

25 May 2010, 6:34pm
The meeting “Realising the value of PSI” has been re-scheduled to a NEW date – 9th June.
The Spanish Aporta Project and the European Public Sector Information Platform (ePSIplatform) are jointly organising and sponsoring this meeting.
More Meeting information is online at the ePSIplatform and Project Aporta home page or Aporta blog web sites below.
Registration online is via the Project Aporta site on these links.
* Advance registration is required. There is no registration fee.
* Registration (English)
* Registration (Spanish) - use the link here:
http://www.aporta.es/web/guest/realising_the_value_of_psi
Twitter Hash Tag for the meeting: #PSI_Value
Meeting participants will be from throughout the European open data community, and will include both those with substantial experience and those just starting out with fresh ideas and perspectives.
What is under Discussion?
The meeting is organised around four roundtable panels led by a moderator a panel members discussing the topic and responding to questions and points from the meeting participants.
Roundtable: Overview of Europe’s Information Society Strategies: Best practices in policies to release the economic potential of PSI re-use. Do European level Information Society policies and strategies enable the economic potential of PSI re-use and how can these policies be used by the public and private sectors in PSI re-use?
Roundtable: Turning PSI re-use into new business models and innovative services. What are the examples of innovative business models based on PSI re-use and how can they enhance economic benefit from liberated public sector information?
Roundtable: Measuring the economic potential of PSI re-use. Can society sense the economic growth of PSI re-use?
Roundtable: Social Value of PSI. How can new techniques and technologies liberate public sector information in ways that provide value for citizens and society and is this value understood by citizens?
Regards
Robert Davies (on behalf of the ePSIplatform and Project Aporta)
Visit the European Public Sector Information (PSI) Platform for more information about the one-stop shop portal. http://www.epsiplatform.eu/
Contact: Rob Davies, European PSI Platform rob.davies@mdrpatners.com
The European PSI Platform is funded under the European Commission’s eContentplus programme

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The, meeting, “Realising, the, value, of, PSI”, has, been, re-scheduled, to, a, NEW, date, –, 9th, June.
The, Spanish, Aporta, Project, and, the, European, Public, Sector, Information, Platform, (ePSIplatform), are, jointly, organising, and, sponsoring, this, meeting.
More, Meeting, information, is, online, atMore…
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