Title,Type,"Start date","End date",Location,"Taxonomy country",Body,Url
"Webinar ‘Open Data Maturity in Europe 2025: progress, best practices, and key insights’","European Data Portal event",2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00,2026-02-27T00:00:00+00:00,Online,—,"<p lang=""en-US"">Do you want to understand what open data maturity really means in practice, and how it is measured across Europe? Are you curious about the key results and trends from the 2025 Open Data Maturity (ODM) assessment, and what other countries’ best practices can teach you? Join us for the upcoming data.europa academy webinar '<a href=""https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-maturity-in-europe-2025-progress-best-practices-and-key-insights-/register"">Open Data Maturity in Europe 2025: progress, best practices, and key insights</a>', taking place on <strong>Friday, 27 February 2026, from 10.00 to 11.30 CET.</strong></p><p lang=""en-US""><span>From shaping open data policies to improving portals, data quality and impact, the ODM assessment provides a Europe‑wide overview of how countries are advancing in making public sector information more accessible, reusable and impactful. In this session, we will make the </span><a href=""https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2025-12/2025_odm_report_5.pdf""><span>ODM 2025 results</span></a><span> more accessible by explaining how open data maturity is assessed, what the latest findings reveal, and how countries can learn from one another to strengthen their open data ecosystems across the four dimensions of the assessment: policy, portal, data quality and impact.&nbsp;</span></p><p lang=""en-US"">During the webinar, Arman Behrooz, co-author of the report, will open the session with an introduction to the Open Data Maturity assessment, guiding participants through the methodology, the four dimensions of the assessment - &nbsp;policy, portal, data quality and impact - and main findings of the 2025 report. Building on this overview, Alicia Nieto Ramos, working at the Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service, will share Spain’s experience with the<a href=""https://datos.gob.es/es/etiquetas/iniciativa-aporta""> Iniciativa Aporta</a>, explaining how national strategy, a strong open data portal and a focus on impact have strengthened Spain’s open data maturity. &nbsp;Thanh Ha Le from the Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs at <a href=""https://data.gouv.fr"">data.gouv.fr</a> will then highlight insights from France, focusing on practical approaches to increase open data impact and reuse.&nbsp;</p><p lang=""en-US"">After <a href=""https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-maturity-in-europe-2025-progress-best-practices-and-key-insights-/register"">registering</a>, you will receive an email with a calendar invite and webinar link. This webinar is part of the ‘<a href=""https://data.europa.eu/en/academy/measuring-impact-open-data"">Measuring the impact of open data</a>’ course offered by the data.europa academy and will be recorded for future access.&nbsp;</p>",https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-maturity-in-europe-2025-progress-best-practices-and-key-insights-/register
"J On The Beach ","External event",2026-10-29T00:00:00+00:00,2026-10-30T00:00:00+00:00,"Malaga, Spain ",—,"<p><span>J On The Beach is an international rendezvous for developers, Data Scientists and DevOps around big data technologies. It is a pure technical conference with workshops and technical talks where top speakers from all around the world will share the latest trends in technologies related to Big Data. From data collection and stream processing to architectures, machine learning, microservices, artificial intelligence, container systems, etc.</span></p><p><span>This conference will be co-located with Lambda World, a fun-fun-functional programming experience, and Wey Wey Web, a Yay-Yay conf for UI lovers.&nbsp;</span></p>",https://www.jonthebeach.com/
"Webinar ‘Open data as a public good: evidence-based development across territories’","European Data Portal event",2026-03-13T00:00:00+00:00,2026-03-13T00:00:00+00:00,Online,—,"<p>Do you want to explore how open data can support better governance in rural areas and help policymakers respond to local needs beyond the city? Join us for the upcoming data.europa academy webinar on '<a href=""https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-as-a-public-good-evidence-based-development-across-territories-/register""><span class=""TextRun SCXW192219829 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">Open data as a public good: evidence-based development across territories</span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW192219829 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">' </span><span>taking place on </span><strong>Friday, 13 March 2026, from 10.00 to 11.30 CET.</strong></p><p><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">In celebration of this year’s<strong> </strong></span><a href=""https://opendataday.org/""><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">Open Data Day,</span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US""> this webinar explores how open data can inform governance decisions related to rural areas. By spotlighting practical examples from the UK and Ireland, the session will demonstrate how openly available information helps public administrations better understand local needs and ensure access to essential services.</span><span class=""EOP SCXW5325249 BCX8"">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">During the webinar, <strong>Solana Larsen</strong> from the </span><a href=""https://okfn.org/en/""><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">Open Knowledge Foundation </span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">will highlight how the annual Open Data Day promotes transparency, accountability, and innovation through data. Building on this foundation, <strong>Johanna Walker</strong>, a researcher at </span><a href=""https://www.kcl.ac.uk/index""><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">King’s College London</span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">, will examine how the </span><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed"" lang=""EN-US"">prioritisation</span><span class=""TextRun SCXW31474017 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US""> of urban data impacts the collection, availability, and use of data in rural contexts.</span><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US""> The second use case, the Irish social gradient tool </span><a href=""https://www.pobal.ie/""><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed"" lang=""EN-US"">Pobal</span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US"">, will be introduced by <strong>Patrick Collins</strong>. As principal data scientist for this initiative, he will explain how it leverages open data to identify geography-based health inequalities in </span><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed"" lang=""EN-US"">Ireland. The</span><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-US""> webinar will wrap up with an interactive Q&amp;A session, allowing you to engage directly with the speakers.</span><span class=""EOP SCXW5325249 BCX8"">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-GB"">After</span><a href=""https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-as-a-public-good-evidence-based-development-across-territories-/register"" target=""_blank""><span class=""TextRun Underlined SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-GB""> registering,</span></a><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-GB""> you will receive an email with a calendar invite and webinar link. This webinar is part of the ‘What is the value of open data?’ course offered by the </span><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed"" lang=""EN-GB"">data.europa</span><span class=""TextRun SCXW5325249 BCX8 NormalTextRun"" lang=""EN-GB""> academy and will be recorded for future access.&nbsp;</span><span class=""EOP SCXW5325249 BCX8"">&nbsp;</span></p>",https://dataeuropaacademy.clickmeeting.com/webinar-open-data-as-a-public-good-evidence-based-development-across-territories-/register
