Welcome toOpen Belgium 2016

Hello!Toon Vanagt@toon

Pieter Colpaert@pietercolpaert

1. The EssentialsGuiding you through the conference day

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We’re a community driven conference

40% attendees = CfP speakers

21 sessionsWith the

help of 15 volunteers

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

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 sessionsWithout sticker, no entrance in a workshop

Next to Prentenkabinet:● Free wifi zone + powerplugs● Meeting/network room

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)

Feeling lost? Reach out to a volunteer

This shirt

This lanyard

A big thank you to our platinum partners

And to all our other partners

2. State of OpenWhere are we today?

“Belgian Federal open data policy is good stuff!

- Andrew Stott (@DirDigEng)United Kingdom Government's first

Director of Transparency & Digital Engagement.

The degree of openness is in the eye of the beholder

The degree of openness is in the eye of the beholder

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“Being right too soon” is often legally challenging...

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

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...

E.g., iRail API usage statistics

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!

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 ? ?

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 ? ?

Annual effort tracking state of Open Data

Source: http://index.okfn.org/

43% openToday, Belgium is considered to be

35thout of 122 countries

This ranks Belgium

2015: #352014: #53

2013: #56

Trend looks good

But our big neighbors are ahead..

Source: http://index.okfn.org/

Government Spending (ranking 8th)Government Budget (ranking 25th)

Source: https://openspending.org/

National Map: 60%

High score thanks to availability and quality

Yet it is far from open →

Biggest conference on Open Street Map comes to Brussels this Fall

Weather Forecast 40%

Information available at meteo.be

But…KMI/IRM is not included within PSI directive and actively sells this data for reuse

Land ownership (ranked 31st)

Source: kadaster.nl

Source: realo.be

Legislation (ranking 39th)

Source: OpenLaws.eu

Source: Lex.be

March 8 2016 in Brussels: Big Open Legal Data Conference (BOLD)

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” →

3. Where are those datasets?Where do I find those open data pearls to fill my “holy grail”?

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/

BrusselsWill be launched on

3/3/2016!

Data portals are the new black

4. Where’s the reuse?

Costs Benefits

Panel discussion

Ingrid Willems

Founder of DataScoutsIf anyone is going to make our cities and things smarter… It’s her.@immwillems

Christine Copers

Innovation Manager FedictExecutes the Federal Open Data Strategy@ChristineCopers

Noël Van Herreweghe

Open Data manager atInformation FlandersIf Open Data would be president in Flanders, Noël would be the first lady@opendataforum_

Open Data Panel: stimulating reuse in Belgium

@opendataforum_@christinecopers@immwillems

Open Summer of code 2016

http://summerofcode.be

#openbelgium15 #opentourism

A community supporting Digital Creativity in Tourism

From ad-hoc activity to a solid community

Our mission is to “support digital creativity concerning tourism" and to host the “Open Standard for Tourism” Vocabulary, which is a reusable Ontology for describing tourism data.

Join the Community Meeting, March 5, 2016 Mechelen

Join our community! tourism.openknowledge.be

Thanks!You can reach us at @toon & @pietercolpaert

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