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Events and opportunities for August 2016
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Open Data Manchester Monthly
Events and Opportunities for August 2016

We hope that you are taking it easy and enjoying the Summer. Although the world of open data never stops we are taking a break until September where we will kick off Autumn with Making data useful and other stories - How Greater Manchester local authorities are using data to help their citizens. We are also in the process of organising with partners two upcoming events one a follow on to What happened? The data behind the referendum looking at the influence of the media, both social and traditional and Open Smart Cities taking place as part of Withering Bytes in Hebdon Bridge on the 6th September.

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CONTENTS
ODM events
Other events
Opportunities
About us

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ODM EVENTS
Making data useful and other stories - How GM local authorities are using data to help their citizens
27th September 2016 6.30pm - 8.30pm, Greenheys Business Centre, Manchester

September's Open Data Manchester looks at how two local authorities are using data to deliver service.
Alison Mckenzie Folan and Alison Hughes from Wigan Council will show how they are using data to help them engage the community, target resources and enhance services. Wigan Deal has been seen as an exemplar of engagement between the public sector, local businesses and community.

Jamie Whyte leads Trafford Innovation Lab which has been developing new and innovative ways to make open data understandable. The insight created has enabled community groups to use data to help them apply for funding, created resources for councillors and shone a light onto the complex world of school admissions.

Tickets and more information here
 
#OpenSmartCities16 at Wuthering Bytes
6th Sept 09.00 - 17.00, Hebden Bridge Town Hall, Hebden Bridge

The first in a series of events and activity working on how to apply technology, data science and innovation to the places where we live.

This is a full day of exploration, show & tell and collaborative working, where we try and answer questions on:
  • Creating smart and empowered communities
  • Making sure that communities of all sizes can benefit from technology and new ways of working
  • What is the Smart City anyway?
This event is a partnership between ODI Leeds & sponsors, Leeds Data Thing, Things Network (Leeds and Manchester), OpenData Manchester, Calderdale DataWorks, MySociety, The ODI, and more to be confirmed.

Tickets are £10. Register here

 
OTHER EVENTS

NE Data Meet up

7th Sept 18.00 - 20-00, FSB North East England, Newcastle

The regular NEData meetups at Campus North are for all those interested in open data or intrigued by open data.

The meetups will hear from people and organisations that have used open data, some practical ways of using open data and what datasets we'd like to see opened up by Councils and others.

Tickets and information here

UKDS Open Data Dive

24th Sept All day, The Shed, Manchester

The UK Data Service Open Data Dive aims to bring together coders, data enthusiasts, graphic designers, project managers and pizza lovers into the same room to hunt down, crunch and beautify open social and economic data. 
The Open Data Dive is free to attend, open to everyone and we'll lay on free lunch and drinks all day.

Tickets and information here
Opportunities


Publish What You Fund
Director of Advocacy - London. Deadline 17th August

Publish What You Fund is incredibly excited to be looking for a Director of Advocacy to help advance the cause of aid transparency.
You’re joining a passionate, capable and experienced team based in London. You will be responsible for building and maintaining the relationships that keep transparency high on the agenda for aid and development. This includes relationships with bilateral donors, multilateral development banks and the participants in global development processes.

Partnerships and Development Officer - London. Deadline 22nd August

The Partnerships and Development Officer will help manage relations with existing funders and develop new ones. Reporting on existing grants and developing new ones are both important parts of the role. Crucially, the Officer will work on the preparation of funding reports to strict deadlines, increasing capacity for partnership development for long term, multi-year grants.

More details of the above positions here


ODINE - Open Data Incubator for Europe

Last round 31st August 2016
Various locations - €100,000 + extras per company
Europe is supporting the next generation of digital businesses. The Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE) is part of that support – enabling European citizens to build sustainable businesses using open data.
We have assembled a world-class package of support to help European innovators grow their open-data idea into a sustainable business:
  • up to €100,000 per company
  • expert advice from business mentors
  • peer-networking and support
  • technology and data sets
  • high-quality coverage in The Guardian datablog;
  • brokering introductions to business angels and venture capitalists.
We are accepting applications from SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) working with open data from 1 May 2015 to 31 August 2016. New applications will be assessed every two months by a panel of external reviewers. Selected projects will run for up to six months.
ABOUT US

The Open Data Manchester Monthly aims to go out on the second Monday of the month. It s purpose is to highlight the activity, opportunities and challenges that exist for open data practitioners and those in the wider open data community. Founded at the beginning of 2010, Open Data Manchester is entirely voluntary and delivers open data related advocacy, events and opportunities for the open data community in Greater Manchester and beyond. If you would like to support or sponsor us please contact Julian Tait
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