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Make friends with data at Open Data Day.
(i) Make friends with data at Open Data Day.
This will be a rare 1 day opportunity to learn how you can make the most of data from the leading practitioners in New Zealand.
Thursday July 7th.Biz Dojo
Wellington.
Data is for everyone. Learn how to make the most of it.
Understanding what you can do with the free and open data available in New Zealand can change the way you understand the world and make a huge difference to your work.
Whether you run a
small business, advise clients on business strategy or
technology, work in marketing, academic research, journalism
or work on developing policy - understanding how to leverage
open data will open new doors for you.
Join us for a one day mini-conference
to hear from NZ’s data leaders. Learn practical skills in
hands on workshops and connect with other innovators from
across the private and public sector.
Join New Zealand’s data
leaders.
Open Data Day will include presentations from:
• Liz MacPherson, CEO of Statistics New Zealand
• Lillian Grace, CEO of Figure.NZ
• Peter Ellis, Manager of sector trends from MBIE
• James Mansell, Founder of the NZ Data Alliance
You’ll learn about the
potential of open data and how you can use it in your work
from leading practitioners in New Zealand.
Gain practical skills.
Understand the potential of data.
Open Data Day will include hands on, practical sessions to help you put the ideas into action. You’ll learn:
• How to
make the most of open data to ‘navigate by numbers’ and
help research, strategy, building personas to better
empathise with your audience, customers, clients, markets
and users.
• How to use existing, open
resources like simple graphs, visuals and maps to develop
strategy, prioritise research and make better decisions -
using insights from open data.
• How the data
landscape works in New Zealand and how you can contribute
public, commercial or academic open data to grow NZ’s open
data capacity.
(ii) Join a room full of
innovators.
Understanding open data is for innovators. Whether you work in technology, public policy, local government, marketing, consulting or client management, run a small business, journalism or academic research. Join us and connect with a room full of innovators who are sharpening the skills they need to stay ahead of the curve.
(iii) Tickets will sell out. Don't miss out.
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