Richard Stirling from The Open Data Institute (@theodi) talks about Open Data in the UK.

Richard Stirling talks about Open Data and Civic Participation

Data from the High Speed 2 project has been released under an Open Government Licence. This has provided companies like Landmark an opportunity to enter the world of “Open”. 

Jez Nicholson told us about the product that Landmark has built upon the HS2 data and how “Open” may have ultimately changed the business itself.

By day, Jez Nicholson is Head of Product Development for a leading property risk assessment company. By night, he is lead developer of OpenPlaques.org.

With kind thanks to Thomson Reuters for supporting and hosting this event.

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Friday lunchtime lecture: Changing tracks with HS2 open data



One thing we won’t be short of in the future is data – we’ll have detailed analytics about how we live and the world around us. But what about the past? Is it possible to pull together data about the history of our cities and gain some insight into the past?

In this lecture, Leigh Dodds introduced a project from Bath: Hacked, that is using historical maps and cultural heritage open data to let people begin exploring 400 years of Bath’s history.

Leigh Dodds is an associate with the Open Data Institute and the manager of Bath: Hacked’s data store.

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Friday lunchtime lecture: Time travelling with open data

Friday Lunchtime Lectures at the Open Data Institute

21 June 2013


Thousands of people worldwide devote their lives to the somewhat obscure cause of 'open government', but so far they remain in the 'geek box', unable to break out into the mainstream and become a massive global movement on the scale of the environmental, human rights and other epoch-defining movements.

Does open data lend itself better to global efforts? Can it bring open government into our everyday lives? Can data not only help us find better commuting routes but also decrease corruption and 'follow the money'? Or is it all just 'open-washing'?

Martin Tisné of Omidyar Network will take us through some of these questions and ask whether we can genuinely drive social change via open data. 

ODI Fridays: Can open data help unleash a global movement for open government? With Martin Tisne

Listen to podcasts from the Open Data Institute – discussing the impacts of data across areas including health, cities, the built environment, government and finance. Speakers also delve into issues around data ethics, trust, art, culture, corruption and accountability.

ODI Fridays: Can open data help unleash a global movement for open government? With Martin Tisne

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