Opendata.ch 2012 Conference: the programme
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The programme of this year’s Opendata.ch conference on 28 June 2012 in Zurich has been finalised. The day’s programme features prominent national and international speakers as well as interactive expert workshops on four main topics.
| Start | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:00 | Welcome | Martin Vollenwyder, Zurich City Councillor, Head of the Finance Department |
| Moderation | Andreas Amsler, Liip AG, Board of Opendata.ch | |
| 09:10 | Presentation of the new Open Government Data portal of the City of Zurich | Andreas Németh, Programme Manager eZürich |
| 09:30 | Results of the Open Government Data Study Switzerland | Prof. Reinhard Riedl, Head of Business Research, Bern University of Applied Sciences & André Golliez, Managing Partner itopia ag, President of Opendata.ch |
| 10:00 | State of Open Government Data at federal level | Andreas Kellerhals, Director of the Swiss Federal Archives |
| 10:20 | Open Government Data in practice: Make.opendata.ch hackdays | Hannes Gassert, co-organiser of the Make.opendata.ch hackdays, Vice-President of Opendata.ch |
| 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:50 | Open Government Data in Austria | Martin Kaltenböck, CFO Semantic Web Company, Executive Board Open Knowledge Forum Österreich |
| 11:10 | Open Data Strategy of the EU | Ton Zijlstra, Community Steward ePSIplatform.eu |
| 11:30 | Open Government Data in Germany | Daniel Dietrich, Chairman German Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation |
| 11:50 | Big Open Data Processing | Prof. Dr. Abraham Bernstein, Head of Dynamic and Distributed Information Systems Group, Department of Informatics, University of Zurich |
| 12:10 | Openness beyond Government Data | Rufus Pollock, University of Cambridge, Director Open Knowledge Foundation |
| 12:30 | Standing lunch | |
| 13:30 | 4 parallel sessions | 5–6 keynote talks plus discussion |
| 1 | «Mobility» |
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| 2 | «Health & Environment» | >all contributions & speakers |
| 3 | «Finance & Procurement» | >all contributions & speakers |
| 4 | «Science & Culture» | >all contributions & speakers |
| 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16.30 | Open data and economic growth | Prof. Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, Member Public Sector Transparency Board UK |
| 17.00 | Closing remarks | Balthasar Glättli, National Councillor, Parliamentary Group for Digital Sustainability |
| 17:15 | Apéro with launch of CC 3.0 (CH) |
Alongside the City of Zurich as host and sponsor, the board members of the Opendata.ch association, founded in January 2012, make the conference possible through their voluntary commitment. The association /ch/open (Swiss Open Systems User Group) coordinates the registrations.
| Date: | Thursday, 28 June 2012 |
| Duration: | 9 am to 5 pm, followed by an apéro |
| Venue: | Hotel X-TRA Limmatstrasse 118 CH-8005 Zürich Map |
| Registration: | Register now at a price of CHF 150 including standing lunch. /2012/register Members of Opendata.ch, /ch/open and SI pay CHF 100. ->Pupils, apprentices, students and hackday participants pay nothing (registration via the link above required)! |
Contact «Opendata.ch 2012» conference:
Host: «eZürich» initiative (City of Zurich)
Andreas Németh, eZürich overall project manager eGovernment
andreas.nemeth@zuerich.ch, +41 44 412 93 88
Organiser: Opendata.ch association
Andreas Amsler, Community & Communication German-speaking Switzerland
andreas.amsler@opendata.ch, +41 79 518 32 37
Antoine Logean, Community & Communication French-speaking Switzerland
antoine.logean@opendata.ch, +41 079 351 84 82