A very warm (and windy) welcome from Belfast, where we’re just getting underway with Open Data Camp 5. The pitches are about to begin…
#odcamp opening session begins on #menti at #Qub Suzanne McLaughlin from Digital Shared Services welcomes open data campers ! #digitalni pic.twitter.com/QFx3H5QLH2
— Aidan McMichael (@titanic401) October 21, 2017
Excitement levels are high #odcamp pic.twitter.com/C5RyxzO4lt
— Austin T (@AustinTanney) October 21, 2017
Loving the instant word cloud – why we’re here #odcamp pic.twitter.com/S9csBC6ghN
— Edafe Onerhime (@ekoner) October 21, 2017
Pauline Roche is talking us through the process. There are a lot of unconference first-timers here. But, now they’re briefed, let the pitching begin
- Open Data Horror stories – to allow policy development – and risk assessment.
We're in Belfast at #odcamp today, @owenboswarva pitching a session on #opendata horror stories. pic.twitter.com/JctYakaTjc
— OpenData Manchester (@opendatamcr) October 21, 2017
- Are you the missing (open data) link? What’s your role – who depends on you, and whom do you depend on?
- Volunteering as a data scientist for charity – what’s the supply chain of data?
- Open registers – and connecting them to GPs
- Every Politician – why WikiData is the future of it.
- Open data impact: measurement, demand drives, supporting bodies and standardisation.
- What is the least effort to make our open data services better?
- Dogfooding for revenue. Data is not just something we stick out, but something we use.
- Open data for newbies
- What does the Government Digital Service need to do to engage better?
- Using open data for creating neighbourhood plans
- The Government should be testing the value of open data by releasing some sets – would it work?
- What does the very best open statistic look like?
Shut the front door. I've just pitched my first ever unconference session. Be kind to me #odcamp folks. Open stats are super cool, honest
— andy dudfield (@mr_dudders) October 21, 2017
- Identifiers for organisations and people.
- Public wifi data – what could people do with it?
- What data set are you working on that isn’t getting enough coverage in the press?
- Open data for fun and education
I'm running an "Open data for fun and education" session in rm 3 at 1545. I completely made it up on the spot so it'll be hilarious #ODCamp
— Andrew Bolster (@Bolster) October 21, 2017
- How can a data geek help you?
- Different approaches to validation.
- People who collect open data – crowdsourcing. (Open Streetmap, Open Plaques, Open Benches)
- Open Data Maturity Framework – learn more or contribute
- Efficiency gains in Government through open data.
- What could you use LPWAN for? (Low power, wide area network – connecting Internet of Things devices to the cloud)
- How do people want their local authority data delivered – and what data do you want?
- Using open data to bring divided communities together.
- Open data platform fight camp!
Open data platform fight club! Excellent pitch from @AngharadStone #odcamp
— Beck Strickland (@BeckStrickland) October 21, 2017
- How could charities make more use of open data?
- Bring open data into game/VR environments
And… we’re done.