Open Data Manchester - July Programme

[Julian Tait]

July is a busy month for open data in Manchester and beyond with OK Festival happening in Berlin, the Greater Manchester Data Dive and also Open Data Manchester at the end of the month on the 29th. Open : Data : Cooperation - OKFEST Berlin Join us for an informal discussion around data cooperatives.  From personal data co-operatives, through to organisation-level collaboration, there is a lot of interest around the notion of a data cooperative. Whilst the idea of member-owned organisations and open data seems logical, a number of interesting challenges arise: Open Data Manchester will be hosting a fringe meeting at OK Festival in Berlin on Wednesday 16th July at 6pm 3rd Floor, Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin. https://goo.gl/maps/q4Gvj The meeting will is a precursor to a larger event around cooperatives and data to be hosted in Manchester, UK at the end of October Sign up here  Further reading: Annmarie Naylor – Common Futures http://commonfutures.eu/developing-data-coops-for-community-benefit/ Julian Tait – Open Data Manchester http://littlestarmedia.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/data-custodianship-and-cooperatives/    Greater Manchester Data Dive On 22nd July 2014 the University of Manchester's Big Data Community will be working with Big Data experts Aridhia and the creative media labs at The Landing to bring you the Greater Manchester Data Dive. The event will utilise Aridhia's new collaborative data science platform - AnalytiXagility. You can bring your own tools if you wish, though Aridhia are keen to get feedback to help guide the continued development of their platform. Open data-sets will be made available via AnalytiXagility prior to the event, providing you with an opportunity to interact with the data and begin coming up with ideas (the in-built collaboration functions will provide you with an opportunity to form into teams, should you wish), then simply bring your ideas on the day of the hack and spend the time working with the data to analyse potential solutions, proof-of-concepts or pitches. More information here Open Data Manchester Meet Up- July Edition 6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 29th July 2014 Greenheys Business Centre Manchester Science Park Pencroft Way Manchester M15 6JJ Map here Sign up on Eventbrite here This month’s Open Data Manchester is a chance to see some of the open data initiatives that are happening in Greater Manchester and hear about some of the highlights of the Open Knowledge Festival taking place in Berlin 14-17th July Amongst the data initiatives taking place, Trafford are looking to develop an Intelligence and Innovation Lab, which will take the principles by which InfoTrafford was developed, and use them to bring together a greater range of datasets from Trafford’s organisations. Accompanying these datasets will be the people from the respective organisations who understand the data – where it comes from, how to get it, and, crucially, what stories the data tells. This means that the right people will be sitting and working together – using their collective insight and knowledge to give greater understanding of the needs and opportunities in Trafford. The Lab will be focussed on the release of data as 5* linked data. Trafford is looking to create an environment where digital social innovation methods can be used to help people get things done – from giving practitioners a space to test innovative ideas that may help shape services, to allowing developers the opportunity to see and request datasets, and test apps with a potential user base. Jamie Whyte from Trafford will talk about the Intelligence and Innovation Lab and how you can get involved. As always, there will be opportunity to discuss and share ideas, and hear about the latest opportunities in open data.