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OpenData: Creating Cities That Think Like the Web

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Organizer:
David Eaves, Eaves Consulting
Description:
Across North America municipal governments are opening up their data and encouraging citizens to create online applications, mash-ups and tools to improve city services and foster engagement. Panelists from cities leading this open movement will discuss the challenges, lessons, benefits and opportunities of open data and open government.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is open data?
  2. How can I effectively mobilize people to get my local government to share data?
  3. How can open data be shared most effectively?
  4. What are the benefits of open data?
  5. What business models are emerging around municipal open data?
  6. How can citizens/citizen coders help government bureaucracies share open data?
  7. How do government bureaucracies centered on secrecy and security shift to being interested in open?
  8. How is open data changing the role of government?
  9. How is open data changing the relationship between citizens and government?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, Social Issues, User Generated Content, Web Apps / Widgets
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
randy twaddle
on 17/8/09
I'm interested in business models that are emerging around municipal open data, particularly possible applications for image campaigns for municipalities.
Meghan Warby
on 17/8/09
This looks like a comprehensive talk on the new tools and techniques from someone's who's 'walked the walk' working with governments of all levels to implement engagement strategies. Hope to see it at the conference!
Mark Surman
on 17/8/09
Most of gov't 2.0 seem to focus on the federal level -- yet there is clearly so much happening locally. It would be great to have some concrete examples of local gov't 2.0 shared at sxsw.
Mark Surman
on 17/8/09
Oooops. Meant to say 'Most conferences and events on gov't 2.0 focus on the federal level ...'
Mark Kuznicki
on 17/8/09
This is a great topic, with a lot of opportunity as part of a larger movement of open government and open innovation. Happy to participate! :)
David Eaves
on 19/8/09
Hi everyone, I wanted to add a little more on the proposed speakers for this panel. Contingent on scheduling here are some of the people I'd like to see participate. I've reached out to a few of them already and we are quite excited.

Kelly Pretzer (@kellypretzer) Is a City of SF employee who has been working with a team on an open data initiative with the city of SF. You can track their work here http://opensf.wordpress.com/

Peter Corbett (@corbett3000) is CEO of iStrategyLabs (http://www.istrategylabs.com). iStrategy Labs is the organization that ran the Apps for Democracy competition in Washington DC (http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/). If Peter can't make it, we'd hope iStrategy could send a representative.

Ryan Merkley (@ryanmerkley) Political advisor to the Mayor of Toronto and helping oversee the open Toronto Initiative.

David Eaves (@david_a_eaves) has been advising the Mayor of Vancouver on open government and open data and co-drafted the Open Motion, passed by the City of Vancouver on May 21st (http://eaves.ca/2009/05/14/vancouver-enters-the-age-of-the-open-city/).

It would, of course, be nice to have Vivek Kundra, but I'll confess, I'm not sure I have that kind of pull...
Philip Ashlock
on 27/8/09
This looks like an excellent panel. There's a complimentary panel on this subject - http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3185 - Adventures in Local Open Government

For a sense of what's happening in NYC have a look at: http://topplabs.org/civichacker/2009/08/help-open-the-big-apple/
David Gallagher
on 3/9/09
I want to hear about this. Hope you get a spot!
Blu-ray Video Converter
on 21/11/09
What's in the world?
Los Arqueros
on 26/11/09
Nice to see formerly red tape riddled entities are asking for participation that will enrich their services. great panel
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