The Open Knowledge Foundation And The Power Of Data
Over the past few years, there has an explosive growth in open data with significant uptake in government, research and elsewhere. Open data has the potential to transform society, government and the...
View ArticleSir Tim Berners-Lee: Raw data, now!
Originally, the acute frustration which led me to invent the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989 was all about documents. The frustration was that all kinds of documents were sitting in disks on machines....
View ArticleSHOW AND TELL AT OPEN UP!
Tomorrow, in London’s tech city, the Open Up! conference on transparency and open government will be hosted by The UK Government, Omidyar Network and Wired UK. We’ll be welcoming technology for...
View ArticleOPEN UP! INTRODUCTIONS AND OPENING REMARKS
The Open Up! conference on transparency and open government is underway, hosted by the UK Government, Omidyar Network and Wired UK. The event was opened by David Rowan, editor of Wired, and Stephen...
View ArticleOPEN UP! VISIONS FOR THE FUTURE 1
After introductions and opening remarks from David Rowan, editor of Wired, and Stephen King, partner at Omidyar Network, and a video address from UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the Open Up!...
View ArticleOPEN UP! OPEN DEVELOPMENT: IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY
The Open Up! conference is fully underway as the third session ‘Open Development: Improving Service Delivery’ comes to a wrap. In this session, we heard first from Rakesh Rajani, executive director of...
View ArticleOPEN UP! OPEN SOCIETIES, OPEN ECONOMIES
After an exciting discussion and Q&A on ‘Open Development: Improving Service Delivery’, the next session at Open Up! was a panellist debate on ‘Open Societies, Open Economies’. Conference...
View ArticleOPEN UP! GUIDED ‘SHOW AND TELL’ GALLERY TOUR
It has been a packed and engaging morning at the Open Up! conference in London’s tech city. We’ve already heard from governments, experts and technology for development practitioners, who have shared...
View ArticleOPEN UP! PARTICIPATION: EMPOWERING CITIZENS TO DEMAND CHANGE
After a lively Guided ‘Show And Tell’ Gallery Tour, which saw important connections made between participants and technology for development organisations, the conference moved onto a series of...
View ArticleOPEN UP! COMES TO A CLOSE WITH A SECOND ‘VISION FOR THE FUTURE’
After a full day of debates, discussions and networking, The Open Up! conference on technology and open government closed with the second of two ‘Vision’ talks . We heard from two of the sector’s most...
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