Toronto Open Data Lab November 2nd

[Mark Kuznicki]

If you haven't already heard or seen it yet, I wanted to make people
in/near/interested in Toronto open civic data aware of this important
upcoming event:

Toronto Open Data Lab, part of the Toronto Innovations Showcase
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
1:00 – 4:30pm
City Hall Council Chamber and Members Lounge

Special Guest Speaker: Peter Corbett, iStrategy Labs and
AppsforDemocracy.org

To register your attendance or propose an Ignite presentation, go to
my blog post here: http://remarkk.com/2009/10/09/call-to-action-join-the-toronto-open-data-community/

The Open Data Lab is an opportunity to explore the innovation
possibilities of open civic data in Toronto. Join City subject matter
and technology experts, community stakeholders and talented members of
Toronto’s vibrant technology and design communities in an interactive
and collaborative afternoon imagining commercial, social and civic
applications of the City’s newly launched open data program.

This extended series of sessions kicks off with an aspirational talk
about the Future of Open Cities from Peter Corbett, one of the open
data leaders behind AppsforDemocracy.org and the success of Washington
DC’s open data program. We will also hear from City of Toronto CIO
Dave Wallace about the launch of Toronto.ca/Open and the future
direction of Toronto’s open data program, and invited guests from the
community will have an opportunity to inspire us with their open data
dreams.

Participants will then have the opportunity to explore the first
datasets to be released to the public from Toronto’s open data
program. Facilitated by ChangeCamp organizer Mark Kuznicki, this is a
unique opportunity that organizers hope will generate much interest
and spark some ideas for new applications that will demonstrate the
kind of value that open data can create for the City government and
the community at large.

To register your attendance or propose an Ignite presentation, go to
my blog post here: http://remarkk.com/2009/10/09/call-to-action-join-the-toronto-open-data-community/