Open Data Day Cambridge 2018

Saturday March 3rd, 2018

The event will run from around 10:00 - 16:30. See full schedule

About

Open Data Day Cambridge is part of the global Open Data Day celebration and exploration of Open Data.

You’re invited to come explore open data sets in a casual and friendly environment. Specifically, this event is intended to be a welcoming space to learn something new, and learn together. It’s why we’re coming:

• Yo is a software developer who knows JavaScript best but has never used Python. So she’s coming to give that a go for the first time.
• Naomi is definitely not a developer but loves data. She wants to make her first Jupyter notebook.

We hope you will join us and have fun exploring data.

You bring

• Your own laptop
• Your own objective for the day
• A sense of fun and adventure

We supply

• A space to work in
• WiFi
• Lunch
• Open data
• A friendly atmosphere

Registration

Please visit our eventbrite registration page to sign up for the event. Spaces are limited!

Setting your objectives

What do you want to learn?

Are you looking to visualise some data with Javascript, analyse data with Python, write a blog about some data insights using a Jupyter notebook, or something else?

What do you care about?

Define a question you care about answering, and see if the data to answer it is open.

What help might you need on the day?

We can’t guarantee we can find you the help, but we will be supportive and help to crowdsource an answer where possible.

Which data?

• Open Data Day.org has some open research data you can use
• data.gov.uk has government-related public data sets, including some APIs
• An extensive open listing of open data sets
• This Forbes article from 2016 lists some too
• You can also bring your own, so long as it’s open!

Examples

What can be done with open data?

• Understand the patterns of local cyclists, like @betatim’s analysis of cyclists in Zurich - try it yourself by launching the Binder!
• There are a lot of ideas pending from last year’s Open Data Do-athon, London
• A thread of cool things done with open data in the past
• Getting started: data.world has some starter data exercises

Logistics

Venue

eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
1st Floor, 24 Hills Road
Cambridge CB2 1JP
UK

Please buzz for eLife upon arrival. We are on the first floor; there is a working lift.

Food

Lunch and refreshments will be provided - Veggie / vegan food will be available.

Travel and childcare support

There is the option of a travel / childcare bursary to encourage diversity within the team. Please email yoyehudi@gmail.com for more info on bursaries or with any food requirements.

Organisers

• Naomi Penfold - GitHub: @npscience, Twitter @npscience
• Yo Yehudi - GitHub: @yochannah, Twitter @yoyehudi, email: yochannah@gmail.com

Thank you!

• Sponsor: Software Sustainability Institute
• Venue provider: eLife