CPD Executive Director Professor Mustafizur Rahman addressed the Third International Open Data Conference held in Ottawa, Canada during 28-29 May 2015.
He was an invited speaker on “Post-2015 Data Test: Unpacking the Data Revolution at the Country Level,” of the Southern Voice on Post-MDGs at the conference organised by the Government of Canada, Canada’s International Development Research Centre, and the World Bank.
The conference explored a wide variety of open data issues where experts collaborated on charting the future of open data and the global open data movement. Other speakers of the session on post-2015 data test were Mr Peter Taylor, Program Leader, IDRC; Ms Kate Higgins, Manager, DataShift, CIVICUS; Ms Shannon Kindornay, Adjunct Research Professor, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University; Professor Mustafizur Rahman and Ms Maam Suwadu Sakho-Jimbira, Initiative Prospective Agricole et Rural (IPAR).
Open data experts, senior government officials, industry leaders, and civil society champions from around the world gathered in Ottawa to exchange ideas and work together to enable the data revolution to strengthen coordination among open data initiatives across various levels of government, topics, regions, and sectors.
The conference aimed to broaden dialogue to include the voices of experts in sectors that want to use open data and scale-up innovative approaches proven to work, with the objective to ensure that all world citizens benefit.
