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Open Data Day
March 7, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Open Data Day is an annual global celebration of open data and its benefits to communities. Participants will learn more about how open data policies are being adopted in government, business and civil society.
Agenda:
Welcome
City of Hamilton’s Open Data Portal Overview and Live Demo
Lisa Moyer (Digital Communications Officer) – City of Hamilton
- Overview and Life Demo of City of Hamilton’s Open Data Portal and Functionality
Open Data in Ontario – making it easier for people to get data that matters
Amy Bihari (Senior Data Advisor) & Cara Scarfone (Partnerships Coordinator, Data & Open Government) – Ontario Digital Service
- How and why open data programs are pivoting from open by default to publish with purpose
- How we are refocusing on people to create better open data in Ontario
- Introduce Ontario’s updated Data Catalogue and how you can help make it the best catalogue ever
Using Open Data in a Post-Secondary Environment
Kevin Browne (Professor) – Mohawk College and McMaster B.Tech Program
- How to use Open Data sources in the delivery of curriculum and student engagement
A Decade of Open Data at City of Mississauga
Steve Czajka (Manager, Smart City Program) – City of Mississauga
- Learn how the City of Mississauga has transformed their business by adopting and implementing open data across the organization over the last decade.
How Geotab’s 2 Million Telematics Devices Can Help Communities to Drive Their Smart Cities Initiatives
Muhammad Gill (Data Scientist) – Geotab
- What is Geotab doing to empower the data-driven communities
- How can different anonymized public datasets and how you can leverage it
- Use case: Identify Hazardous driving areas in Hamilton using Geotab Anonymized Datasets
Presented in partnership with The City of Hamilton.
Registration is free; light lunch provided.