Bart Rosseau E-Strategy

Stad Gent

APPS FOR GHENT 26/09/2012

Ego-slide

• Bart

• Gent

• Linus

• (ex)-Drummer

• Civil Servant

Making open data work, offline…

Where to start ?

• Data ?• Platform ?• Disclaimers?• Proces ?• A public moment?

• Or developers?

Babysteps

• Apps For Ghent –– may 2011– Gather datasets

• “Neutral“ data– GIS data– Streenames

• No long term engagement

• Explore the field• Learning• Datasets on website, no dataportal yet

The winners

KADEE WAKANKDOEN

Lessons Learned

• You need expertise– A learning curve is accepted by the

community– A lot of goodwill to share the knowledge

• Relevant data– Open formats– Metadata/context

The Dialogue

• More data for better results– Growing need for apps– Open data > hackaton

• Connect data-owners with developers

• Data portal as community hub: data.gent.be

• Policy instrument for smart city

Partners!– Digipolis

– OKFN.be– IBBT

– SME’s– Hacktivists– Politicians

– The Datatank– Other governments/public bodies:

• Flemish Government • V-iCT-OR (local gov ICT network)

• Citadel project

Apps for Ghent 2: extending the network

• More ambition– Students– More development time for professionals

• Datatalks

• Network event (Ghent Living Lab)

And the winner is…

• The Missing H:

Circadia

Lessons… again.

– Structuring the data– Dialogue between developers and data-owners

– prizes are not the ultimate incentive

– Students rock

And now…

• Ghent open data in ICT courses

• #Code9000

• http://data.gent.be

• Policy document

• Link BI – GIS – Data-analysis with open data: data management

Results

• Insight in organisation and data

• Network of people interested and committed to the city

• Partners to develop Ghent as a smart city

• Fun

• Apps

Questions?

http://appsforghent.be

http://data.gent.be

http://ghentlivinglab.beTwitter: @bartrosseau

e-strategie@gent.be