Using Open data to promote Data Innovation

This event is part of the #BDW15 , a global festival of data.

Our topic of the day: Datasciences and Open Data: 'Open data as enabler for improved decision making and new product and service offerings.'

Agenda:

• 18:30 Presenting the Brussels Data Science Community (http://datasciencebe.com/)

• 18:40 Presenting the European Data Innovation HUB (http://www.datainnovationhub.eu/)

• 18:50 Update about the data communities by Philippe Van Impe

Jobs (http://datasciencebe.com/datajobs/) | events (http://www.meetup.com/Open-Data-Innovation-Training-Hub/events/) | training (http://www.meetup.com/Open-Data-Innovation-Training-Hub/events/) | new videos (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBGYn2sbKzVITW7y9D8dlQ) | co-working (https://www.linkedin.com/company/co-working-at-the-data-innovation-hub)

• 19:00 Pieter Colpaert, about the goal behind every open data initiative: maximising the reuse of data

• 19:30 Anne-Sofie Vandevelde (kabinet De Croo) will present the Belgian Open Data Strategy.

• 20:00 Hans Constandt (https://be.linkedin.com/in/hansconstandt) from Ontoforce about his experience using Open data in Belgium vs US.

• 20:30 Fabien Janssens will present his free hands-on open data workshop (http://www.meetup.com/Open-Data-Innovation-Training-Hub/events/226365388/) that he is organizing on December 2nd

• 20:45 Tonight's challenge: take the floor and show what you can do with open data.

• Steven Beeckman (https://www.facebook.com/steven.beeckman?fref=nf) - on open data & Villo

• 21:00 Startups presentations: everybody is welcome to share his thoughts !

Open data as enabler for improved decision making and new product and service offerings.'

• 21:15 - Networking at the Opinio

If you cannot join us you can subscribe to our video channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBGYn2sbKzVITW7y9D8dlQ).

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