Data Dig: Civil Society & Open Data expedition
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Description
OPEN DATA DAY 2018 EVENT POSTPONED FROM MAR 2ND DUE TO SNOW
This is the annual celebration of Open Data Day in the West Midlands.
This year's event is organised by RnR Organisation and Data Unlocked on behalf of West Midlands Open Data Forum and in partnership with Innovation Engine
This year we're talking about Civil Society and Open Data, including learning about open mapping for voluntary and community organisations
Purpose: To encourage and enable local civil society organisations to increase their data literacy in various ways
We want to share and explore how we can find and utilise open data to maximise the impact of participation in voluntary associations and communities
Timetable (subject to change)
09.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Intros and welcome to the day
10.30 Lightning talks
11.30 Break
11.45 Small group work (based on lightning talks)
12.30 Check in
12.45 Lunch including ODI Lunchtime lecture
13.30 Lightning talk
13.45 Small group work continues
14.45 Check in/Break
15.00 Small group work continues
15.45 Report back
16.00 Close
Lightning talks to include Data sources, open mapping, mapping tools, data sharing, democratic commons, governance & representation, Geospatial mapping (TBC)
This event is supported by Innovation Engine Project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund
.