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The Honourable Liz Sandals MPP (Guelph) & President of the Treasury Board opened the 2017 GO Open Data Conference on May 5th at the City of London’s Public Library. Minister Sandals spoke about the Province of Ontario’s commitment to open, transparent governance and announced that Ontario has officially adopted the International Open Data Charter

Download a copy of the Conference Review at opendata.ca

Culture, Currency & Communitech

Kevin Tuer, Ph.D., P.Eng and Managing Director of odx Canada’ Open Data Exchange, spoke at the Conference about the need on both the supply side and demand side to understand the value of open data and the need to strategize to define an outcome. Kevin made reference to Map Your Property as an App that demonstrates that understanding.  Minister Sandals is also a fan (go to the 5 minute mark on the video). I haven’t had a chance to try it out, but as a tool for real estate/land development professionals working in Toronto or York Region, it looks very promising!

Communitech data hub

“newest addition to Waterloo’s Innovation Ecosystem”

 Open Data 150 Canada Project

Thanks to organizers of the GoOpenData conference for sending this update:
“The Open Data 150 (OD150) is your opportunity to be heard. It is the only survey of its kind in Canada to identify open data use and needs by companies. The survey results will be reviewed by Governments at all levels (Municipal, Provincial, Federal) to understand the value of Open Data sets so that resources can be applied to priority data sets. Advocate for your data set and your company and be part of the 150. 
Additionally, for a limited time only, companies who fill out the survey by May 31st will receive a custom ODX shirt”
Open Data 150 link: http://canada.opendata500.com/
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 “The real battle is for the data that delivers the most relevant and pertinent insights — the combination of data sets that enable effective and more rapid monetization of data.” This means combining data from customers, social media, machines and the Internet of things. It means finding new ways to transform the data into information and knowledge. In the end, Capgemini CEO John Brahim noted, organizations that do not act…and react appropriately, face a “serious threat to survival.” – See more at: http://www.cioinsight.com

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