In Conseil Régional Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, 27 place Jules Guesde, Marseille

by Homer project

After the pionneers: Professionalising and harmonising open data initiatives.

During the four last years, pioneers have launched initiatives for open data. But after first successes, we are now facing new open data challenges: improving data offer, developping data reuse, involving more and more people, opening data with more efficiency and going beyond short-term events to develop long-term animations.

This conference, organized under the Homer project, will focus on three upcoming key challenges for the open data movement:

• Discoverability and interoperability: How to find and discover new data? Will my project be able to work on other territories?
• Good practices for long term animations: Is there a life after hackathons? App contests and what else?
• Enhancing data reuse through standardization: How to harmonize data formats at international level? How to simplify legal policies?

Introduction and Keynote

1. Philippe Mussi, Councillor of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur Region
2. Gérald Santucci (European Commission) – Vision of the European Commission on harmonization  [Interview]
3. Gabriella Serratrice (Head of ICT Sector for Piemonte Region) – Vision of Piemonte Region on Open Data and link with the Italian Digital Agenda
4. Luca Guerretta (Piemonte Region) – Harmonising open data policies in 8 european countries: the HOMER project [Interview]
5. Hadley Beeman (Cabinet Office, UK Government / W3C) – Keynote: Harmonising? What’s the point? – [Interview]

Discoverability and Interoperability

1. Ivan Herman (W3C) – W3C efforts to standardize Open Data and Open Government [Interview]
2. Irina Bolychevsky (OKFN, CKAN project) – the CKAN meta-catalog case to facilitate data mashups
3. Saverino Reale (CSI Piemonte) – Automatically referencing data from other sources: Piemonte and Emilia-Romania case
4. François Scharffe (LIRMM, Datalift project) – Lifting and linking traditional raw data with Linked Open Data to ease discoverability: the Datalift project
5. Raphael Troncy (Eurecom, event media project) – Ease event data publication and reuse [Interview]

 

Lunch break

 

Open Stage

3 open presentations submitted by participants

• Natural Solutions, Olivier Rovellotti 
• OpenGov Tunisia, Samih Abid
• Open Food Facts, Stephane Gigandet

 

Enhancing practical reuse through standardization

1. Andrew Byrd – Standardisation: the success story of GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification)
2. Michael Smethurst (BBC) – Case study of the BBC Linked Data
3. Christian Fauré (Ars Industrialis) – Harmonizing and enhancing publication: APICulture vs DataCulture

 

Coffee Break

 

Adopting long-term practices in animation

1. Steven Flower (Open Data Manchester) – Animation practices: a synthesis based on UK, Italy, France cases. Criteria for success, how to transpose ?
2. Stéphane Martayan (PACA Region) – Integrating Open Data in global digital policy in PACA Region
3. Amandine Brugiere (Groupe Infolab) – Infolab: a new way to enhance open data literacy?
4. Pieter Colpart (OKFN) – Open Transport initiative
5. Christian Quest (OpenStreetMap France) – The power of open communities

 

Closing speech

By Marylise Lebranchu,  Minister of State Reform, Decentralization and Public Utility
and Bernard Morel, Vice-President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur, delegate for employment, economy, research and innovation