In Switzerland there is a growing discussion about open government data, on June 24 2011 a very well appreciated conference – opendata.ch 2011 – took place in Bern.
All presentations can be found at opendata.ch.and on youtube.
Jeremy Stucki (interactive things) posted an English summary on datavisualization.ch. Many thanks!
Invited speakers Nigel Shadbolt and Rufus Pollock presented their views in a lively and engaging manner.
My presentation was about open data and Official Statistics: Some Perspectives. Here it is
.. ans as video in German
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