London and Madrid: June 2010

The PSI Meeting 2010 (English or Spanish) which took place on the 9th June in Madrid attracted 200 participants from throughout Spain and Europe.

• Access Final Version of Meeting Agenda ()

Meeting Discussions focused on the theme of ‘Realising the Value of Public Sector Information’ were structured around four roundtable panels including speakers representing the following groups.

• 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

Such a mix of panel members and participants resulted in lively and stimulating debates. The meeting was a forum to share experiences and perspectives on the value of public sector information - to learn from the success stories, to find about what works, and to take a look at the problems and possible solutions. During the meeting, contacts were made and persons across Europe are continuing the discussions online, on Twitter and in other forums.

• Work is underway to publish the meeting video online and other multimedia meeting materials and this will be announced when editing work is completed and the resources are online. A report on the meeting is also forthcoming.

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A small sample of the informal feedback and comments received following the meeting.

• Spain certainly now seems to be in the forefront of the “open data” movement
• Thanks for the very useful and well organised meeting in Madrid.
• Thank you very much for the very inspiring event with many interesting persons I could meet

Discussions on the meeting can be read on Project Aporta’s PSI Meeting 2010 online ‘Participation’ Forum. This forum remains open for comments.

A small selection of meeting tweets under the hash tag #psi_value.

@ton_zylstra: Closing session of #psi_value now. Was a gr8 day. Thanks to aporta.es and epsiplatform.eu for hosting us all!

@ton_zylstra: Marc de Vries: Legal info is at the core of democracy. It's the most basic PSI. #psi_value

@citizensuite: RT @FrankVanHarmele RT @ton_zylstra: How business cases are used to obstruct #opendata http://bit.ly/b90cjx #psi_value http://bit.ly/9ttVpT

Nigel_Shadbolt: RT @msalvadores: EU PSI meeting and #datagovuk mentioned as an inspiring project a good reference to follow +5 times #psi_value

twicker_net_es: Trending topics: 1. #timopulsera 2. #glee 3. #barcelona 4. #psi_value 5. #debateandaluz http://es.twicker.net #trendingtopics

markherringer: RT @opendatanetwork: RT @scilib: #psi_value talk now about 48 hour Spanish nationwide hackfest that generated 30 #opendata projects

@ton_zylstra Chris Taggart #opendata is such a no-brainer that the burden of evidence should be on those who say to not do it. #psi_value

countculture: #psi_value discussion on economics benefits of #opendata psi shows limitations of such studies. Isn't reducing costs (& turnover) a benefit?

cpintost: Reuse is not an economic issue, is a political issue with economic consequences (Richard Pettifer) #psi_value #proyectoaporta

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Some links to where meeting participants and panel members have posted their ideas and feedback related to meeting discussions.

Publisher: Marco Fioretti’s Blog (Researcher and Open Government Digital Activist)

Date: 10 June 2010

Title: Open Public Data are so good that it's hard to start explaining why

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Publisher: PRIMET

Date: 14 June 2010

Title: Spanish Presidency hosts PSI Re-use meeting

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Publisher: Open Economy Blog

Date: 10 June 2010

Title: The Web of Data is Here to Stay and will be Full of Public Sector Information

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Publisher: Administraciones en red

Date: 15 June 2010

Title: PSI meeting 2010: la hora de abrir los datos públicos (PSI Meeting 2010: Time to Open up Data)

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Publisher: Euroalert.net

Date: 16 June 2010

Title: Euroalert participó en la PSI Meeting 2010 con la comunidad open data europea (Euroalert participated in the PSI Meeting 2010 European Open Data Community)

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Notes:

• The Madrid PSI 2010 Meeting was a collaborative initiative by Proyecto Aporta and the European Public Sector Information Platform
• Proyecto Aporta’s provision of the meeting venue and financial contribution to the meeting has facilitated this meeting and are gratefully acknowledged.
• Proyecto Aporta, Spanish Public Sector Information Re-use service, is an initiative of the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio, Spain (MITYC)
• The European Public Sector Information Platform (ePSIplatform) is funded under the European Commission’s eContentplus programme

Related News and Information

An open invitation for the Open Data and PSI re-use Communities

Project Aporta’s PSI Meeting 2010 ‘Participation’ Forum is Online

Madrid PSI 2010 Meeting: Roundtable Panels

Madrid PSI Meeting 2010: New Date: 9 June