on open data while he was working as an ICT Policy Officer at the French Embassy in the... Read More →
avatar for Antonio Rodríguez

Antonio Rodríguez

Head of the Environmental Developments Service, AEMET
Biography: Head of the Environmental Developments Service since 2013 until now. He joined AEMET in 1985. He is BSc in Physics and MSc in Physic and Applied Meteorology. He was involved in EUMETSAT Nowcasting SAF project as developer in 2003-2013. His areas of expertise include develop... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room D

11:00 CEST

Data + Accountability II
Data + Accountability II

Moderators
avatar for Katie Clancy

Katie Clancy

Programme Management Officer, International Development Research Centre

Speakers
avatar for Oludotun Babayemi

Oludotun Babayemi

Co - Founder, Connected Development - Follow The Money Nigeria
Title proposal: Empowering communities.Biography: Oludotun Babayemi is the Co Creator of Connected Development's Follow The Money, A movement that advocate, visualize and track government spending and international aid spending in rural communities. He is a Fellow at Stanford University... Read More →
avatar for Angeles Navarro

Angeles Navarro

Account Manager Latin America & Spain, OpenDataSoft
Mexican activist, in charge of iberoamerica for OpenDataSoft.We are a cloud based open data platform, that allows users to easily understand data through intuitive visualizations and dashboards, as well as generating an automated API for advanced users to reuse even real time dat... Read More →
avatar for Robert Palmer

Robert Palmer

Campaign leader, banks and corruption, Global Witness
Title proposal: How we persuaded the British government to release information on beneficial ownership company as data, and what we’re now planning to do with it.Biography: Robert Palmer is the Banks and Corruption Campaign Leader for Global Witness, a Nobel-prize nominated organisation dedicated to breaking the links between natural resources, conflict and corruption. He focuses on how the financial system facilitates corruption and other crimes. Robert has led a number of high profile investigations, including organising an u... Read More →
avatar for Arne Semsrott

Arne Semsrott

Projektleiter FragDenStaat, Open Knowledge Foundation
Arne Semsrott ist Projektleiter von FragDenStaat und beschäftigt sich mit Informationsfreiheit. Er ist Politikwissenschaftler, arbeitet als freier Journalist und engagiert sich in weiteren NGOs zu Themen wie Transparenz und Lobbyismus, unter anderem als ehrenamtlicher Vorstand von... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room E

11:00 CEST

Data + International Aid I
Data + International Aid I

Speakers
avatar for Yohanna Loucheur

Yohanna Loucheur

Senior Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada
Biography: Yohanna Loucheur joined the Canadian federal government in 1997. She has worked on various files including the knowledge-based economy and society, innovative financing for development, aid effectiveness policies, fiduciary risk management and public financial management... Read More →
avatar for Andrea Vaughn

Andrea Vaughn

Aid Transparency Team Lead, USAID
Biography: Andie Vaughn is an Aid Transparency Analyst for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).  Since joining the Agency in 2011, she has worked on improving both the quality and quantity of USAID's data submissions to the International Aid Transparency... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Mark Brough

Mark Brough

Consultant, UNDP Bangladesh

Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room F

11:00 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and Business
The Open Data and Business session brings together business leaders who will talk about economic benefits of open data to the private sector. Executives from Telefonica, Amazon Web Services, and Informa will share how their companies leverage open data to achieve their various business goals. Director of the Open Data Institute will talk about their open data startup incubator program. The session will be moderated by a Lead Economist of the World Bank, which has provided open data assistance to over 45 countries since 2011.          

Moderators
avatar for Amparo Ballivian

Amparo Ballivian

Lead Economist, Development Data Group, World Bank
Biography: Amparo Ballivián leads the Open Government Data working group at the World Bank. This is a multidisciplinary group which supports developing and emerging countries’ open data and innovation initiatives. Amparo has a rich experience in operations since 1991. She has managed... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Richard Benjamins

Richard Benjamins

Group Director BI & Big Data, Telefónica
Biography: Dr. V.R. (Richard) Benjamins is Group Director BI & Big Data responsible for internal exploitation across Telefonica. Before joining Telefonica, he was director and board member at iSOCO, which he co-founded in 1999. Dr. Benjamins has held positions at the Universities... Read More →
avatar for Carlos Fernandez Iñigo

Carlos Fernandez Iñigo

CTO, Informa
Carlos Fernández holds a Superior Degree in Physics and earned an MBA from the “Instituto de Empresa” in Madrid. His professional career has been developed in companies such as Saint Gobain, Indra, Reuters and Fedea. At the present time, he is member of the Board of Directors... Read More →
avatar for Richard Stirling

Richard Stirling

International Director, ODI
Biography: Richard oversees all ODI work with the public sector in the UK and internationally, as well as managing the ODI’s successful start up incubator programme. Richard has considerable experience at the heart of UK government transparency and data initiatives, leading the... Read More →
avatar for Jed Sundwall

Jed Sundwall

Open Data Global Lead, Amazon Web Services
Biography: Jed Sundwall leads the global open data practice at Amazon Web Services, which helps explore ways that the AWS cloud can make data easier to discover, access, and use. The AWS open data practice has democratized access to petabytes of data, including satellite imagery... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 11:00 - 12:15 CEST
Main assembly room

12:00 CEST

Data + International Aid II / Data and the SDG
Data + International Aid II / Data and the SDG

Moderators
avatar for Paige Kirby

Paige Kirby

Engagement and Partnerships Associate, Development Gateway
Title proposal: Data and the SDGs.Biography: Paige is passionate about developing tools and processes that elevate local decision-makers. She drives DG's innovation work around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on making SDGs relevant and actionable... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Bibhusan Bista

Bibhusan Bista

CEO, Young Innovations
Title proposal: After the earthquake, where did the money go?. Lessons from Nepal on how a publishing standard could help improve the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian aid.Biography:  Bibhusan is the CEO of YoungInnovations, a company based in Nepal... Read More →
avatar for Karen Rono

Karen Rono

Regional Technical Lead (Africa), Development Initiatives-Africa Hub
Title proposal: Leaving no one behind: localising global goals for data-driven community development in Kenya.Biography: Karen Rono works with Development Initiatives based in the Nairobi office, her role covers the East African region and heads the technical work for the organisation... Read More →
avatar for Yeama Thompson

Yeama Thompson

Commissioner, Right to Access Information Commission
Biography: Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war-time Sierra Leone. During that period, she also conceptualised and produced community... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 12:45 CEST
Room F

12:00 CEST

Data + Humanitarian issues
Data + Humanitarian issues

Moderators
avatar for Jeanne Holm

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Chief Information Officer, City of Los Angeles
Title proposal:  A global marketplace for city data Building Open Data Communities in Africa Biography: As a leader in open data, education, community-building, and civic innovation, Jeanne Holm empowers people to discover new knowledge and collaborate to improve life on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Concha Catalan

Concha Catalan

BTVdatalab coordinator, BTVdatalab - Barcelona Televisió
Title proposal: Spanish Civil War: a proposal to open data about all victims of war and repression.Biography: Concha Catalan graduated in English (UB) and in Journalism (UPF) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She has coordinated the datajournalism project BTV Datalab and is co-fou... Read More →
avatar for Moses Sitati

Moses Sitati

Manager, Data Lab Nairobi, The Humanitarian Data Exchange
Title proposal: Lessons from the humanitarian data exchange in East Africa.Biography: Moses is the manager for the Humanitarian Data Exchange Data Lab in Nairobi. The HDX Data Lab focuses on baseline data collection, provision of various data services to humanitarian community partners... Read More →
avatar for Siem Vaessen

Siem Vaessen

CEO, Zimmerman & Zimmerman
Title proposal: Open data for development and humanitarian action.Biography: Mr. Vaessen has been working with open data and collection management since 1993. He started his career at the photo agency ABC Press based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He continued working as a photo... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 13:15 CEST
Room B

12:00 CEST

Data + Culture
Data + Culture

Moderators
Speakers
avatar for Gustavo Candela

Gustavo Candela

Researcher and developer, University of Alicante
Title proposal: Transformation of cultural heritage into linked open data.Biography: The Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes Foundation. Gustavo Candela is a member of the Research and Development department at The Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes Foundation since 2010... Read More →
avatar for Asunción Gómez-Pérez

Asunción Gómez-Pérez

Full professor, Ontology Engineering Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Title proposal: datos.bne.es: 5 years of linked open data at the National Library of Spain.Biography: Asunción is Full Professor at UPM, director of the Artificial Intelligence Department, director of the Ontology Engineering Group and PhD in Computer Science. She is  leading... Read More →
avatar for Ana Alvarez Lacambra

Ana Alvarez Lacambra

Web & Digital Media, IT Department. Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Title proposal: Open data and reuse: Issues and challenges for cultural institutions. Conclusions of the pre-event Open Data and Culture (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid 5th October) Biography: Ana Alvarez is Web Manager at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza of Madrid. She has a BA in Medieval... Read More →
avatar for Silvia Cobo Serrano

Silvia Cobo Serrano

Full Professor, Publidoc UCM. Department of Library and Information Science. Complutense University
Title proposal: Your work is perfect. Share it with everybody.Biography: Silvia Cobo Serrano is an official scholarly researcher and received her PhD in 2015 from the School of Information Sciences at the Complutense University (Spain). Her research interests are focused on project... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 13:15 CEST
Room C

12:00 CEST

Data + Accountability I
Data + Accountability I

Moderators
avatar for Hera Hussain

Hera Hussain

Community & Partnerships Manager, OpenCorporates
Title proposal: How open company data can shed a light on corruption and anonymous companies.Biography: Hera catalyzes communities, journalists, and activists, helping them embrace open data and technological innovation in creating positive change around the globe. A leader and... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Glecourse Blair

Glecourse Blair

Founder, Accountability Lab
Title proposal: Incubating youth entrepreneurship in governance: an impact evaluation of accountability lab in Liberia.Biography: Blair Glencorse is Founder and Executive Director of the Accountability Lab, an incubator for creative, youth-driven ideas for accountability and transparency around the world. Blair is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption and Transparency. Previously, Blair was a Social Impact Fellow at the Center for High Impact Philanthr... Read More →
avatar for Julia Keseru

Julia Keseru

Global Matchbox Lead, the engine room
Title proposal: Matchbox.Biography: Julia Keseru is the Global Lead for the engine room's Matchbox Program, supporting transparency and accountability activists around the world to bring about positive change, and building a network of experts and social change instigators. Prior... Read More →
avatar for Jose Luis Marin

Jose Luis Marin

CEO, Euroalert
Title proposal: Alternative estimation of ‘‘public procurement advertised in the Official Journal as % of GDP’’ european official indicator using open government data.Biography: Holding both a Telecommunication Engineering Degree and a Business Administration Degree from... Read More →
avatar for Michalis Vafopoulos

Michalis Vafopoulos

Senior Affiliated Researcher, Software and Knowledge Engineering Laboratory, IIT, NCSR-?Demokritos?
Title proposal: Linked open economy: take full advantage of economic data.Biography: Michalis Vafopoulos is an affiliated researcher at the Software & Knowledge Engineering Laboratory (SKEL) of the Institute of Informatics & Telecommunications of the National Center for Scientific... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 13:15 CEST
Room D

12:00 CEST

Data + Transport
Data + Transport

Moderators
avatar for Craig Hammer

Craig Hammer

Program Manager, The World Bank
Craig Hammer is Program Manager at the World Bank, and Secretary of the World Bank’s Development Data Council. He specializes in evidence-based governance reforms, with particular emphasis on open government and open data initiatives. His work at the World Bank has included strengthening... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Leborgne Guillaume

Leborgne Guillaume

Director Transparency and Open Data, SNCF (french railways)
Title proposal: SNCF (french railways and public transport operator): open data, as a tool for accountability and change.Biography: Guillaume Leborgne has been working on the opening and the release of SNCF (French Railways) data since 2014 in a will of transparency. Over the past... Read More →
avatar for Alla Morrison

Alla Morrison

Program Officer, The World Bank
Title proposal: Unlocking open transport data innovations for smarter urban transport.Biography: Alla Morrison is a Data Scientist at the World Bank, where she is currently working on a pilot program to support Innovations in Development Data.  In the last two years in Transport... Read More →
avatar for Angela Rivada

Angela Rivada

Smart City project coordinator, Valladolid City Council
Title proposal: S2CITY: gathering and opening data in the city.Biography: Telecommunications Engineer and Economist with more than 15 years of experience in Project Management, focused on innovation and technology. Angela has a Master Degree in European Project Management. She is... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Tello

Daniel Tello

IT Director, Mexico City Government / Laboratorio para la Ciudad
Title proposal: Generating and leveraging public transport data.Biography: Fascinated since he was a kid about the digital world and its potential, Daniel did a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering. Daniel coordinates the IT area of Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Lab for the... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Luis Meijueiro

Luis Meijueiro

Open Data Senior Consultant, Fundacion CTIC Centro Tecnologico
Title proposal: Open data and distributed ledger (aka Blockchain). Technologies to solve real-world issues.Biography: Luis has worked too in consultancy services for eGovernment projects related to the deployment of broadband infrastructure and web applications in public institutions... Read More →

Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 13:30 CEST
Room A

12:00 CEST

Data + Parliaments
Data + Parliaments

Moderators
avatar for Jonh Wonderlich

Jonh Wonderlich

Interim Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
Biography: John Wonderlich is the Policy Director for the Sunlight Foundation and one of the nation's foremost advocates for open government. John spearheads Sunlight's goal of changing the government by opening up key data sources and information to make government more accountable... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Jean Marie Bourgogne

Jean Marie Bourgogne

President, OPENDATAFRANCE
Title proposal: Best Practice : MANAGEMENT OF A WIDE PUBLIC ACTORS NETWORK (OpendataFrance).Biography: Jean-Marie BOURGOGNE is the co-founder and director of the association  OpenDataFrance which gathers French local authorities to promote Opendata in France. He previously mana... Read More →
avatar for Jen Bramley

Jen Bramley

Partnerships and projects manager, mySociety
Title proposal: Collaboration for parliamentary data: changing the world of parliamentary monitoring.Biography: Jen joined mySociety in 2013 and has since worked on a wide range of projects in countries from Zimbabwe to Malaysia, and topics from FOI to street fault reporting. Her... Read More →
avatar for Darko Brkan

Darko Brkan

President, UG Zasto ne / CA Why not
Title proposal: A new way of getting citizens and parliamentarians excited about  legislation in the parliament - www.javnarasprava.ba.Biography: Darko Brkan is the president of CA „Why not“, one of the most prominent Bosnian NGOs that promotes activism, government accountability... Read More →
avatar for Jean-Noe Landry

Jean-Noe Landry

Executive Director, Open North
Proposal title: Situating open data in national open parliament action plans: drawing lessons learned from successful CSO initiatives for the global open data community.Biography: Jean-Noé Landry is Executive Director of Open North, Canada's leading non profit specialized in applied... Read More →
avatar for Ariel Riera

Ariel Riera

Journalist, Chequeado
Title proposal: Impact of live data during election debates.Biography: Ariel Riera: Journalist. He studied Communication Science at Universidad de Buenos Aires. Since 2012 he is part of Chequeado´s newsroom, the only Argentine organization dedicated to fact-checking and leader... Read More →
avatar for Rebecca Rumbul

Rebecca Rumbul

Head of Research, mySociety
Title proposal: The UK EU Referendum: how civic tech informed voters.Biography: Dr Rebecca Rumbul is Head of Research for civic tech NGO mySociety, a role focused on understanding the real world implications and impacts of civic technology for citizens, governments and the wider... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:00 - 13:30 CEST
Room E

12:15 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and the Data Revolution for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for Joint Action

This session will assess the progress made in advancing the data revolution for sustainable development and the challenges, opportunities, and priority action areas for the year ahead. This session address the following questions:

  • What have been some of the successes and challenges in advancing an open data revolution for sustainable development over the past year since the Global Goals were adopted and Global Partnership was formed?

  • How can we more powerfully and sustainably advance a data revolution for sustainable development that specifically seizes the opportunities of open data along with other new sources of data?

  • What are some of priority action areas for moving the agenda forward over the next 1, 3, 5 years?
 

Moderators
avatar for Aditya Agrawal

Aditya Agrawal

Technical Manager, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Biography: As Technical Manager for the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Aditya Agrawal works with more than 150 data champions around the world to advance country-led data roadmaps for sustainable development and harness the data revolution for the Global Goals... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Richard Benjamins

Richard Benjamins

Group Director BI & Big Data, Telefónica
Biography: Dr. V.R. (Richard) Benjamins is Group Director BI & Big Data responsible for internal exploitation across Telefonica. Before joining Telefonica, he was director and board member at iSOCO, which he co-founded in 1999. Dr. Benjamins has held positions at the Universities... Read More →
avatar for Al Kags

Al Kags

Founder / Trsutee, Open Institute
Al Kags is Founder and Trustee of Open Institute, and leads program direction. He is a Mandela Washington Fellow (2014) and was recognized as a New Generation African Leader (2013). In Kenya, Al has worked with the government to develop and implement ICT policy. He was responsible... Read More →
avatar for Ruth Minja

Ruth Minja

Principal Statistician and Coordinator, Open Data Initiative
Biography: Ruth D. Minja is a Principal Statistician and Coordinator for Open Data Initiative in Tanzania. She has a Master’s of Science in Information Technology and Management and; a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics. She has experience of more 10 years on production, analysis and... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:15 - 13:30 CEST
Main assembly room

12:45 CEST

Open Data + Performance / Building Open Performance into the Fabric of Government
Open Data + Performance / Building Open Performance into the Fabric of Government

Moderators
avatar for Jeff Kaplan

Jeff Kaplan

Director of Multilateral & NGO, Socrata, Inc.
Title proposal: Building open performance (and data) into the fabric of government.Biography: Jeff has for years been a high-profile expert in global Open Data and public sector innovation.  Mostly recently, he has served as Director of Multilateral & Non-Profits at Socrata, a... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Sarah Orton

Sarah Orton

Engagement and partnerships Associate, Development Gateway
Biography: Sarah works to promote efficiency and effectiveness through data uptake and technology use. She led the Sri Lanka team of Development Gateway’s Results Data Initiative, which included qualitative interviews around results data collection and use. Sarah also works on making... Read More →
avatar for Jeffrey J. Press

Jeffrey J. Press

Deputy director of performance strategy, US department of commerce (former)
Biography: Jeff Press served as the Deputy Director of Performance Strategy at the U.S. Department of Commerce where he was responsible for leading performance improvement and innovation across the entire organization. Prior to Commerce, Jeff worked with the White House Office of... Read More →
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Fiona Smith

International Development Researcher, Open Data Institute
Biography: Fiona is the International Development Manager at The Open Data Institute responsible for research design, evaluation and learning covering the ODI’s work supporting developing country governments to unlock the value of open data.Fiona has a broad background in international... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 12:45 - 13:30 CEST
Room F

13:15 CEST

Lunch
Lunch

Thursday October 6, 2016 13:15 - 14:15 CEST
 Hall 

14:15 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and National Statistical Offices: Experiences and Opportunities

This session will examine the intersection of open data and official statistics. It will be a provocative discussion on the vital role of open data to support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Experts and government representatives will discuss the challenges and opportunities of open data to leverage production and expand use of official statistics. The session will focus on questions including:

  • How open are official statistics, particularly those being used to support the SDGs?

  • Where can NSOs and their partners get big returns from their investment in open data, even in the short-term?

  • How can open data help with addressinsg some of the SDG data challenges of national statistics agencies? What are the experiences of NSOs actively involved in this work?

  • What kind of support is needed from the partner agencies and donors?

Moderators
avatar for Shaida Baidee

Shaida Baidee

Co-founder & Managing Director, Open Data Watch
Biography: Ms. Shaida Badiee, is a co-founder and managing director of Open Data Watch, an NGO focused on monitoring and promoting open data in national statistical offices. She has been an active member of the UN Secretary General’s advisory group on data revolution, co-chairs... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Aboubacar Sédikh Beye

Aboubacar Sédikh Beye

Director General, National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD)
Biography: Mr. Aboubacar Sedkh Beye is the Director General of the National Agency of Statistics and Demography (ANSD) of Senegal. He oversees the activities of the ANSD, which include the production and dissemination of statistical data for purposes government, private sector, development... Read More →
avatar for Jeff Chen

Jeff Chen

Chief Data Scientist, U.S. Department of Commerce
Biography: Jeff Chen is the Chief Data Scientist of the U.S. Department of Commerce and lead of the Commerce Data Service, a new team focused on evolving the role of data science and engineering in government. Throughout his career, he has led wide ranging initiatives across 40... Read More →
avatar for Oliver Chinganya

Oliver Chinganya

Director, Statistics Economic Commission for Africa
Biography: Mr. Oliver J.M. Chinganya, Director of Statistics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). Previously, he worked as the Division Manager, Statistics Department of the African Development Bank, with responsibility for Statistical Capacity Building. Prior... Read More →
avatar for Albina Chuwa

Albina Chuwa

Chief Statistician and Head, National Statistics Office
Biography: Dr. Albina Chuwa is a Chief Statistician and Head of National Statistics Office of Tanzania. She has a PhD in Population Statistics, MA in Population Studies and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics and part time Lecturer at the Regional Eastern Statistical... Read More →
avatar for Haishan Fu

Haishan Fu

Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group, World Bank
Biography: Haishan Fu is the Director of the World Bank’s Development Data Group, overseeing its development monitoring and open data initiative, statistical capacity building and global statistical programs.  As an Ex-Officio member of the WBG Data Council and Co-Chair of the... Read More →
avatar for Eric Swanson

Eric Swanson

Co-founder & Managing Director, Open Data Watch
Biography: Dr. Eric Swanson is a co-founder and managing director of Open Data Watch, an NGO focused on monitoring and promoting open data in national statistical offices. Eric is a globally recognized economist with a passion for analyzing the most effective ways to use data for... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Main assembly room

14:15 CEST

Data + Budget
Data + Budget

Moderators
avatar for Fabrizio Scrollini

Fabrizio Scrollini

Lead Researcher, Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA)
Title proposal: The open data charter in the Americas.Biography: Fabrizio Scrollini is the lead researcher of the Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA), and member of the Open Data Network for Development (OD4D). He is also Chairman of  DATA Uruguay, a civic association... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Anna Alberts

Anna Alberts

Project Manager OpenBudgets.eu, OKFDE
Title proposal: How to make sense of multiple budgets? Using data integration tools for budget and spending data.Biography: Anna Alberts is a project manager at Open Knowledge Foundation Germany for OpenBudgets.eu. OpenBudgets.eu is an H2020 research project that contributes to the field of Financial Transparency by developing new tools for financial data integration and analysis. Within this project Anna leads on dissemination and communication. She focuses on creating new resources and knowledge around financ... Read More →
avatar for David Cabo

David Cabo

Director, Fundación Civio
Title proposal: ¿Dónde van mis impuestos?. National, regional and local budget accountability at its best.Biography: David Cabo is the co-founder and Director of the Civio Foundation, which promotes an engaged citizenry through transparency and data journalism. Among Civio’s... Read More →
avatar for Jose Subero Munilla

Jose Subero Munilla

IT Adviser at the ICT Department of the Aragon Government, Gobierno de Aragón / Aragón Government
Title proposal: Mapping money with Aragon open spending app.Biography: Head of eAdmin at the Aragón Government PhD Civil Engineer in the study field "Transport Infrastructures and Land' Planning". Master in Public Administration Linkedin: https://es.linkedin.com/in/josemsub... Read More →
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Myroslav Opyr

CTO, Quintagroup, Ltd.
Title proposal: OCDS in ProZorro - Public procurement reform as startup.Biography: CTO of Quintagroup, 13 years on OpenSource solutions market. Apologist of Open Data, Open Source, Linux, Python, Mozilla and P2P technologies.Graduate of Lviv Physics and Mathematics Lyceum and Ivan... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room A

14:15 CEST

Data + Environment
Data + Environment

Moderators
avatar for Anders Pedersen

Anders Pedersen

Acting Manager of Data Projects, Natural Resource Governance Institute
Biography: At Natural Resource Governance Institute Anders is working open data in extractives including contracts, project data and other key data sources. He coordinates the work on ResourceContracts, the world’s largest database on extractives contracts – a partnership between... Read More →

Speakers
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Pyrou Chung

Regional Data Manager, East-West Management Institute Open Development Initiative
Title proposal: Open data and the lower Mekong Basin
avatar for Carolyn Ciciarelli

Carolyn Ciciarelli

Associate, World Resources Institute
Title proposal: Global forest watch climate: catalyzing action on climate change.Biography:  Carolyn Ciciarelli is a member of the Global Forest Watch (GFW) team at the World Resources Institute. She manages the Global Forest Watch Climate website, which delivers timely and accurate... Read More →
avatar for Sergio Estella

Sergio Estella

Chief Design Officer, Vizzuality
Title proposal: Designing for impact: lessons from resource watch.Biography:  Sergio founded Vizzuality, a Spanish data visualisation firm with international impact. By using a mix of great open data, user research and design that delights, Vizzuality builds web applications that... Read More →
avatar for Manuel Llano Vázquez Prada

Manuel Llano Vázquez Prada

MSc in Social Anthropology, CartoCrítica
Title proposal: Nature, territory and concessions.Biography: He studied communications (BA) and social anthropology (MSc) at Iberoamerican University in Mexico City. He is the founder of CartoCrítica, a Mexican nonprofit organization that seeks to promote transparency and access... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room B

14:15 CEST

Data + Data Journalism
Data + Data Journalism

Moderators
avatar for Craig Hammer

Craig Hammer

Program Manager, The World Bank
Craig Hammer is Program Manager at the World Bank, and Secretary of the World Bank’s Development Data Council. He specializes in evidence-based governance reforms, with particular emphasis on open government and open data initiatives. His work at the World Bank has included strengthening... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Daniele Grasso

Daniele Grasso

Journalist, El Confidencial
Biography: Daniele Grasso is an Italian journalist based in Madrid. Since late 2013 he has worked at El Confidencial, where he launched and now coordinates the first data journalism unit ever created in a Spanish media organization. Besides his newsroom work, he has had a leading... Read More →
avatar for Paula Guisado

Paula Guisado

Data journalist in the Data unit, El Mundo
Biography: Paula Guisado is a data journalist in the Data unit at El Mundo. She has bachelor's degrees in Journalism, Audiovisual Communications and Publicity from the Universidad Europea de Madrid (UEM). She specialized in Investigative reporting, Data and Visualization with a master... Read More →
avatar for Raúl Sánchez

Raúl Sánchez

Data journalist, eldiario.es
Title proposal: How data-driven journalism and the use of open data has an impact on public policies.Biography: Raúl Sánchez is a Spanish journalist specialized in data journalism and visualization based in Madrid. He is the co-founder of "Mapa del Poder en Canarias", an interactive... Read More →
avatar for Jean Brice Tetka

Jean Brice Tetka

Data and Technology Coordinator, Transparency International Secretariat
Title proposal: Open data to fight corruption: Tools for investigative journalists.Biography: Jean Brice is working for Transparency International as Data and Technology Coordinator for the People Engagement Programme, to improve the use of data and technology for Transparency International’s... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room C

14:15 CEST

Data + Cities I
Data + Cities I

Moderators
avatar for Jean-Noe Landry

Jean-Noe Landry

Executive Director, Open North
Proposal title: Situating open data in national open parliament action plans: drawing lessons learned from successful CSO initiatives for the global open data community.Biography: Jean-Noé Landry is Executive Director of Open North, Canada's leading non profit specialized in applied... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Sergio Fernandez Balaguer

Sergio Fernandez Balaguer

Communication and consultancy department, Empresa municipal de transportes de Madrid S.A.
Title proposal: EMT Madrid experience in open data: building a Smart City.Biography: Sergio Fernández Balaguer, Communication and Consultancy Department, Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (Madrid Public Transport Company)- EMT MADRID   Degree in Engineering. Master in... Read More →
avatar for Andy Dickinson

Andy Dickinson

Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of Central Lancashire
Title proposal: MediaMill: understanding the opportunities for hyerplocal, open data journalism.Biography: Andy is a UK based Senior lecturer and researcher based in the Media Innovation Studio at the University of Central Lancashire. He has been involved in online and digital media... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Sarasa Funes

Daniel Sarasa Funes

Urban innovation planner, Zaragoza City Council
Title proposal: CityKeys: opening key performance indicators for Smarter Cities.Biography: Urban innovation planner at Zaragoza City Council's Smart City Department. Team ideologist & launcher of "Etopia. Center for Arts and Technology" (@etopia_), Zaragoza public WiFi, Zaragoza's... Read More →
avatar for Dinita Andriani Putri

Dinita Andriani Putri

Operational Director, Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance
Title proposal: How does citizen-generated data contribute to the implementation of open data in urban governance: the case of Jakarta Smart City.Biography: Dinita was the Operational Director at Centre for Innovation Policy and Governance (CIPG) - a research based advocacy group... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room D

14:15 CEST

Data + Hacking data
Data + Hacking data

Moderators
avatar for Martín Alvarez

Martín Alvarez

W3C Spanish Office Head and Open Data expert, CTIC Technology Centre
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... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes

Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes

Head of Development and Policy, Etalab
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... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Kamau

Andrew Kamau

Software Engineer, Code For Africa
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... Read More →
avatar for Elena Alfaro Martínez

Elena Alfaro Martínez

CEO, BBVA Data & Analytics
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... Read More →
avatar for Ali Rebaie

Ali Rebaie

Data Science Anthropologist, Data Aurora
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... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room E

14:15 CEST

Data + Science
Data + Science

Moderators
avatar for Cecilia Cabello

Cecilia Cabello

Department Director of Indicators and Monitoring of Research and Innovation Policies, Science Foundation of Science and Technology (FECYT)
Biography: Department Director of Indicators and Monitoring of Research and Innovation Policies at the Science Foundation of Science and Technology (FECYT). Has a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science (MSU) and Masters in Science, Technology (UAM). Background and experience in... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Alberto Cottica

Alberto Cottica

Member of the community, Spaghetti Open Data
Title proposal: The Death Star of FP7: a network analysis of european research funding with open data.Biography: Economist, expert on collaborative public policies and online participation. Committed to make government smarter and more open, using the Internet to tap into the citizenry’s... Read More →
avatar for Ji-Ping Lin

Ji-Ping Lin

Ph.D./Associate Research Fellow, Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica
Title proposal: TIPD (Taiwan Indigenous Peoples open research Data): construction methods and sharing contents.Biography: Ji-Ping Lin received B.Sc. in Geography from National Taiwan University (Taiwan) in 1988, M.Sc. in Statistics from National Central University (Taiwan) in 1990... Read More →
avatar for Eva Mendez

Eva Mendez

Associate professor, Maredata Thematic Network / Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Title proposal: Are scientific and research data public sector information. Aren't they?Biography:  I am a faculty member in the Library and Information Science (LIS) department in the University Carlos III of Madrid. My field of expertise is Metadata, Open Access and LOD (Linked... Read More →
avatar for Carlos Turmo

Carlos Turmo

Technical Conselour, Spanish Patent and Trademark Offcie
Title proposal: Patent Information, natural source of open data.Biography: Carlos Turmo is currently Technical Counsellor in the IT Department at the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office. PhD in Biological Sciences, he joined the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTMO) in 1986... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 14:15 - 15:15 CEST
Room F

15:30 CEST

Main Session - Scaling Up and Deepening Open Data's Transformative Impact in Open Government

The purpose of the session is to bring together key sector leaders to showcase examples of how open data is deepening the impact of their work (e.g., natural resources governance through environmental data disclosure, service delivery in health and education, fiscal transparency through open budget data, access to information through proactive disclosure, anti-corruption through open contracting data) and highlight opportunities presented by Open Government Partnership (OGP) to scale up and deepen those efforts.

Through a facilitated roundtable discussion, we hope to:

  1. Establish how open data is the connector and key driver of impact across sectors (health, education, fiscal transparency, access to information, natural resources, and anti-corruption, open contracting, etc.).

  2. Showcase with real examples how open data is being used in OGP countries to deepen the impact of open government reforms at the sector level.

  3. Unpack the theory of change at work and draw conclusions on what’s working, what’s not working, and why and how future interventions can be successful.

  4. Seek ideas on how OGP can scale up and deepen the impact of open government reforms using open data approaches so that it benefits citizens beyond intermediary data users.

By demonstrating real world cases of deployment of open data in OGP countries, we hope participants will develop a better understanding of how OGP can be leveraged for implementing open data interventions across different sectors. Another key outcome is to highlight the role of experts from OGP Working Groups and partners as in leading sectoral open data engagement.

Moderators
avatar for Suneeta Kaimal

Suneeta Kaimal

NRGI, Chief Operating Officer
Biography: Suneeta Kaimal is the Chief Operating Officer of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), ensuring citizens realize the benefits of their countries’ endowments of oil, gas and minerals. NRGI is an independent non-profit organization that works with innovative agents of change within government ministries, civil society, the media, legislatures, the private sector... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for David Lebryk

David Lebryk

Fiscal Assistant, Secretary of the US Department of the Treasure
Biography: David A. Lebryk was appointed the Fiscal Assistant Secretary on June 30, 2014.  In this role, Mr. Lebryk is responsible for developing policy and overseeing the operations of the financial infrastructure of the federal government in the areas of payments, collections... Read More →
avatar for Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Biography: I’m a Systems Engineer of National University of Colombia, specialist in systems information from Universidad de los Andes  and MBA in International Management with a Marketing oriented, from Euncet Business School of Universidad Politecnica from Catalonia, with... Read More →
avatar for Yeama Thompson

Yeama Thompson

Commissioner, Right to Access Information Commission
Biography: Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war-time Sierra Leone. During that period, she also conceptualised and produced community... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Main assembly room

15:30 CEST

Data + Anticorruption
Data + Anticorruption

Moderators
avatar for Michael Jarvis

Michael Jarvis

Executive Director, Transparency & Accountability Initiative
Biography: Michael Jarvis joins T/AI after almost two decades working on different aspects of the global good governance and development agenda.  Most recently, Michael was the Global Lead for Extractives Governance within the World Bank Group’s Governance Global Practice. He led... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Daniel Freund

Daniel Freund

Head of Advocacy EU Integrity, Transparency International
Title proposal: Hacking political corruption: how integrity watch made EU lobbying more transparentBiography: Daniel Freund leads Transparency International's work on the integrity of the EU institutions. He is responsible for EU Integrity Watch (www.integritywatch.eu), as well as the work on legislative transparency, conflicts of interest, lobbying, revolving doors and the legislative footprint. He is based in Brussels. Before joining TI, Daniel was a political adviser in the European Parliament working on constitutional and legal issues. He... Read More →
avatar for Hera Hussain

Hera Hussain

Community & Partnerships Manager, OpenCorporates
Title proposal: How open company data can shed a light on corruption and anonymous companies.Biography: Hera catalyzes communities, journalists, and activists, helping them embrace open data and technological innovation in creating positive change around the globe. A leader and... Read More →
avatar for Abram Huyser-Honig

Abram Huyser-Honig

Coordinator, Revistazo.com, Asociacion para una Sociedad mas Justa / Revistazo.com
Title proposal: Open medicines: fighting corruption and saving lives with open data in Honduras.Biography: Abram Huyser-Honig is the Coordinator of Revistazo.com, a data-driven investigative news website affiliated with Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ - the Honduras chapter of Transparency International). Investigations published under his direction have contributed to indictments related to public health sector corruption and... Read More →
avatar for Pavol Lacko

Pavol Lacko

Data Analyst, Fair-Play Alliance
Title proposal: Using business data for revealing money laundering in Slovakia.Biography: Pavol is a Data Analyst at Fair-play Alliance, a Slovak watchdog organisation using investigative journalism to flag up uneconomical and unethical activities in managing public funds. Over the last years he worked on many stories uncovering activities of dubious shell companies, close ties between politicians and oligarchs or wasti... Read More →
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François Massot

Administrator of Regards Citoyens, Regards Citoyens
Title proposal: Shining light on french healthcare professionals financial ties to industry.Biography: François Massot and Tangui Morlier from Regards Citoyens. Regards Citoyens is a French organization of citizens volunteering from all regions to work together on providing a... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room A

15:30 CEST

Data + Elections
Data + Elections

Moderators
avatar for Liz Carolan

Liz Carolan

Associate, ODI
Biography: Liz supports governments and teams to use data and transparency to achieve their objectives, both for the Open Data Institute (ODI) where she is an associate, and as an independent advisor. In this capacity she has advised leaders from over 30 countries, including through... Read More →
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Fiona Smith

International Development Researcher, Open Data Institute
Biography: Fiona is the International Development Manager at The Open Data Institute responsible for research design, evaluation and learning covering the ODI’s work supporting developing country governments to unlock the value of open data.Fiona has a broad background in international... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Anna Scott

Anna Scott

Biography: Anna produces and manages research across the Open Data Institute's programmes. She also writes and commissions blogs, and presents the ODI Podcast. She specialises in open data and global development, having spent two years writing and commissioning on the subjects for... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Jeff Kaplan

Jeff Kaplan

Director of Multilateral & NGO, Socrata, Inc.
Title proposal: Building open performance (and data) into the fabric of government.Biography: Jeff has for years been a high-profile expert in global Open Data and public sector innovation.  Mostly recently, he has served as Director of Multilateral & Non-Profits at Socrata, a... Read More →

Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room B

15:30 CEST

Data + Inequality
Data + Inequality

Moderators
avatar for Lejla Sadiku

Lejla Sadiku

Open Data Specialist, UNDP
Title proposal:  Has open data brought trust in the institutions? Measuring the unmeasured: data democratization has transformed power dynamics between citizens and institutions Biography:  Lejla works in UNDP's Istanbul Regional Hub on open data in Europe and Central... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Natalia Mazotte

Natalia Mazotte

Program Manager, School of Data Brazil
Title proposal: Data literacy for vulnerable youth.Biography: Journalist specialized in data driven journalism and digital strategy focused in the third sector. Program Manager of School of Data in Brazil and co-founder of the Brazilian chapter of the data-driven news agency J... Read More →
avatar for Karen Rono

Karen Rono

Regional Technical Lead (Africa), Development Initiatives-Africa Hub
Title proposal: Leaving no one behind: localising global goals for data-driven community development in Kenya.Biography: Karen Rono works with Development Initiatives based in the Nairobi office, her role covers the East African region and heads the technical work for the organisation... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room C

15:30 CEST

Data + Cities II
Data + Cities II

Moderators
avatar for Stephen Larrick

Stephen Larrick

Open Data Project Lead, Sunlight Foundation
Biography: Stephen Larrick is Open Data Project Lead for the Sunlight Foundation, where he works as part of the policy team to promote transparency and open government at the urban subnational level. His current efforts focus on facilitating the adoption of meaningful and sustainable... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Antonio Moneo

Antonio Moneo

Learning and Knowledge Management, Inter-American Development Bank
Title proposal: Kick-starting open data policies at a municipal level.Biography:  Antonio works at the Inter-American Development Bank promoting open data as a collaborative tool for governments, citizens, entrepreneurs and universities to solve development challenges. At the IDB... Read More →
avatar for Víctor Morlán Plo

Víctor Morlán Plo

Information analyst, Website of the City of Zaragoza
Biography:  Victor Morlan Plo is an Information analyst of the Website of the City of Zaragoza since 2003. He holds a degree on Computer Engineering from the University of León and has published several works on mobility and semantic technologies. 
avatar for Eric Reese

Eric Reese

Senior Implementation Advisor, Center for Government Excellence at Johns Hopkins University
Title proposal: What works cities: building capacity for open data in mid-sized cities.Biography: Originally from Indiana, Eric has spent his career working and partnering with organizations around the world to improve public sector performance. Before coming to GovEx, Eric worked... Read More →
avatar for Zaira Rivera

Zaira Rivera

Smart Dublin co-ordinator, Dublinked Open data platform
Title proposal: How data is helping Dublin solve its challenges.Biography: Zaira has worked in different areas of local government for the past 10 years including smart cities, international relations, innovation and communications. As Smart Dublin Coordinator she works across the... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room D

15:30 CEST

Data + Disaster Management
Data + Disaster Management

Moderators
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Beth Noveck

Professor, New York University's Tandon School of Engineering

Speakers
avatar for Bibhusan Bista

Bibhusan Bista

CEO, Young Innovations
Title proposal: After the earthquake, where did the money go?. Lessons from Nepal on how a publishing standard could help improve the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of humanitarian aid.Biography:  Bibhusan is the CEO of YoungInnovations, a company based in Nepal... Read More →
avatar for Vivien Deparday

Vivien Deparday

Disaster Risk Management Specialist, The World Bank Group
Title proposal: Open data for resilience initiative: principles and experiences from the field.Biography: Vivien Deparday is a Disaster Risk Management Specialist at the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction (GFDRR) at the World Bank. He leads GFDRR's Open Data for Resilience... Read More →
avatar for Innocent Maholi

Innocent Maholi

Lead Mapping Supervisor, Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Title proposal: Ramani Huria - community mapping in Dar es Salaam using OpenStreetMap.Biography: Innocent Maholi, a lead mapping supervisor for Dar Ramani Huria project. In March 2015 while studying for my Bachelor Degree, I started contributing to OpenStreetMap with Dar Ramani Huria... Read More →
avatar for Ankur Nagar

Ankur Nagar

Open Data Specialist, The World Bank
Title proposal: Data + Disaster Risk Resilience.Biography: Ankur Nagar is an Open Data Specialist with the World Bank’s South Asia Disaster Risk Management team, and also supports the Bank’s Global Media Development Program. He brings open data, ICT, and information design expertise... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room E

15:30 CEST

Data + Indigenous
Data + Indigenous

Moderators
avatar for Stephanie Carroll Rainie

Stephanie Carroll Rainie

Associate Director and Assistant Research Professor, US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network The Native Nations Institute
Title proposal: Building an international indigenous data network.Biography: Stephanie Carroll Rainie (Ahtna Athabascan) is Assistant Professor - Public Health, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy (UC); Associate Director and Manager - Tribal Health Program for the Native Nations... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Tahu Kukutai

Tahu Kukutai

Associate Professor, National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis University of Waikato
Biography: Dr Tahu Kukutai is Associate Professor at the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis at the University of Waikato, Aoteaora New Zealand. Tahu specialises in indigenous demographic research and has written extensively on indigenous population change, population... Read More →
avatar for Ji-Ping Lin

Ji-Ping Lin

Ph.D./Associate Research Fellow, Research Center of Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica
Title proposal: TIPD (Taiwan Indigenous Peoples open research Data): construction methods and sharing contents.Biography: Ji-Ping Lin received B.Sc. in Geography from National Taiwan University (Taiwan) in 1988, M.Sc. in Statistics from National Central University (Taiwan) in 1990... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Martínez

Andrew Martínez

Research Specialist, US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network The Native Nations Institute
Biography: Andrew Martinez (Tohono O’odham, Diegueño, Yaqui) is a Research Specialist with the US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network based at the Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona. Martinez is focused on addressing how data outcomes affect American Indian, Alaska... Read More →
avatar for Kirikowhai Mikaere

Kirikowhai Mikaere

Co-Chair, Te Mana Raraunga (Mãori Data Sovereignty Network)
Title proposal: Building an International Indigenous Data Network.Biography: Kirikowhai Mikaere (Tuhourangi, Ngāti Whakaue tribes of Aotearoa New Zealand) is a self-employed contractor advising different Māori and Iwi (tribal) organisations on their statistical and information... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Sporle

Andrew Sporle

Maori health researcher based in the Statistics Department, University of Auckland
Biography: Andrew Sporle is a Maori health researcher based in the Statistics Department at the University of Auckland where he teaches in courses on survey methods and official statistics. He was formerly the inaugural Maori health research manager at the Health Research Council... Read More →
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Maggie Walter

Professor Sociology, University of Tasmania
Biography: Maggie Walter (PhD) is member of the Briggs/Johnson Tasmanian Aboriginal family and a descendant of the people from tebrakunna country in North Eastern Tasmania. She is passionately interested in Indigenous statistics and increasing Indigenous researcher’s statistical... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 15:30 - 16:30 CEST
Room F

16:45 CEST

Open Data Charter: Bringing Principles to Practice
Since its launch in September 2015, support for the Open Data Charter has grown globally. Governments, NGOs, private enterprise, and citizens have begun to use the Charter as a valuable tool to bring together the open data community and implement open data in policy and practice. As the Charter itself continues to grow and develop valuable resources, the plenary will reflect on gains that the Charter has helped create and future opportunities for increased collaboration and sharing across the open data field.

Moderators
avatar for Martin Tisne

Martin Tisne

Director of Policy, Omidyar Network Ltd. UK / Royaume-Uni
Biography: As an investment partner at Omidyar Network, Martin brings extensive experience advocating for change in government and donor policies and driving sector-level change in the field of government transparency and accountability. Based in London, Martin leads policy, advocacy... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Mohamed Bangura

Mohamed Bangura

Minister of Information and Communication, Government of Sierra Leone
Biography: The Honorable Minister Mr. Mohamed Bangura hails from Madina village, Sanda Tendaren chiefdom, Bombali District in the Northern Region of Sierra Leone, West Africa. He is born to families of political and business class; His uncle the late Honorable Thaimu Bangura was... Read More →
avatar for Ania Calderón

Ania Calderón

General Director of Open Data, Office of the President of Mexico
Biography: Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the Mexican Government, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s... Read More →
EL

Edwin Lau

Head of the Reform of the Public Sector Division, OECD
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Pavel Richter

Chief Executive Officer, Open Knowledge International
Biography: Pavel Richter is the Chief Executive Officer for Open Knowledge International. He was Executive Director ofWikimedia Deutschland, and pioneered the internationally acclaimed Wikidata project which is now the fastest growing project for open structured data; Wikimedia Deutschland today supports thousands of volunteers in Germany, advocates nationally and internationally for access to knowledge, and partners with universities and cultural institutions. Pavel is... Read More →
avatar for Alexsey Vyskub

Alexsey Vyskub

Deputy Head, State Agency for e-Governance
Biography: Vyskub Alexey is Deputy Head of the State Agency for E-governance of Ukraine and is responsible for the development of open data, e-services, electronic interaction in Ukraine.Mr. Vyskub in 2015-2016 was an active participant in forming public policy on open data in Ukraine... Read More →
AZ

Ana Zúñiga

Government México City, General Director for Messaging and Technologies


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Main assembly room

16:45 CEST

Data + Extractives
Data + extractives

Moderators
avatar for Anders Pedersen

Anders Pedersen

Acting Manager of Data Projects, Natural Resource Governance Institute
Biography: At Natural Resource Governance Institute Anders is working open data in extractives including contracts, project data and other key data sources. He coordinates the work on ResourceContracts, the world’s largest database on extractives contracts – a partnership between... Read More →

Speakers
AK

Abdoul Karim Kabèlè Camara

AMLA project coordinator & Legal Counsel, African Legal Support Facility
MK

Marco Kaplan

Data Extractors and Bantay Kita, PWYP
Title proposal: Mapping project level data to satellite imagery
BL

Beata Lisowska

Development Initiatives
Title proposal: Exploring linked data and connecting data standards in extractives
DM

David Mihalyi

Economic Analys, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
JR

James Royston

Advocacy Officer, Publish What You Pay International
AR

Anton Rühling

Open Oil
Title proposal: Linking security filings and project level data
DY

Dewi Yuliandini

Data Extractors and Publish What You Pay Indonesia, PWYP
Title proposal: Project level data analysis in Indonesia


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room A

16:45 CEST

Data + Language Processing Technologies
Data + Language Processing Technologies

Moderators
JD

Juan de Dios Llorens

Gabinete del Secretario de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Información, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism

Speakers
avatar for Martin Krallinger

Martin Krallinger

Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO)
Title proposal: OpenMinted: an open, service-oriented ep-Infrastructure for Text and Data Mining (TDM) of scientific and scholarly contentBiography: Dr. Martin Krallinger is currently working at the Spanish National Cancer research Centre and is honorary visiting professor at the... Read More →
avatar for Bente Maegaard

Bente Maegaard

Executive adviser, University of Copenhagen Centre for Language Technology Copenhagen, Denmark
Title proposal: Common Language Resources and Technology Infrastructure: CLARINBiography: Bente Maegaard is Vice Executive Director of CLARIN ERIC. Bente Maegaard is employed at the University of Copenhagen, Centre for Language Technology. Her areas of expertise are in particular... Read More →
avatar for Márta Nagy-Rothengass

Márta Nagy-Rothengass

Head of Unit “Data policy & Innovation“, European Commission
Title proposal: Open Data and Language Technologies. European Commission view. CEF Automated Translation platform use case.Biography: Márta has broad experience working in European initiatives on business and public environment. She dealt with the initiation and transaction of... Read More →
avatar for David Pérez

David Pérez

Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, Spain.
Title proposal: Spanish Plan to foster Language Technologies.Biography: Adviser to the Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Information Society, Spain. Physicist and Mathematician, PhD in Differential Geometry. IT expert with a patent on dynamic routing and a long experience... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room B

16:45 CEST

My Best Open Data Fail
My Best Open Data Fail

Moderators
avatar for Andres Snitcofsky

Andres Snitcofsky

Diseñador grafico, interfaces y visualizaciones de datos, Infobae
Visualizacion de datos. Diseño gráfico. Díscolo en Hacks Hackers BA

Speakers
avatar for Paulina Bustos Arellano

Paulina Bustos Arellano

Head of Services and Operations, Cívica Digital
Title proposal: Open data and inclusivity
avatar for David Cabo

David Cabo

Director, Fundación Civio
Title proposal: ¿Dónde van mis impuestos?. National, regional and local budget accountability at its best.Biography: David Cabo is the co-founder and Director of the Civio Foundation, which promotes an engaged citizenry through transparency and data journalism. Among Civio’s... Read More →
avatar for Natalia Mazotte

Natalia Mazotte

Program Manager, School of Data Brazil
Title proposal: Data literacy for vulnerable youth.Biography: Journalist specialized in data driven journalism and digital strategy focused in the third sector. Program Manager of School of Data in Brazil and co-founder of the Brazilian chapter of the data-driven news agency J... Read More →
avatar for Khairil Yusof

Khairil Yusof

Co-Founder & Coordinator, Sinar Project
Programme Consultant and investigative journalist working on applying innovative methods of open data and standards, for transparency and anti-corruption.Talk to me about open data standards and tools for tracking and investigating politically exposed persons and legislative open... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room C

16:45 CEST

Data + Business models
Data + Business models

Moderators
avatar for Alla Morrison

Alla Morrison

Program Officer, The World Bank
Title proposal: Unlocking open transport data innovations for smarter urban transport.Biography: Alla Morrison is a Data Scientist at the World Bank, where she is currently working on a pilot program to support Innovations in Development Data.  In the last two years in Transport... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Alloysius Attah

Alloysius Attah

CEO, Farmerline
Biography: Alloysius is the CEO/Co-founder of Farmerline. In 2013, Alloysius launched Farmerline to transform millions of farmers into successful entrepreneurs. His 15 years of experience of the challenges small-scale farmers go through to produce food and support their families inspired... Read More →
avatar for Daniel Branco

Daniel Branco

CEO, Medicinia US
Biography: DANIEL BRANCO is a doctor by UFRGS, a neurologist and a doctorate in neuroscience from PUCRS, post-doctorate in brain mapping by Harvard and an MBA from Wharton School of Business. After creating the first site medical Brazil (Electronic Atlas of Histology, 1995) and the... Read More →
avatar for Naveen Gattu

Naveen Gattu

COO, Gramener
Biography: Naveen is the COO & Co-founder of Gramener (A Data Visualization firm), handles Strategic Sales & Operations of the firm and proud recipient of Lufthansa Pioneering Spirit Award-2012.Naveen is a seasoned executive with deep experience in industry that has predominantly... Read More →
avatar for Alejandro Maza

Alejandro Maza

CEO, Open Intelligence
Biography: Alejandro Maza is founder and CEO of OPI, a startup that develops technological tools of data production and analysis for decision-making. OPI tools help public and private organizations cope with the variety and volume of public data so as to implement them in their decision-making... Read More →
avatar for Carey Anne Nadeau

Carey Anne Nadeau

CEO, Open Data Nation
Biography:  Carey Anne Nadeau is the Founder and CEO of Open Data Nation ( opendatanation.com), a women-owned B-Corp based in Washington DC, providing consultation and smart city solutions that help public-sector decision-makers to transform their data into perationally-useful information and become more effective and efficient at delivering public services. Previously Nadeau... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room D

16:45 CEST

Data + Emerging Economies
Data + Emerging Economies

Moderators
MC

Mark Cardwell

USAID
Title proposal: TBC

Speakers
avatar for Fernando Perini

Fernando Perini

Team Leader - Education and Science, IDRC
avatar for Stefaan Verhulst

Stefaan Verhulst

Co-Founder and Chief Research, GovLab
Title proposal: TBCBiography: Stefaan G. Verhulst (@sverhulst; @thegovlab)  is Co-Founder and Chief Research of the Governance Laboratory @New York University (www.thegovlab.org), an action research center dedicated to improving governance and people’s lives through advances... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room E

16:45 CEST

Open Data + Platforms
Data + Platforms

Moderators
avatar for Millán Berzosa

Millán Berzosa

Professor of Digital Journalism at University, Google News Lab
Biography: Millan Berzosa (@mberzosa on Twitter) is a journalist and consultant with strong ties to Latin America and a passion for Iberian and hispanic culture, digital transformation and the whole picture of communications. PhD in Journalism by Complutense University of Madrid... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ashley Casovan

Ashley Casovan

Lead, Canada’s Open Government Portal
Biography: Ashley Casovan is the lead for Canada's Open Government Portal. In this position, she is responsible for working with departments and agencies all across the GC to disseminate data and information. Prior to working for the GC, she lead the Open Data and Open Government... Read More →
avatar for Deirdre Lee

Deirdre Lee

CEO & Founder, Derilinx
Biography: Deirdre, CEO and Founder of Derilinx, is passionate about releasing the potential of data that is currently locked away in government agencies. Deirdre is a Linked and Open Data expert and has led a number of large-scale, government projects with Derilinx, including managing... Read More →
avatar for Sunita Malhotra

Sunita Malhotra

The World Bank
Biography: Sunita Malhotra has been working with the World Bank in India for more than 16 years, now. She believes in the power of knowledge and works to empower the youth by organizing discussions, trainings and hosting knowledge sessions at various youth events. She conducts... Read More →
avatar for Manuel Noya

Manuel Noya

CoFounder & CEO, Linknovate
Title proposal: Linknovate: Innovation Search EngineBiography: Manuel likes to define himself as a researcher turned entrepreneur. BSc Chemical Engineering (USC, Spain) and MSc Materials Science (UPM, Spain).His key areas of know-how are technology scouting, competitive intelligence... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 16:45 - 17:45 CEST
Room F

18:00 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and Platforms

The open data community has made significant progress in developing platforms to make open data more available and accessible. Many solutions are now available either as open source, subscription (e.g., Software As a Service) or traditionally licensed products. As a result, there are many opportunities and factors for data providers, particularly government ministries, to consider in their decision making and selection criteria. This session will provide an overview of the current state of open data publishing platforms. Representatives of several leading data platforms will give “lightning talks” on the demands and trends they’re seeing and what they think might be in store for the future. There will also be a “town hall” style discussion for audience members to share the challenges they are experiencing and get the views of the panel.


Moderators
avatar for Timothy Herzog

Timothy Herzog

World Bank
Biography: Timothy Herzog is a Data Scientist at the World Bank, where he is working on several fronts to expand the Bank’s highly successful Open Data Initiative, and advance similar efforts in other countries. Tim is the project lead for the Bank’s open data website and the... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Andrew Hoppin

Andrew Hoppin

GovDelivery Inc.'s
Biography: Andrew Hoppin, is President of GovDelivery Inc.'s DKAN Data Solutions business, where his team leads the global open source DKAN project.  DKAN, an open data engagement platform based on Drupal, is used by numerous governments worldwide to publish open data online and... Read More →
avatar for Jean-Marc Lazard

Jean-Marc Lazard

OpenDataSoft
Biography: Jean-Marc Lazard is the CEO and Co-Founder of OpenDataSoft, a provider of a turnkey SaaS platform designed for smart and easy transformation of all types of data into innovative services (APIs, data visualizations, real-time monitoring). OpenDataSoft’s open data customers... Read More →
avatar for Kevin Merritt

Kevin Merritt

Socrata
Biography: Kevin Merritt is the founder and CEO of Socrata. With more than 1,000 clients around the world, Socrata is a leader in cloud-based open data solutions that help governments achieve meaningful social and economic impact by making data discoverable, usable, and actionable... Read More →
avatar for Sebastian Moleski

Sebastian Moleski

CKAN Steering Group
Biography: Sebastian is a member of the CKAN Steering Group, a governance body which is made up of key stakeholders who have committed to oversee and steer the CKAN Association going forward.  As the CEO of Viderum, an open-data solutions provider spun out from Open Knowledge International... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Main assembly room

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - Asia
The idea of the Asia Open Data Partnership was proposed during the first Asia Pacific Open Data Summit in September 2015 in Taiwan. After that, members started to initiate the collaboration in several joint promotion events such as a cross-country open data Hackathon, an annual open data summit, etc. In this session we will share the status of open data for development in each country and discuss the future aspects of the regional partnership.

Moderators
KH

Karen Hsin-Ling Chang

Researcher, Board of Science and Technology, The Executive Yuan (Cabinet)
avatar for Wei-Chung Hwang

Wei-Chung Hwang

Division Director, Industrial Technology Research Institute
Title proposal: The status and future development of Asia open data alliance.Biography: Wei-Chung Hwang is the division director of Intelligent Application Technology Division, Computational Intelligence Technology Center(CITC), Industrial Technology Research Institute(ITRI).  He... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society
Title proposal: Opening Data for innovation: from supply-driven to demand-driven Open Data strategies.Biography: Sumandro leads the openness policy works (open data, open access, free software, and open educational resources) and the academic and creative research programme at... Read More →
C

Chi-Ming Peng

Chairman, Open Data Alliance
avatar for Panachit Kittipanya-ngam

Panachit Kittipanya-ngam

Vice President of Innovation Department, Electronic Government Agency
Biography: Director of Innovation Department, Electronic Government Agency responsible for driving digital innovation for Thai government. My experience is highly on developing digital platform strategy for business, implementing strategy, innovating products & services and commercializing... Read More →
avatar for Arthur Glenn Maail

Arthur Glenn Maail

Research Manager, World Wide Web Foundation Open Data Lab Jakarta
Biography: Glenn leads the research efforts as the Open Data Lab Jakarta’s Research Manager since 2015. He has been involved in several research projects including Open Data Barometer, Open Asset, Open Contracting, and Open Cities. Prior to joining the team, he worked at several... Read More →
avatar for Teruo Tomita

Teruo Tomita

Deputy Director, National Strategy Office of Information and Communication Technology, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan
Biography: Teruo Tomita is a Deputy Director of National Strategy Office of IT, Cabinet of Secretariat, Government of Japan. He works for making Open Data strategies and executing the deployment of Open Data from national to local Governments. He also engages with private sectors... Read More →

Coordinators
YL

YS Lee

Executive Principal, National Information Society Agency (NIA)
Title proposal: Open data ecosystem: building a thriving open data industry

Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room A

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - Africa
A highly interactive session to explore successes in developing communities and growing the open data ecosystems in African nations and more broadly in the Global South.

Moderators
avatar for Nnenna Nwakanma

Nnenna Nwakanma

Africa Regional Coordinator, Web Foundation
Title proposal: Driving gender data demands: lessons learned from TechMousso.Biography: Nnenna works to develop cutting-edge collaborations in Africa. Her work has a particular focus on the Alliance for Affordable Internet project and the Web We Want campaign for human rights on and through the Web. She is also heavily involved in driving forward the open data agenda across Africa. Nnenna is an experienced development professional who has worked in the ICT field in Africa for over a decade. As well as leading a highly regarded consultancy platform, Nnenna has in recent years co-founde... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Umaru Bah

Umaru Bah

‎Associate Graduate Fulbright Professor of Data Management for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ‎Morgan State University
Biography: Dr. Umaru Bah is Associate Graduate Fulbright Professor of Strategic Communication in the School of Global Journalism & Communication at Morgan State University. He specializes in data management for civic/community engagement and sustainable development, with focus on Africa and the African diaspora... Read More →
avatar for Winnie Kamau

Winnie Kamau

Data Journalist
Biography: My name is Winnie Kamau and am a Data Journalist based in Kenya. I am Co- Organizer of the Africa Open Data Conference and  Co- Chair of East Africa Open Data Festival. I am Founder member and President of Association of Freelance Journalists which is a network of freelancers... Read More →
avatar for Juma Lungo

Juma Lungo

Manager, dLab
Biography: Dr. Juma Lungo is the Manager for the Tanzania Open Data Lab (dLab) also a database systems lecturer at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. He is a pioneer in the use of cutting-edge technology to drive social change through the use of Free and Open Source Software... Read More →
avatar for Yeama Thompson

Yeama Thompson

Commissioner, Right to Access Information Commission
Biography: Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war-time Sierra Leone. During that period, she also conceptualised and produced community... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room B

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - LAC
In this session we explore the diverse open data ecosystem in the LAC region. Through a Q&A session we invite leaders in government, academia, civil society, and the private sector to reflect on the current state of affairs in the LAC region in terms of government policies, early successes, and challenges ahead. Is the open data movement helping governments and civil society to improve democratic accountability? Can the LAC open data ecosystem contribute innovations that are inclusive and serve most of the people, including the most vulnerable? What do we need to scale up open data initiatives and how do we go forward? How do we advance with constrained resources?

Moderators
avatar for Maurice McNaughton

Maurice McNaughton

Director, Centre of Excellence, The University of the West Indies
Title proposal: A Caribbean perspective.Biography: Dr. McNaughton is currently Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT-enabled Innovation at the Mona School of Business & Management, UWI. His research focus spans the domain of emerging Open ICT ecosystems, and includes open source... Read More →
avatar for Fabrizio Scrollini

Fabrizio Scrollini

Lead Researcher, Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA)
Title proposal: The open data charter in the Americas.Biography: Fabrizio Scrollini is the lead researcher of the Latin American Initiative for Open Data (ILDA), and member of the Open Data Network for Development (OD4D). He is also Chairman of  DATA Uruguay, a civic association... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gonzalo Iglesias

Gonzalo Iglesias

National Director, Public Data and Information
Biography: Gonzalo Iglesias is National Director for Public Data and Information, where he's leading Argentina's government efforts towards opening up public sector data. He holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a MA in Public Management from Victoria... Read More →
avatar for Michelle McLeod

Michelle McLeod

Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of West Indies
Biography: Michelle McLeod (PhD) is Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her tourism industry experience spans over twenty-five years. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge networks, open data ecosystems... Read More →
avatar for Indianna Minto-Coy

Indianna Minto-Coy

Biography: Indianna D. Minto-Coy is Senior Research Fellow, Mona School of Business and Management (UWI), Research Affiliate - International Migration Research Centre (Wilfrid Laurier University) and a researcher with the Caribbean Open Institute. Dr Minto-Coy has held appointments... Read More →
avatar for Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Biography: I’m a Systems Engineer of National University of Colombia, specialist in systems information from Universidad de los Andes  and MBA in International Management with a Marketing oriented, from Euncet Business School of Universidad Politecnica from Catalonia, with... Read More →
avatar for Maria Trigo

Maria Trigo

Director of the Department for Effective Public Management, Organization of American States
Biography: Since 2012, Maria Fernanda Trigo has been the Director of the Department for Effective Public Management at the Organization of American States where she contributes to strengthen public institutions in OAS member states so they are more transparent, effective and have... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room C

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - East Europe

This session will explore whether open data is strengthening social cohesion in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Disillusionment with the results of transition in the region has resulted in an overall erosion of public trust. However, open data, and in particular open government data, is being used as a transformative tool in the relationship between citizens and government. This panel will discuss to what extent have such developments taken place in the region and what are some of the other key changes that the open data agenda has brought in, as well as where does the diverse group of experts and implementers see the value in working on open data.

How successful have such collaborations been in countries otherwise wrought with distrust? And how can the trust generated be sustained over long periods? Are new communities created around open data, resulting in a new interaction? What incentives can spur a stronger and more ingrained movement locally?


By the end of the session participants will be able to:

  • Identify the latest thinking and practises of collaborative work between governments and civil society.

  • Gain practical insight into best practises and challenges of current initiatives.

  • Present the web-platform for data journalism in English and Russian, tailored to academic staff.

  • Understand how civil society and government work together to create  innovative solutions.

Moderators
avatar for Lejla Sadiku

Lejla Sadiku

Open Data Specialist, UNDP
Title proposal:  Has open data brought trust in the institutions? Measuring the unmeasured: data democratization has transformed power dynamics between citizens and institutions Biography:  Lejla works in UNDP's Istanbul Regional Hub on open data in Europe and Central... Read More →

Speakers
NA

Nazerke Akhmetzhanova

Head of Department -  JSC "National Information Technologies", Ministry of Information and Communications, Republic of Kazakhstan
NB

Nadiya Babynska

OPORA Civic Network
avatar for Georges Labreche

Georges Labreche

Executive Director / Chief Data Officer, Open Data Kosovo
Title proposal: Open data for youth engagement and women's empowerment.Biography: Georges L. J. Labrèche is a problem solver, entrepreneur, and the founder of the Balkan’s leading civic-tech organization: Open Data Kosovo (ODK). He holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering and a... Read More →
DS

Dušan Stojanović

Director, Directorate for E-Government, Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-Government, Republic of Serbia
ET

Elira Turdubaeva

Head of Media Department, American University in Central Asia


Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room D

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - North America
Session will provide an update on open data activities in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and an opportunity to discuss how to improve collaboration regionally to increase the impacts of open data. What has been happening in the region since IODC 2015? What kind of advances have taken place in the context of the roadmap that came out of IODC 2015 or more generally? What are the challenges or expectations looking forward? What examples do we see of cross-border collaboration on big open data issues, and how can regional collaboration be improved or expanded?

Moderators
avatar for Enrique Zapata

Enrique Zapata

Director of Public Innovation, Office of the President
Biography: Director of Public Innovation of the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office of the President of Mexico, where he is one of the main responsible of the development and implementation of the Mexican Open Data Policy. Enrique holds a Master of Public Policy... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ashley Casovan

Ashley Casovan

Lead, Canada’s Open Government Portal
Biography: Ashley Casovan is the lead for Canada's Open Government Portal. In this position, she is responsible for working with departments and agencies all across the GC to disseminate data and information. Prior to working for the GC, she lead the Open Data and Open Government... Read More →
avatar for Joel Gurin

Joel Gurin

‎President and Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Joel Gurin is President and Founder of the Center for Open Data Enterprise (www.OpenDataEnterprise.org), a Washington-based nonprofit that works to maximize the value of open data as a public resource. He also serves as a senior open data consultant to the World Bank... Read More →
KH

Kristen Honey

White House
BN

Beth Noveck

Professor, New York University's Tandon School of Engineering

Coordinators
SW

Stephen Walker

Information Management and Open Government, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Executive Director

Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room E

18:00 CEST

Regional Talk - MENA Region
Recent activities and initiatives on the ground suggest that the open data community is growing and gaining momentum in the MENA region. For example, the data-driven innovation regional workshop in Cairo (www.ddi-mena.org, Feb 2016) brought together over 100 data enthusiasts, who shared encouraging open data, big data and data-driven innovation initiatives.  Moreover, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco are moving ahead with their open government plans, while the Egyptian government has shown renewed interest in developing an open government policy and re-joining the Open Government Partnership (OGP). Another promising initiative was the establishment of the first Open Data Institute (ODI) node in the MENA region in 2015. In this session, panellist will reflect on this progress and discuss some of the exciting opportunities to move forward and further grow this budding community.

Moderators
avatar for Raed M. Sharif

Raed M. Sharif

Senior Program Officer, Technology and Innovation, IDRC
Biography: Raed M. Sharif is Senior Program Officer for the Technology and Innovation program at IDRC’s Regional Office in Cairo. A political economist, Sharif’s research focuses on accessibility and management policies of information resources and technologies and their impact... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Hossam Abdelgawad

Hossam Abdelgawad

Biography: Dr. Abdelgawad is a Transportation Director and Smart Cities / ITS Expert at SETS North Africa and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering – Cairo University. •Dr. Abdelgawad has over 12 years of experience accumulated in Canada and the Middle East in... Read More →
avatar for Jennifer Colville

Jennifer Colville

Manager, UNDP's Innovation portfolio for the Arab States region
Biography:  Jennifer manages UNDP's Innovation portfolio for the Arab States region, covering 18 countries from the Gulf to the Maghreb.  She manages regional activities to introduce new and alternative approaches to development, such as big data for development, games for social... Read More →
avatar for Jazem Halioui

Jazem Halioui

WebRadar.me, Founder and CEO
Biography: Jazem Halioui is the founder and CEO of WebRadar.me, a bigdata startup helping marketing, communication and media professionals leverage media monitoring & analytics technology to manage and monitor their topics of interests (e-reputation) and understand public opinion... Read More →
avatar for Ali Rebaie

Ali Rebaie

Data Science Anthropologist, Data Aurora
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... Read More →
avatar for Nancy Salem

Nancy Salem

Senior Research Specialist, Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo
Biography: Nancy Salem is a Senior Research Specialist at the Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo, working on the project 'Harnessing the Economic Power of Data in the Middle East and North Africa', focusing on the the role and potential... Read More →


Thursday October 6, 2016 18:00 - 19:00 CEST
Room F
 
Friday, October 7
 

08:30 CEST

Main Session - Regional Talk - Europe
The European coordination effort is proving key in offering guidelines and facilitating data accessibility, mixing a soft and hard approach for open data policy implementation across all countries. Specific European initiatives will be presented to showcase approaches increasing data accessibility, including two full-fledged data portals: one for the data of the institutions of the EU and the other one harvesting the data from all the European countries; a best case of national open data portal will also be presented.

Moderators
avatar for Dinand Tinholt

Dinand Tinholt

Vice President, Capgemini Consulting
Biography: Dinand is Vice President with Capgemini Consulting and its global leader for the European Union. He has a primary focus on the public sector and his dominant areas of expertise concern the Digital Single Market, Digital Transformation, eGovernment policy and public service... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Wendy Carrara

Wendy Carrara

Director and EU policy advisor, Capgemini Consulting
Biography:  Wendy is a Director and an EU policy advisor within Capgemini Consulting. She works in the Digital Transformation & Innovation practice of Capgemini Consulting where she is a core member of Capgemini’s global EU account. Wendy is managing the development of the European... Read More →
avatar for Norbert Hohn

Norbert Hohn

Head of Open Data Portal sector, Open Data Portal
Biography: Norbert Hohn holds a degree in Business Management and Economics. He worked in the domain of trans-European intraregional cooperation, capacity building and the implementation of the European Higher Education Area before joining the European Commission in 2006. In the Commission... Read More →
avatar for Daniele Rizzi

Daniele Rizzi

Policy Officer, European Commission
Title proposal: Open data in Europe.Biography: Daniele Rizzi has a degree in civil engineering from the Politecnico di Milano University.  He spent most of his professional life working on the development of information and communication systems and tools, in particular in the... Read More →
avatar for Francisco Javier García Vieira

Francisco Javier García Vieira

Director of Digital Public Services, Ministry of Industry, Energía and Tourism. Spain
Biography: Francisco Javier García Vieira studied Telecommunications Engineering at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM), and the Program for Leadership Development at IESE Business School, University of Navarra. During his professional career in the private sector, he worked... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Main assembly room

08:30 CEST

Action session (Charter)
Action session (Charter)

Moderators
avatar for Ania Calderón

Ania Calderón

General Director of Open Data, Office of the President of Mexico
Biography: Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the Mexican Government, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Antonio Almansa

Antonio Almansa

Legal advisor, Diputación de Málaga (Málaga Council)
Title proposal: Open Data. A GLOCAL step beyond transparencyBiography: Secretary-Comptroller of local government. Provincial Council of Malaga. Dept. General Secretariat. Law degree and civil servant with over 10 of experience in different local public authorities in control functions... Read More →
avatar for Joseph Saviour Azzopardi

Joseph Saviour Azzopardi

Dr. / Enterprise Data Manager (PSI Implementation), Malta Information Technology Agency (MITA)
Title proposal: Data Driven Public AdministrationBiography: Recently graduated “Doctor of Laws” from the University of Malta and with over 35 years work experience in Information Systems ranging from software development, systems analysis, database design to ICT and data management... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room A

08:30 CEST

Action session (Standards)
Action session (Standards)

Moderators
avatar for Bill Anderson (IATI technical team - Development Initiatives)

Bill Anderson (IATI technical team - Development Initiatives)

Information Architect, Development Initiatives
I am the Technical Lead on the IATI Secretariat responsible for the integrity and development of the standard. I also lead the content of Development Initiatives' work on the Data Revolution and Joined-up Data Standards.

Speakers
avatar for Hera Hussain

Hera Hussain

Community & Partnerships Manager, OpenCorporates
Title proposal: How open company data can shed a light on corruption and anonymous companies.Biography: Hera catalyzes communities, journalists, and activists, helping them embrace open data and technological innovation in creating positive change around the globe. A leader and... Read More →
avatar for Deirdre Lee

Deirdre Lee

CEO & Founder, Derilinx
Biography: Deirdre, CEO and Founder of Derilinx, is passionate about releasing the potential of data that is currently locked away in government agencies. Deirdre is a Linked and Open Data expert and has led a number of large-scale, government projects with Derilinx, including managing... Read More →
avatar for Yohanna Loucheur

Yohanna Loucheur

Senior Policy Analyst, Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada
Biography: Yohanna Loucheur joined the Canadian federal government in 1997. She has worked on various files including the knowledge-based economy and society, innovative financing for development, aid effectiveness policies, fiduciary risk management and public financial management... Read More →
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Conrad Zellmann

Lead, Data Use, Joined-Up Data Standards (JUDS)
Title proposal: Joined-up data standards: evidence of need and emerging solutions

Coordinators
avatar for Anders Pedersen

Anders Pedersen

Acting Manager of Data Projects, Natural Resource Governance Institute
Biography: At Natural Resource Governance Institute Anders is working open data in extractives including contracts, project data and other key data sources. He coordinates the work on ResourceContracts, the world’s largest database on extractives contracts – a partnership between... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room B

08:30 CEST

Action session (Innovation)
Action session (Innovation)

Moderators
avatar for Joel Gurin

Joel Gurin

‎President and Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Joel Gurin is President and Founder of the Center for Open Data Enterprise (www.OpenDataEnterprise.org), a Washington-based nonprofit that works to maximize the value of open data as a public resource. He also serves as a senior open data consultant to the World Bank... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Maurice McNaughton

Maurice McNaughton

Director, Centre of Excellence, The University of the West Indies
Title proposal: A Caribbean perspective.Biography: Dr. McNaughton is currently Director of the Centre of Excellence for IT-enabled Innovation at the Mona School of Business & Management, UWI. His research focus spans the domain of emerging Open ICT ecosystems, and includes open source... Read More →
avatar for Antonio Moneo

Antonio Moneo

Learning and Knowledge Management, Inter-American Development Bank
Title proposal: Kick-starting open data policies at a municipal level.Biography:  Antonio works at the Inter-American Development Bank promoting open data as a collaborative tool for governments, citizens, entrepreneurs and universities to solve development challenges. At the IDB... Read More →
avatar for Richard Stirling

Richard Stirling

International Director, ODI
Biography: Richard oversees all ODI work with the public sector in the UK and internationally, as well as managing the ODI’s successful start up incubator programme. Richard has considerable experience at the heart of UK government transparency and data initiatives, leading the... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room C

08:30 CEST

Action session (Capacity building)
Action session (Capacity building)

Moderators
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Fiona Smith

International Development Researcher, Open Data Institute
Biography: Fiona is the International Development Manager at The Open Data Institute responsible for research design, evaluation and learning covering the ODI’s work supporting developing country governments to unlock the value of open data.Fiona has a broad background in international... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Juan Casanueva

Juan Casanueva

CEO, SocialTIC
Biography: Juan Manuel researches and promotes ICT for Social Change projects in Latin America. He is the CEO and co-founder of SocialTIC, a non-profit that enables changemakers through the strategic use of ICTs. Juan Manuel has managed, trained and advised NGOs, Governments and... Read More →
avatar for Natalia Mazotte

Natalia Mazotte

Program Manager, School of Data Brazil
Title proposal: Data literacy for vulnerable youth.Biography: Journalist specialized in data driven journalism and digital strategy focused in the third sector. Program Manager of School of Data in Brazil and co-founder of the Brazilian chapter of the data-driven news agency J... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Marco Túlio Pires

Marco Túlio Pires

Program Manager, School of Data
Title proposal: Train the trainers: sharing methodologies for teaching how to use open data.Biography: Marco Túlio Pires is the programme manager at School of Data, overseeing the Global Fellowship and the the coordination of the international network of individuals, organisations and data-trainers. A Brazilian journalist and coder, Marco has worked as an investigative journalist in Globo TV, Brazil's biggest TV channel and also as a science... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room D

08:30 CEST

Action session (Measuring and Increasing Impact)
Action session (Measuring and Increasing Impact)

Moderators
avatar for Stefaan Verhulst

Stefaan Verhulst

Co-Founder and Chief Research, GovLab
Title proposal: TBCBiography: Stefaan G. Verhulst (@sverhulst; @thegovlab)  is Co-Founder and Chief Research of the Governance Laboratory @New York University (www.thegovlab.org), an action research center dedicated to improving governance and people’s lives through advances... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Ana Brandusescu

Ana Brandusescu

Research and Policy Officer, World Wide Web Foundation
Ana is a Research and Policy Officer at the Web Foundation.  She drives a more inclusive use of data to enhance digital rights and gender equity through various data, research and policy projects. These include Women’s Rights Online and the Open Data Barometer. She also works on... Read More →
avatar for Lindsay Ferris

Lindsay Ferris

Open data researcher, Cadasta
Biography: Lindsay is an open data researcher at Cadasta and current MSc candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. Before coming to Cadasta, Lindsay worked at the Sunlight Foundation where she provided resources and trainings to transparency NGOs across the globe on how to integrate... Read More →
avatar for Danny Lämmerhirt

Danny Lämmerhirt

Researcher, Open Knowledge International
Biography: Danny is a researcher working with Open Knowledge International were he also coordinates OKI's research. His interests focus on the politics of data, audit cultures and evidence-based politics, open science and the social effects of quantification. Danny dedicates his research... Read More →
avatar for Fernando Perini

Fernando Perini

Team Leader - Education and Science, IDRC
avatar for Claudia Schwegmann

Claudia Schwegmann

Board Member, Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF)
Biography: Claudia Schwegmann is Board Member of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF) and team lead of the 2030 Watch project of the OKF to monitor the SDG implementation in high income countries. She has been an activist for transparency and open data in development finance... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room E

08:30 CEST

Action session (Global goals)
Action session (Global goals)

Moderators
avatar for Aditya Agrawal

Aditya Agrawal

Technical Manager, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Biography: As Technical Manager for the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data, Aditya Agrawal works with more than 150 data champions around the world to advance country-led data roadmaps for sustainable development and harness the data revolution for the Global Goals... Read More →

Speakers

Friday October 7, 2016 08:30 - 09:30 CEST
Room F

09:30 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and Health
The panel is designed to discuss not just the open data usage in health but also the reasons why its implementation hasn’t increased as much as in other sectors. A selected group of professionals coming from several places in the world (Colombia, Spain, UK) with a highlighted background in health management and technology will maintain a debate about this topic. For this event, an expert audience has been invited in order to keep a fluent conversation with the panelists. Therefore we expect a rich interchange of knowledge among all of us.

Moderators
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Carlos Royo Sánchez

Business Development Director of Health in GMV, GMV
Title proposal: Open data in health: is it possible to use the open data? benefits

Speakers
avatar for Ben Meghreblian

Ben Meghreblian

Community Manager, Open Knowledge International
Biography: Ben works at Open Knowledge International as the Community Manager for OpenTrials, a project which aims to produce an open, easy-to-use, linked database of information about the world's clinical trials. He has a background in psychology and IT, and previously worked on... Read More →
avatar for Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Johanna Pimiento Quintero

Biography: I’m a Systems Engineer of National University of Colombia, specialist in systems information from Universidad de los Andes  and MBA in International Management with a Marketing oriented, from Euncet Business School of Universidad Politecnica from Catalonia, with... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Main assembly room

09:30 CEST

Balancing openness and privacy
Balancing openness and privacy

Speakers
avatar for Helen Darbishire

Helen Darbishire

Executive Director, Access Info Europe
Biography: Helen Darbishire is a human rights activist specialising in the public’s right of access to information (freedom of information), and the development of open and democratic societies with participatory and accountable governments with more than 20 years of experience... Read More →
avatar for Krzysztof Izdebski

Krzysztof Izdebski

Policy Director, ePaństwo Foundation
Krzysztof Izdebski is a Board Member and Policy Director of the ePaństwo Foundation and a Board Member of the Consul Democracy Foundation. He is a lawyer specialised in access to public information, re-use of public sector information, and anti-corruption. He has wide expertise... Read More →
avatar for José Luis Pinar

José Luis Pinar

Doctor in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Biography: Doctor in Law at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Professor of Administrative Law at Castilla-La Mancha (on leave) and CEU-San Pablo de Madrid Universities. He was Dean of the Law Faculty of both Universities and Vice-Rector of International Relations at CEU-San... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Julia Manske

Julia Manske

Program Manager, stiftung neue verantwortung (SNV)
Title proposal: Balancing openness and privacy.Biography: Julia Manske is a Program Manager at stiftung neue verantwortung (SNV), a Berlin-based think tank. Currently she works on the project “Open Data & Privacy” focusing on the responsible collection, use and disclosure of... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room A

09:30 CEST

Empowering infomediaries: Translating Open Contracting Data into actionable information
Empowering infomediaries: Translating Open Contracting Data into actionable information

Moderators
avatar for Jonathan Huseman

Jonathan Huseman

advocacy officer, Hivos
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 →

Speakers
avatar for David Banisar

David Banisar

Senior Legal Counsel, ARTICLE 19
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 →
avatar for Baldwin Chiyamwaka

Baldwin Chiyamwaka

Project Manager for Open Society, Hivos
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 →
avatar for Daniel Dietrich

Daniel Dietrich

Manager Open Contracting Program, Hivos
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 →
avatar for Karolis Granickas

Karolis Granickas

Independent Consultant and Policy Expert, Open Contracting Partnership, Open Government Partnership, Open Data Institute and others
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 →
avatar for Julia Hoffmann

Julia Hoffmann

Programme Development Manager, Hivos
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 →
avatar for Shita Laksmi

Shita Laksmi

Program Development Manager for Transparency/ Accountability and Freedom of Expressions, Hivos Regional Southeast Asia
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 →
avatar for Paula Martins

Paula Martins

Activist and researcher, ARTICLE 19
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 →
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Sandra Musoga

Human rights lawyer
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 →
avatar for Gilbert Sendugwa

Gilbert Sendugwa

Coordinator and Head of Secretariat, Africa Freedom of Information Centre (AFIC)
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 →

Coordinators
avatar for Michael Canares

Michael Canares

Regional Research Manager for Asia, World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Lab Jakarta
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 →

Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room B

09:30 CEST

Connecting the dots: Aligning local initiatives with national open data programmes and global goals
Connecting the dots: Aligning local initiatives with national open data programmes and global goals

Moderators
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Edwin Lau

Head of the Reform of the Public Sector Division, OECD

Speakers
avatar for Pierre Chrzanowski

Pierre Chrzanowski

Open Data Consultant, World Bank
Biography: Pierre Chrzanowski is an Open Data specialist, based in Paris, working regularly as a consultant for the World Bank. He is the author of one of the first publications [1] in French on open data while he was working as an ICT Policy Officer at the French Embassy in the... Read More →
avatar for Jeanne Holm

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Chief Information Officer, City of Los Angeles
Title proposal:  A global marketplace for city data Building Open Data Communities in Africa Biography: As a leader in open data, education, community-building, and civic innovation, Jeanne Holm empowers people to discover new knowledge and collaborate to improve life on... Read More →
avatar for Oleg V. Petrov

Oleg V. Petrov

Program Coordinator, ICT, World Bank
Biography: Oleg Petrov has been working on digital development and knowledge sharing at the World Bank since 1996. Currently, Oleg coordinates the Smart Nations program, Open Data program, ICT programs in Russia, Kazakhstan and Serbia, and high profile knowledge sharing activities... Read More →
avatar for Andrew Stott

Andrew Stott

Senior Open Data Consultant with Transport and ICT Global Practice, The World Bank / la Banque mondiale
Andrew was theDirector for Transparency and Digital Engagement for the United Kingdom Government. He led the work to open up government data and create "data.gov.uk”. Following his retirement he continues to advise UK Ministers as well as other governments in Open Data issues. As... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Ubaldi

Barbara Ubaldi

Senior project manager, OECD
Biography: Barbara Ubaldi is a senior project manager at the OECD leading the work on Digital Government and Open Data within the Division for Public Sector Reform of the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate. Barbara manages thematic reviews on digital government... Read More →
avatar for Enrique Zapata

Enrique Zapata

Director of Public Innovation, Office of the President
Biography: Director of Public Innovation of the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office of the President of Mexico, where he is one of the main responsible of the development and implementation of the Mexican Open Data Policy. Enrique holds a Master of Public Policy... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room C

09:30 CEST

Understanding Your Data User Workshop
Understanding Your Data User Workshop

Moderators
avatar for Joel Gurin

Joel Gurin

‎President and Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Joel Gurin is President and Founder of the Center for Open Data Enterprise (www.OpenDataEnterprise.org), a Washington-based nonprofit that works to maximize the value of open data as a public resource. He also serves as a senior open data consultant to the World Bank... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Audrey Ariss

Audrey Ariss

Director of Research and Design, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Audrey Ariss is the Director of Research and Design at the Center for Open Data Enterprise in Washington, D.C. She is the project lead for the Open Data Impact Map, the first global mapping of organizations using open data. In addition, she co-leads the US federal Open... Read More →
avatar for Katherine García

Katherine García

Director of Communications and Outreach, The Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Katherine Garcia is a member of the founding team for The Center for Open Data Enterprise, where she manages communications and outreach. She is the project lead for the Open Data Roundtables, gatherings that identify case studies, lessons learned, and best practices in... Read More →
avatar for Laura Manley

Laura Manley

Co-Founder and Director of Programs, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Title proposal: Understanding your data user workshop.Biography: Laura is the Co-Founder for the Center for Open Data Enterprise in Washington DC, where she leads partnerships and programs. At the Center, she oversees both the Open Data Impact Map, the first global mapping of the... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room D

09:30 CEST

Evidence-based training for open data practitioners?. Lessons from open data impact case studies
Evidence-based training for open data practitioners?. Lessons from open data impact case studies

Speakers
avatar for Stefaan Verhulst

Stefaan Verhulst

Co-Founder and Chief Research, GovLab
Title proposal: TBCBiography: Stefaan G. Verhulst (@sverhulst; @thegovlab)  is Co-Founder and Chief Research of the Governance Laboratory @New York University (www.thegovlab.org), an action research center dedicated to improving governance and people’s lives through advances... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Andrew Young

Andrew Young

Associate Director of Research, The Governance Lab
Title proposal: Evidence-based training for open data practitioners? lessons from open  data impact case studies.Biography: Andrew Young is the Associate Director of Research at The GovLab, where he leads research efforts focusing on the impact of technology on public institutions... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room E

09:30 CEST

The open algorithms (OPAL) project: unleashing the power of private sector data for public good
The open algorithms (OPAL) project: unleashing the power of private sector data for public good

Speakers
avatar for Richard Benjamins

Richard Benjamins

Group Director BI & Big Data, Telefónica
Biography: Dr. V.R. (Richard) Benjamins is Group Director BI & Big Data responsible for internal exploitation across Telefonica. Before joining Telefonica, he was director and board member at iSOCO, which he co-founded in 1999. Dr. Benjamins has held positions at the Universities... Read More →
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Florimond Houssiau

PhD student | Visiting Student, Université catholique de Louvain | MIT
Biography: Florimond Houssiau is a Master student in Applied Mathematics at UCL, in Belgium. His research interests span over the fields of discrete mathematics and computational privacy, and in particular privacy in web search and de-anonymization in large-scale datasets. He's currently... Read More →
avatar for Natalie Shoup

Natalie Shoup

Operations & Engagement Manager, Data-Pop Alliance
Data-Pop Alliance is a global coalition on Big Data and Development co-created by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, MIT Media Lab, and the UK Overseas Development Institute, with fourth core member Flowminder Foundation, to promote a people-centered Big Data revolution by improving... Read More →

Coordinators
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Emmanuel Letouzé

Director and Co-Founder, Data-Pop Alliance
Title proposal: The Open Algorithms (OPAL) project: unleashing the power of private sector data for public good.Biography: Emmanuel Letouzé is the Director and co-Founder of Data-Pop Alliance, a coalition on Big Data and development co-created in 2013 by the Harvard Humanitarian... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 09:30 - 10:30 CEST
Room F

10:30 CEST

Coffee break
Coffee break

Friday October 7, 2016 10:30 - 11:00 CEST
 Hall 

11:00 CEST

Main Session - Breaking the Power of Closed

The most important revelations about matters that affect our lives in recent years have happened due to people who had the chance to reveal wrongdoing did so.

Snowden’s Global Surveillance revelations, Wikileaks’ United States diplomatic cables leak and, most recently, ICIJ’s Panama Papers have been made possible thanks to people risking their lives to let the public know and an increasing group of investigative and data journalists translating dry and boring data and information into stories the public can more easily understand.

The Panama Papers leak alone, allegedly largest in history, exposed 11.5 million financial and legal records, way more than the great majority of open data portals combined.

In these scenarios where secrecy is the rule, can we really expect openness to have an impact? When? How?

If so, what is the kind of information and data we should really fight for to make open?

This session will bring panelists who have worked in some of the most known leaks as well as a whistleblower who made one possible himself (Swiss leaks) to discuss how openness can break the power of closed… if at all...

Moderators
avatar for Martin Tisne

Martin Tisne

Director of Policy, Omidyar Network Ltd. UK / Royaume-Uni
Biography: As an investment partner at Omidyar Network, Martin brings extensive experience advocating for change in government and donor policies and driving sector-level change in the field of government transparency and accountability. Based in London, Martin leads policy, advocacy... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Mar Cabra

Mar Cabra

Head of Data and research Unit, ICIJ
Biography: Mar Cabra is the head of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists' Data & Research Unit, which produces the organization's key data work and also develops tools for better collaborative investigative journalism. She has been an ICIJ staff member since 2011, and is also a member of the network. Mar fell in love with data while being a Fulbright... Read More →
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Hervé Falciani

Whistleblower
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Javier Moreno

Head of Data and research Unit, Leading European Newspaper Alliance


Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Main assembly room

11:00 CEST

International Open Data Charter: Creating Open Data Packages to Move from Principle to Impact
International Open Data Charter: Creating Open Data Packages to Move from Principle to Impact

Moderators
avatar for Ana Brandusescu

Ana Brandusescu

Research and Policy Officer, World Wide Web Foundation
Ana is a Research and Policy Officer at the Web Foundation.  She drives a more inclusive use of data to enhance digital rights and gender equity through various data, research and policy projects. These include Women’s Rights Online and the Open Data Barometer. She also works on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Rafael García Aceves

Rafael García Aceves

Coordinator, Transparencia Mexicana's program on openness and civic engagement
Biography: Rafael García Aceves is the coordinator of Transparencia Mexicana's program on openness and civic engagement. The program focuses on the use of open data, technology and citizens' participation to identify and respond to corruption risks. The program is currently designing... Read More →
avatar for Ania Calderón

Ania Calderón

General Director of Open Data, Office of the President of Mexico
Biography: Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the Mexican Government, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s... Read More →
avatar for Katherine García

Katherine García

Director of Communications and Outreach, The Center for Open Data Enterprise
Biography: Katherine Garcia is a member of the founding team for The Center for Open Data Enterprise, where she manages communications and outreach. She is the project lead for the Open Data Roundtables, gatherings that identify case studies, lessons learned, and best practices in... Read More →
avatar for Andre Jellema

Andre Jellema

Independent consultant, ODI
Biography: André Jellema works as an independent consultant for ODI, to develop the agricultural open data package. His mission is to facilitate the data revolution in Agriculture. Previously André worked as a researcher and project coordinator at Alterra Wageningen UR. Here he... Read More →
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Fiona Smith

International Development Researcher, Open Data Institute
Biography: Fiona is the International Development Manager at The Open Data Institute responsible for research design, evaluation and learning covering the ODI’s work supporting developing country governments to unlock the value of open data.Fiona has a broad background in international... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room A

11:00 CEST

Opening up Extractives and Land Contracts
Opening up extractives and land projects

Speakers
avatar for Maryati Abdullah

Maryati Abdullah

National Coordinator, Publish What You Pay (PWYP)
Biography: Maryati Abdullah is National Coordinator of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia. She has experiences on freedom of information, open budget, extractive industries and natural resources transparency, as well as in democracy and good governance issues. His academic backgrounds... Read More →
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Harsh Desai

MSc Candidate in Development Management, London School of Economics and Political Science
Biography: Harsh Desai is an MSc Candidate in Development Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science and works as a part-time consultant for AidData. He led the data collection, geocoding and in-country training components of AidData's Liberia concessions... Read More →
avatar for Carole Excell

Carole Excell

Project Director, The Access Initiative, World Resources Institute
Biography: Carole Excell is the Project Director, The Access Initiative at the World Resources Institute working on access to information, public participation and access to justice issues around the world with more than 12 years of professional development experience. She has worked... Read More →
avatar for Lindsey Marchessault

Lindsey Marchessault

Director of Data and Engagement, Open Contracting Partnership
Lindsey is OCP’s Director for Data and Engagement. As part of the senior management team, she helps to direct OCP’s strategy and organizational stewardship. Lindsey leads OCP’s engagement with country implementers and international institutions, oversees our technical assistance... Read More →
avatar for Kais Mejri

Kais Mejri

Director General and President, Good Governance Unit, Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines, Government of Tunisia
Biography:Kais Mejri has joined the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining since 1999 . He is currently the Director General of human, financial and logistical affairs as well as the head of governance unit within  the Tunisian ministry of industry, energy and mines.  Thus, he... Read More →
avatar for Jacob Sims

Jacob Sims

Program Manager, Policy Team
Biography: Jacob Sims is a Program Manager on the Policy Team who helps to lead AidData's SDG-related and Data Uptake efforts. Jacob holds a Master's degree from The London School of Economics and Political Science where he specialized in International Development and Economic... Read More →
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Anjesh Tuladhar

Chief Innovations Officer, YoungInnovations
Biography: Anjesh Tuladhar is Chief Innovations Officer at YoungInnovations ( http://younginnovations.com.np ), looking mainly after the technology and data aspects of the systems. He is the technology architect of the system behindResourceContracts.org and currently manages a... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Webb

Jessica Webb

Civil Society Specialist, Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute
Title proposal: Leveraging data visualization and partnerships for environmental action.Biography:  Jessica Webb is the Civil Society Specialist for Global Forest Watch, a free and powerful monitoring platform that promotes transparency by providing near real-time information on... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Robert Pitman

Robert Pitman

Governance Officer, Natural Resource Governance institute
Title proposal: Opening up extractives and land projects.Biography: Rob Pitman leads NRGI's organizational advocacy and research on contract transparency and manages the use of the Natural Resource Charter as a tool to structure analysis and dialogue. He is based in Washington... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room B

11:00 CEST

A global marketplace for city data
A global marketplace for city data

Moderators
avatar for Jeanne Holm

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Chief Information Officer, City of Los Angeles
Title proposal:  A global marketplace for city data Building Open Data Communities in Africa Biography: As a leader in open data, education, community-building, and civic innovation, Jeanne Holm empowers people to discover new knowledge and collaborate to improve life on... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Gonzalo Iglesias

Gonzalo Iglesias

National Director, Public Data and Information
Biography: Gonzalo Iglesias is National Director for Public Data and Information, where he's leading Argentina's government efforts towards opening up public sector data. He holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a MA in Public Management from Victoria... Read More →
avatar for Yeama Thompson

Yeama Thompson

Commissioner, Right to Access Information Commission
Biography: Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war-time Sierra Leone. During that period, she also conceptualised and produced community... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room C

11:00 CEST

Train the trainers: sharing methodologies for teaching how to use open data
Train the trainers: sharing methodologies for teaching how to use open data

Speakers
avatar for Juan Casanueva

Juan Casanueva

CEO, SocialTIC
Biography: Juan Manuel researches and promotes ICT for Social Change projects in Latin America. He is the CEO and co-founder of SocialTIC, a non-profit that enables changemakers through the strategic use of ICTs. Juan Manuel has managed, trained and advised NGOs, Governments and... Read More →
avatar for Natalia Mazotte

Natalia Mazotte

Program Manager, School of Data Brazil
Title proposal: Data literacy for vulnerable youth.Biography: Journalist specialized in data driven journalism and digital strategy focused in the third sector. Program Manager of School of Data in Brazil and co-founder of the Brazilian chapter of the data-driven news agency J... Read More →
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Dirk Slater

CEO, Fabriders

Coordinators
avatar for Marco Túlio Pires

Marco Túlio Pires

Program Manager, School of Data
Title proposal: Train the trainers: sharing methodologies for teaching how to use open data.Biography: Marco Túlio Pires is the programme manager at School of Data, overseeing the Global Fellowship and the the coordination of the international network of individuals, organisations and data-trainers. A Brazilian journalist and coder, Marco has worked as an investigative journalist in Globo TV, Brazil's biggest TV channel and also as a science... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room D

11:00 CEST

From open data research to policy: influencing global, national and local agenda
From open data research to policy: influencing global, national and local agenda

Speakers
avatar for Duncan Edwards

Duncan Edwards

Programme Manager for Making All Voices Count’s Research, Evidence and Learning (REL), Institute of Development Studies
Biography: Duncan Edwards is the Programme Manager for Making All Voices Count’s Research, Evidence and Learning (REL) component at the Institute of Development Studies. His work is focused on building an evidence base in the field of citizen engagement and accountable responsive... Read More →
avatar for Michelle McLeod

Michelle McLeod

Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of West Indies
Biography: Michelle McLeod (PhD) is Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her tourism industry experience spans over twenty-five years. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge networks, open data ecosystems... Read More →
avatar for François Van Schalkwyk

François Van Schalkwyk

Research lead, Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA)
Biography: Conducts research in the areas of open data, science communication and higher education studies. He has an MEd from the University of the Western Cape, an MPhil in Publishing Studies from the University of Stirling, and a BA(Hons) in English Literature from the University... Read More →
avatar for Johanna Walker

Johanna Walker

Phd Researcher, Web Science Center, University of Southhampton
Biography: Johanna Walker is a PhD researcher at the Web Science Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Southampton, focusing on how to stimulate innovation with open data. She was previously a member of the advisory panel to the UK Cabinet Office, the Open Data User... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Michael Canares

Michael Canares

Regional Research Manager for Asia, World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Lab Jakarta
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 →

Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room E

11:00 CEST

Open agricultural funding: breaking down Silos
Open agricultural funding: breaking down Silos

Moderators
avatar for Laia Grino

Laia Grino

Director, Transparency, Accountability and Results, InterAction
Title proposal: Open agricultural funding: breaking down Silos.Biography: Laia Griñó is Director of Transparency, Accountability and Results at InterAction, the largest alliance of international NGOs and partners in the U.S. Laia leads InterAction's efforts to increase transparency... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Melanie Bacou

Melanie Bacou

Agricultural Economist, HarvestChoice
Biography: Melanie joined HarvestChoice in 2010 as a Agricultural Economist. Her research focuses on the spatial distribution and characteristics of small farm holders in sub-Saharan Africa with a view to better inform poverty-reducing investment programs. Mel has 15 years of quantitative... Read More →
avatar for Lauren Bradford

Lauren Bradford

Director, Global Partnerships, Foundation Center
Biography: As Director of Global Partnerships at Foundation Center, Lauren Bradford manages the SDG Philanthropy Platform including SDGfunders.org and other major projects and relationships. She joined Foundation Center to create a global strategy for developing and managing bilateral... Read More →
avatar for Rupert Simons

Rupert Simons

Chief Executive, Publish What You Fund
Biography: Rupert is CEO of Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid transparency. He is responsible for the organisation’s strategy and leads its involvement with the Open Ag Funding project. He previously worked for the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative as country... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Paige Kirby

Paige Kirby

Engagement and Partnerships Associate, Development Gateway
Title proposal: Data and the SDGs.Biography: Paige is passionate about developing tools and processes that elevate local decision-makers. She drives DG's innovation work around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on making SDGs relevant and actionable... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 11:00 - 12:00 CEST
Room F

12:00 CEST

Open data and distributed ledger (aka Blockchain). Technologies to solve real-world issues
Open data and distributed ledger (aka Blockchain). Technologies to solve real-world issues

Coordinators
avatar for Luis Meijueiro

Luis Meijueiro

Open Data Senior Consultant, Fundacion CTIC Centro Tecnologico
Title proposal: Open data and distributed ledger (aka Blockchain). Technologies to solve real-world issues.Biography: Luis has worked too in consultancy services for eGovernment projects related to the deployment of broadband infrastructure and web applications in public institutions... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 12:30 CEST
Room F

12:00 CEST

Main Session - Open Data and Public Procurement
The session will to present concrete examples for how open data has been used to make public procurement processes more transparent, accountable, and effective to promote positive changes in government and people’s lives. The session will seek to reveal how open data can help to clean up public procurements, a $2 billion USD a year industry that is at high risk of corruption and mismanagement.

Moderators
avatar for Zoe Reiter

Zoe Reiter

Senior Project Leader, Transparency International Secretariat
Title proposal: Public procurement is the juiciest corruption pot, open data can show this, but how do we get people to care?Biography: Since 2008, Zoe has worked at Transparency International with partners and Chapters across three regions to ensure strong public accountability.  Currently, she... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Michael Canares

Michael Canares

Regional Research Manager for Asia, World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Lab Jakarta
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 →
avatar for Hera Hussain

Hera Hussain

Community & Partnerships Manager, OpenCorporates
Title proposal: How open company data can shed a light on corruption and anonymous companies.Biography: Hera catalyzes communities, journalists, and activists, helping them embrace open data and technological innovation in creating positive change around the globe. A leader and... Read More →
avatar for Lindsey Marchessault

Lindsey Marchessault

Director of Data and Engagement, Open Contracting Partnership
Lindsey is OCP’s Director for Data and Engagement. As part of the senior management team, she helps to direct OCP’s strategy and organizational stewardship. Lindsey leads OCP’s engagement with country implementers and international institutions, oversees our technical assistance... Read More →
avatar for Gabriella Nagy

Gabriella Nagy

Head of Public Funds Program, Transparency International Hungary
Lawyer, graduated in 2002 at the Law Faculty of Eötvös Lóránd University of Sciences, Budapest. Following her studies in Hungary, she obtained a Master in European Studies at the College of Europe. She joined TI Hungary in September 2015, and as the head of public funds programs... Read More →
avatar for Romain Tales

Romain Tales

Policy Officer, Etalab. Government of France
Biography: Having worked 3 years with the leading players of the sector of Web tv and of Web analytics, I joined the Etalab team in February, 2011 to contribute to the development of the "data.gouv.fr" platform and be the privileged contact point of the public data producers... Read More →
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Ana Zúñiga

Government México City, General Director for Messaging and Technologies


Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 12:45 CEST
Main assembly room

12:00 CEST

Moving towards open data maturity: how can you sustain impact from open data portals?
Moving towards open data maturity: how can you sustain impact from open data portals?

Moderators
avatar for Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith

Account Manager, Open Data Institute
Biography: As Account Manager for the ODI, Amanda manages relationships, designs support programmes and strategies, oversees and delivers projects. She manages a wide range of clients; from industry to governments, emerging markets, developed and developing countries. Amanda leads... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Wendy Carrara

Wendy Carrara

Director and EU policy advisor, Capgemini Consulting
Biography:  Wendy is a Director and an EU policy advisor within Capgemini Consulting. She works in the Digital Transformation & Innovation practice of Capgemini Consulting where she is a core member of Capgemini’s global EU account. Wendy is managing the development of the European... Read More →
avatar for Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes

Claire Foulquier-Gazagnes

Head of Development and Policy, Etalab
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... Read More →
avatar for Brandon Pustejovsky

Brandon Pustejovsky

Chief Data Officer, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Biography: Brandon Pustejovsky is the Chief Data Officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Formerly a disaster response operations manager, his experience bringing structured processes to unstructured environments overseas ultimately led him into... Read More →
avatar for Tom Sasse

Tom Sasse

Graduate Consultant, Open Data Institute
Biography: Tom is a Graduate Consultant in the Advisory Team. He works across a range of international projects, which include advising governments on the implementation of open data initiatives, leading research on the sustainability of open data portals and launching an innovation... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 12:45 CEST
Room A

12:00 CEST

Learnings from open data incubator for Europe (ODINE)
Learnings from open data incubator for Europe (ODINE)

Speakers
avatar for Pencho Kuzev

Pencho Kuzev

Open Data Coordinator, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Coordinators
avatar for Walter Palmetshofer

Walter Palmetshofer

CWTFO, Open Knowledge Foundation
Title proposal: Learnings from Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE)Biography: Walter is an economist by training and a former sysadminstrator and has been involved in the domain of netpolitics for many years. He is involved in the open data scene since 2010 and and was co-founder... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 12:45 CEST
Room C

12:00 CEST

Joined-up data standards: evidence of need and emerging solutions
Joined-up data standards: evidence of need and emerging solutions

Moderators
avatar for Rupert Simons

Rupert Simons

Chief Executive, Publish What You Fund
Biography: Rupert is CEO of Publish What You Fund, the global campaign for aid transparency. He is responsible for the organisation’s strategy and leads its involvement with the Open Ag Funding project. He previously worked for the Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative as country... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Georg Neumann

Georg Neumann

Senior Communications Manager, Open Contracting Partnership
Title proposal: Open contracting: hype or added value for society?Biography: Open contracting is collaborating, communicating and using technology for innovating development - all of which have been a focus of Georg's professional career prior to joining the Open Contracting Partnership... Read More →
avatar for Seember Nyager

Seember Nyager

CEO, Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC)
Biography: Seember is CEO at the Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) in Nigeria, an organization that mobilizes people to monitor and report on public procurement processes. Through her organization, she successfully advocated for the adoption of the Open Contracting Data... Read More →
avatar for Amy O’Donnell

Amy O’Donnell

ICT in Programme Lead, OXFAM GB
Biography: Amy is an adviser on applications of information communications technologies (ICTs) to support programming at Oxfam GB. Her role involves supporting staff working in humanitarian response, campaigning and long term development to explore effective design and best practice... Read More →

Coordinators
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Tom Orrell

Senior Advocacy Adviser, Joined-Up Data

Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Room B

12:00 CEST

Leveraging Data visualization and partnerships for environmental action
Leveraging Data visualization and partnerships for environmental action

Speakers
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Penhleak Chan

Regional Network and partnesrship support manager, Open Development Mekong
Biography: Penhleak Chan is an open data advocate and practitioner. She worked with Open Development Cambodia, a platform that independently aggregates open data and creates information resources to inform the public and promote fact-based open dialogues on development trends in Cambodia... Read More →
avatar for David González

David González

Head of Technology and Co-Founder, Vizzuality
Biography: Vizzuality is a creative digital agency based in Madrid, Spain and Cambridge, England who use their skills to compel change that leads to a better world. They do this by designing and developing beautiful and useful web applications, mobile apps, interactive maps, data... Read More →
avatar for Carolyn Soveldelli

Carolyn Soveldelli

Research Analyst, World Resources Institute
Biography: Carolyn Savoldelli is a Research Analyst for the Science and Research program at the World Resources Institute, a global research organization focusing on the environment and sustainable development. She supports efforts to formalize WRI’s commitment to open data and... Read More →
avatar for Jessica Webb

Jessica Webb

Civil Society Specialist, Global Forest Watch, World Resources Institute
Title proposal: Leveraging data visualization and partnerships for environmental action.Biography:  Jessica Webb is the Civil Society Specialist for Global Forest Watch, a free and powerful monitoring platform that promotes transparency by providing near real-time information on... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Robert Watt

Robert Watt

Director of Communications, SEI
Biography: Robert Watt  is Director of Communications at SEI. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of London. As Director of Communications at SEI, he and his team of of communications experts work in close collaboration with researchers to bridge science... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Room D

12:00 CEST

Measuring Open Data together
Measuring Open Data together

Speakers
avatar for Ana Brandusescu

Ana Brandusescu

Research and Policy Officer, World Wide Web Foundation
Ana is a Research and Policy Officer at the Web Foundation.  She drives a more inclusive use of data to enhance digital rights and gender equity through various data, research and policy projects. These include Women’s Rights Online and the Open Data Barometer. She also works on... Read More →
avatar for Lindsay Ferris

Lindsay Ferris

Open data researcher, Cadasta
Biography: Lindsay is an open data researcher at Cadasta and current MSc candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. Before coming to Cadasta, Lindsay worked at the Sunlight Foundation where she provided resources and trainings to transparency NGOs across the globe on how to integrate... Read More →
avatar for Claudia Schwegmann

Claudia Schwegmann

Board Member, Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF)
Biography: Claudia Schwegmann is Board Member of the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany (OKF) and team lead of the 2030 Watch project of the OKF to monitor the SDG implementation in high income countries. She has been an activist for transparency and open data in development finance... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Ubaldi

Barbara Ubaldi

Senior project manager, OECD
Biography: Barbara Ubaldi is a senior project manager at the OECD leading the work on Digital Government and Open Data within the Division for Public Sector Reform of the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate. Barbara manages thematic reviews on digital government... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Mor Rubinstein

Mor Rubinstein

Community Coordinator, Open Knowledge International
Title proposal: Measuring open data together.Biography: Mor is the line manager of the Capacity team at Open Knowledge International and the International community coordinator. She was the community coordinator and research lead for the Global Open Data Index in 2014-2015. She was... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Room E

12:30 CEST

Open Mapping Mapathon!
Open Mapping Mapathon!

Coordinators
avatar for Sajjad Anwar

Sajjad Anwar

Data Team, Mapbox
Title proposal: Open mapping Mapathon!Biography: Sajjad builds data processing and productivity tools to scale the data team at Mapbox. He has been working closely with OpenStreetMap data and technology for over 7 years. As a strong advocate of open data, he is actively involved... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:30 - 13:00 CEST
Room F

12:45 CEST

Main Session - Data and Gender: Thinking Critically
Counted and included: how do we close the gender gap in open data?

SDG 5 sets lofty targets for gender equality, and open data has the potential to be a critical tool in delivering a more just and equal world for women. But like any technology, whether it lives up to that promise will be influenced by who designs it - and with which ends in mind. While there are many facets of diversity worthy of discussion, on this panel we will focus on gender inclusivity.

The panelists will share their experiences on finding accurate gender data, conceiving open data projects with women as creators and end-users in mind, and promoting the participation of more women in the open data field.   

Moderators
avatar for Kristen Robinson

Kristen Robinson

Communications and Advocacy Manager, Web Foundation
Biography: As Communications and Advocacy Manager at the Web Foundation, Kristen drives campaigns on the Foundation's open data, gender and digital rights work. She led the advocacy and communications around the Foundation's inaugural Women's Rights Online report and the 3rd edi... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Paulina Bustos Arellano

Paulina Bustos Arellano

Head of Services and Operations, Cívica Digital
Title proposal: Open data and inclusivity
avatar for Georges Labreche

Georges Labreche

Executive Director / Chief Data Officer, Open Data Kosovo
Title proposal: Open data for youth engagement and women's empowerment.Biography: Georges L. J. Labrèche is a problem solver, entrepreneur, and the founder of the Balkan’s leading civic-tech organization: Open Data Kosovo (ODK). He holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering and a... Read More →
avatar for Nnenna Nwakanma

Nnenna Nwakanma

Africa Regional Coordinator, Web Foundation
Title proposal: Driving gender data demands: lessons learned from TechMousso.Biography: Nnenna works to develop cutting-edge collaborations in Africa. Her work has a particular focus on the Alliance for Affordable Internet project and the Web We Want campaign for human rights on and through the Web. She is also heavily involved in driving forward the open data agenda across Africa. Nnenna is an experienced development professional who has worked in the ICT field in Africa for over a decade. As well as leading a highly regarded consultancy platform, Nnenna has in recent years co-founde... Read More →
avatar for Nisha Thompson

Nisha Thompson

Co-founder & Lead Organizer, DataMeet
Biography: Nisha Thompson has a background in online community organizing. She has worked for the Sunlight Foundation < http://sunlightfoundation.com/> in Washington DC, with online communities to use US government data to hold elected officials accountable. She moved to Bangalor... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 12:45 - 13:30 CEST
Main assembly room

12:45 CEST

Open data leaders panel: updates on government programmes from around the world
Open data leaders panel: updates on government programmes from around the world

Speakers
avatar for Marija Kujacic

Marija Kujacic

Head of Departement, Directorate for eGovernment
Title proposal: Open data in education.Biography: Marija Kujačić is a Head of Section for Development and Standardization in the Serbian Directorate for e-Government, body inside the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self Government. She manages activities on development... Read More →
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Linet Kwamboka

Coordinator, Open Data Initiative
avatar for Jose Subero Munilla

Jose Subero Munilla

IT Adviser at the ICT Department of the Aragon Government, Gobierno de Aragón / Aragón Government
Title proposal: Mapping money with Aragon open spending app.Biography: Head of eAdmin at the Aragón Government PhD Civil Engineer in the study field "Transport Infrastructures and Land' Planning". Master in Public Administration Linkedin: https://es.linkedin.com/in/josemsub... Read More →
avatar for Alexsey Vyskub

Alexsey Vyskub

Deputy Head, State Agency for e-Governance
Biography: Vyskub Alexey is Deputy Head of the State Agency for E-governance of Ukraine and is responsible for the development of open data, e-services, electronic interaction in Ukraine.Mr. Vyskub in 2015-2016 was an active participant in forming public policy on open data in Ukraine... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Dawn Duhaney

Dawn Duhaney

Junior Project Manager, Open Data Institute
Title proposal: Moving towards open data maturity - how can you sustain impact from open data portals?Biography: Dawn joined the ODI in August 2014 and works in the Services international development team, where she manages and coordinates projects, and delivers advisory and research... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:45 - 13:30 CEST
Room A

12:45 CEST

FIWARE: unleashing the potential of real-time open data
FIWARE: unleashing the potential of real-time open data

Moderators
avatar for Ángeles Tejado

Ángeles Tejado

Account Manager, Ogilvy One
Biography: Angeles Tejado is a multidisciplinary marketing professional with a strongly built experience, serving multinational brands distributed worldwide. Passionate about technology and with a broad range of interests and an ample academic background -comprising degrees in Biochemistry... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Margarida Campolargo

Margarida Campolargo

Head of Smart Cities Unit, Associação Porto Digital
Biography: Margarida Campolargo has a MSc. in Architecture from the Faculty of Architecture of Porto (FAUP) and completed two postgraduate studies  at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)  and at the Escola Superior de Dissenny i Enginyeria de Barcelona (ELISAVA). She... Read More →
avatar for Carl Piva

Carl Piva

Vice President Strategic Programs, TM Forum
Biography: Carl is Vice President Strategic Programs at TM Forum. He is passionate about market and technology disruptions and about helping the TM Forum smart city and ecosystem members transform to successful actors in the emerging digital economy. He is now leading the Smart City... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Juan José Hierro

Juan José Hierro

FIWARE Chief Architect, FIWARE
Title proposal: FIWARE: unleashing the potential of real-time open data Biography:  Chief Technologist at Telefónica I+D (R&D Lab) and FIWARE  Coordinator & Chief Architect.Juanjo Hierro is CTO of the Unit in charge of the development of Telefonica's IoT and Smart Cities... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 12:45 - 13:30 CEST
Room C

13:30 CEST

Lunch
Lunch

Friday October 7, 2016 13:30 - 14:30 CEST
 Hall 

14:00 CEST

Building a thriving open data ecosystem for economic growth and innovation
Building sustainable capacities for data driven businesses. How can the private sector can help achieve greater economic and social development through open data/open data ecosystem: building a thriving open data industry

Moderators
avatar for Cheol Ho OH

Cheol Ho OH

Professor, Soongsil University

Speakers
avatar for Heather Broomfield

Heather Broomfield

Senior Adviser, DIFI (Agency for Public Management & eGovernment)
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Marina Gonzalez

Civil society
avatar for Bart HANSSENS

Bart HANSSENS

Information & Communication Technology Federal Public Service, Fedict
avatar for Augusto Herrmann

Augusto Herrmann

Ministry of Planning, Development and Management, Open Data- Department of Digital Government
Biography: Augusto Herrmann Batista is an open data expert with over 6 years of experience in developing and implementing open data policies, strategies and plans in the Brazilian Federal Government. He holds a Master's Degree in Knowledge Management and Information Technology from... Read More →
avatar for Alejandro Maza

Alejandro Maza

CEO, Open Intelligence
Biography: Alejandro Maza is founder and CEO of OPI, a startup that develops technological tools of data production and analysis for decision-making. OPI tools help public and private organizations cope with the variety and volume of public data so as to implement them in their decision-making... Read More →
avatar for Carey Anne Nadeau

Carey Anne Nadeau

CEO, Open Data Nation
Biography:  Carey Anne Nadeau is the Founder and CEO of Open Data Nation ( opendatanation.com), a women-owned B-Corp based in Washington DC, providing consultation and smart city solutions that help public-sector decision-makers to transform their data into perationally-useful information and become more effective and efficient at delivering public services. Previously Nadeau... Read More →
avatar for Jun-Hyung SHIM

Jun-Hyung SHIM

Deputy Director, Public Data Policy Division
avatar for Mike Steere

Mike Steere

Managing Director, Thundermaps
Biography: Mike Steere is a New Zealander who has ended up on the complete opposite side of the planet - in Sweden. There he founded ThunderMaps Sweden and led the company's application to the European Commission Horizon 2020 innovation programme. The €1m project application... Read More →
avatar for Rochelle Stewart-Allen

Rochelle Stewart-Allen

Senior Advisor, Open Government Information & Data Programme
Biography: With a passion for transparency, accountability and justice, Rochelle Stewart-Allen has long been a firm believer in open government and open education. Rochelle's focus is on driving active engagement between government, business and civil society. Describing herself... Read More →
avatar for Jed Sundwall

Jed Sundwall

Open Data Global Lead, Amazon Web Services
Biography: Jed Sundwall leads the global open data practice at Amazon Web Services, which helps explore ways that the AWS cloud can make data easier to discover, access, and use. The AWS open data practice has democratized access to petabytes of data, including satellite imagery... Read More →
avatar for Barbara Ubaldi

Barbara Ubaldi

Senior project manager, OECD
Biography: Barbara Ubaldi is a senior project manager at the OECD leading the work on Digital Government and Open Data within the Division for Public Sector Reform of the Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate. Barbara manages thematic reviews on digital government... Read More →
avatar for Stefaan Verhulst

Stefaan Verhulst

Co-Founder and Chief Research, GovLab
Title proposal: TBCBiography: Stefaan G. Verhulst (@sverhulst; @thegovlab)  is Co-Founder and Chief Research of the Governance Laboratory @New York University (www.thegovlab.org), an action research center dedicated to improving governance and people’s lives through advances... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Ania Calderón

Ania Calderón

General Director of Open Data, Office of the President of Mexico
Biography: Ania Calderon is the General Director of Open Data at the Coordination of National Digital Strategy in the Office in the Mexican Government, where she leads the Open Data, Data for Development, Digital Inclusion and Innovation for Resilience initiatives. She holds a Master’s... Read More →
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YS Lee

Executive Principal, National Information Society Agency (NIA)
Title proposal: Open data ecosystem: building a thriving open data industry

Friday October 7, 2016 14:00 - 15:45 CEST
Room C

14:00 CEST

GODAN Action. Capacity development for open data users in agriculture and nutrition security
GODAN Action. Capacity development for open data users in agriculture and nutrition security

Speakers
avatar for Laura Meggiolaro

Laura Meggiolaro

Coordinator, Land Portal
Biography: Since 2012 Laura Meggiolaro has been responsible for the overall management, implementation and expansion of the Land Portal as its coordinator. Laura holds a master’s degree in communications science and a master’s degree in economics for development. She has extensive... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Musker

Ruthie Musker

Research and Partnerships Support Officer, GODAN Secretariat
Biography: Ruthie Musker has been working with the GODAN Secretariat as Research and Partnerships Support Officer for one month. She holds a bachelor’s degree from University of California, Los Angeles in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and has performed ecology field research... Read More →
avatar for Muchiri Nyaggah

Muchiri Nyaggah

Director, Local Development Research Institute (LDRI)
Biography: Muchiri serves as the Executive Director at the Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), an action-oriented think tank supporting efforts of African governments to end extreme poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities. Their work is focused on the role of agricultural... Read More →
avatar for Onno Roosenschoon

Onno Roosenschoon

Project Manager, Alterra
Biography: Onno Roosenschoon got his master degree in Forestry Management at Wageningen University, but his career shifted away from Forestry towards Information Technology in the Agricultural and Environmental domain.  The last 15 years he works as project manager at Wageningen... Read More →
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Fiona Smith

International Development Researcher, Open Data Institute
Biography: Fiona is the International Development Manager at The Open Data Institute responsible for research design, evaluation and learning covering the ODI’s work supporting developing country governments to unlock the value of open data.Fiona has a broad background in international... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Isaura Lopes Ramos

Isaura Lopes Ramos

Project Coordinator, The Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation CTA
Title proposal: GODIVAN/Capacity development for open data users.Biography: Ms Lopes-Ramos (MA Dev Studies Genoa 2004) having started as a project officer in Zambia for an NGO working with vulnerable children she then joined the European Commission DGDEVCO working on analysing MDG... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 14:00 - 15:45 CEST
Room D

14:00 CEST

Strengthening Data Ecosystems for Greater Development Impact by Closing the Citizen Feedback Loop: Strategies from Around the Globe
Strengthening Data Ecosystems for Greater Development Impact by Closing the Citizen Feedback Loop: Strategies from Around the Globe

Moderators
avatar for Stephane Boyera

Stephane Boyera

CEO, SB Consulting (SBC4D)
Biography: Stephane is a pioneer in OD in developing countries and have been active in Africa since 2010. He was originally part of the founders of the Web Foundation, and was the foundation lead program manager, designing and driving its Open Data program till 2012. Since then, he... Read More →
avatar for Agnieszka Rawa

Agnieszka Rawa

Managing Director, MCC-PEPFAR Partnership Data Collaboratives for Local Impact
Title proposal: Tanzania open data initiative.Biography: Agnieszka Rawa is Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC’s) Managing Director leading a strategic $21.8 million partnership, Data Collaboratives for Local Impact, with the State Department's Office of Global Aids Coor... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Juma Lungo

Juma Lungo

Manager, dLab
Biography: Dr. Juma Lungo is the Manager for the Tanzania Open Data Lab (dLab) also a database systems lecturer at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania. He is a pioneer in the use of cutting-edge technology to drive social change through the use of Free and Open Source Software... Read More →
avatar for Michelle McLeod

Michelle McLeod

Lecturer, Mona School of Business and Management, University of West Indies
Biography: Michelle McLeod (PhD) is Lecturer in Tourism Management at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. Her tourism industry experience spans over twenty-five years. Her present research interests are in the subject areas of tourism, knowledge networks, open data ecosystems... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Michael Canares

Michael Canares

Regional Research Manager for Asia, World Wide Web Foundation's Open Data Lab Jakarta
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 →
avatar for Denis Gursky

Denis Gursky

CEO, SocialBoost
Title proposal: Setting up open data ecosystem in Ukraine.Biography: Denis Gursky - founder of Open Data reform in Ukraine and 1991 Open Data Incubator. As leader of SocialBoost – a tech NGO, works on building the data-driven startup ecosystem in Ukraine as well setting up 1991... Read More →
avatar for Vitaly Vlasov

Vitaly Vlasov

President, Open City Foundation
Title proposal: Building local open data ecosystems in ex-USSR countriesBiography: Founder and President at Open City Foundation (Non-profit and Non-government citizen organization in St.Petersburg) since 2009. His mission is to bring openness and transparency of government data... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 14:00 - 15:45 CEST
Room E

14:30 CEST

Main Session - Building an Inclusive Data Revolution
Regional open data agendas such as Condatos, Developing the Caribbean, and the first African Open Data Conference are strengthening a bottom-up and inclusive global open data revolution. Building on the regional sessions that take place on day 1, this main session will highlight and celebrate the diversity of the open data movement around the world, the key next steps in regional processes and explore the opportunities for greater coordination and knowledge sharing between  global and regional efforts.

Moderators
avatar for Fernando Perini

Fernando Perini

Team Leader - Education and Science, IDRC

Speakers
avatar for Ashley Casovan

Ashley Casovan

Lead, Canada’s Open Government Portal
Biography: Ashley Casovan is the lead for Canada's Open Government Portal. In this position, she is responsible for working with departments and agencies all across the GC to disseminate data and information. Prior to working for the GC, she lead the Open Data and Open Government... Read More →
avatar for Karen Chang

Karen Chang

Associate Researcher; Leader Co-Chair, Board of Science and Technology, the Executive Yuan of Taiwan; Asia PKI Consortium
We'd like to know the status of your countries open data status, and welcome your joining with us to the Asia Open Data Alliance.
avatar for Laura Manley

Laura Manley

Co-Founder and Director of Programs, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Title proposal: Understanding your data user workshop.Biography: Laura is the Co-Founder for the Center for Open Data Enterprise in Washington DC, where she leads partnerships and programs. At the Center, she oversees both the Open Data Impact Map, the first global mapping of the... Read More →
avatar for Lejla Sadiku

Lejla Sadiku

Open Data Specialist, UNDP
Title proposal:  Has open data brought trust in the institutions? Measuring the unmeasured: data democratization has transformed power dynamics between citizens and institutions Biography:  Lejla works in UNDP's Istanbul Regional Hub on open data in Europe and Central... Read More →
avatar for Nancy Salem

Nancy Salem

Senior Research Specialist, Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo
Biography: Nancy Salem is a Senior Research Specialist at the Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo, working on the project 'Harnessing the Economic Power of Data in the Middle East and North Africa', focusing on the the role and potential... Read More →
avatar for Yeama Thompson

Yeama Thompson

Commissioner, Right to Access Information Commission
Biography: Yeama Thompson is a Sierra Leonean media development professional who rose through the ranks from a cub-reporter at the Sierra Leone Daily Mail to an Editor of The Chronicle newspaper in war-time Sierra Leone. During that period, she also conceptualised and produced community... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Main assembly room

14:30 CEST

Opening Data for innovation: from supply-driven to demand-driven Open Data strategies
Opening Data for innovation: from supply-driven to demand-driven Open Data strategies

Moderators
avatar for Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society
Title proposal: Opening Data for innovation: from supply-driven to demand-driven Open Data strategies.Biography: Sumandro leads the openness policy works (open data, open access, free software, and open educational resources) and the academic and creative research programme at... Read More →

Speakers
avatar for Rakesh Kumar Dubbudu

Rakesh Kumar Dubbudu

Founder & CEO, FACTLY
Biography: Rakesh is a well known transparency campaigner in India with a decade of grassroots experience. He is the founder of Factly, a well known public information portal in India. He is also a co-convenor of National Campaign for People's Right to Information. He was a Right... Read More →
avatar for Dileep Konatham

Dileep Konatham

Head, Digital Media division of Government of Telangana
Biography: Mr. Konatham is currently heading the Digital Media division of Government of Telangana, India's newest state. He has over 19 years of experience in the online and digital media space. He has worked for several renowned organizations like Tata Donnelly, Apollo Hospitals... Read More →
avatar for Bhanupriya Rao

Bhanupriya Rao

Independent Researcher & Creator of 'Gender in Politics', NA
Biography: Bhanupriya Rao is an independent researcher and  creator of the Web based project Gender in Politics < http://genderinpolitics.org/>: a project that tracks women in politics and governance in India. Previously she has worked with the Worldwide Web Foundation on coordinating research on open data impact as part of the Open Data in Developing Countries Project and Open Data Barometer. She has been working on iss... Read More →
avatar for Nisha Thompson

Nisha Thompson

Co-founder & Lead Organizer, DataMeet
Biography: Nisha Thompson has a background in online community organizing. She has worked for the Sunlight Foundation < http://sunlightfoundation.com/> in Washington DC, with online communities to use US government data to hold elected officials accountable. She moved to Bangalor... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Room A

14:30 CEST

The OjoAlData100 initiative for harmonising datasets in Smart City open data portals
The OjoAlData100 initiative for harmonising datasets in Smart City open data portals

Speakers
avatar for Alberto Abella

Alberto Abella

Senior manager, desideDatum
Senior manager at desideDatum. Researcher at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Author of MELODA, metric about reusability of data and researcher on open data modelling 1,2,3 and its ecosystems of organisations.He has worked for different companies including Brain trust, Novell adn Cap... Read More →

Coordinators
avatar for Oscar Corcho

Oscar Corcho

Professor, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Title proposal: The OjoAlData100 initiative for harmonising datasets in Smart city open data portals.Biography: Oscar Corcho is full professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he works at the Ontology Engineering Group ( www.oeg-upm.net), and co-founder of  Locali... Read More →

Friday October 7, 2016 14:30 - 15:45 CEST
Room B

15:45 CEST

Main Session - Closing Remarks
Speakers
avatar for Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda

Antonio Germán Beteta Barreda

Secretary of State, Public Administrations
Biography: He was born on May 28, 1955 in Madrid, Spain. Lawyer and Business Consultant. He graduated in Law from the University of Deusto (Spain). Councilor of Transport for Madrid's Regional Government; Councilor of Economy and Treasury for Madrid's Regional Government; Senator... Read More →
avatar for Gonzalo Iglesias

Gonzalo Iglesias

National Director, Public Data and Information
Biography: Gonzalo Iglesias is National Director for Public Data and Information, where he's leading Argentina's government efforts towards opening up public sector data. He holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires and a MA in Public Management from Victoria... Read More →
avatar for Muchiri Nyaggah

Muchiri Nyaggah

Director, Local Development Research Institute (LDRI)
Biography: Muchiri serves as the Executive Director at the Local Development Research Institute (LDRI), an action-oriented think tank supporting efforts of African governments to end extreme poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities. Their work is focused on the role of agricultural... Read More →


Friday October 7, 2016 15:45 - 17:00 CEST
Main assembly room

17:00 CEST

End of the conference
Friday October 7, 2016 17:00 - 17:01 CEST
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