Presentation given by Juan Gomez, Head of Economic Strategy for the Commission of the New Economy at the DataGM steering group meeting 19th January 2011

1. Juan Gomez Head of Economic Strategy

4. Case studies and benefits

5. Case studies and benefits Toronto software developer used data sets on location and space availability of child care centres to create a daycare search by postal code using texting or Twitter Epidemiologist developed HealthAndSafetyWatch.com, a website that tracks product and food recalls using aggregated Canadian government open data in combination with media monitoring software Famous Toronto-based open data project is MyTTC.ca, a trip planner “born out of a desire for free, open access to transit data” (myttc.ca/about). Vancouver furthest along of Canadian Cities – Opened-up over 100 datasets “Open Vancouver” portal is itself a space for interactive feedback and discussion space and includes RSS feeds that aggregate city information on Job postings, bike routes etc.

6. Case studies and benefits Key lessons Needs commitment and investment from both city and citizens to be successful Everyone benefits – Entrepreneurs create new app/tool, city and citizens make better use of public services via an application government didn’t have time or budget to develop. http://www.martinprosperity.org/media/pdfs/Toronto_election_series-Open-Data-Open-City.pdf http://martinprosperity.org/insights/insight/open-data-open-city