The Open Knowledge Foundation Comes of Age - Open Enterprise

"The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKF) was launched just over seven years ago....I've been following the Open Knowledge Foundation for some years: I'm on its Advisory Board, and talked at its conference last year. So it's not as if I haven't been watching its development, but even I was surprised when I attended this year's conference in Berlin as its guest to speak once more. Two things seem to have happened. First, the Open Knowledge Foundation itself seems to have gone up a level. Where before it was a fairly, er, select band of UK open data enthusiasts working diligently behind the scenes, now it appears to have spread its wings across the world. There are OKF chapters opening up in several countries, and it was highly symbolic that this year's conference was held in Berlin, not London. According to a post on the conference from my fellow OKF advisory board member Peter Murray-Rust, there were around 400 people attending, and I can believe it. During the two days that I was there, the whole conference building was a-buzz with people, conversations and ideas...."