Open Data Hackathon

The OPEN DATA HACKATHON will be organised as a part of 18th International Conference on Information Systems for Agriculture and Forestry from 15th till 17th September at the Latvia University of Agriculture, 2 Liela Street, LV-3001 Jelgava, Latvia.

The purpose of the OPEN DATA HACKATHON:

• To identify available open and linked open data sources in agriculture, forestry, environment and transport.
• To exchange experience between teams and projects developing platforms for open and linked open data.
• To establish links between open and linked open data producers, SMEs and free-lance developers.
• To support development of new apps based on open data in agriculture, forestry, environment and transport and their commercial exploitation.

Who we are looking for:

• Organisations which are data holders, developing open platforms and interested in making their solutions publicly available. This includes interoperability testing of your platforms and attracting potential external developers or investors.
• SMEs and freelance developers interested in developing new apps based on open and linked open data.
• Potential investors looking for new interesting products.
• The OPEN DATA HACKATHON is free of charge.

For further information, please visit Open Data Hackathon website .

For registration to the OPEN DATA HACKATHON, please fill in the registration form  before 5thSeptember 2014.