International Open Data Conference 2015

Ashley Casovan is the lead for Canada’s Open Government Portal. In this position, she is responsible for working with departments and agencies all across the Government of Canada to disseminate data and information. She previously lead the Open Data and Open Government efforts at... Read More →

Stephane Contre is the City of Edmonton’s Chief Analytics Officer.  He leads the City’s Corporate Analytics Centre whose mission is to assist the Corporation in understanding and leveraging analytics to improve business outcomes. Stephane has gained international recognition... Read More →

Sandor Lederer is the co-founder and director of K-Monitor, a watchdog NGO for public funds in Hungary. Sandor holds an M.A. in International Studies from Corvinus University, Budapest. K-Monitor was founded with the aim of raising awareness about the issues of corruption and to bring... Read More →

Beth Lorimer is a Senior Analyst with the World Council on City Data (WCCD), which coordinates all efforts on open city data to ensure a consistent and comprehensive platform for standardized urban metrics. The WCCD is leading the global implementation of ISO 37120 – the first international... Read More →

Alana Marsili is a Presidential Management Fellow working on Open Data in the Management Bureau at USAID.  She comes from a background of international economics and development, having served and worked in Kenya, Ecuador, Spain, Brazil, and Peru. In the U.S., she has done consultancies... Read More →

Ph.D. Candidate at Delft University of Technology, former data scientist of Rio de Janeiro City Hall and one of the creators of Open Data Rio (Data.rio). Knowledge of Big Data for development, helped Rio to plan World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Former lecturer at Federal University of Paran... Read More →

Mr. Rondon is a software developer involved in projects such as the Linux Kernel, Perl Language, and several others. He is also the founder of technology companies, such as Aware technology (which is focused on the development of free technologies for ten years), the b-datum (a cloud-based... Read More →