Join the State of Open Data Policy Summit on 17 May
Join the global State of Open Data Policy Summit
[https://opendatapolicylab.org/articles/event-announcing-new-global-nonpartisan-summit-on-state-of-open-data-policy/index.html]
on Tuesday, 17 May from 17:00 – 20:00 CET. During the event,
attendees from all over the world are invited to engage with senior
leaders in government, civil society and business to discuss questions
such as: 

 	* What policies can facilitate and incentivise the opening of data?
 	* How are recent legal and policy developments shaping data
collaboration?

The summit aims to explain past, present and future public and private
sector policy, including the EU’s Data Act
[https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1113] and
United States’ Evidence Act
[https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4174].
Moreover, the summit looks to identify policies that can encourage
the “third wave of open data
[https://opendatapolicylab.org/third-wave-of-open-data/]” by drawing
on participants' real-world experiences.

The programme consists of:

 	* A Public Sector Keynote from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand;
 	* A Public Sector Panel on Strengthening Open Data Demand: Policies
to Foster Open Data at the Global, National, Regional and Local Level;
 	* A Private Sector Keynote from Microsoft VP and Chief Data
Scientist Juan Ferres;
 	* A Private Sector Panel on Institutionalising Open Data in the
Private Sector: Policy Options and Innovative Practices.

The full programme with speakers
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oKni3tJtxB-gAwJ3296tkzAQku6Q0Trt_kCxwK35qNc/edit?usp=sharing]
is available on the summit’s website.

The State of Open Data Policy Summit is hosted by the Open Data Policy
Lab [https://opendatapolicylab.org/] – a collaboration between The
GovLab [https://thegovlab.org/] and Microsoft.

Interested in joining the event? Register here to join
[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-state-of-open-data-policy-summit-tickets-322702099667]
The State of Open Data Policy Summit.

 

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Publication Date/Time
2022-05-15T22:00:00+00:00
Register now to join the free online event hosted by the Open Data
Policy Lab