Hannover, 2 March 2011
In Hannover the CeBit fair on everything around media and (digital) technology took place. Part of this multi-day fair was the 'Medienwirtschaftsgipfel Niedersachsen 2011', the 'media-society summit Lower Saxony 2011'. The first session of this summit was devoted to open government data. Other sessions adressed the themes mobile digital life, media and telecommunications law, and a demonstration of 3D...
Dortmund, 1 March 2011
In the German states North Rhine Westphalia (NRW) and Lower Saxony an important part of the PSI re-use debate is pushed by those involved with university libraries. So it is interesting to note there is another university, the University of Dortmund, that is now opening up its bibliographic data for re-use, and allows download of the entire dataset, bringing it under a Creative Commons zero license. This is in cooperation with the...
Berlin, 01 February 2011
The full programme for the ePSIplatform's Berlin event is now available. Register and join us on February 18th!
Morning programme
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcome – Introduction and Overview
Speaker(s):
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This state of play report is on recent PSI initiatives in Germany complementing Topic Report 11 on Germany. In 2010 concepts of open government and open data made it on to the political agenda in Germany. This conclusion is drawn from three major developments. Firstly the federal government decided on a programme titled 'Networked and Transparent Governance' which assigns the federal ministry of the interior to work out an open government strategy for Germany by 2011, to start a pilot project by 2012 and to coordinate a common strategy for open government with the German states. Secondly...
Berlin, 24 January 2011
The program for the 18 February Berlin meet-up "Open Data: Apps for Everyone?" is taking shape. With the current line-up, if you haven't decided on attending the event yet, it should be a lot easier to decide to register for this free event! See you in Berlin!
Please note the program may yet change.
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome Session – Introduction...
Berlin, 14 January 2011
You can now register to participate in our Berlin event "Open Data: Apps for Everyone? Opportunities and challenges in the re-use of public sector information" which takes place on February 18th. Participation is free, but you do need to register. We are looking forward to seeing you in Berlin!
If you are logged into our platform you will see a register button on the...
Berlin, 27 December 2010
We are pleased to present you with this open invitation to participate in our open meeting in Berlin jointly organised by ePSIplatform, the Open Data Network Germany, Geokomm and Online Consultants International GmbH. The meeting will take place on 18 February.
The meeting theme is PSI, the public interest and the innovation potential.
The meeting aims to engage with public sector bodies about the role of PSI in creating conditions for innovation, to support the network of actors developing applications which use PSI...
Berlin, 20 December 2010
The public voting part of the Apps4Berlin competition is nearing its completion, as voting closes on December 23rd. Voting started on December 8th, after the competition gathered 72 entries in November. You can cast your vote picking one overall winner from all ideas in 16 thematic categories.
Says one participant in the competition: "This competition is true inspiration. I am just in the founding stage of my app-developing company, and this competition is a...
Dresden, 7 December 2010
At the fifth German National IT Summit in Dresden, parties from German politics and government, markets and academia put together the 'Dresden Agreement' (link to PDF with full text in German).
"Die Bundesregierung hat in ihrer Strategie „Deutschland Digital 2015“ wichtige Ziele und Maßnahmen für die Stärkung des Standortes Deutschland in den...
Berlin, 30 October 2010
As we reported earlier Zeit Online launched an open data weblog, giving a place to their data driven journalism. The Berlin newspaper Tageszeitung, short Taz, also opened up an open data weblog, reinforcing the momentum towards data-re-use in journalism.
The Taz open data weblog, according to the site has the following role:
In the data blog of the Taz we publish additional numbers, informations and transcriptions about the reports and analysis of our editors...
