Madrid, 22 July 2011

(by Daniel Dietrich)

A newly launched documentation website covers audiovisual footage of the Meeting: "Open Data Initiative Meeting: Challenges and Solutions", held on June, 9th in Madrid.

The meeting was organised by Projecto Aporta under the auspices of Plan Avanzar 2 of the Spanish Government's Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce. The presentations and discussions were aligned around five thematic areas.

• Opening
• Table 1 The e-Government and reuse policies.
• Table 2 Legal aspects in the opening of public data.
• Table 3 Technical challenges on the way to the open data.
• Table 4 New business initiatives based on the RISP
• Table 5 Creating new channels of communication and participation with the Administration
• Interviews

Video footage of all the sessions plus a series of interviews with nine leading experts on "Open Data" and reuse of public data can be found here: http://www.spainesdata.es/

Interviews with

• Marc Garriga (Barcelona City Council).
• Alberto Ortiz de Zárate (Basque Government).
• Juan Pelegrin (European Commission).
• Ton Zijlstra (EPSI Platform).
• José Manuel Alonso (CTIC and W3C).
• David Cabo (Pro Bono Publico).
• Antonio Miret (Licitaciones.es).
• Raquel Xalabarder (Open University of Catalonia) .
• Sergio Alvarez (Vizzuality) .