Schedule at a Glance
See full talk descriptions.8:00 AM
Registration and Challenge Wall
All Participants
8:30 AM
Conference Start
Bowen Osoko (MC)
Communications Coordinator, Victoria Police
Communications Coordinator, Victoria Police
8:40 AM
Greetings Message from Premier Christy Clark
Nelson Lah
Director, Open Data Society of BC
Director, Open Data Society of BC
8:45 AM
Opening Remarks
Elizabeth Denham
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Province of BC
Information and Privacy Commissioner, Province of BC
9:00 AM
Keynote
Transit and Traffic Data
Why all open datasets are not born equal
Transit and Traffic Data
Why all open datasets are not born equal
Stéphane Guidoin
Transportation Director, Open North
Transportation Director, Open North
9:30 AM
On Using Open Data for Fun and Profit
Michael Lenczner
CEO, Ajah
CEO, Ajah
10:00 AM
Open Data & The Civic Network
Philip Ashlock
Co-founder, Open311
Co-founder, Open311
10:30 AM
Break
10:50 AM
Lightning Talks
(6 @ 5 min)
(6 @ 5 min)
Sue Bigelow (moderator)
Digital Conservator. City of Vancouver Archives
Luke Closs
Founder and CTO, Recollect.net
Paul Norman
Editor and Developer, Open Street Map
Kieran Harrop
Partner and Director, CGI
Loren Mullane
DataBC Community Evangelist
Jeff Chamberlain
Director of Sales and Marketing, Spatial DNA
Linda Low
City of Vancouver
Digital Conservator. City of Vancouver Archives
Luke Closs
Founder and CTO, Recollect.net
Paul Norman
Editor and Developer, Open Street Map
Kieran Harrop
Partner and Director, CGI
Loren Mullane
DataBC Community Evangelist
Jeff Chamberlain
Director of Sales and Marketing, Spatial DNA
Linda Low
City of Vancouver
11:30 AM
People are Dying to Get the Data
Pete Forde
Hacker Tourist
Hacker Tourist
12:00 PM
The Future of Open Data
Lisa Green
Director, Common Crawl Foundation
Director, Common Crawl Foundation
12:30 PM
Lunch
1:15 PM
Concurrent Panel One
Strategic Challenges
Strategic Challenges
David Wrate
Director, Citizen Engagement, Province of BC
Vincent Gogelek
Executive Director, B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Stéphane Guidoin
Transportation Director, Open North
Director, Citizen Engagement, Province of BC
Vincent Gogelek
Executive Director, B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
Stéphane Guidoin
Transportation Director, Open North
Concurrent Panel Two
Tactical Challenges
Tactical Challenges
Luke Closs
Founder and CTO, Recollect.net
Per Kristensen
Director IT, City of Nanaimo
Sean Simpson
GIS Manager, City of Surrey
Founder and CTO, Recollect.net
Per Kristensen
Director IT, City of Nanaimo
Sean Simpson
GIS Manager, City of Surrey
2:00 PM
Break
2:15 PM
Interactive Cafes
All Participants Tackling Multiple Topics
Concurrent cafes: Province of BC UX Workshop, key challenges and opportunity exploration cafe tables.
Concurrent cafes: Province of BC UX Workshop, key challenges and opportunity exploration cafe tables.
3:15 PM
Working Break
3:30 PM
Report Out
Team Reports and Q&A
3:45 PM
Awards
4:00 PM
Next Steps
Kevin McArthur
Director of Membership, Open Data Society of BC
Director of Membership, Open Data Society of BC
4:15 PM
Closing Remarks
Herb Lainchbury/Nelson Lah
Open Data Society of BC
Open Data Society of BC
6:00 PM
Meetup
