Berlin Open Data 2017

Initiated by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, the event promises to become an informative conference on the topic of data publishing. The programme of the event held under the motto “Open Data is the key” has now been published. 

Programme 

9.00 - 09.15 a.m. Welcome address
Sebastian Askar, Open Data Berlin, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin   

9.15 - 9.40 a.m. Review: Quo vadis Open Data?
Christian Rickerts, Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin

9.40 - 10.00 a.m. Opportunities for working with data in local authorities
Marc Groß, Head of Organisation and Information Management, Municipal Association for Administration Management (KGSt) Cologne

10.00 - 10.45 a.m. Data is the key – How authorities can work with data

• Christian Rickerts, Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, Berlin
• Alice Weigand, Projectmanagement Open Data, Düsseldorf
• Sabine Smentek, Permanent Secretary, Senate Department for the Interior and Sport, Berlin
• Pavel Richter, CEO Open Knowledge International, Berlin

10.45 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee break

11.00 - 11.20 a.m. The ‘Verschwörhaus’ in Ulm: “Testing ground for the world of tomorrow“

• Stefan Kaufmann, project manager, Verschwörhaus Ulm

11.20 - 11.40 a.m. The paradox of transparency – Open Data successfully realized. Openness needs closeness
Dr. Maximilian Heimstädt, research assistant, Reinhard Mohn Institute for Executive Leadership at Witten-Herdecke University

11.45 a.m. - 12.05 p.m. The intelligent zoned machine – How we optimize enrolment areas in Berlin
Daniel Kirsch, Data Scientist, Idalab, Berlin

12.05 - 12.25 p.m. Open Data in the districts of Berlin – A current ranking
Benjamin Seibel, Project Lead Data Driven Innovation, Technology Foundation Berlin 

12.30 - 2.00 p.m. Lunch break

2:00 - 3.30 p.m. Workshops

• Media skills for authorities: Data School
  Helene Hahn, project manager, OKF DE / Moritz Neujeffski, workshop concept, OKF DE / Ulrike Thalheim, OK Lab Berlin
• Transparent public finances – Data and Analysis
  Anna Alberts, project manager, OKF DE / Michael Peters Data Scientist, OKF DE
• Open innovations for a sustainable city
  Maximilian Thess, Program Manager, NUMA DataCity Berlin
• The ABC of Open Data
  Thomas Tursic, software engineer, Deutsche Bahn and OK Lab Berlin
• Innovation by Design: Can Design Thinking make authorities more innovative?
  Dr. Katrin Dribbisch, Senior Business Analyst, Public Sector at DXC Technology

3.30 - 4.00 p.m. Summary and outlook

About Berlin Open Data Day

As part of the Berlin Open Data Day, data providers from the fields of administration, culture and science meet up to communicate and to get acquainted with Berlin’s IT community, startups and other open data fans. Apart from giving information about new trends and developments, the conference will include workshops where the participants will be given the opportunity to experiment with open data and to get to know various fields of application. Initiated by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises/Project Future, administrative staff and the Open Data Community will be providing information and discussing about the latest trends, developments and needs.

Event: Open Data Day
Date: 4^th October 2017
Place: Colonia Nova, Thiemannstr. 1, 12059 Berlin