1. APPS FOR GHENT
26/09/2012
Bart Rosseau
E-Strategy
Stad Gent

2. Ego-slide
● Bart
● Gent
● Linus
● (ex)-Drummer
● Civil Servant

3. Making open data work,
offline…

4. Where to start ?
● Data ? Or developers?
●
● Platform ?
● Disclaimers?
● Proces ?
● A public moment?

5. Babysteps
● Apps For Ghent –
● may 2011
● Gather datasets
● “Neutral“ data
● GIS data
● Streenames
● No long term engagement
● Explore the field
● Learning
● Datasets on website, no dataportal yet

6. The winners
KADEE WAKANKDOEN

7. Lessons Learned
● You need expertise
● A learning curve is accepted by the
community
● A lot of goodwill to share the knowledge
● Relevant data
● Open formats
● Metadata/context

8. The Dialogue
● More data for better results
● Growing need for apps
● Open data > hackaton
● Connect data-owners with developers
● Data portal as community hub: data.gent.be
● Policy instrument for smart city

9. Partners!
Digipolis
●
●OKFN.be
●IBBT
●SME’s
●Hacktivists
●Politicians
●The Datatank
●Other governments/public bodies:
●Flemish Government
●V-iCT-OR (local gov ICT network)
●Citadel project

10. Apps for Ghent 2:
extending the network
● More ambition
● Students
● More development time for professionals
● Datatalks
● Network event (Ghent Living Lab)

11. And the winner is…
●The Missing H:
Circadia

13. Lessons… again.
● Structuring the data
● Dialogue between developers and data-owners
● prizes are not the ultimate incentive
● Students rock

14. And now…
● Ghent open data in ICT courses
●#Code9000
●http://data.gent.be
●Policy document
●Link BI – GIS – Data-analysis with open
data: data management

15. Results
● Insight in organisation and data
● Network of people interested and committed to
the city
● Partners to develop Ghent as a smart city
● Fun
● Apps

16. Questions?
http://appsforghent.be
http://data.gent.be
http://ghentlivinglab.be
Twitter: @bartrosseau
e-strategie@gent.be