There has been growing interest in many circles, and especially in government, regarding \'open data\'. In this talk he\'ll explain what open is, what\'s its attraction is, especially for government information, and finally explain how governments and others can \'go open\'. Access to government data is essential to many of the webapps and digital services we\'d like to see, from planning a journey to work to knowing where your taxes get spent. As well as covering the basic what, why, how of open data this talk will look at examples of some of the most interesting work in this area and provide a vision for what developing open data ecosystem could look like. Finally, could you please let me know as soon as possible how flights, accommodation etc will get worked out. I still haven\'t got any details here and I may not be coming direct from the UK (I may go via the US).

Português:

Dr. Rufus Pollock é Fellow da Shuttleworth Foundation, um associado do Centro para a Propriedade Intelectual e Direito da Informação na Universidade de Cambridge e diretor da Open Knowledge Foundation, que ele co-fundou em 2004. Ele trabalhou extensivamente como um estudioso e desenvolvedor sobre as questões sociais, legais e tecnológicas relacionadas com a criação e compartilhamento de conhecimentos.

English:

Dr. Rufus Pollock is a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, an Associate of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge and a Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation which he co-founded in 2004. He has worked extensively as a scholar and developer on the social, legal and technological issues related to the creation and sharing of knowledge.