Open Data Day @ UCT In-Person
Open Data Day is a global celebration of open data. For the tenth year running, groups from around the world will create local events where they will learn about and use open data in their communities. Open Data Day is an opportunity to show the many benefits of different kinds of open data and encourage the adoption of relevant policies and practices in government, business and civil society.
Friday 6th of March 2020
8:30 to 13:00
Library Learning Lounge, Snape Building
Tea and a Light Lunch will be served
At UCT, the libraries are hosting our Open Data Day event a day earlier (not on the weekend) to make sure that you can easily participate. We have lined up a variety of short (max. 10-minute) presentations, to get you inspired by your colleagues’ different open data practices.
After a whirlwind ride of Open Data Day lightning talks, there will be an informal panel discussion about the various data journeys taking place at UCT - come and share with us how you are contributing to the open movement!
- Date:
- Friday 6 March 2020
- Time:
- 8:30am - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Africa Time (change)
- Location:
- Library Learning Lounge
- Campus:
- Upper Campus
- Categories:
- DLS events
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Theme & Title |
Speaker(s) |
Time |
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Registration |
08:30 - 09:00 |
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Opening address The importance of Open Data for equal development in South Africa |
09:00 - 09:15 |
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Introduction Speakers, Topics, Themes [Open Scholarship] |
09:20 - 09:25 |
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Thinking about improving data accessibility holistically: examples from NIDS |
09:30 - 09:40 |
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Critical reflections on some ethical considerations emerging in the climate services portals space [Environmental data] |
09:45 - 09:55 |
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Historical and repeat photographs as a source of qualitative and quantitative biodiversity information [Environmental data] |
10:00 - 10:10 |
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Tea break |
10:10 - 10:25 |
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Open-data readiness for SDG reporting [Data for equal development] |
10:30 - 10:40 |
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Convincing the Creative Humanities: [Open Scholarship] |
10:45 - 10:55 |
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Open Science with the Galaxy Project Community [Open Science] |
11:00 - 11:10 |
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Opening the Courtroom: [Data for equal development] |
11:15 - 11:25 |
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Genomic Data access in the Era of Personal Privacy - challenges and opportunities [Openness] |
11:30 - 11:40 |
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Open Access to Spatial Heritage Data [Open mapping] |
11:45 - 11:55 |
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Open Geospatial Data - Compounding Interests [Open mapping] |
12:00 - 12:10 |
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The Idealist in a Non-Ideal World [Moving towards Openness] |
12:15 - 12:25 |
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Mapping South Africa’s political landscape via Twitter [Openness] |
12:30 - 12:40 |
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Open panel discussion |
Speakers & audience |
12:45 - 13:15 |
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Announcements & Closing |
13:15 - 13:30 |
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Snacks, Tea & Coffee |
13:30 - 14:30 |
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