"First and foremost, we are looking for African Open Data problems to study and explore that together with a larger international community can be addressed and solved as part of the Open Government Partnership. Participants will include African Open Government Partnership members with existing Open Data
programs, the US State Department, USAID, USDA, The World Bank, IBM, and many Open Data community groups.
The event will take place at the IBM Institute for Open Government in Washington, DC and will be broadcast to US Embassies and IBM locations in Africa."
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From:
Steven Adler <adler1@us.ibm.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 1:39 PM
Subject: [betaNYC] Africa Open Data Jam
To:
betanyc-list@meetup.com
On August 5th, The US State Department,
US Office of Science and Technology, USAID, USDA, and IBM are hosting a
one-day Africa Open Data Jam as part of the US-African Leaders Summit.
We expect a wide range of policy and data professionals from across
Africa and the United States to participate. The goal is to share
African experiences in Open Data publishing, real use cases that demonstrate
growth and empowerment, develop skills and capabilities, and build a global
community of Open Data developers and professionals who can help Africa
become an Open Data leader.
This Jam is designed to be interactive,
informative, and fun. It will involve diverse skills and experiences, and
showcase real live examples of how Open Data works, African Challenges
and opportunities, and example applications. There will be a mixture of
keynote presentation, panel discussions, lightning talks, solution demonstrations,
and problem-solving workshops. Participants
should come out of the meeting with
tangible experiences of what works, how it works, and how it can be deployed
at home – with new relationships across Africa and the United States.
Our goal is to create new global relationships
that bring passionate Open Data communities together to share common challenges
and build new solutions. It doesn't matter where you live, where
you were born, or where you work. We are looking for Citizens of
the World to work together to help African countries embrace Open Government
and Open Data. If you are interested in lending your skills and talents
to a new international effort that will make a difference please
join this meetup group and RSVP by August 1st.
http://www.meetup.com/Africa-Open-Data/events/195684502/
Best Regards,
Steve
Motto: "Do First, Think, Do it Again"
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