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Giving Away Data: Was It Worth It?

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Jim Hendler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hendler
Description Almost two years after Obama’s directive to promote Open Government (Open Data) standards, we ask the following questions: 1) what are the most significant advancements made possible by this movement? 2) what have been some of the challenges in implementing and executing on the President’s call to action? 3) How are the private and public sectors working together to make this a possibility? 4) What other technical advancements lie in the horizon? This panel will explore the good, the bad and the “what’s next” for the Open Data movement.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is the value of open data?
  2. What are the most significant advancements made possible by this movement?
  3. What have been some of the challenges in implementing and executing on the President’s call to action?
  4. How are the private and public sectors working together to make this a possibility? What new parnterhips are needed?
  5. What other technical advancements lie in the horizon or are required for open data?
Level Intermediate
Category Government and Technology
Tags open data, semantic web, Technology Policy