Jonathan Brun - at OpenGov Camp in the UK

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

FYI

we have 2 Canadian reps at the UK OKNF Open Government Camp - http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2010/. 

Jonathan Brun from Montréal Ouvert and David Eaves!

Below is the press release:

## London: 18th November 2010
## Open Knowledge Foundation, UK

## OPEN DATA GOES GLOBAL

Today representatives from the UK government, the White House, the UN,
the European Commission and over thirty countries are gathered in
London to further open government information around the world. The
two day event is being run by the Open Knowledge Foundation, a
not-for-profit organisation that has pioneered open data
internationally and helped to build data.gov.uk.

Spearheaded by the Obama administration and the father of the web, Sir
Tim Berners-Lee, the US and the UK have lead what is now becoming a
global movement. This goes beyond traditional government websites and
ensures that government data can be used by anyone to build new
services, applications and much more.

"Open Data can improve public services, creates innovation and value,
and leads to greater transparency and accountability”, says Nigel
Shadbolt, who advises the UK government on public sector transparency.
“I hope that more will join the Open Government Data community to
share these benefits and help us all do better still", he says.

"Opening up government data is infectious", says Jack Thurston
co-founder of the Farm Subsidy project, "Once one country opens its
data, the pressure builds on others to follow suit".

In the past 18 months countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain have started initiatives to
open up official information. And even the UN is now interested in how
it can support lower and middle income countries to follow suit.

David Eaves, an advisor to the Mayor of Toronto, says: "What is
today's Open Government Data Camp about? It's about helping build a
21st century citizenry. In the 19th century we didn’t build libraries
for a literate citizenry. We built libraries to help citizens become
literate. Today we build open data portals not because we have public
policy literate citizens, we build them so that citizens may become
literate in public policy."

Dr. Rufus Pollock, Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation says:
"Opening up official information enables governments to harness
external expertise to find better ways of doing things, from fixing
potholes to fixing economies. We hope this event will help build
momentum in this crucial area and encourage more governments to open
up."

## Notes for editors

For more information, please contact:

 * Dr. Rufus Pollock: [hidden email] / [phone]
 * Jonathan Gray: [hidden email] / [phone]

The Open Government Data Camp takes place in London on 18-19th
November 2010. Further details can be found at:
<http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2010>.

The Open Knowledge Foundatation (okfn.org) is a not-for-profit
organisation founded in 2004. In addition to working on data.gov.uk,
it works on projects using open data such as WhereDoesMyMoneyGo.org
and WhereAreTheCuts.org.




--
Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805

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[Jonathan Brun-2]

Thanks. Great conference, blog post to follow tomorrow. 

My presentation with David is here, big thanks to Tracey for her help. 

http://www.slideshare.net/jonathanbrun1/open-data-in-canada-open-government-data-camp

JB
jonathanbrun.com

On 2010-11-18, at 3:49 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault wrote:

FYI

we have 2 Canadian reps at the UK OKNF Open Government Camp - http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2010/. 

Jonathan Brun from Montréal Ouvert and David Eaves!

Below is the press release:

## London: 18th November 2010
## Open Knowledge Foundation, UK

## OPEN DATA GOES GLOBAL

Today representatives from the UK government, the White House, the UN,
the European Commission and over thirty countries are gathered in
London to further open government information around the world. The
two day event is being run by the Open Knowledge Foundation, a
not-for-profit organisation that has pioneered open data
internationally and helped to build data.gov.uk.

Spearheaded by the Obama administration and the father of the web, Sir
Tim Berners-Lee, the US and the UK have lead what is now becoming a
global movement. This goes beyond traditional government websites and
ensures that government data can be used by anyone to build new
services, applications and much more.

"Open Data can improve public services, creates innovation and value,
and leads to greater transparency and accountability”, says Nigel
Shadbolt, who advises the UK government on public sector transparency.
“I hope that more will join the Open Government Data community to
share these benefits and help us all do better still", he says.

"Opening up government data is infectious", says Jack Thurston
co-founder of the Farm Subsidy project, "Once one country opens its
data, the pressure builds on others to follow suit".

In the past 18 months countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark,
the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Spain have started initiatives to
open up official information. And even the UN is now interested in how
it can support lower and middle income countries to follow suit.

David Eaves, an advisor to the Mayor of Toronto, says: "What is
today's Open Government Data Camp about? It's about helping build a
21st century citizenry. In the 19th century we didn’t build libraries
for a literate citizenry. We built libraries to help citizens become
literate. Today we build open data portals not because we have public
policy literate citizens, we build them so that citizens may become
literate in public policy."

Dr. Rufus Pollock, Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation says:
"Opening up official information enables governments to harness
external expertise to find better ways of doing things, from fixing
potholes to fixing economies. We hope this event will help build
momentum in this crucial area and encourage more governments to open
up."

## Notes for editors

For more information, please contact:

 * Dr. Rufus Pollock: [hidden email] / [phone]
 * Jonathan Gray: [hidden email] / [phone]

The Open Government Data Camp takes place in London on 18-19th
November 2010. Further details can be found at:
<http://opengovernmentdata.org/camp2010>.

The Open Knowledge Foundatation (okfn.org) is a not-for-profit
organisation founded in 2004. In addition to working on data.gov.uk,
it works on projects using open data such as WhereDoesMyMoneyGo.org
and WhereAreTheCuts.org.




--
Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805

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