
EDF 2014 - European Data Forum 2014
EDF 2014 - European Data Forum 2014
Athens, Greece
March 19-20, 2014
The EDF is the annual meeting-point for data practitioners from industry, research, the public-sector and community initiatives, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the emerging Data Economy in Europe.
The EDF 2014 comprises keynotes from global experts in the field, submitted presentations by participants, a panel and a 2-day exhibition. It concentrates on recent developments such as Open Data, Linked Data and Big Data and balances technical, application and socio-economic issues. The aim of the forum is to bring together all stakeholders involved in the data value chain to exchange ideas in order to strengthen the European data economy and its positioning worldwide. Discussions at EDF 2014 will also provide input to research, development, and policy activities at the European Commission (e.g., Horizon 2020) and those of the EU member states, with the aim of influencing the development of the new European data economy.

CeDEM14 - International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2014
CeDEM14 - International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2014
Danube University Krems, Austria
May 21-23, 2014
The international Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government brings together e-democracy, e-participation and open government specialists working in academia, politics, government and business to critically analyse the innovations, issues, ideas and challenges in the networked societies of the digital age.

Bayerisches Anwenderforum eGovernment
Bayerisches Anwenderforum eGovernment
München, Germany
May 22, 2014
The „Bayerisches Anwenderforum eGovernment“ takes place on the 21st and 22nd of May at the Nymphenburger Schloss where for the sixth time the eGovernment community of Bavaria gathered.

OPENSYM 2014 - 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration
OPENSYM 2014 – 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration
Berlin, Germany
August 27-29, 2014
The 10th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2014) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open access, open data, open educational resources, IT-driven open innovation, open source, wikis and related social media, and Wikipedia research and practice. Learn more about OpenSym 2014 and the OpenSym conference series.

2014 OKFestival
2014 OKFestival
Berlin, Germany
July 15-17, 2014
This year’s OKFestival is taking place in Berlin at the
Kulturbrauerei, a large architectural complex originally built and operated as a brewery, with multiple brick buildings and courtyards. OKFestival will occupy one entire courtyard and the surrounding buildings to create a “city-within-the-city”, comprised of indoor and outdoor spaces. In our festival home, we’ll have the flexibility to arrange the areas to suit the programme – whether for discussions, workshops, brainstorming or demos.

EGPA - European Group for Public Administration - Annual Conference
EGPA - European Group for Public Administration - Annual Conference
Speyer, Germany
September 11, 2014
The annual conference is the core activity of EGPA. It is held in a different European country every year. It is normally hosted by a member organisation. Each year, the theme selected for the conference is a topic of major concern for public administration in Europe.

2014 ODI Summit
2014 ODI Summit
London, UK
November 3-4, 2014
The ODI Summit returned across central London in 2014 over two days, hosting a training discovery day, a conference full of world class speakers and the first ever Open Data Awards at our gala dinner.
The summit celebrated innovation and evolution of open data and its impact across cultural, economic, environmental and social spheres.
Speakers included our founders Sirs Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt amongst other open data luminaries and leading thinkers from business, the media, government, technology and startups.