• The theme of the meeting is an important one as the public sector, businesses and citizens work to understand and meet the challenges of ‘Realising the Value of Public Sector Information’ in Europe’s digital economy and for the benefit of European citizens.The focus was on learning more about the value of PSI (Public Sector Information) when it is opened up for re-use.
• 180 participants from 12 European countries participated in the one day forum to stimulate dialogue, discussion and debate starting at the European policy level moving on to innovative business models and then measuring the economic value of PSI re-use and examining the social value of PSI for citizens.

: Madrid PSI 2010 Meeting (version: 14 September 2010) (pdf file)
(Report can be re-produced or re-published on other sites with an acknowledgement to the ePSIplatform and Project Aporta)

Access Videos: Madrid PSI 2010 Meeting (Source Codes for Re-publishing)What was discussed and debated?

• Meeting Agenda (version Final)
• Read Spanish text about the meeting online: Project Aporta and Project Aporta Blog post on the meeting
• Project Aporta’s PSI Meeting 2010 ‘Participation’ Forum Online – post your comments, questions and ideas before or after the meeting
• Read about the Roundtable Panel Members online (English or Spanish)
• Video Interviews with Roundtable Panel Members online (Aporta or ePSIplatform web portals)

The meeting was organised around four roundtable panels led by a moderator and four to five panel members discussing the topic and responding to questions from the meeting participants.

Opening Speech

• Mr. Fernando de Pablo Martín, General Director for the Promotion of eGovernment, Ministry of the Presidency, Spain

Closing ceremony

• Mr. Sebastián Muriel Herrero, General Director, Red.es, Spain

Roundtable 1: Overview of Europe’s Information Society Strategies: Best practices in policies to release the economic potential of PSI re-use. Do European level Information Society policies and strategies enable the economic potential of PSI re-use and how can these policies be used by the public and private sectors in PSI re-use?

• Information about the Members of this Roundtable (English or Spanish)

Moderator: Mr. Agustí Cerrillo. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

Speakers:

• Mr. Javier Hernández Ros. Head of Unit Access to Information, European Commission
• Mr. Jim Wretham. The National Archives, United Kingdom
• Ms. Catherine Lippert. National IT & Telecom Agency, Denmark
• Mr. Alberto Ortiz de Zárate. Basque Government. Open Data Euskadi, Spain
• Mr. Kristof de Meulder. APIE, France

Video Excerpts of Roundtable 1 Discussion

Roundtable 2: Turning PSI re-use in new business models and innovative services. What are the examples of innovative business models based on PSI re-use and how can they enhance economic benefit from liberated public sector information?

• Information about the Members of this Roundtable (English or Spanish)

Moderator: Mr. Rolf Nordqvist. Chair, European PSI Alliance, and Manager, Government Affairs, Bisnode

Speakers:

• Mr. Valentin Arce. ASEDIE, Spain
• Mr. Ángel Maldonado. Legasolo.com, Spain
• Mr. José Luis Marín. Euroalert.net, Spain
• Mr. Henrik Egede. Husets Web, Denmark
• Mr. Jesús Barrio. Goolzoom.com, Spain

Video Excerpts of Roundtable 2 Discussion

Roundtable 3: Measuring the economic potential of PSI re-use. Can society sense the economic growth of PSI re-use?

• Information about the Members of this Roundtable (English or Spanish)

Moderator: Mildo van Staden, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Netherlands

Speakers:

• Ms. Amalia Velasco. National Cadastre, Spain
• Mr. Richard Pettifer. PRIMET, Europe
• Mr. Aleš Pekárek. EPMA (European Projects and Management Agency), Czech Republic
• Mr. Marc de Vries, ePSIplatform Colleague, The Netherlands

Video Excerpts of Roundtable 3 Discussion

Roundtable 4: Social Value of PSI. How can new techniques and technologies liberate public sector information in ways that provide value for citizens and society and is this value understood by citizens?

• Information about the Members of this Roundtable (English or Spanish)

Moderator: Mr. José Manuel Alonso. CTIC Centro Tecnológico , Spain

Speakers:

• Mr. Aitor García. Pro Bono Publico, Spain
• Mr. Daniel Dietrich. Opendatanetwork, Germany
• Mr. Roger Melcior. Rodalia.info, Spain
• Ms. Claire Gallon. LiberTIC, France
• Mr. Chris Taggart. OpenlyLocal.com, United Kingdom

Video Excerpts of Roundtable 4 Discussion

Who Participated?
Meeting participants were from throughout the European Open Data Community and included those with considerable experience and those just starting out with fresh ideas and perspectives.

• Policy makers
• Open data business entrepreneurs and innovators
• Researchers, academics and economists
• PSI Holders: the public sector from all levels of government
• PSI Re-users: Citizens, non profit organisations and the business community
• Digital Activists working with the leading edge technologies to open up PSI and make re-use possible
• Open Data Activists working to promote open data initiatives

Meeting Twitter Hash Tag: #PSI_VALUE Contacts
For more information or any questions contact:

• Rafael Pérez Galindo, Project Aporta, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Spain (MITYC) email
• Mary Gianoli, European Public Sector Information Platform (ePSIplatform) email Telephone: +44 (0)1992 558 061

Meeting Sponsorship

• The Spanish Aporta Project and the European Public Sector Information Platform (ePSIplatform) jointly organised and hosted this meeting.
• Aporta's provision of the meeting venue and financial contribution to the meeting has facilitated this meeting and are gratefully acknowledged. The ePSIplatform is funded under the European Commission’s eContentplus programme.