Making Open Data Really Worldwide
Since Tim Berners-Lee called for action with his famous “Raw Data Now!” at the TED conference in March 2009, the number of Open Data initiatives worldwide have constantly increased. The great majority of those initiatives have been started in the developed world. Even so, local, regional and national governments are finding all sorts of technical, organizational, political, social and legal barriers to overcome. Are there lessons learned from the existing projects that could serve as input for others that are starting? How can we really make Open Data worldwide by applying existing best practices across the globe so governments with less resources can also take advantage of the benefits of Open Data initiatives? How should those be adapted to the reality in those countries so they can make the best out of them? This talk will review the Open Data vision at the World Wide Web Foundation on how to make Open Data worldwide, review the current status of initiatives and foster discussion around the topics and questions mentioned above.
by Jose Manuel Alonso on July 1st 11:30 in Track II
José joined the Web Foundation in May 2011 to take the lead on Open Data initiatives. José is an Open Data pioneer and advocate. He has led several Open Data projects for local and regional governments in Spain, has co-chaired the Open Data initiative for the national government of Spain, has served in European Open Data expert panels, and has managed Open Data research studies in Ghana and Chile for the Web Foundation still while at the Spanish Technology Centre, CTIC. Prior to joining the Foundation, José held several positions at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) where he managed the W3C Office in Spain, was key in establishing and led the W3C eGovernment Activity, co-chaired the W3C eGovernment Interest Group, and served as Member of the W3C Advisory Committee. He combined these roles with other positions at CTIC over several years such as Head of e-Administration and Open Government and Senior Advisor on Open Standards. He has been named several times as one of the most influential Internet people in Spain, has previously worked as IT analyst, consultant and trainer, and even founded his own Web startup back in 1997. José received Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and a Postgraduate in Enterprise Application Integration, both from the University of Oviedo (Spain), where he also worked at its Research and Innovation departments as a researcher, developer and professor. He also holds a Diploma Course in Public Administration from the Open University of Catalonia (Spain).
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