Keynote at the 2nd International Open Data Dialog, Berlin, 18 November 2013 (http://open-data.fokus.fraunhofer.de/?page_id=2075&lang=en)

1. 2nd International Open Data Dialogue
18 November 2013, Berlin
On Opening Up
Government Data

2. Carl-Christian Buhr
@ccbuhr
http://bit.ly/cc_buhr

3. All views are
just mine...

5. ...but you are welcome
to agree

6. Slides available at
http://slidesha.re/oddialog
...and even
to share
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

7. EU Commission
Vice-President
“open & direct”
@NeelieKroesEU
http://bit.ly/NeelieKroesEU

8. Commissioner for the
(Roaming, Spectrum, ISPs, Internet
Governance, Net Neutrality, Cybersecurity,
Media, R&D, Hardware, Online Privacy,
Standardisation...)
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda

9. Open Data (ideally) is
1. raw
2. available
3. re-usable
(4. interesting)

10. Why should the Digital
Agenda care?
Computers
Internet
Automation
= Open Data (perhaps)

11. Why should everyone else
care?
Better data
==>
Better decisions

12. Not using
available
data
=
Walking
blind

14. Fairness
Image credit [1]

15. Transparency
Image credit [2]

16. Value
Image credit [3]

17. Isn't this just a gimmick?

18. Think again
GPS
Geographical info
Weather info
Public transport info
Traffic info
Company registry info
...

19. Open Public Data Investment Cycle
1. Make data open, reliably
2. See new uses
3. See new tools/services/jobs
4. Receive new taxes
Overall EU potential economic
gain: 140bn EUR/year

20. Same logic for corporate data!
Overall: How to support data value
chains?
Neelie Kroes just announced work
on a PPP for Big Data

21. What does the EU do?

22. 1. Make more data open
- Make EU data available
- New PSI re-use directive
- Follow-up with EU Members
http://open-data.europa.eu/

23. 2. Fund Open Data
Research & Innovation

24. 3. Make publicly funded
research results openly
accessible

25. Open Access in Horizon 2020
Publications
OA Mandate
(Green/Gold, Embargo 6/12m)
&
OA to Data Pilot
Image Credits [3, 4]

26. 10 Theses
on Open Data in Europe

27. 1. Open Data adds to
Freedom of Information Rules

28. 2. Open Data
means re-use

29. 3. Open Data is an
economic issue

30. 4. Open Data
makes transparency real

31. 5. Open Data must
become routine

32. 6. Open Data should be
“hard-wired”

33. 7. Open Data drives
public sector modernisation

34. 8. Nobody should
wait for legislation

35. 9. Open Data and
data protection play together

36. 10. Open Data in 2030 everywhere or losing

37. Questions?
Contacts
<web>http://bit.ly/{NeelieKroesEU, cc_buhr}</web>
<twitter>@NeelieKroesEU, @ccbuhr</twitter>
<facebook>http://on.fb.me/Neelie_Kroes</facebook>
Slides available at
http://slidesha.re/oddialog
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

38. Image Credits
[1, Tax]: http://www.firstpost.com/economy/disclose-true-income-by-15-dec-or-face-action-govt-to-tax-evaders-551901.html
[2, Transparency]: http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0811kanagawa-1.asp
[3, Gold]:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27117418@N07/2557960827/
[4, Green]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spool32/4633177036/