[open-government] IODC'16 Call for Proposals is open until April 3

[Martin Alvarez-Espinar]

Dear all, [Apologies for cross posting]



The Call for Proposals for the 4th International Open Data Conference
(IODC16) –held in Madrid on October 6 and 7, 2016– is *open for submissions
from March 1 to April 3*, 2016. An event of global reference, organized by
the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, through the Secretary of
State for Telecommunications and Information Society and the public
institution Red.es.

After the third successful edition held in Ottawa (Canada), Spain takes the
baton and will be the location of the next edition of the Conference –in
Madrid-, supported by international entities such as the World Bank
<http://www.worldbank.org/>, the International Development Research Centre
of Canada (IDRC) <http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Pages/default.aspx>, and the Open
Data for Development Network (OD4D)
<http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-technology/our-insights/open-data-unlocking-innovation-and-performance-with-liquid-information>
.

Under the motto ‘Global Goals, Local Impact,’ IODC16 will continue the work
initiated in the previous editions and undertakes the challenge of
promoting new projects, facilitating dialogue about the situations that the
international open data community has to face, and favour the diffusion of
solutions to present problems.

IODC16 will be one of the foremost meeting points to explore and debate the
topics established in the International Open Data Charter, and search for
innovative solutions in areas such as Education, Transport, Consumer
products, Electricity, Extractive industries, Healthcare, and Personal
finances.

*Call for proposal*

With the launch of the Call for Proposals, the whole open data community is
invited to participate in the elaboration of the programme of the 4th
International Open Data Conference.

The proposals are meant to collaborate in the definition of the Conference
programme, organized on the basis of three lines of work:

   - *Call for impact**:* specific open data initiatives that have real
   impact on people’s lives.
   - *Call for sharing**:* sessions focused on sharing the knowledge on the
   field, discuss specific topics or collect best practices implemented by
   different collectives (companies, civic organizations and research groups,
   among others, including governments from all over the world).
   - *Call for action**:* lectures, forums and work groups with the
   objective of building a roadmap for the global open data community.

All the necessary information about the bases and conditions can be found
on the call for proposals webpage
<http://opendatacon.org/launch-of-the-call-for-proposals-to-participate-in-iodc16/>.
Please note than, the deadline for the submission of proposals is April 3,
2016; then, there will be an evaluation period of six weeks. After the
evaluation period, the selected authors will be informed and invited to
take part in the official programme of the 4th International Open Data
Conference.

Please consult the website <http://opendatacon.org/> for further detail on
IODC16.

Best,

Martin
<http://opendatacon.org/>

*IODC´16. OPERATIONAL WORKING GROUP*

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SOCIETY
MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY AND TOURISM – SPAIN
info at iodc2016.es
<https://www.facebook.com/opendatacon/> #IODC16
<https://twitter.com/search/iodc16> <https://twitter.com/opendatacon>
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