Accra2013

Programme
Participants of this event will be exposed to new ways of solving and analyzing problems using open public data. They will be asked to discover, define and propose new ideas to develop applications on topics relevant to overcome societal challenges. They will be inspired to seize every opportunity to connect, share ideas and create life changing applications in the areas of Health, Education, Telecommunication, Energy, Agriculture, Sanitation, Real Estates, Crime reduction, Road traffic management and many more.

Agenda

 * 9:00 – 9:30: Registration of participants
 * 9:30 – 9:40: Welcome Remarks and Introduction of teams for presentation
 * 9:40 – 10:10: Presentation of GODI project
 * 10:10 – 10:30: Open Data in the US: Lessons learned, Recommendations, Way Forward
 * 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee Break
 * 11:00 – 11:30: Presentation of data Boot-camp projects and Status of the project
 * 11:30 – 12:20: Brainstorming session: open data ideas and projects
 * 12:20- 12:40: Pitching & Voting on App Ideas
 * 12:40- 12:50: Breaking into groups
 * 12:50 – 13:00: Demo + Presentation
 * 13:00 – 13:50: Lunch Time
 * 13:50 – 14:20: Scraping Tutorials
 * 14:20 – 14:50: Visualization Tutorials
 * 14:50 – 15:50: Hacking Time
 * 15:50 – 16:00: Demo + Presentation
 * 16:00 – 16:10: Coffee Break
 * 16:10 – 17:00: Show & Tell
 * 17:00 – 17:30: Awards, Q and A, Closing remarks

Venue

 * Kofi Annan ICT Centre

Contact

 * For more information please contact Ghana Open Data Initiative
 * Tel: 233 206 371 655 or log on to our Facebook page to register to attend.