[TriLUG] Meeting: August 10, Open Data

[karl flores via TriLUG]

Yes

On Aug 9, 2017 5:33 PM, "Hrivnak, Michael via TriLUG" <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

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>
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>
> Michael
>
> On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Brian Gerard via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Topic:     Open Data
> > Presenter: Jason Hare
> > When:      Thursday, 10 August 2017 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
> > Where:     Red Hat Annex, 190 E Davie St, Raleigh, NC 27601
> > Parking:   City Center Deck, 429 S Wilmington St
> >            Use NE elevator to access Annex
> >
> > Links:
> >         Map:    http://osm.org/go/ZYRWIZRdc?m=
> >         Page:   https://trilug.org/2017-08-10/open-data
> >         Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/242184033/
> >
> > NOTE the venue change! We're at the Red Hat Annex, where we have held our
> > last
> > couple of Holiday Parties, in downtown Raleigh.
> >
> > Summary
> > Conflation between open source, open data and open government has been
> > problematic in fitting open data related open source projects to
> meaningful
> > outcomes. Jason Hare will discuss data management and the link between
> > open data
> > and performance management and measurement. To do this Jason will run
> > through a
> > survey of some of the open source technologies used to manage data and
> > create
> > visualizations. Jason will also discuss issues around open data and its
> > adoption
> > by public sector agencies in the Triangle and how civic tech groups are
> > adding
> > value to open data programs through open source efforts.
> >
> > Bio
> > Named one of the top 100 global influencers in Government Technology by
> > Onalytica in 2017, Jason Hare is the Open Data Evangelist for
> > OpenDataSoft. He
> > has worked in the public sector and in data dissemination for most of his
> > 25
> > year career. He serves in several organizations on the topic of data
> > governance
> > and open data: In the previous Presidential Administration, he was a
> > frequent
> > participant at the White House OSTP on the subjects of data quality and
> > open
> > data; he was a member of the White House OSTP Open Data Advisory Group;
> he
> > is
> > listed as an Open Data Expert on the World Bank's Open Data Tool Kit; he
> > is an
> > advisor on data governance to the Chemical Genome Project.
> >
> > In 2013 he became a charter founder of the Open Data Institute Node for
> > North
> > Carolina. In the same year he became an Open Government Partnership (OGP)
> > Delegate. He guest-blogs on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) website
> > and is
> > an Open Data Moderator for OpenSourceWay, the Red Hat Open Source Blog.
> He
> > previously served as an advisor for the Open Data Working Group on behalf
> > of the
> > US OGP Civil Society Delegation. In the past he has also consulted with
> > the Open
> > Knowledge Foundation to help craft Ireland’s OGP submission and spent
> > several
> > years working on the ground with Irish Civil Society.
> >
> > His Open Data projects include: The North Carolina Department of
> Commerce;
> > Town
> > of Chapel Hill; Durham City and County; Durham Public Schools; City of
> > Raleigh;
> > The City of Newark; The City of Cambridge; The City of Chelsea; Ireland’s
> > Ministry of Reform; Colombia’s Ministry of Information and
> Communications;
> > The
> > Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
> >
> > You can find him on twitter @opendatasoft and @jasonmhare.
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