Open Knowledge Conference

Amid a veritable flood of new information on everything from ecological trends to genomic mutations released as part of Open Data movements around the world, practitioners are faced with both vast opportunities, as well as colossal challenges in compiling, updating, analyzing and sharing that information. This year, the world’s leading conference on Open Data, the Open Knowledge Conference (OKCon), from 16-18 September in Geneva, set out to answer three key questions in the global Open Data effort: how to broaden access to data; how to deepen access to data; and how to ensure interconnectedness in the Open Data ecosystem.