Dear fellows from the datameet group, after two months across Europe, *Open Steps* arrives in Mumbai mid of September and is pleased to invite you to* its first workshop in India on 20th September (4-6pm)*.
Open-Steps <http://www.open-steps.org/> is an initiative from two young berliners Alex (spanish, software developer) and Margo (french, european politics) who decided to leave their daily lives and travel around the world for one year. On this journey, they are meeting people and organisations working actively in open knowledge related projects, documenting them on their website. Also, open data is the area where their both backgrounds converge and that's why they run a workshop entitled “Visualising Open Data to bring out global issues”<http://www.open-steps.org/workshop/> on the way and research about the current situation of open data in the countries they are visiting. This event is organised with the support of Web Notes Technologies<http://erpnext.com/> and will take place in their office, *D/324 Neelkanth Business Park, Vidyavihar West, Mumbai.* For more information, visit www.open-steps.org/workshop. We hope to see you among the audience on 20th September and are looking forward to discussing with you about open cultures & open data in India! Best regards, Margo Thierry & Alex Corbi http://www.open-steps.org cont...@open-steps.org ------------- <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tkLbZR2vAJ8/UjALzbh6tQI/AAAAAAAAAIA/hEVMgcghuHc/s1600/Open+Steps+in+Mumbai.jpg> WORKSHOP DETAILS: "Visualizing open data to bring out global issues" Thanks to the large amounts of open data being released for free on the Internet, we can take a quick glimpse at current issues characterizing our world. Although, this complex data is sometimes difficult to be understood in its initial form. By going from theory to practice, we will show where data can be quickly gathered from, and by using open source technologies, put it in a visual context to make relevant issues easy to understand. In addition, attendees will be encouraged to discuss topics involving each of us. The goal of this workshop is also to increase awareness of the importance and benefits of making information available for everybody and how sharing knowledge is one of the steps towards making our planet better. We hope to see you on 20th September and are looking forward to discussing with you Table of contents: 1. Introduction to Open Knowledge and Open Data 1.1 What are open knowledge and open data? Why do they matter? 1.2 Examples of administrations and organisations releasing information to the public domain. 1.3 Transparency in politics as a way to achieve real democracy. 2. There is so much data out there, and its free! 2.1 Online sources where you can get open data. 2.2 World Bank as major data hub. 3. Why visualization matters 3.1 Understanding complex problems by looking at simple graphs. 3.2 Examples of data visualizations we have developed describing worldwide issues in the fields of Politics, Environment, Education and Social development. 4. Practical session 4.1 How to build a data visualization in 5 minutes using free online tools. 4.2. Technical questions related to the tools used. 5. Open debate 5.1 Which data would I like to visualize? Attendees have the opportunity to propose topics and relevant data they would consider interesting to explore. Everyone will be also encouraged to publish their own data visualizations on our platform. Target groups: - individuals or collectives. - interested in open source technologies and the philosophy behind open knowledge. - searching for data sources for research. - working with visualizations. - developing a conscious approach to global topics. - having general interest in the topic. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
