open data in ghent - the open library unconference
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@BartRosseau E-Strategie
Stad Gent
Open Data in Ghent 23/06/2013
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LOADING CITY
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4 years of Open Data
3d edition of Apps For Ghent
Ghent Living Lab, Ghent Web Valley, iMinds, City of Ghent,
OKFNbe
Why?
• Smart City• Innovation• Transparency
DATA
• Low Hanging Fruit• Geo Data• Streetnames
• Evolution: Real Time Data
Challenges
• Metadata, metadata, metadata
• Trying to understand the semantic web
• Vocabularies?
Co-creation
• Let people find the data
• Convince people to re-use the data– Ghent living lab– Students
• Show the added value to the administration
• European cooperation – Citadel on the move– Eurocities
Datatalks
Not just for coders
Impact of open data
Open data is more than App Development
(data journalism, data visualisation, service delivery)
Inspiration Sessions
• Ghent Festival
• Geo Data
• Networking between developers, ideators and civil servants
Apps For Ghent
• Coding Sprint (6 hours)
• Keep the formula fresh
• Longevity of the ideas/apps– AppsForEurope
And the winner is…
• Energy awareness game ENERXIA
• 9K City builder
• Pharmacy App
• http://hoedrukist.nu
Feedback
Crowdsourcing Data
What developments would the Ghent Citizens like?
And now?
• Open Gov
• Business development
• Beyond machine readability
Questions?
http://appsforghent.be
http://data.gent.be
http://ghentlivinglab.be
http://www.citadelonthemove.eu/Twitter: @bartrosseau