Open Government Podcast

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference and sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. Today, Tariq Khokhar, an Open Data Evangelist from the World Bank, provides us with an International perspective on this conference and movement.

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events.

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. Today, we present you Hanna Niemi-Huegaerts who is the Development Manager for the Forum Virium Helsinki

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. They will also be doing interviews with a few guests!

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. They will also be doing interviews with a few guests!

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. Today, we present you Martin Szyszlican and how he is gamifying the legislative process in Argentina.

Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. They will also be doing interviews with a few guests!

We look back at Season 2 of the Open Government Podcast. Our expectations, favourite moments, and what to expect for Season 3 (which will be spectacular, I might add!). We also tried something new for this episode: We recorded live in front of an audience and had people come up to the mic and share their thoughts on the podcast. Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Blair Labelle, General Manager of Technology and Innovation at the City of Guelph, talks about the Open Data positive trends he’s seeing in Open Data. Blair Labelle https://twitter.com/Blair_Labelle Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Chad Lubelsky, member of the Program Team at the McConnell Foundation, explains why it is important to integrate Open Data plays into post-secondary education. Chad Lubelsky https://twitter.com/clubelly Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dan Swislow, Senior Partnership Officer at the National Democratic Institute and Lead for the Open Government Partnership’s Legislative Openness Working Group, explains how Legislatures are often forgotten in the Open Government & Open Data conversation. Dan Swislow https://twitter.com/DanSwislow Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jennifer Hollett is a former journalist who holds a Master in Public Administration and developed the critically acclaimed Super PAC App at the MIT Media Lab. She is now running for office as a tech-savvy candidate and plans on using new tools to engage citizens in the political process. Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jean-Francois Gauthier, Founder of the Institute on Digital Governance, talks about why governments at all level need a sound digital plan in order to better service their citizens. Jean-Francois Gauthier https://twitter.com/ignumerique Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Ric Marrero, Director of Marketing, Communications, and Membership for the Association of Canadian Pension Management, tells us how individuals citizens have very little input in the creation of regulations. Association of Canadian Pension Management http://www.acpm.com/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Lori Stewart, Founder of Awesome Calgary and member of Mayor Nenshi’s 2010 campaign team, gets us to dream big and think about the potential of Open Data. Lori Stewart https://twitter.com/lori19stewart Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Tim Bousquet, Investigative reporter, editor and publisher of the Halifax Examiner tells us why Open Data does not yet satisfy his needs to keep government accountable. Tim Bousquet https://twitter.com/Tim_Bousquet Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Howard Tam, Principal and Founder of the ThinkFresh Group, takes part in a roundtable discussion about the City of Toronto’s Web Revitalization consultation session that took place on January 29, 2015 Howard Tam https://twitter.com/htamTO Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Howard Tam, Principal and Founder of the ThinkFresh Group, takes part in a roundtable discussion about the City of Toronto’s Web Revitalization consultation session that took place on January 29, 2015 Howard Tam https://twitter.com/htamTO Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jonathan Reichental (Part 2), CIO for the City of Palo Alto, tells us how his work as a public servant and in Open Government & Open Data has been a labour of love. Jonathan Reichental https://twitter.com/Reichental Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jonathan Reichental (Part 1), CIO for the City of Palo Alto, tells us how an evolving culture of government innovation and “lean” methods helped them launch an Open Data Portal in only six weeks. Jonathan Reichental https://twitter.com/Reichental Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Peggy Taillon, President and CEO of the Canadian Council on Social Development and Founder of the Hera Mission, talks about obstacles to civic engagement at home and abroad. Peggy Taillon https://twitter.com/HeraMission Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Steve Scheepmaker, Information Technology Manager for the Township of Langley, talks about how their Open Data Portal has helped make their city more efficient. Steve Scheepmaker https://twitter.com/stevescheepmakr Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Gillian Vrooman, Director with the Open Data BC society, explains the reasons why Open Government & Open Data is spreading outside of the British Columbia urban bases. Gillian Vrooman https://twitter.com/gndv Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Mary Agnes Welch, Journalist with the Winnipeg Free Press, talks about how the Access to Information Act is failing Canadians. Mary Agnes Welch https://twitter.com/mawwelch Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dawn Arnold, Councillor for the City of Moncton, explains how we need can help redevelop the broken relationship between citizens and their elected representatives. Dawn Arnold https://twitter.com/Dawn_Moncton Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Ali Al-Munayer, Founder of 3lywa Solutions, explains how he balances life as a Federal public servant who also creates Open Data applications. Ali Al-Munayer https://twitter.com/3lywa 3lywa Solutions http://www.3lywa.com/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Bryan Smith, CEO of ThinkData Works, tells us about how their new creation - Namara.io - is able to bring Open Data sets from various government websites all into one place. Bryan Smith https://twitter.com/Bryan_ThinkData ThinkData Works http://thinkdataworks.com/ Namara.io http://namara.io/#/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Andrew Fogg is the CDO of Import.io and he tells us how his tool helps people create their own Open Data Sets without having to write a single line of code. Andrew Fogg https://twitter.com/andrewfogg Import.io https://import.io/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Luca Pisterzi, the Information and Analytics Program Lead for the Ontario Brain Institute, talks about Brain-CODE. A brain research data repository that shares Open Data and Privacy by Design principles. Luca Pisterzi https://www.privacybydesign.ca/index.php/ambassador/luca-pisterzi-ph-d/ Ontario Brain Institute: Brain-CODE http://www.braininstitute.ca/brain-code Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Maryantonett Flumian is the President of the Institute on Governance and a former Deputy Minister with the Canadian government. Today, she tells us about the bureaucratic forces that tend to drive the public service to a stand-still. Maryantonnett Flumian http://iog.ca/profiles/maryantonett-flumian/ Institute on Governance https://twitter.com/IOGca Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Michael Lenczner is the CEO of Ajah, a software company that uses open and public data to help funders and non-profits better understand the patterns, and specifically the risks and opportunities in their funding environment. Michael Lenczner www.twitter.com/mlenc Ajah www.ajah.ca Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Co-hosts, Sameer and Richard, look back at Season 1 of the Open Government Podcast...our expectations, favourite moments, and what to expect for Season 2! Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dennis Lewycky is Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and he explains how information plays a role for civic leaders. Dennis Lewycky https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-lewycky/53/739/405 Social Planning Council of Winnipeg http://www.spcw.mb.ca/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Adam Hayter tells us how he was able to create a national conversation about a red swing. Adam Hayter https://twitter.com/AdamHayter Red Swing Project http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/redswinghfx-campaign-reaches-new-heights-on-twitter-1.2682957 Fusion Halifax http://www.fusionhalifax.ca/en/home/default.aspx Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

David Rauch from the City of Edmonton talks about the advantages of having public servants working with civic groups David Rauch https://twitter.com/davidwrauch Open Edmonton https://twitter.com/OpenEdmonton Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Rob Giggey with the City of Ottawa explains how something as simple as a random blog can lead to monumental change. Rob Giggey https://twitter.com/rob_giggey Ottawa Open Data Portal http://ottawa.ca/en/mobile-apps-and-open-data/open-data-ottawa Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Tracey Lauriault is one of the most respected voices in the Open Government & Data community and in this episode she shares the stories of Canada's early days in Data Management. Tracey Lauriault https://twitter.com/TraceyLauriault CivicAccess Listserv http://civicaccess.ca/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jean-Noé Landry explains the roots of Open North and how they've been able to become one of the World's most respected Open Data/Government Organization. Open North https://twitter.com/opennorth CitizenBudget http://www.citizenbudget.com/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Anne Marie Aikins shares the approach on how Metrolinx has chosen to communicate with the public about "The Big Move" ...and it goes well beyond just a handful of tweets! Anne Marie Aikins https://twitter.com/femwriter Metrolinx https://twitter.com/Metrolinx The Big Move http://www.metrolinx.com/en/regionalplanning/bigmove/big_move.aspx Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

David Wrate from British Columbia's Open Data team shares his secrets on creating a leading Open Data portal, and how it goes beyond just the Data. David Wrate https://twitter.com/David_R8 Data B.C. https://twitter.com/Data_BC Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Geoff Zakaib tells us about the semantic coding known as XBRL, which is an extension of XML. This is an Open Data Standard that has many implications, for example the SEC in the U.S. has mandated that companies submit their financial reports in XBRL format. Geoff Zakaib https://twitter.com/DataForGoodYYC XBRL https://twitter.com/xbrlint Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Veronique Dryden works with the Region of Peel Open Data Portal team, and that comes with it a very unique perspective on Open Government & Open Data. Veronique Dryden https://www.linkedin.com/pub/veronique-dryden/3/899/536 Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Mark Diner is Alberta's Chief Advisor for Open Government and explains how overcoming public servant's fears is the answer to a more collaborative government. Mark Diner https://twitter.com/govkid Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dan Scott, Laurentian University Systems Librarian, explains how we can provide context to data. Dan Scott https://twitter.com/denials Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Moncton City Councillor, Daniel Bourgeois, tells us the difference between municipal and professional politics, and how that dynamic affects Open Government. Daniel Bourgeois http://www.moncton.ca/Government/City_Council/Councillor_Daniel_Bourgeois.htm Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Mark Gayler of Microsoft Canada explains the opportunities for value-added services to raw data and how large corporations can fit into the social perspective of Open Government & Open Data. Mark Gayler https://twitter.com/magayler Microsoft Openness Team http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/openness/default.aspx Make Web Not War http://www.webnotwar.ca/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Keith McDonald is Toronto's Open Data lead and explains how government can become an enabler of communities. Keith McDonald https://twitter.com/keithmcdonald Open Toronto https://twitter.com/Open_TO Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

This is special dispatch of the OGTpod where we are interviewing the Sherpa of the Community Knowledge Exchange Summit. How did the summit come about and what should participants should expect? Plus, Lee shares with us a few surprises he has in mind of the Summit! Lee Rose https://twitter.com/thisLeeRose CKX Summit http://live.ckx.org/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Josh McDougall tells us how Bitcoin is an example of how sensitive private information can be protected the principles of "privacy by design." Josh McDougall https://twitter.com/Abstr_ct History of Bitcoin http://historyofbitcoin.org/ Schemaverse https://schemaverse.com/ Privacy by Design http://www.privacybydesign.ca/index.php/about-pbd/7-foundational-principles/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Manjit Basi tells us that it that people don’t care or apathetic, it is that they want to create change but feel disconnected from those they feel have the power to make change. Her work with Ottawa’s Citizen Academy is all about creating that connection. Manjit Basi https://twitter.com/manjitbasi Citizens Academy https://twitter.com/CA_Ottawa GottaGo Campaign http://ottawapublictoilets.ca/author/gottagocampaign/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jacques Mailloux is CIO for Elections Canada and he shares his perspective on the importance on creating a more open and collaborative bureaucratic culture that works with the community and connects dots. Jacques Mailloux https://twitter.com/6t6qt GTEC Open Data Speed Dating http://bit.ly/110Wh9H Sameer Vasta twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush sherylscrush.com/