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12:30pm
12:30pm
OpenStreetMap Mapathon!
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Mapbox / OpenStreetMap US
Join the Open Mapping Revolution! https://www.mapbox.com/blog/ogp-summit-2015
Director of Open Data, Mexico
Director, GeoCensos
He holds a Master of Arts in Economics degree from Georgetown University focused on Social Policies and he is Master of Sciences on Earth Observation at Twente University from the Netherlands. He is aswell consultant and a geo tech activist leader , having created Mapps Hackathon...
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Director & CTO, R&D DC, Esri
architect for ArcGIS Open Data + GeoCommons
OSGeo, Charter member
OpenWebFoundation, Charter member
Geographer, INR
Benson Wilder is a geographer and human security analyst in the State Department’s Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU). He joined the HIU in July 2008 following several years of work in the non-profit and NGO sectors. He received his...
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VP, Partnerships, Mapzen / OpenStreetMap
Open mapping data and open source approaches to mapping problems. Improving open geo data, geocoding, navigation and cartography are my interests!
3:00pm
3:00pm
Supporting the Use of Tech for the Next Stage of Open Government Models
Moderators PM
As Director of Data, Paul leads teams in the Government Digital Service in the Cabinet Office responsible for making better use of data, data infrastructure and data policy and governance, supporting a cross-Government Data Programme.
Paul was formerly Director of Open Data and...
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President, Citizens Foundation Iceland
I'm a successful entrepreneur that introduced the web to Iceland in 1993 and in 1995 to Denmark with my ISP companies there. Shortly after the financial crisis hit Iceland in 2008 I co-founded the non-profit Citizens Foundation with the aim of giving citizens more influence in policy...
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Madame Zanda Kalniņa-Lukaševica (Dr. sc. Admin) was born on 30 June 1978. After having obtained her first academic degree in social work, in 2004 she obtained her Master’s degree at the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Latvia, where in 2013 she also obtained...
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Senior Programme Manager - Open Data, Nesta
I work at Nesta and I'm Senior Programme Manager for the Open Data Challenge Series which is run in partnership with the Open Data Institute. Please come and talk to me if you're interested in supporting organisations to use open data to create products and services, particularly...
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Steve Preston is the Founder and Director of MIME Consulting, which combines smart use of data with innovative technology to improve decision making in the education sector. MIME's open data products include Skills Route, a unique tool which helps students make choices that allow...
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Deputy Mayor of Paris for local democracy, citizenship participation, associative life, youth and employment
Since 2014, Pauline VÉRON, 41, is Deputy Mayor of Paris for local democracy, citizenship participation, associative life, youth and employment. She is lawyer by training...
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4:00pm
Researching the Real World Impact of Digital Democracy
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Chief Executive, mySociety
mySociety is a not-for-profit social enterprise that exists to invent and popularise websites and apps that enable citizens around the world to exert power over institutions and decision makers. I joined, in July 2015 as Chief Executive.
Prior to this I've had a diverse 20-year career...
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Open Knowledge
Mor Rubinstein is a community coordinator at Open Knowledge, where she works on projects like the Open Data Index, a global benchmark of of open data state around the world and the Open Data Handbook. Occasionally, she is also taking part in studies at the Oxford Internet Institute...
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Head of Research, mySociety
Talk to me about anything! Particularly interested in civic tech, open government and research on these themes anywhere in the world.
5:00pm
9:00am
Civic Tech for Open Government
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Undersecretary of Public Innovation and Open Government, Secretary of Modernization of Argentina
Undersecretary of Public Innovation and Open Government at the Secretary of Modernization of Argentina. With over a decade of experience working in the digital realm, Rudi is the creator and former director of the Innovation Lab and Open Government at Buenos Aires City Government...
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Director, Asociación Civil Solar
Director de la Asociación Civicil Solar. Interesado en temas de gobierno abierto en relación al sector cultural y las políticas culturales.
11:00am
12:00pm
The Open Mapping Revolution and What It Means for Government
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Speakers
Policy Officer, Etalab
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Working @Etalab - Breathing #opendata #opengov #civictech #feminism
Director of Open Data, Mexico
Geographer, INR
Benson Wilder is a geographer and human security analyst in the State Department’s Office of the Geographer and Global Issues, Humanitarian Information Unit (HIU). He joined the HIU in July 2008 following several years of work in the non-profit and NGO sectors. He received his...
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