The closing panel of the Open Belgium 2017 event highlighted the importance of integrated data governance among government levels and private entities for smart cities. Key insights included the necessity of robust connectivity infrastructure, the need for education and user engagement, and the significance of linked data for maximizing information usability. Privacy and data management were emphasized as complementary elements in the development of effective open data solutions.

1. Closing panel: Learnings
and next steps
Open Belgium 2017 - 6 March 2017

2. Conclusions of Data Governance for Smart Cities - Thimo Thoeye
● ↗ interaction between different levels of gov’t, agencies, and
private parties necessary to come to integrated smart and
linked data
● ROI of open data may take a while, is difficult to measure, but
societal (social) impact should not be forgotten.
● connectivity infrastructure as enabler for smart solutions (5G,
FTTH) especially for real-time data
● Education!
● privacy and proper (open) data management are not at odds but
synergistic

3. 5-star Linked Open Council
Decision
#LBLOD
Lessons learned
Veronique Volders

4. “making local legislation available
…for humans & computers”
• End to end linked data
• No information loss & once only
• Open workshops
• Learn from users & related actors
• Relevancy for datacreation and availability for reuse
• Go for the 5 stars!
• Maximize information & return by linking
• Use or create open standards
• Get the data out of the software
• Open up the market for innovative players

5. Let’s talk Linked Data - Miel Vander Sande
Improve ways to share your Linked Data with
the government.
Expect less from publishers, so they can publish
more.
Linked Data history & archiving is gaining
importance.

6. Workshop Open Badges : We learned … that we have learned! - Bert Jehoul
Bridging the Skills Gap
(by Bryan Mathers, licensed CC-BY-ND)