The WMODF promotes the release, reuse & integration of #opendata to benefit communities, businesses and public services across Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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More than 100 UK and international organisations, experts and campaigners signed an open letter to Rishi Sunak buff.ly/3N0agqz co-ordinated by our friends at @connnectedbydata
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Some of our friends in #Scotland are running an #OpenData unconference on Nov 18th and 19th '23 - details in tweet below 👇🏼
@ODcamp could you tweet about Scottish Open Data Unconference ti.to/code-the-city/sodu-202… please?
Woohoo! Open Data Camp is coming to the #WestMidlands - Sat & Sun 1st and 2nd July in #Wolverhampton #OpenData Cc @WestMids_CA @stu_lester @paulbradshaw
Open Data Camp #8: Wolverhampton, 1-2 July 2023 odcamp.uk/open-data-camp-8-w…
Statement on the status of the West Midlands Open Data Forum wmodf.org.uk/2022/11/25/than…
Good to see this happening in #Birmingham #OpenData
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The first post-year output from the evaluation of Coventry City of Culture 2021 focuses on the quantitative data from the programme & the work of the @Coventry2021 City of Culture Trust. Further reports will be released later in 2022. #Coventry #research
bit.ly/3UCA3ap
ALT Credit Dylan Parrin
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An opportunity to share #Coventry data and develop new ideas and concepts, join us at The Coventry Cultural Challenge - Evaluating Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 #Coventry #Data #Research #cityofculture coventry21evaluation.info/co…
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Do you work in arts & culture; or data & analysis? Or are you a digital artist or coder? Join our Coventry Cultural Challenge #hackathon on the weekend of 5-6 November 2022 for unprecedented access to big data from Coventry’s year as the UK City of Culture coventry21evaluation.info/co… – at Coventry, England
ALT Poster for the Coventry Cultural Challenge Hackathon on 5-6 November 2022. Text reads: Do you work in arts and culture? Or are you a data scientist or analyst? Or perhaps a digital artist or coder? Join the Coventry Cultural Challenge on the weekend of 5-6 November 2022 for unprecedented access to big data from Coventry’s year as the UK City of Culture, and create innovative concepts, ideas, and products to make life better in Coventry. Teams with the best ideas will then have the opportunity to pitch your ideas to cultural leaders at Coventry’s Reel Store this December. https://coventry21evaluation.info/coventry-cultural-challenge
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So,... there's an amazing plugin for QGIS from Japan (sponsored by Toyota it seems) which takes GTFS public transport timetables and creates frequency maps with no work and I loaded up the GTFS format GB railway timetable (which I obviously have hanging around) and wow.
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Great to see this piece out!
Expanding @beisgovuk Smart Data schemes is one of the provisions of the UK's draft new Data Bill, so that customers can "move" their data between service providers for better deals & better access to support. But how it's rolled out will be crucial 👇🏿
ODI Head of Policy @TechMilly examines how @DCMS's #smartdata plan can support #innovation in the UK economy, but needs to break down the barriers of #datasharing for the market to thrive.
📖Read it here @computerweekly
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The West Midlands has an ambition to be #netzero by 2041. Come join @NewUnion_org on this participative #opendata event at the University of Birmingham on Wednesday 7th September!
Help us to make #OpenData a resource for everybody, especially for upskilling our #ClimateChange activists, #ThirdSector journalists, & researchers working towards #NetZero.
Join us for this innovative & participative event.
Learn more 👇
eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data… #greenopendata
Notes from our meeting on 14 June are now available at wmodf.org.uk/2022/06/17/note…
The next WMODF meeting will take place on 14 June 4-5pm, online. Agenda will be on the future of WMODF. If you’re living or working in the West Midlands and interested in shaping #opendata in the region and would like to join us, please email [email protected].
Do you live or work in the West Midlands and have an interest in #opendata? We need YOU to come and help shape the refresh and relaunch of the West Midlands Open Data Forum #WMODF: wmodf.org.uk/2022/06/06/next…
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@brumlableader @BrumLabour @Cllr_IanWard Are you aware that Brum Council is trying to keep every single contract with a third party supplier secret and dodge FOIA requests, despite your transparency obligations. What is there to hide? Thi policy is clearly unlawful. #FOIA
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Here's our @ODIHQ commentary on the UK's AI Strategy. If you (a) care about data, and/or (b) like a good gif, then this one's for you 👇
(1/14) Another day, another exciting data-related policy document from the UK government.
This time it’s the #NationalAIStrategy: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Read our twitter thread for comment from @ODIHQ…
LATEST: After 7 years Chairing @wmodf, @paulineroche has stepped down; we are grateful for her dedication to promotion of #OpenData in #WestMidlands; for queries about the network, member @SiChunLam has kindly agreed to be point of contact; website still bit.ly/2BYPQcZ
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🚨 ACTION ALERT 🚨
👉The online ad industry is stealing our most intimate personal data.
👉 The ICO refuses to take action against the widespread & systemic abuses of our privacy rights.
👉We've taken the ICO to court to ensure that they do their job!
action.openrightsgroup.org/h…
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UK govt has just launched a consultation on major post-GDPR data protection reform. You'll see lots of commentary about it in the weeks ahead, but this, by @ODIHQ, is the only one that matters: *gif*s that keep on giving... (sorry!). Can you do better? 👇
(1/13) @DCMS have just published a whopping 146-page consultation on reforms around the UK’s #DataProtection regime – ‘Data: A new direction’: gov.uk/government/consultati…
Read our twitter thread for comment from @ODIHQ...
