Open City Workshop
Open City Workshop: Building Community Through Open Information.
Objectives
- To position Edmonton as a leader in the conversation about the potential benefits and opportunities provided by Open Data
- To host a community conversation about the definition and value of Open Data, Gov 2.0 and Open Government for various groups
- To consider how government can act as a platform for collaboration between residents, orders of government, and organisations
- To consider how citizens can participate in government operations and decisions
- To consider how government can improve transparency and access to information and data
- To explore methods for continuing the community conversation on Open Data and Gov 2.0
Workshop Agenda
9:30 – 10:00 am Registration
10:00 am – 12:00 pm Morning session and activities featuring panel discussion
Open City Workshop Introduction
Open City Workshop Panel Discussion
12:00 – 12:45 pm Lunch (provided on-site)
12:45 – 4:00 pm Afternoon session featuring collaborative break-outs
Breakout Session 1
Lower Level
The Role of Storytelling in Open Government
- The Role of Storytelling in Open Government (stories from citizens & government)
- The Role of Journalism in open data/open gov?
- Residents on guard for public interest (watchdog activity concept)
How can open data regime challenge rather than embrace inequalities of power?
E.C. Manning Hall
What role can public library play in supporting open government?
- Digitial Divide – is technology enabled citizen participation effective targeting rich citizens? How can open government be a platform for poor people in Edmonton & Alberta?
- Age versus Innovation.
Whistleblowers, 3 Things City Employees can Do
Breakout Session 2
Lower Level
What is a City? What do you do with one?
- How can Gov 2.0 improve citizen experience?
Open Government – Creating a Cultural Shift
- How does Open Data enable cultural change in government policy?
- Open Transit
- How can health care use open data to connect with community?
- How do you ensure data accuracy/integrity?
E.C. Manning Hall
Edmonton Beyond Technology – Deliberative Dialogues
- Extend your thinking beyond technology solutions & lock at process changes as well (provide alternative locations to vote instead of getting citizens to come to the government location to vote).
- Our toughest problems call for deep, deliberative dialogues: How will open data regimes help or hinder this?
- List the ways citizens/residents can participate in open government
Engaging People not familiar with technology
- How to engage people not familiar with technology (twitter, blogging, internet, computers, etc)
- Possibilities to introduce “participatory budget” in the concept of open government on local level.
- How does the City measure success?
- What are some timelines and deliverables for City’s for open government?How do we (gov’t) receive feedback from citizens about open data/open government? What methods can we use?
Open City Workshop Grid Session Summary
Open City Workshop Closing Remarks
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