Toronto, Ontario

The Toronto rendition of Open Data 2015 is being organized as we speak! Below are the preliminary details of the event, including the organizing committee:

Committee

-Amon Khakimov, Government of Ontario Open Data team

-Bianca Wylie, Community Advocate

-Bruce Chau, Make Web Not War

-Jose Iguiniz, Government of Ontario Open Data team

-Keith McDonald, City of Toronto Open Data team

-Richard Pietro, Open Government Fanboy

CODE (Canadian Open Data Experience)

We're also working closely with the organizers of CODE and Canada's Treasury Board to make sure our events aren't competing, but complimentary to each other.

Podcamp Toronto

Last year we teamed up with Podcamp Toronto to bring Open Data to a diverse audience, one that would not normally be exposed to Open Government & Open Data. This year, we plan on doing the same thing again.

Microsoft store at Yorkdale Mall

The Microsoft Store at Yorkdale Mall will be hosting Open Data Demos from 2pm to 6pm on Friday, February 20th. Some of the featured demos include: -Think Data Works -Map Your Property -iamsick.ca -Learn QGIS -Citizenbridge.org

Agenda

9:00 to 9:15 Opening Ceremonies

9:15 to 9:30 Opening Remarks

9:30 to 10:30 Keynote - TBD

10:30 to 10:45 Break

10:45 to 11:00 Lightning Talk 1) Civics Bootcamp: Manjit Basi, Co-Founder, Citizens Academy (via Skype)    2) How to engage with city planning:  Daniel Fusca, Coordinator Stakeholder Engagement, City of Toronto Planning Dept.    3) Participatory Budgeting in Toronto:  Chloe-Marie Brown, Toronto Youth Cabinet

11:00 to 12:00 Panel Moderator: Bianca Wylie, Swerhun Facilitation Panel Members: Pamela Robinson, School of Urban and Regional Planning Panel Members: William Wolfe-Wylie, CBC News Editorial Web Developer Panel Members: Keith McDonald, City of Toronto Open Data Lead Panel Members: Dr. Tracey Lauriault, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), National University of Ireland, Maynooth

12:00 to 12:20 Lightning Talk 4) XBRL, The open data business reporting standard: Jerry Trites, Director XBRL Canada    5) Open Data from a student's perspective, Oohee Lee, UofT Hacks 6) Civic Design Camp, Meghan Hellstern, Studio Y Fellow at the MaRS Discovery District   7) Data Dives, Honey Dacanay, Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Cabinet Office Policy & Delivery

12:20 to 12:30 Closing Remarks

Podcamp Toronto - Feb 21 & 22

PodCamp Toronto is Canada's largest and longest running un-conference for people who create digital experiences and are at the forefront of innovation. It is where the country's professional and hobbyists community comes together for two days every year to share our stories, and our knowledge. Learning from one another, to make ourselves and our communities better.

The Open Data Day organizers will have a full slate at Podcamp Toronto and below is a list confirmed speakers:

The Open Government Podcast: The ins and outs or producing a podcast plus a live recording!

-Richard Pietro, The Open Government Tour

-Sameer Vasta, MaRS Data Catalyst

Affordable Housing: The Policy and The Data

-Desmond Cole, Torontoist staff writer and Newstalk Radio Host

-Geordie Dent, Federation of Metro Tenants Association

-Melissa Goldstein, Housing Action Now

-Neville Park, nevillepark.ca

-Morgen Peers, Microplanner

-Ushnish Sengupta, University of Toronto Research assistant

-Bianca Wylie, CODI & Swerhun Facilitation

Communicating Transit in a 24/7 World

-Anne Marie Aikins, Metrolinx Media Manager

Cityblocs.ca - Finding trends in how City Councillors vote

-Paul Fairie, Ph.D. in Political Science and Instructor at the University of Calgary (via Skype)

Civic Engagement & Technology, the perfect marriage

-Aashni Shah, University of Toronto / UofT Hacks

Data, Policy and Neighbourhoods

-Salomeh Ahmadi, Rexdale Lab

-Munira Abukar, Community Advocate

-Idil Burale, Columnist with Spacing.ca

-Safia Chowdhury, Community Advocate

-Andrew Do, Co-founder of the Policy Leadership Lab

-Andray Domise, Techsdale

-Open Data Institute Devon (UK) via Skype