Cairo2016

Cairo will celebrate Open Data Day 2016 with its biggest event yet.

ODD Cairo 2016 ties into the global Open Data Movement with a hackathon, workshops and participation in international online hangouts. ODD Cairo 2016 was organised by Transport for Cairo.

Cairo Mobility Hackathon
The Cairo Mobility Hackathon is concerned with issues of transportation and mobility around the city. It is not enough for professionals and authorities to tackle every day problems, citizens should have a go at them too. Coders, creatives, planners, engineers, doctors, and everyone should have a say in how they move around the city. Having data gathered from a big pool of people can lead us to ask and answer the right questions that will one day shape the characteristics of mobility around our city.

To support the Cairo Mobility Hackathon, Transport for Cairo published the regions first open dataset on Public Transportation.

The Cairo Mobility Hackathon will be 10am – 6pm. It will take place at the Margo Gallery.

Workshops
=Planning [in] Justice: Re-framing the City through Access to Data=

The workshop will shed the some light on the efforts of TADAMUN: The Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative to re-frame our understanding of Cairo and its problems through access to data. It will also investigate how data driven innovation can change our perspective on urban development priorities and foster better accountability and transparency, enabling citizens to play a more effective role in the management of their city. TADAMUN is an initiative of Takween Integrated Community Development (Cairo); and American University (Washington, D.C.)

Takween is an urban development company established in 2009 by a young dynamic team with extensive experience in response to the growing need for urban solutions to support and complement efforts of tackling urban challenges

=Open Data: Consumers’ Checklist=

Whether you have some knowledge of open data, work in a related field or are completely new to this domain, this session will provide you with an introduction to Open Data and highlight the key considerations for users to get the most benefit out of Open Data.

ODI Cairo Node was established in May 2015 as the first node in Africa and Egypt. The node is operated by the Software Engineering Competence Centre (SECC) of the Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA). The node aims at establishing, fostering, and growing the open data culture in Egypt with focus on generating value from open data to the IT industry. Cairo is a learning node, which will provide open data workshops, events and training with ODI Registered Trainers. http://cairo.theodi.org/

=Freedom of Information and Open Data=

This workshop is a panoramic presentation of the relation between Freedom of Information and Open Data. Tons of public data are locked behind closed doors; and we will explor e what needs to be done to free those data. The workshop will tackle various different -yet connected- topics: Access to Information, Privacy Protection, Open Licensing, and Open Data; with a special focus on the Egyptian stand on these issues. Support for Information Technology Center (SITC) is a civil society organization advocating the Right to Knowledge.

=InfoTimes=

InfoTimes is a modern information design and data visualisation agency in Egypt with one common philosophy: data should be designed for sharing. It’s an easy access website, so you can simply get the accurate data, understand it, and share it with no time.

Our mission at the current time is to improve the skills of Arab journalists, raise the awareness among Arab press with the importance of data journalism, how they can use the datasets and spreadsheets for their own good.

International Hangouts
Open Data Day Cairo will feature multiple international online hangouts, where a cross­ border discussion takes place online.

Panel Discussion
A2K4D will host a panel discussion on “Openness in Context: What Does Open Data Mean?”

Time: 04:00PM to 08:00PM @ Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus

To contact the organisers - للتواصل مع المنظمين
 * [mailto:m.hegazy@transportforcairo.com E-Mail Mohamed Hegazy]
 * Cairo Open Data Day