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Open Data Speed Dating at GTEC 2013

GTEC is the Government of Canada's annual technology conference.

On October 9 there will be a two-hour session of Open Data Speed Dating.  The idea is to connect data owners directly with those interested in their data.

The event requires separate registration, you have to register as an Enthusiast if you want to talk to the data owners.  See http://www.gtec.ca/sessions_lists/open-data-speed-dating/ for more info.

There will be data owners (curators) from the Canadian federal government, the provinces, and municipalities:

• Regional Municipality of York - open data
• Regina - open government
• City of Ottawa - http://data.ottawa.ca/
• Vancouver (via videoconference) - http://data.vancouver.ca/
• Quebec City - http://donnees.ville.quebec.qc.ca/
• Montreal - http://donnees.ville.montreal.qc.ca/
• Province of Quebec - http://donnees.gouv.qc.ca/
• Province of Ontario - http://www.ontario.ca/government/government-ontario-open-data
• Province of British Columbia (via videoconference) - http://data.gov.bc.ca/
• Treasury Board Secretariat - http://data.gc.ca/ (applies to all government departments below)
• Department of Foreign Affairs (DFATD)
• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Library and Archives Canada (LAC)
• Transport Canada
• PWGSC
• Statistics Canada
• Agriculture Canada (AAFC)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
• Environment Canada

It's an indication of the progress of the open data movement in Canada that there are already so many organisations with data available.

Event hashtag is #gtecdata / #gtecdonnees

Conference hashtag is #gtec13

The event builds on an experiment wiith speed dating for City of Ottawa curators organised by Open Data Ottawa (#learnhackyow in December 2012), followed by an open data speed dating event in Vancouver that Minister Clement attended.

There may be additional open data events in Ottawa this fall, leading up to International Open Data Day 2014 in February.

UPDATE 2013-10-13: The event ran successfully, there are photos and tweets from the open data speed dating available.

International Open Data Day 2014

International Open Data Day is the last Saturday in February,

which makes it February 22, 2014

The main page http://opendataday.org/

and the wiki where everything is shared http://wiki.opendataday.org/

have not yet been updated.

You can post to the mailing list if you have questions, however I'm told the mailing list is currently being overwhelmed with spam signups.  I suggest you contact OKFN or David Eaves if you want to volunteer or have ideas for better handling the mailing list spam.

I don't think there's been a hashtag declared, it will probably be #ODHD14 (Open Data Hack Day 2014)

UPDATE 2013-12-13: You can also contribute on GitHub https://github.com/okfn/opendataday.org

UPDATE 2014-01-29: Hashtag looks to be #ODD14

NRC jobs - Project Lead, IM Transformation

Organisation: Knowledge Management

Location: Ottawa , Ontario

Classification: RCO

Duration: This is a term position until June 2016.

Language: Bilingual imperative CBC/CBC

Closing Date: September 23, 2013

You will:
• Lead the three-year strategic NRC Electronic Working Environment (NEWE) Investment Project consisting of multiple work packages and teams to deliver transformative change;
• Implement key IM [Information Management] strategies and plans;
• Implement SharePoint to manage documents and records and support collaboration among 4,000 employees
• Link SharePoint with a Government-approved electronic document and records management system (EDRMS).

More information and link to apply at: http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/careers/jobpost.nsf/EnglishAll/DD79D3171D761B2085257BC1006C8B1E