[ILUG] Invitation to attend Opening Up Government Data in DERI, NUI Galway on Tues 8th Nov 2011

[Rory McCann]

Hi all,

This is an event about open data in goverment that a friend is
involved with, and I thought it might be of interest to some people
here.


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Opening Up Government Data
(Free Open Data seminar, as part of ‘Irish Open Data Week’)


Tuesday 8th November 2011-09-28
DERI, NUI Galway


www.deri.ie/about/open-data
Twitter: #iodw

Dear Sir/Madam,


I would like to invite you to Opening Up Government Data, an Open Data
information day, hosted by DERI, NUI Galway on Tuesday 8th November
2011. This free seminar is being hosted as part of Irish Open Data
Week, with many events taking place across the country. Opening Up
Government Data is targeted at public authorities, businesses,
organisations and citizens, and aims to demonstrate the benefits of
Open Data through open, facilitated discussions and hands-on sessions.
In-house and guest experts will be on-hand to offer advice and support
based on their experience.



What is Open Data?

The Open Data movement is a global initiative, with the goal to
motivate governments to make public information, such as transport,
infrastructure and education information, freely available and easily
accessible online. Examples include data.gov, the Open Data website of
the United States, and data.gov.uk, the Open Data website of the UK.
Today, more than 140 regions and countries are publishing their data
online. In Ireland, we do not yet have an official national Open Data
portal. However, in November 2011 Fingal County Council became the
first county to launch an Open Data website at data.fingal.ie. Nearly
one year on, Fingal remains the only Irish council to have an Open
Data website.



What are the benefits of Open Data

The benefits of Open Data are both economic with the identification of
new business opportunities and social through increased transparency
and accountability. Examples of applications that can be built using
Open Data are ‘County Rank’, an application that compares how counties
rank in terms of service indicators such as housing, planning and
recreational services, or ‘UK School Finder’ an application that
displays information about all schools in a particular area.

For more information and to register for this free event, visit our
webpage or contact Deirdre Lee at deirdre.lee at deri.org

Kind regards,

Deirdre Lee



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Deirdre Lee

Research Associate

eGovernment Domain (DEG)

DERI, NUI Galway

IDA BusinessPark, Lower Dangan,

Galway, Ireland



deirdre.lee at deri.org
skype: deirdrelee
+353 91 495336

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