The INSPIRE Hackathon is a series of collaborative events for developers, researchers, and others interested in open data and volunteered geographic information. It is organized by Plan4all, a non-profit association with members from over 20 countries. The hackathon focuses on making sustained use of Copernicus, INSPIRE, and GEOSS data. A special edition was held in Nairobi in 2019, the first time in Africa, to explore topics like agriculture, climate, tourism, and citizen science using open datasets. Participants presented results like applications for food security, climatic services, land use mapping, and Internet of Things technologies for Africa.

1. What Is The INSPIRE Hackathon
Bente Lilja Bye, Plan4all, Norway
IST-Africa conference, Nairobi 10th May 2019

2. “The INSPIRE hackathon
is not an event - it is a
process.”
Karel Charvat, co-founder

3. Who is it by and for?

4. Plan4all is a non-profit association
with more than 60 members from 22
countries including public bodies,
universities, research organisations
and business partners.
The main objective of Plan4all is to
offer open data for reuse in
research, development &
business innovation

5. The INSPIRE Hackathon is a series of collaborative events for
developers, researchers, designers and others interested in
open data, volunteered geographic information and citizen
observatories.

6. It is driven mainly by experts from H2020 projects wanting to
make sustained use of Copernicus, INSPIRE, and GEOSS.

7. CONTINUITY - SUSTAINABILITY

8. 10 am CEST Smart Points of Interest | 12 pm CEST Open Transport Map (OTM) Applications for Africa
Friday
5th April
Webinars
WEBINARS

9. In support of:
SPECIAL EDITION

10. FIRST TIME IN AFRICA
Agriculture.
Territorial Planning. Climate.
Tourism. Transport.
Citizen Science.
MENTORS

11. The Results

12. Karel Charvat, Bente Lilja Bye, Tomas Mildorf,
Arne-J. Berre, Karel Jedlicka
Open Data,
VGI and
Citizen
Observatories
INSPIRE
InternationalJournalofSpatialDataInfrastructuresResearch,2018,
Vol.13,109-129SpecialSection:INSPIRE(NotefromtheField)
Hackathon
Scientificpublications

13. Winners of the INSPIRE Hackathon 2018
Karel Jedlicka Jiri Bouchal
SHOWCASING

14. 09:00 What is the INSPIRE Hackathon Bente Lilja Bye, Plan4all, Norway
09:10 The Results from the Nairobi INSPIRE Hackathon 2019
1 Food Security in Relation to Earth Observation (GEOSS and COPERNICUS
Relevance) Karel Charvat, Club of Ossiach, Austria
2 Climatic Services for Africa, Karel Jedlička, University of West Bohemia, Czech
3 Open Land Use for Africa (OLU4Africa), Karel Charvat, Club of Ossiach, Austria
4 IoT Technologies for Africa Michal Kepka, University of West Bohemia, Czech
5 Agriculture Innovation Hub for Africa, Karel Charvat, Club of Ossiach, Austria
6 Open Data and Data Sharing in Agri-Food Chains in Africa, Runar Bergheim, Avinet
7 Smart Points of Interest - Publication of Open Data in Africa as 5-star Linked Open,
Otakar Cerba, Plan4all, Czech
8 Citizen Science in Africa to Ground Truth & Exploit Earth Observation data Bente
Lilja Bye, Plan4all, Norway
9 Open Transport Map (OTM) Applications for Africa, Daniel Beran, University of West
Bohemia, Czech
10:15 Discussion
10:25 Summary/Conclusions Karel Charvat, Club of Ossiach, Austria
Workshop
Nairobi INSPIRE Hackathon 2019
RESULTS
Chair: Bente Lilja Bye, Plan4all, Norway
FRIDAY May 10th, 09:00 am

15. THANK YOU!
Bente Lilja Bye
@PlanetBye
@AllPlan4