The perspective of the open community

SHOPT IT - 12-05-2016

Hello!I am Pieter-Jan PauwelsYou can find me at @PJPauwels (Twitter) or pieterjan@openknowledge.be

and today I want to introduce you to why Open Data communities are the best communities to work with.

= Open Knowledge Groups & Chapters

our chapter

I’m part of a global network

“We believe in a world where

knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.

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3 projects that bring together the Open Knowledge Community

in Belgium

The conferenceThe hackathon

The summer campAwarenessIdeation Incubation

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“Open Belgium is the only event

in Belgium where all Open Knowledge related groups come together.

- Pieter Colpaert

government industry

academia community

iRail OpenStreetMap

Creative Commons

community

Open Access

Open Tourism

Community Driven

Excerpt from the last programme

● State of Open Knowledge in Belgium● Open Cities, Smart Cities● The importance of accessibility data● Council decisions as Linked Open Data● BE versus NL Dataderby● ‘Open Data what’s next’-debate● Going beyond hackathons ● And so much more...

1Day

42speakers

22sessions

2016 edition

Open Belgium 2017

Opening Call for presentations in September.

Somewhere in Feb / March 2017 in Brussels - Tour & Taxis

Matching Open Data providers with Diplomats and hackers.

What is #Diplohack Brussels ?

A 24-h hackathon held at the Council of the EU, #DiploHack Brussels brought together diplomats, developers, designers,

journalists, academics…to ‘hack’ European data for good

What was Open Knowledge Belgium role?

- Hackathon and open data expert

- Social Media & Website communication

- Community Outreach- Pre-event Data Webinar- Event Management

#Diplohack Brussels First Edition

What came out of it?

- Newly formed and dedicated teams

- 6 high-quality MVP which work through various European datasets

- Winner team makes it to TransparencyCamp Europe in Amsterdam

- Potential for sustainable concept

Data markets

providers

Diplomats and

knowledge experts

Hackers and European citizens

Civil Society and tech

Diplohack Attendee Nationality

Diplohack BrusselsThe attendees were not per se

very Belgian, a lot of people were from the Brussels Bubble as well as from abroad.

Open Summer of code 2016Students learning to use Open Data to create

Open Source applications

open Summer of code is...

An intense 4 week Open Source programme giving young potential students with development, communication, business and design skills a summer job with a real challenge:

Transforming open innovation projects into powerful real-world services for real organisations and companies while we provide the training, the network and necessary support.

16Days

6 to 10projects

25students

or what we call a triple win...

Partner WIN: Partners have a way to inject external innovation into their digital environment with a product, service or feature they need.

Student WIN: Young potential students get the holiday job focussed on what they love and are good at, with the necessary training and support.

Open Knowledge WIN: We promote Open Data use and Open Source coding to a new generation of students and co-create with innovative businesses.

Triple win system

StudentsOpen Knowledge Belgium

Summer of code partners

through matchmaking

and some #oSoc DNA

Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at @pjpauwels & pieterjan@openknowledge.be

http://openbelgium.be

http://diplohack.brussels/

http://summerofcode.be

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