Open Government Partnership Global Summit

During this course will address how to create and build a mobile application that uses open data using a free tool (App Studio). Finally we show how to publish it in the app store Microsoft.

Join the OpenStreetMap community at the OGP Summit and experience open government collaboration in this hands-on mini Mapathon! OpenStreetMap is transforming how geospatial data is created and shared, in a collaborative community spanning citizens and governments around the world. All are welcome, especially first time mappers. The Mapathon will contribute to Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team projects, creating data for humanitarian response and preparedness. There is no better way to understand the possibilities for Open Mapping than to experience it firsthand. Welcome!

Open Government has come a long way. The first wave of the open data movement continues to liberate data from closed formats and systems. The next wave is building an open infrastructure for collecting, managing, and publishing data in collaboration with citizens. This session aims to highlight the importance of building open tools and show where this field is moving to in the coming years. The panelists will draw on their rich experience to talk about the opportunities and challenges they've encountered in their work, giving the session a practical focus.

This panel will discuss supporting the use of technology for the next stage of open government models. Panelists will highlight the two specific programs Nesta has been taking forward in this space - one on supporting organizations to use open data for social good and one developing the next cadre of digital democracy applications (D-Cent). A discussion of lessons from the Open Data Challenge Series (ODCS) will be followed by a discussion on lessons from the D-Cent programme.

In this workshop, mySociety will launch their new publication 'Who benefits from civic technology? Demographic and public attitudes research into the users of civic technologies' examining the demographic differences in users of civic technology for openness, and discuss the unique challenges this presents to open government and open data advocates. Recent studies conducted by Mor Rubinstein, and by Mariel Garcia and Dirk Slater into open data will also be presented during this session, examining global efforts in open data and data literacy.

Innovation is one of the principles of open government. Technology has a great potential to transform civic participation and therefore the way we currently understand democracy. The current incorporation of technology in citizens’ daily lives has made governments question the way they interact with and reach out to their constituents. Governments are now moving towards improved, more efficient, and citizen-centered manners to implement technology improving their performance and responsiveness. As new digital technology becomes more accessible, and organizations like the Open Government Partnership push for the adoption of it to improve governance, governments begin to explore new ways to incorporate it in their policies and processes. This context allows for a new opportunity in which citizens, companies and academia are more heavily involved, providing tools, expertise, and ideas, moving, through civic technology, towards building more open governments.

Civic and government reformers discussing the role of technology in advancing open government followed by an open dialogue with the audience. 

The goal of this panel is to be as conversational as possible. We will start with a brief overview of Code for All concept and then the panelists will collaborate to give examples of what's possible in creating responsive government when government is able to effectively partner with members of the community. We plan to engage the audience in the conversation early and often, likely seeding some questions from the audience in advance of the panel.

Open mapping data commons like OpenStreetMap and OpenAddresses fundamentally change how we create and share geospatial data. Communities are building geospatial dataset of immense value, all in the open. This democratizes data production, spurs innovation, stimulates economic growth, and transforms how government and citizens work together. Open mapping takes on traditional government functions - so what does this mean for government? Our session will delve into how governments have creatively engaged with open data communities to build better data, more efficiently, in true collaboration. And with the entire audience, we will explore emerging opportunities for open mapping in even more open governments and the Global Goals.