Opendata.ch/2018: 3. Juli | bundesRUNDSCHAU

Google English: "Opendata.ch/2018 is Switzerland's leading conference on open data. Every year we shape the national open-data discussion, with representatives from administration, business, science, politics, journalism, IT and other areas of interest. This year, the conference will be held on 3 July in St. Gallen by the University of Applied Sciences St Gallen and the Opendata.ch association.

* With the founder of Open Knowledge, Rufus Pollock, who presents 'his vision of an open revolution'. *

You can expect a diverse and dynamic program with the focus on concrete added value thanks to open data. High-ranking speakers from Switzerland and Europe dedicate themselves in keynote presentations and interactive tracks to current topics such as:

- Open Data Startups

- Open Smart Cities

- Open Data in Science

- Linked Open Data

- Open mobility data

- Blockchain for Open Data

As every year, the Opendata.ch/2018 conference will have a lasting positive effect on the role of open data in Switzerland. Get your ticket now and contribute to it.

unconference

The Unconference, supported by «IT rocks!», Places current open data projects and data records at the center of the action. These are portrayed online at hack.opendata.ch, made known regularly via our social channels and presented at the conference by means of a physical installation.

Are you part of a suitable initiative or do you know about exciting new open data? Then take the chance and become part of the Unconference. We look forward to your contribution.

Open Data Student Award

You can also look forward to the first Open Data Student Awards, the award for outstanding applications of open data in teaching and training.

If you are the supervisor of a student work of a Swiss university, you have until 21 June to register your students.

More detail can be found here."