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After the success of Local by Social: Midlands Edition, we are excited to announce a new regional edition of Local by Social for the New Year.
“Apps for Communities” will be theme of Local by Social: South West Edition, hosted by Bristol City Council‘s Connecting Bristol team on the 28th and 29th of January 2011. The venue will be The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR.
The event will explore how Apps and Widgets can be used to bring real benefits to citizens, broadening social and economic inclusion and helping the whole community benefit from the power of open data. Council officers, councillors, social innovators, application developers, community developers and local residents from across Bristol and the South West are welcome to attend.
On Friday 28th we will hear from a range of expert and engaging speakers who have experience of creating Apps and Widgets that have value at a local level. There will be the opportunity to identify needs and problems and to work together to discuss and visualise solutions.
Our headline speaker on Friday will be Emer Coleman, Director of Digital Projects at the Greater London Authority. Emer will be exploring whether open data can save the public realm.
Other confirmed speakers include: Clare Reddington, Director of the Bristol-based iShed venture which supports collaboration between computing, communications and creative industries; Tim Davies, an independent consultant, researcher and social entrepreneur specialising in open data; and Rich Watts, Director of Essex Coalition of Disabled People (ECDP) and proponent of transparency and open data in the voluntary and community sector.
Then on the Saturday, the event will run as a “Hack Day”. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea, it means developers, local people and other interested parties will work together in an open way to develop the apps that could provide the solutions to the needs and problems that have been identified.
Registration for this FREE EVENT is open, so book your place now.
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The draft agenda for day 1 follows below:
Local by Social South West edition: Apps for Communities
Day 1, Fri 28th Jan – Bristol City Council, The Council House, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR.
0930 – 1000: Registration and coffee
1000 – 1010: Chair’s Welcome – Stephen Hilton, Connecting Bristol
10.10 – 10.20: Bristol Digital Futures – Cllr Barbara Janke, Leader of Bristol City Council
1020 – 10.35: Introduction to Local by Social – Ingrid Koehler, Improvement Strategist, Local Government Improvement and Development (LGID)
10.35 – 10.50: Gov 2.0 – Carrie Bishop, FutureGov
Questions and comments
11.00 – 11.15: Coffee break
11.15 – 11.35: Can open data save the public realm? – Emer Coleman, Director of Digital Projects, Greater London Authority (GLA)
Questions and comments
11.45 – 12.15: Generating and filtering ideas for afternoon workshops
12.15 – 1.00: Lunch
1.00 – 2.30: Afternoon speakers
- Social care and location-based social media – Rich Watts, Director, Essex Coalition of Disabled People (ECDP)
- Re-thinking apps: the possibilities of open data – Tim Davies, Independent consultant, researcher and social entrepreneur
- Clare Reddington, Director, iShed
- Additional speaker TBC
2.30 – 3.30: Afternoon workshops
3.30 – 4.15: Workshop feedback
4.15 – 4.25: Review of workshop presentations
4.25 – 4.30: Chair’s Closing Remarks
what is this box for I wonder?
any plans for a Local By Social in Yorks & Humber region?
Hi! We’re still looking at what we’re going to be able to do in the next financial year… but hopefully we’ll be able to hit some more regions. We’ve got NE and NW dates which we’ll be announcing soon.
Is there any chance of catching a cancelled placed for the Friday? Is there a waiting list already?
Please let me know if there is any chance of getting in.
thanks