The event illustrates the benefits of opening up data, demonstrating how, through publishing open data, better outcomes can be delivered for residents, businesses, voluntary and public services. It is free to attend and has been designed for service and project managers; strategic policy officers from public and third sector providers and partners in Sheffield; and others with interests in open data from across Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, and the UK.

Programme

0930 Registration

1000 Welcome by event chair: John Curtis, Head of Information and Knowledge Management, Sheffield City Council

1005 The strategic imperative for embracing open data: John Mothersole, Chief Executive, Sheffield City Council

1015 Case studies: Birmingham - Vicky Sargent (Boilerhouse) and Nick Booth (Podnosh); Bath - Jon Poole (Bath Hacked); Sheffield - Danny Antrobus & Ian Ibbotson (Better with Data)

1115 Why open data matters to local government officers (Tim Adams, LGA); Connecting impact to policy (Ellen Broad, Open Data Institute); Open data in digital services (Catherine Howe, Capita).

1215 LUNCH BREAK

1245 Roundtable/workshop introductions

1300 LocalGov Champions, UK open data community - speakers tbc; Public/private partnerships, economic transformation, global community - speakers tbc.

1400 Roundtables/workshops: Barriers to open data (Vicky Sargent); Using the Socrata platform (Rose Mortada); Generating data insights (Better with Data); Open data for democratic engagement (Catherine Howe, Capita); Council initiatives (John Curtis, Sheffield City Council).

1510 Next steps: Operationalising and engaging with open data (Jag Goraya, Better with Data); Communicating with open data (Eddie Coates-Madden, Sheffield City Council)

1550 Concluding remarks: Aline Hayes Interim ICT Director, Sheffield City Council

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