Greek Interoperability Days on Open Data - WeGov Awards

The Greek Interoperability Days were held at National Technical University  of Athens (NTUA) premises, on December 1st, 2011.  The information day, co-organised by the Greek Interoperability Centre, Microsoft Innovation Centre and Oracle Hellas, focused on the objectives and challenges of the opendata movement in Europe and internationally. Key presentations included:






Dejan Cvetkovic, Microsoft
Dejan Cvetkovic, Regional Technology Officer, Central and Eastern Europe, Microsoft

Microsoft Open Data strategy



Frangiskos Zervos, Technology Sales Consulting Director, Oracle Hellas S.A

Oracle Strategy for Public Open Data



Theodoros Karounos, Opengov Labs, Greece 

Greek Government open data initiatives



The ENGAGE project on open data was extensively presented and discussed, as a major European approach for open data standardisation and promotion, under the e-Infrastructures EU Programme.



The information day also included the final stage of the Greek eGovernment Competition WeGov Awards, co-organised by University of Aegean, NTUA and University of Pireaus.





More information, presentations and i available at: http://www.iocenter.eu/news--events/events/open-data-day.aspx