11:00am GMT-03
Open Data Under Threat
Moderators
Speakers
Member of Parliament, Assemblée Nationale
Chief Web Advocate, World Wide Web Foundation
Thursday September 27, 2018 11:00am - 12:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
12:00pm GMT-03
Gender and Open Data - What's Next?
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Manager, Business Development & Partnerships, Development Gateway
Sarah leads business development and strategic partnerships at DG. She focuses on promoting efficiency, effectiveness, and impact through data and technology use. Sarah supports DG's Results Data Initiative development agency programming, focusing on promoting tools, skills, and incentives...
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Speakers SL
Parliament Member, Congress of Argentina
Executive Director, DataKind UK
Thursday September 27, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
2:00pm GMT-03
Open Data and the Private Sector: Breaking Down the Walls
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President and Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Joel Gurin is President and Founder of the
Center for Open Data Enterprise, a Washington-based nonprofit that promotes the use of open data for social and economic impact. His book
Open Data Now (McGraw-Hill), written for a general audience, helped define this emerging field...
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Assistant Professor, ILDA & Surrey Business School
I am a social scientist, Principal Researcher at ILDA and Assistant Professor in Digital Economy at Surrey Business School. My current programme of research examines how open government data fosters innovation and contributes to economic and social development in Latin America. Over...
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Analytics Architect, IBM
Analytics Architect at IBM Argentina, focused on understanding client needs and designing/building technical solutions that involve analytics capabilities. Specialised in Data Governance solutions.
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CEO, Intelipro
Entrepreneur. Data Scientist. Researcher.
Director of Research, Grandata & Wibson
Carlos Sarraute is Director of Research at Grandata and Wibson, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He studied Mathematics at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) – in his M.Sc. thesis he applied neural networks to a classification problem arising from the field of Information Security...
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Chief Research and Development Officer, The GovLab @NYU
Seeking to establish a practice and evidence base on how to leverage science and technology toward improving lives and enhancing governance. Many of our recent projects focus on open data and data collaboratives - a new kind of public private partnerships across sectors to exchange...
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Thursday September 27, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
3:00pm GMT-03
AI, Privacy, & Open Data
Moderators
Investments Principal - Latin America, Omidyar Network
Speakers JC
Policy Director, Derechos Digitales
Thursday September 27, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
4:00pm GMT-03
Data Ethics
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Speakers
Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
Dr. Catherine Woteki is President of the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation and holds positions as Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Iowa State University and Visiting Distinguished Institute Professor in the Biocomplexity Institute of the University of Virginia...
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Thursday September 27, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
11:00am GMT-03
Data Journalism - From Stories to Impact
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Gerente de proyecto LA NACION DATA y Desarrollo Multimedia, La Nacion
Angélica Peralta Ramos (Momi) es gerente de LA NACION Data y Desarrollo Multimedia en LA NACION de Buenos Aires, Argentina.Es Licenciada en Sistemas (CAECE) y MBA (IAE) con un posgrado en Administración de Proyectos (UBA).Desde 2011 lidera un equipo de periodismo de datos abiertos...
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Deputy head of enterprise and investigations, The Globe and Mail
I’m a long-time reporter who took the plunge into editing this year. My role involves working with reporters and data journalists to help shape The Globe and Mail's investigative stories. The Globe is Canada’s preeminent national newspaper. Its data-journalism investigations...
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Newsroom developer, VG
Reporter gone developer. Talk to me about road bridges, train delays, election systems – or anything equally funny!
Data Editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune
I am a journalist at the Minneapolis Star Tribune in Minnesota and I specialize in analyzing data for news stories. I also spend a lot of time teaching other journalists, both professionals and students, how to work with data. My previous stints in my 20 years as a data journalist...
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Friday September 28, 2018 11:00am - 12:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
12:00pm GMT-03
Open Contracting: From Data to Systemic Change
Moderators
Executive Director, Open Contracting Partnership
Speakers
Founder & President, Reacción, Paraguay
David is the Founder and President of reAcción Paraguay, an organization that uses civic education, technology, and grassroots mobilization to enable youth to wield power strategically and promote change by demanding accountability from government. David started reAcción when he...
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Head of International Relations, Transparency International Ukraine
Anastasiya Kozlovtseva – Head of International Relations Department/Fundraiser; has joined TI Ukraine in autumn 2013. In 2013-2016 she has coordinated projects related to good and open governance. Anastasiya is responsible for donor, international relations coordination, advocacy...
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Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Government CommerceDigital EconomyGovernance Innovation
Director, Global Digital Marketplace Programme, Cabinet Office, Government Digital Service
Warren is responsible for ensuring that the Digital Marketplace directly supports the UK government’s reform of digital and technology, and continues to help the public sector to buy what it needs to deliver great digital services.His work has led to a more diverse range of digital...
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Friday September 28, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
2:00pm GMT-03
The Future of Open Data Debate
Moderators
Director, Open Government, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
Speakers
Director of Data & Analytics, Data.gov
Phil leads the Data & Analytics portfolio at the GSA Technology Transformation Service and serves as the Chief Architect for Data.gov. At Data.gov, he oversees an open development process and a federated architecture supporting open data and APIs across government. Previously, he...
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Assistant Professor, ILDA & Surrey Business School
I am a social scientist, Principal Researcher at ILDA and Assistant Professor in Digital Economy at Surrey Business School. My current programme of research examines how open government data fosters innovation and contributes to economic and social development in Latin America. Over...
Read More →
President and Founder, Center for Open Data Enterprise
Joel Gurin is President and Founder of the
Center for Open Data Enterprise, a Washington-based nonprofit that promotes the use of open data for social and economic impact. His book
Open Data Now (McGraw-Hill), written for a general audience, helped define this emerging field...
Read More →
Senior Advisor – NZ Open Data Programme, Stats NZ
I'm part of the team implementing New Zealand's open data programme. With my background in user experience I'm keen to ensure we meet the needs of our users - those who work with the data our government releases (or would like government to release), and those in government agencies...
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Friday September 28, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium
3:00pm GMT-03
Open Data Around the World - Regional Roundtable
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Executive Director, ILDA
Executive director of the Open Data Latin American Initiative (ILDA), and member of the Open Data Network for Development (OD4D). He co-founded Abrelatam and the Open Data Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean and is one of the Lead Stewards of the International...
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Director, Open Government, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Government of Canada
Member of Parliament, Assemblée Nationale
Executive Director, Local Development Research Institute
I'm a champion for Africa's development agenda as articulated in its normative frameworks and treaties. I am focused on how data and open data can help the continent achieve its vision to end hunger, poverty and reduce inequality. Let's talk about open data with a purpose, supporting...
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Director, Center for Continuing Education, Birzeit University
I am the director of Continuing Education at Birzeit University. Currently engaged in designing an open "Open Data Capacity Development Program" targeting University students and fresh graduates. We are reaching out to potential partners that can share experiences, suggest open...
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Co-Founder & Coordinator, Sinar Project
Programme Consultant and investigative journalist working on applying innovative methods of open data and standards, for transparency and anti-corruption.Talk to me about open data standards and tools for tracking and investigating politically exposed persons and legislative open...
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Friday September 28, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm GMT-03
Auditorium