[OKFN-CH] Register now for the Opendata.ch/2016 conference

Mon Apr 25 19:07:54 UTC 2016

Good evening dear Open Data Enthusiasts 

we are excited as registration is now open for the Opendata.ch/2016 conference, which will take place on June 14 in Lausanne.

Earlybird tickets are available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/opendatach2016-conference-tickets-24678121927?ref=ebtn

Best wishes and we’re looking forward to seeing you in Lausanne on June 14!
Muriel on behalf of Opendata.ch

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Opendata.ch/2016 is Switzerland’s leading event convened around the issues of Open Data. This year will see a more diverse, dynamic, brighter and better Open Data Conference than ever before. Join us on June 14 at the Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne to shape the national conversation among business executives, politicians, public officals, researchers and open data enthusiasts from all over Switzerland through a program that includes (among others):

* Nuria Gorrite, Senior Civil Servant of the Canton of Vaud, Chief of the Department of Infrastructure and Human Resources

* Marcel Salathé, Associate Professor EPFL, Life Sciences & Computer and Communication Sciences & Academic Director EPFL Extension School, enthusiastic about Open Data and the quest for a just digital future

* Denis Gursky, CEO and Founder of Socialboost – a tech NGO that promotes innovative instruments in order to improve civic engagement and make government more digitalized — thus accountable, transparent and open.

* Anja Wyden Guelpa, Chancellor of State at Republic and Canton of Geneva

* Simon Chignard, Data Editor @ Etalab (plateforme data.gouv.fr) and author of Datanomics (2015) and Open Data (2012)

* Guillaume Leborgne, Director of Transparency and Open Data at SNCF

* Joshua Goldstein, CEO of the Department of Better Technology (DOBT)

We thank our partner EPFL and our sponsors Liip & eGovernment Switzerland for their tremendous support in realizing the Opendata.ch/2016 conference.
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