On February 16, 2012, the British Columbia Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA BC) hosted a one day seminar entitled:
Open Data – So What?
Date: February 16, 2012
Time: 8:00 am – 4:15 pm
Location: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown 6083 MacKay Avenue, Burnaby, BC
In this seminar, we explored how geospatial technologies are being leveraged through open data, and how they are introduced into our daily lives both as GIS professionals and regular citizens.
SEMINAR AT A GLANCE
We have a dynamic lineup of speakers including:
- Sustainable Innovation Using Open Data
Presented by Luke Closs, Recollect
- Open Data Initiatives, Mobile Devices and Geo–Applications
Presented by Susan Romeo–Gilbert, Microsoft
- Building the City of Vancouver’s Open Data GIS Platform
Presented by Meng Li, City of Vancouver
- Improve Operations With Volunteer Geographic Information
Presented by Karen Stewart, Esri Canada
- Identifying the Origins and Destinations of Transit Customers Using Farebox Data
Presented by Michael Grant, BC Transit
- Regional Traffic Data Systems (RTDS) – The Road to the Future of “Open Data”
Presented by Keenan Kitasaka and Henry Ng, TransLink
- How to Run an Open Data Hackathon
Presented by Herb Lainchbury, Dynamic Solutions Inc
- The Journey to Open Data
Presented by David Wrate, Province of BC
- Open Data: How the Vancouver Public is Using It
Presented by Darrin Fast, City of Vancouver
- Why Open Data?
Presented by David Eaves, Open Government and Open Data Advocate
- Open Data Panel
Moderated by James Andrusiw, City of Coquitlam