Open DataCamp — 2012
A one-day unconference for people working with data from various sectors to come together and share their projects and ideas was organised in Bangalore on March 24, 2012. It was organised by the DataMeet group. Pranesh Prakash participated in the event.
Sessions
| 9:00am - 10:00am | Registration |
| 10:00am - 10:10am | Introduction to OpenDataCamp Team DataMeet |
| 10:15am - 10.55am | Panel Discussion: State of Open Data in India Data in India in general is in a state for much improvement. What does that mean for open data? How can open data help improve the data situation? What are the drawbacks of opening up data? Anand S (Gramener), Zainab Bawa (HasGeek), Nithya Raman (Transparent Chennai), Moderator Nisha Thompson |
| 11:00am - 11.25am |
Pictures through numbers Anand, Chief Data Scientist, Gramener |
| 11.25am - 11.40pm |
Tea |
| 11:45pm - 12.10pm | Karnataka Guarantee of Services to Citizens Sridhar Pabbisetty, COO, Centre for Public Policy |
| 12:15pm - 12.40pm |
Open Data & Free Maps Shekhar Krishnan |
| 12.45am - 1.10pm |
Introduction Aadhaar(UID) Data Pramod Varma & Sanjay Jain |
| 1.10am - 2.15pm | Lunch |
| Main Hall | Meeting Room (small) |
Food Court |
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| 2:15pm - 2:40pm |
Drawing By Numbers by Tactical Technology Collective Kaustubh Srikanth |
Why Big data and why should you bother? Mohan S,CEO, TrendWise Analytics |
Karnataka Learning Partnership
Data Practices and a Call for collaboration. Megha Vishwanath |
| 2:45pm - 3:10pm |
ISB's visualisation of migration in India. ISB & Gramener |
The State of Climate Data in India - Open and Closed. Pavan Srinath |
Anatomy of NSSO Data sumandro |
| 3.15pm - 3:40pm |
Water Data Nisha Thompson, India Water Portal |
Mobile as a Data Collection Device Thejesh GN |
Open data API and the challenges Karthik B. R |
| 3.40pm - 4.15pm | Tea |
| 4.15pm - 4.40pm |
Modelling car insurance pricing Gaurav Vohra, Jigsaw Academy |
Free slot |
What is Data? Mrinal Wadhwa |
| 4.45pm - 6.00pm |
Feedback, etc |
The sponsors included Google, India Water Portal, Gramener, Microsoft Research, Akshara Foundation, DataMeet, HasGeek and the Centre for Internet & Society.
Venue:Google, 3rd, 4th and 5th floors,RMZ infinity, Tower ENo.3, Old Madras Road, Bennigana Halli, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560 016
For more info, click here
Author
Prasad Krishna
Prasad Krishna previously worked in a newspaper and some reputed publications. He is MA in English, PGD in Journalism and LLB from the University of Delhi.
