This document provides an agenda and information for attendees of the Open Belgium 2016 conference. The one day conference will include plenary and breakout sessions on topics like open data, its current state and reuse in Belgium. It will also feature a panel discussion on stimulating open data reuse in Belgium. Attendees can donate coins to open data working groups. The conference aims to bring together the open data community in Belgium and support further adoption of open practices.
4. Tweets
Posting about the conference on social media?
#openbelgium16
Questions to the conference on Twitter?
@openbelgium
5. We’re a community driven conference
40% attendees
= CfP speakers
21 sessions
With the
help of 15
volunteers
6. The programme
Check out your lanyard for details!
9:00 - 10:30: Plenary
11:00 - 17:00: Break-outs (+ this room)
17:00 - 17:30: Closing keynote in this room
18:00: Reception at Antwerp’s city hall*
Volunteers will walk us over there in groups of 30
7. Limited capacity in 2 break-out rooms
Limited capacity in break-out rooms:
● Scaldis
● Prentenkabinet
During first coffee: claim a sticker for these break-out sessions
Without sticker, no entrance in a workshop
Next to Prentenkabinet:
● Free wifi zone + powerplugs
● Meeting/network room
8. Introducing the Open Currency
Donate Open Currency coins to working groups:
● Each speaker gets 10 ‘open currency’ coins.
● Attendees can buy ‘open currency’ coins
● Each coin represents 1 euro, which you can donate to our
different working groups:
○ Creative Commons Belgium
○ Wikimedia Belgium
○ OpenStreetMap Belgium
○ Open Tourism
○ Open Access Belgium
○ Open Transport (iRail)
13. “
Belgian Federal open data policy is good stuff!
- Andrew Stott (@DirDigEng)
United Kingdom Government's first
Director of Transparency & Digital Engagement.
14. The degree of openness is in the eye of the beholder
17. Story that dates back to 2010
2010: Yeri Tiete received a Cease & Desist from
NMBS/SNCB
2012: Open Knowledge Belgium was founded to
defend rights and shield personal liability too
2015: Yeri hired by Fedict to help startups reuse
Open Data
2016: NMBS/SNCB admits to have been on the
‘wrong side’ of history
18. Data exhaust: “All of the related data generated by
digital activities.”
● Consists of virtual trails left behind,
similar to the exhaust from a vehicle, a
byproduct that reveals the trail it has
taken.
● Tells good stories about habits and
preferences.
● The reuse of open data sets often
generates more insights and even
unexpected policy advice...
20. Status of the EU PSI-legislation adoption in Belgium
● The new European Directive on the re-
use of public sector information (PSI)
had to be adopted by all EU member
states prior to July 2015…
● Belgium is late, but almost there too…
● Setting standard with ‘open by default’
policy!
21. Status of the EU PSI-legislation adoption in Belgium
Discussed in
government
Discussed in
parliament
Voted in
parliament
Belgium V V ?
Flanders V V 3/6/2015
Wallonia V V ?
Brussels V ? ?
22. Open Knowledge was recognised as grassroot
umbrella organisation for open data legislation
Grassroot input from & feedback
by Open Knowledge Belgium
Discussed in
government
Discussed in
parliament
Voted in
parliament
Belgium V V V ?
Flanders V V V 30/6/2015
Wallonia V V V ?
Brussels V V ? ?
34. Company Register (ranking 58th)
Source: https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbo-open-data/login?lang=en
Low score due to registration
requirement to: “secure the
data reception” →
35. 3. Where are those datasets?
Where do I find those open data pearls to fill my “holy grail”?
36.
37. Location Data portal availability URL
Europe V https://open-data.europa.eu/
Belgium V http://data.gov.be/
Flanders V http://opendata.vlaanderen.be/
Wallonia V http://opendata.digitalwallonia.be/
Brussels
Will be launched on
3/3/2016!
Data portals are the new black
43. Noël Van Herreweghe
Open Data manager at
Information Flanders
If Open Data would be president in
Flanders, Noël would be the first lady
@opendataforum_
44. Open Data Panel: stimulating reuse in Belgium
@opendataforum_@christinecopers@immwillems