The document announces a workshop on June 19-20, 2012 at the European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center in Brussels. The workshop will focus on using open data for policy modeling, citizen empowerment, and data journalism. It provides background information on challenges and opportunities related to open data use, engagement, and building complementary systems around open data.

1. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Supporting open data use through active
engagement
Tim Davies - @timdavies
General blog: http://www.timdavies.org.uk
Research blog: http://www.opendataimpacts.net
Academic profile: http://ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/tgd1g11
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

2. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Data App
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

3. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Fact
Data
Information
Interface
Data App
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

4. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Fact
Data
Information
Data Interface
App
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

5. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Fact
Data
Data Information
Interface
App
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

6. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Fact
Data Data
Information
Interface
App
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

7. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Data Fact
Data
Information
Interface
App
Davies, T. (2010). Open data, democracy and public sector reform: A look at open government data use from data. gov. uk. - Accessed from http://www.opendataimpacts.net/report/
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

8. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

9. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

10. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

11. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Data Fact
Data
Information
Interface
App
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

12. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Data
App
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

13. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data Data
App
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

14. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data
Quality
Data
App
Cleaned
Data
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

15. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data
Quality
Data
App
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data
Data Dump
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

16. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data
Quality
Data
App
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data
Data Dump
Improve
Linkable Contextual
Data Understanding
= physical artefact
= material agency
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

17. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism Information
Interface
Open Data
Improve Data
Quality
Data
App
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data
Data Dump
Improve
Linkable Contextual
Data Understanding
= physical artefact
Source Code Mashups &
and Apps
= material agency Configurations
= human agency
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

18. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Improve Data
Open Data Quality
API or
Cleaned Cleaned Data
Data Dump
Improve
Linkable Contextual
Data Understanding
= physical artefact
Source Code Mashups &
and Apps
= material agency Configurations
= human agency
Shared Code Libraries
Code &
Kuk, G., & Davies, T. (2011). The Roles of Agency and Artifacts in Assembling Configurations
Repository
Open Data Complementarities. Thirty Second International Conference on
Information Systems
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

19. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

20. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Key challenges in summary:
- Users of open data have diverse needs
- Effective use of open data requires more than the
dataset
- The stability of ‘eco systems’ built on top of open data is
hindered by the relative invisibility of the different stages
of data re-use
- Open data for policy making and governance comes
from both government and from other data providers
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

21. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
A social response
Five stars of open data engagement
★
Be
demand
driven
★
★
Put
data
in
context
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
http://www.opendataimpacts.net/engagement/
Inspired
by
ques.on
from
Antonio
Acunda
of
Data.gov.uk
(@diabolus).
Developed
with
input
at
UKGovCamp
or
subsequently
online
from:
@.mdavies;
@hokulele;
@anthonyzach;
@jonfoster;
@jagus.
and
@exmosis.
Par.cular
thanks
to
Jag
(@jagus.)
and
Graham
(@exmosis)
for
ongoing
input.
Drawing
on
the
Five
Stars
of
Open
Linked
Data
outlined
by
Sir
Tim
Berners-­‐Lee,
2010.
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

22. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
Be
demand
driven
•
Are
your
choices
about
the
data
you
release,
how
it
is
structured,
and
the
tools
and
support
provided
around
it
based
on
community
needs
and
demands?
•
Have
you
got
ways
of
listening
to
people’s
requests
for
data,
and
responding
with
open
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

23. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
Put
data
in
context
•
Do
you
provide
clear
informa>on
to
describe
that
data
you
provide,
including
informa>on
about
frequency
of
updates,
data
formats
and
data
quality?
•
Do
you
include
qualita>ve
informa>on
alongside
datasets
such
as
details
of
how
the
data
was
created,
or
manuals
for
working
with
the
data?
•
Do
you
link
from
data
catalogue
pages
to
analysis
of
the
data
that
your
organisa>on,
or
third-­‐par>es,
have
already
carried
out
with
it,
or
to
third-­‐party
tools
for
working
with
the
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

24. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
•
Can
people
comment
on
datasets,
or
create
a
structured
conversa>on
around
data
to
network
with
other
data
users?
•
Do
you
join
the
conversa>ons?
•
Are
there
easy
ways
to
contact
the
individual
‘data
owner’
in
your
organisa>on
to
ask
them
ques>ons
about
the
data,
or
to
get
them
to
join
the
conversa>on?
•
Are
there
offline
opportuni>es
to
have
conversa>ons
that
involve
your
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

25. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
•
Do
you
provide
or
link
to
tools
for
people
to
work
with
your
datasets?
•
Do
you
provide
or
link
to
How
To
guidance
on
using
open
data
analysis
tools,
so
people
can
build
their
capacity
and
skills
to
interpret
and
use
data
in
the
ways
they
want
to?
•
Do
you
go
out
into
the
community
to
run
skill-­‐building
sessions
on
using
data
in
par>cular
ways,
or
using
par>cular
datasets?
•
Do
you
sponsor
or
engage
with
capacity
building
to
help
the
community
work
with
open
data?
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

26. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
•
Do
you
have
feedback
loops
so
people
can
help
you
improve
your
datasets?
•
Do
you
collaborate
with
the
community
to
create
new
data
resources
(e.g.
derived
datasets)?
•
Do
you
broker
or
provide
support
to
people
to
build
and
sustain
useful
tools
and
services
that
work
with
your
data?
•
Do
you
work
with
other
organisa>ons
to
connect
up
your
data
sources.
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

27. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
★
Be
demand
driven
★
★
Put
data
in
context
★
★
★
Support
conversa4on
around
data
★
★
★
★
Build
capacity,
skills
and
networks
★
★
★
★
★
Collaborate
on
data
as
a
common
resource
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies

28. Supporting open data use through active engagement
Workshop on using open data: policy modeling, citizen empowerment, data journalism
Concluding remarks
- Supporting citizen empowerment through open data needs
greater attention to the engagement dimensions of open data
policy and practice;
- Research needs to engage in detail with the complex and
messy practices of open data re-use, and to study open
datasets within their organisational, political, social and
technical contexts;
- We need to architect open data technologies to support
effective engagement, recognising the diverse and distributed
nature of open data re-use;
19 - 20 June 2012, The European Commission's Albert Borschette Conference Center, Brussels
Practical Participation - tim@practicalparticipation.co.uk | @timdavies