[okfn-discuss] The Guardian government data debate on Apr 25 - with ao. OKF's Rufus Pollock

Tue Apr 2 15:24:29 UTC 2013

Can government data change the world? Join this The Guardian debate on Apr
25 to find out:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/mar/28/government-data-change-world

The panel will feature:

• Nick Hurd <https://www.gov.uk/government/people/nick-hurd>, Cabinet
Office Minister
• Paul Maltby, Cabinet
Office<https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/improving-the-transparency-and-accountability-of-government-and-its-services>
Director
for Transparency and Open Data
• Stephan Shakespeare <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_Shakespeare>,
CEO, YouGov <http://yougov.co.uk/>
• Rufus Pollock, Co-founder, Open Knowledge Foundation <http://okfn.org/>

• Simon Rogers <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/simonrogers>, editor of
the Guardian Datastore and Datablog will chair the debate
This rather awesome panel will answer questions including:

• How genuine are government drives for transparency and open data?
• What more should governments be doing to become genuinely transparent?
• Can open data change the world?
• How can the media help transform the debate?
• Can open data help transform government too?

Register here:
https://register.guardian.co.uk/can-open-data-change-world/register/

-Christian

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