Kathmandu2014

We are planning to have the following events on the Open Data Day 2014 http://opennepal.net/odd2014/ in Kathmandu, Nepal.


 * Open Data Hackathon: Hackers/programmers/statisticians/open data enthusiasts coming together to work on the open data, make sense of the data, visualize them. YoungInnovations will be facilitating the Hackathon.


 * Opening Up Data with OpenStreetMap: Kathmandu Living Labs and OSMNepal Community will be demonstrating the power and use of Open Data using OpenStreetMap as a case in point. Also, we will be training and creating new mappers; and devising strategies for enhancing the quality of Open (Map) Data through community discussions. Kathmandu Living Labs will be facilitating this event.


 * Data Liberation Scrapathon: Students/programmers will scrape the data from different sources in the open format. We seek requests from people for the data they are looking for with sources.


 * Data Talks: Series of data talks on different sectors. So far we have identified various sectors - open data on foreign aid, open data and civil society, open data and mapping, open data and government accountability.


 * Showcase of Initiatives: There will be dedicated spaces for open data initiatives. The following initiatives have been identified and need to be confirmed with few of them.
 * Open Nepal
 * Accountability Lab
 * Local Interventions Group
 * Galli Galli
 * Robotics Association of Nepal
 * International Aid Transparency Initiative and AidStream
 * Aid Management Platform, Ministry of Finance
 * Company Registrar's Office
 * Open Aid Partnership Pilot in Nepal
 * Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal
 * Wikimedia Nepal
 * Innovative Student projects on open data and visualizaiton
 * Regional Database Initiative of ICIMOD

Venue: Local Development Training Academy, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur

Date: Feb 22, 2014 (Saturday)

Time: 9:00AM - 5:30PM