Open Belgium is organising its first local spin off called Open Antwerp, hosted by Idealabs. We'll have three sessions about Open Data on a City level, specifically concerning Antwerp. Because we ask ourselves what is the impact of Open Data on a city level? Where do we stand with open data on this local level and what can we expect for the coming years? Prepare for talks, rasing questions and discussions afterwards that will definitely engage every Open Data enthusiast.

The entrance is free and we'll provide sandwiches and some drinks, there are limited spaces so registration is mandatory but no need to bring a paper ticket. We'll have a guestlist with your name on it.

Programme:
17:00 - Doors

17:30 - Introduction
Introduction by Pieter Colpaert, chairman of OKFN Belgium

17:45 - Open Functionality in Antwerp
The first speaker is Gerrie Smits, Digital & Innovation Strategist at Stad Antwerpen. He will talk about the concept of Open Functionalities, an new, open approach the city is exploring that will allow innovators to build upon their platform.

18:15 - Environmental data on city level
The second speaker is Olav Peeters, working on open data at ircel-celine and VMM. Olav will tell us about his role in these organisations and how cities can benefit from (realtime) environmental data.

18:45 - Food
Food and drinks break

19:15 - Local Data Census
Local Data Census discussion session with Maaike Scherrens, intern at OKFN Belgium and one the winners of Apps for Culture and Mathias Van Compernolle, researcher at MICT. The questions they will present are start of a discussion on 'How are we going to measure the efforts of the Belgian cities concerning open data?'. You'll be the first to discuss which datasets are important for you, something we might implement in the data census coming later this summer.

20:00 - General Assembly of OKFN Belgium
General Assembly of OKFN Belgium vzw, guided by Pieter Colpaert. We will introduce our organisational effort, our vision and set goals. You're also invited to this presentation if your curious on what OKFN Belgium wants to achieve.

We hope to see you there.
For related questions feel free to send us an email through pieter-jan [at] okfn.be