Are you a data provider with a lot of data and want to increase re-use? We present 3 use-cases that show in depth on how to work on awareness, ideation and incubation. This was presented during the SHOPT IT conference on 12-05-2016.

1. The perspective of the open
community
SHOPT IT - 12-05-2016

2. Hello!
I am Pieter-Jan Pauwels
You can find me at @PJPauwels (Twitter) or
pieterjan@openknowledge.be
and today I want to introduce you to why Open
Data communities are the best communities to
work with.

3. = Open Knowledge Groups & Chapters
our chapter
I’m part of a global network

4. “
We believe in a world where
knowledge creates power for the
many, not the few.

5. Re-user
Provider

6. Re-user
Provider

7. 3 projects that bring together
the Open Knowledge Community
in Belgium

8. The conference
The hackathon
The summer campAwareness
Ideation
Incubation

10. “

11. “Open Belgium is the only event
in Belgium where all Open Knowledge
related groups come together.
- Pieter Colpaert

12. government industry
academia community

13. iRail OpenStreetM
ap
Creative
Commons
community
Open Access
Open
Tourism

14. Community Driven

15. Excerpt from the last programme
● State of Open Knowledge in Belgium
● Open Cities, Smart Cities
● The importance of accessibility data
● Council decisions as Linked Open Data
● BE versus NL Dataderby
● ‘Open Data what’s next’-debate
● Going beyond hackathons
● And so much more...

16. 1Day
42speakers
22sessions
2016 edition

17. Open Belgium 2017
Opening Call for
presentations in September.
Somewhere in Feb / March
2017 in Brussels - Tour &
Taxis

18. Matching Open Data providers with
Diplomats and hackers.

19. What is #Diplohack Brussels ?
A 24-h hackathon held at the Council of the EU,
#DiploHack Brussels brought together
diplomats, developers, designers,
journalists, academics…
to ‘hack’ European data for good

20. What was Open Knowledge Belgium role?
- Hackathon and open data
expert
- Social Media & Website
communication
- Community Outreach
- Pre-event Data Webinar
- Event Management

21. #Diplohack Brussels First Edition

22. What came out of it?
- Newly formed and
dedicated teams
- 6 high-quality MVP which
work through various
European datasets
- Winner team makes it to
TransparencyCamp
Europe in Amsterdam
- Potential for sustainable
concept

23. Data
markets
providers
Diplomats
and
knowledge
experts
Hackers and
European
citizens
Civil Society
and tech

24. Diplohack Attendee
Nationality
Diplohack
Brussels
The attendees were not per se
very Belgian, a lot of people
were from the Brussels Bubble
as well as from abroad.

25. Open Summer of code 2016
Students learning to use Open Data to create
Open Source applications

26. open Summer of code is...
An intense 4 week Open Source programme
giving young potential students with
development, communication, business
and design skills a summer job with a real
challenge:
Transforming open innovation projects into
powerful real-world services for real
organisations and companies while we
provide the training, the network and
necessary support.
16Days
6 to 10projects
25students

27. or what we call a triple win...
Partner WIN: Partners have a way to inject external innovation into
their digital environment with a product, service or feature they
need.
Student WIN: Young potential students get the holiday job focussed
on what they love and are good at, with the necessary training and
support.
Open Knowledge WIN: We promote Open Data use and Open Source
coding to a new generation of students and co-create with
innovative businesses.
Triple win system
Students
Open Knowledge Belgium
Summer of code partners

28. through matchmaking

29. and some #oSoc DNA

30. Thanks!
Any questions?
You can find me at @pjpauwels &
pieterjan@openknowledge.be
http://openbelgium.be
http://diplohack.brussels/
http://summerofcode.be
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