Khalil RouhanaDirector, European Commission

Purpose of the workshop

• To explore the potential of data– value creation, business development, economic growth,

societal challenges.

• To discuss what are the best policies for data at EU level– Open data, investment in R&D, innovation policy, etc.

Our strategy

• Enable full exploitation of data held by the public sector

• Create the best conditions for business development along the data value chain

• Safeguarding citizens/consumers rights– Data protection directive

• Mobilise all policy instruments:– Regulation, Deployment, investment in R&D&I

EU Open data initiative(Open data package of 12 December 2012)

• Communication on Open Data: "sets the strategy"

• Revision of the PSI Directive (main regulatory pillar of the EU open data policy)

• Revision of its own decision on re-use of Commission information

• Open access recommendation (in the pipeline)

Deployment: showing the way

• A Commission Open data portal

• A Pan-European Data portal

• An EU-wide Open Data infrastructure (Connecting Europe Facility)

Our investment in R&D&I

• Funding for research on data-handling technologies under FP7 (€ 100 million in 2011-2013 )…and later H2020

• Funding for open data & open access pilots & portals under CIP (€ 22 M in 2011-2013)… and later H2020 + CEF

• Support for research data infrastructures (FP7 ) …and later H2020.

To conclude…or rather to open the discussion:

• Big data: what are the opportunities ?

• What are the hurdles ?

• What can we do ?– "We" means: EC, MSs, industry, civil society, etc..

AGENDA

• 9h30: Welcome by Chair Khalil Rouhana, Director, European Commission• 9h45: Keynote speech, François Bancilhon, Data Publica• 10h00: Reporting from online discussions, Paul Miller, Cloud of Data• 10h30: Panel 1 - Public Sector Information (PSI) with examples from

specific application areas such as geographic information, business registries and transport.

• 13h00-14h00: Lunch• 14h00: Panel 2 - Accessing and exploiting data across languages.• 15h30: Panel 3 - Data-driven value generation.• 17h00 Wrap up - Paul Miller• 17h20 Closing note - Chair Khalil Rouhana• 17h30 – 20h00 : Cocktail