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Stuart Parker from WeShareStuff.org talked about digital inclusion, literacy and mentors at the Observatory's event 'Sharing Information Digitally' in Birmingham, 7th October 2009.
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Stuart Harrison, webmaster for Lichfield District Council, talked about open data initiatives and how these apply to local authorities. This talk is from the event 'Sharing Information Digitally' in Birmingham, 7th October 2009.
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Dave Harte talked about Digital Birmingham's Timely Information for Citizens project at the Observatory's 'Sharing Information Digitally' event in Birmingham, 7th October 2009. The project explores innovative use of social media and public data to engage Birmingham citizens in the design of public services.
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Journalist Michael Cross describes the work of The Guardian's Free our Data campaign and reflects on current activity on opening up government-held data for re-use by citizens, the public sector and commercial organisations. This presentation was given at the Observatory's event on sharing information digitally in Birmingham, 7th October 2009.
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Rebecca Gill, Head of Sustainable Development at Government Office for the West Midlands, gives an overview of the West Midlands climate change action plan. The presentation was delivered as part of the State of the Region climate change dialogue event, hosted by West Midlands Regional Observatory in Birmingham on 20 April 2009. This presentation includes audio.
Posted 6 months ago
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Roger Levett of Levett-Therivel sustainability consultants led presentations at the Observatory's State of the Region Climate Change event in Birmingham, 20 April 2009. Roger laid down six tricky challenges to the Observatory in how we present and use climate change data to influence policy makers in the UK's West Midlands region.
Posted 7 months ago
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Chris Crean, West Midlands Regional Campaign Coordinator for Friends of the Earth, asks whether we are prepared to, or capable of, walking the talk on climate change. Chris considers the impacts of regional strategies in the UK's West Midlands region and the contradictions and challenges they present when looking at climate change.
Posted 7 months ago
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