The ODI & Tim Berners-Lee Invite You to the 1st Annual Summit & Gala (Oct 29)

The ODI are hosting the first Annual Summit and Gala Dinner, Tues Oct 29 at the magnificent Museum of London. With the help of scintillating stories and spectacular speakers the summit will be a true celebration of the impact of Open Data on government, business and society.

This intensive day of open data exploring will lead attendees into the world of Open Data.

Don't miss out on the pre-Summit Training on the 28th, discounted tickets available now.

ODI Summit

The day will take attendees on a fast paced ride of dynamic discussions, data visualisations and activities which will lead into the Gala Dinner. Drinks, 3 courses nestled in the heart of the Museum of London with guests having the opportunity to have a private wander through the incredible exhibitions. 

Speakers

Sir Tim Berners-Lee

ODI – President & Co-Founder

A graduate of Oxford University, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, an internet-based hypermedia initiative for global information sharing while at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, in 1989.

He wrote the first web client and server in 1990. His specifications of URIs, HTTP and HTML were refined as Web technology spread. He is the 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Decentralized Information Group (DIG). He is also a Professor in the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a Web standards organization founded in 1994 which develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. He was a Director of the Web Science Trust (WST) launched in 2009 to promote research and education in Web Science, the multidisciplinary study of humanity connected by technology.

Tim is a Director of the World Wide Web Foundation, launched in 2009 to coordinate efforts to further the potential of the Web to benefit humanity. He has promoted open government data globally and is a member of the UK’s Transparency Board. He was named as co-director of The Open Data Institute, with Prof Nigel Shadbolt in November 2011. In 2001 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. He has been the recipient of several international awards including the Japan Prize, the Prince of Asturias Foundation Prize, the Millennium Technology Prize and Germany’s Die Quadriga award.

In 2004 he was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth and in 2007 he was awarded the Order of Merit. In 2009 he was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of “Weaving the Web"

Sir Nigel Shadbolt

ODI – Chairman & Co-Founder

Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt is Chairman and Co-Founder of the Open Data Institute. He is also Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Head of the Web and Internet Science Group, Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton.

With over 400 publications he has researched on topics ranging from cognitive psychology to computational neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence to the Semantic Web. He was one of the originators of the interdisciplinary field of Web Science and is a Director of the Web Science Trust which seeks to advance our understanding of the Web and promote the Web’s positive impact on society. He has recently been awarded £6M funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to lead a research project on The Study and Practice of Social Machines (SOCIAM).

In 2009 the Prime Minister appointed him and Sir Tim Berners-Lee as Information Advisors to transform access to Public Sector Information. This work led to the highly acclaimed data.gov.uk site that now provides a portal to over 9000 datasets. In May 2010 he was asked by the UK Coalition Government to join the Public Sector Transparency Board – this oversees Open Data releases across the public sector. In April 2011 he became Chair of the UK Government’s midata programme – whose goal is to empower consumers by releasing their data back to them. In the November 2011 Autumn statement he was awarded £10M funding via the Technology Strategy Board to set up the Open Data Institute with Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

Find out about all the speakers here.

Gala Dinner

Opening with a drinks reception, which will lead into the heart of the museum with the incredible LED Eclipse setting the mood, guests will be treated to a delectable dining experience of 3 sustainly-sourced courses with fine wines and local beers.

Guests will also have the chance for a private view of the museum's galleries. The evening will be played out with a very special guest band.

Training: Open Data in a Day

Get the most out of the Open Data Institute Summit by attending training on Oct 28 with the ODI's new one-day introductory guide to open data - Open Data in a Day.

This introductory course aims to get you up to speed with latest developments in open data and its significance.

It is designed to enable anyone to get started with discovering and using open data and understand the skills and processes required to make it work for you and your organisation.

By the end of the day you will:

• Have an overview of open data and driving trends
• Understand where and how open data can be applied, its benefits and risks
• Appreciate the breadth of skills and processes required to work with open data
• Understand key issues and best practices in publishing open data including law and licensing
• Discover and begin to use open data
• Understand the key decisions required to make open data work for you or your organisation
• Be confident in discussing open data and its benefits with others

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