Members of the Open Data Team will be presenting to Public Affairs and Policy Management students at Carleton University. This term, the students will work on a project as part of CityStudio Ottawa, which will strengthen our understanding of the needs of open data users.

Members of the Open Data Team will be presenting to Interactive Media and Design students at Algonquin College. This term, the students will complete a project as part of CityStudio Ottawa, which will produce a creative way to show how open data is helping to advance the priorities outlined in the City Strategic Plan 2023-2026.

Members of the Open Data Team will be presenting to students in the Big Data and Society course at Carleton University. This term, the students will complete a project as part of CityStudio Ottawa, which will involve creating data stories about Ottawa's 24 wards.

Members of the Open Data Team will be presenting to engineering students at the University of Ottawa. This term, the students will complete a project as part of CityStudio Ottawa in which the students will build a dashboard that will provide social and economic indicators about key topics.

Hacknight Session #110: Digital Services Strategy Update from the City of Ottawa

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Ottawa City Hall - Councillor's Lounge (2nd floor), 110 Laurier Ave West
Alessandro Alasia from Statistics Canada's Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) will present on progress towards building a Linkable Open Data Environment.
https://www.meetup.com/YOW_CT/events/260143607/

4:00 p.m to 7:30 p.m | Rideau Club | 99 Bank Street, Ottawa
IPAC-NCR, in partnership with Deloitte, invites you to an evening of exploring how automation technologies can enhance the Canadian public sector, the leadership required and empowering public servants to embrace change. 
Hacking the Future of Government Through AI, Robotic and Cognitive Automation

GO Open Data Conference 2019

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm | University of Ottawa - Desmarais Building, 55 Laurier Ave East

We will be providing an Open Ottawa update to the Data for Good community group, who work with non-profit organizations.

https://www.meetup.com/DataforGoodYOW/events/vcqtkpyzhbsb/

8:00 am - 1:15 pm | Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa

The event will be an opportunity to reflect on how the Open Government Agenda can be further promoted at the local level, learn from some innovative experiences, and identify risks and challenges to move forward with the local Open Government Agenda. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRjMQMP4x9Byc8QQFgpbB91ryFDg5Vc50ZrcW1hGjSUvGmgw/viewform

2019 OGP Global Summit - Ottawa

5:00 pm - 8:30 pm | The Marshes Golf Club, 320 Terry Fox Drive, Kanata

TechTuesday is a free monthly event brought to you by the Wesley Clover Foundation and open to all who are interested.  The City of Ottawa are implementing a new Smart City 2.0 Strategy, built on three key pillars: connectivity, a smart economy, and an innovative municipal government. Marc René de Cotret, Director of Service Transformation with the city will provide insight into this initiative as guest speaker for the July TechTuesday.

https://www.wesleyclover.com/events/techtuesday/

As part of our “Living in the Machine Age” theme, join a lively discussion exploring the future of cities in an increasingly algorithmic world. The session will end with a panel discussion and question-and-answer period. 

Agenda

This workshop was the first in a series of planned workshops (since put on hold due to COVID-19 emergency) to provide input in the federal government's 2020-22 National Action Plan on Open Government.

This first workshop focused on Climate Change and included participation from the City of Ottawa's Open Data team.

The Open Data team will be presenting its 2021-2022 workplan and highlights from 2019-2020 to the Information Technology Subcommittee of Ottawa City Council. 

Agenda and Open Data report.

The Open Data team at the City of Ottawa served as mentors and judges for the Faculty of Engineering's Design Week 101.

The objective of the week is to engage our incoming students to in university life and provide them an opportunity to network with their peers and with various stakeholders. It is also an opportunity for them to develop skills, hear from you all and understand how engineers and computer scientists can shape the world! The week-long virtual event will be framed as 3 team challenges, with pitches/presentations at the end of each challenge. 

Engineering Design Week will take place this coming week (Mon August 31^st through Friday September 4^th  ), and will focus on five key themes:

1. Global health 
2. COVID-19 recovery 
3. Justice and equality
4. Sustainable cities 
5. Digital transformation

This course covers many topics, themes and concepts including data infrastructures, smart cities, open data, the internet of things (IoT), surveillance and sousveillance, algorithmic governance, predictive policing, the quantified self, location-based services, data collection devices, geodemographics and open data among many others. Together we examine how data shape and are shaped by actions and the social and material world.