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DESCRIPTION: Tonight we feature two talks at the first event to be held in 
 our new premises! \n\n 1. "Standards – who needs them?*" - Julian Tait\,
  Open Data Manchester \n\n 2. Using data to empower local readerships" - E
 ma Sabljak\, Data Journalist \n\n Note: both speakers will be presenting r
 emotely. \n\n 1. Julian's talk is about Open Data Manchester’s journey i
 nto the open standards for data world\, and how once you delve into this n
 ichest of worlds things are never the same again. \n\n It will give an ove
 rview of open standards\, how we first got involved in them and how we use
 d user research and system analysis to understand the key components neede
 d for the standards we have created and ones in development\, that are tac
 kling supply chain data exchange to promote a more resilient and circular 
 economy. \n\n BIO\nJulian\, who began his career as a music photographer\,
  is the co-founder and CEO of Open Data Manchester CIC\, a not-for-profit 
 organisation established in 2010. The organisation aims to help communitie
 s and organisations better understand and utilise data. \n\n He oversees t
 he development of several open standards for data including:\n· The Open3
 P data standard for the packaging value chain\, which facilitates the exch
 ange of packaging data between organisations\, promoting process and resou
 rce efficiencies to reduce packaging's environmental impact and reducing c
 osts.\n· The Open Product data standard for batteries and electrical and 
 electronic equipment.\n· The Open Standard for Fashion and Textiles Data\
 , which is currently in development. \n\n He leads the development of equi
 table data stewardship organisations through the Data Cooperative Working 
 Group. \n\n +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ \n\n  \n2. Ema's talk will focus
  on providing data journalism for local or even hyperlocal audiences. Spec
 ifically the ways we go above and beyond where open data may not be local 
 enough to interest readers. The talk will focus on some of the most promin
 ent projects from our data team\, including our high streets project\, inv
 estigations into vacant unit ownership and derelict land\, and potentially
  our latest tracker for A96 crashes.\nAll of these have different data col
 lection methods and provide insight into some of the constraints we face a
 s journalists serving local communities. \n\n BIO\nEma moved from Croatia 
 to Scotland in 2017 to study journalism and has lived in Glasgow since the
 n. After working as a live reporter for nearly four years\, she joined the
  award-winning DC Thomson data team in 2023. The team most recently won th
 e Best Data Visualisation award in for their high street tracking project 
 WAN IFRA's Digital Media Awards Europe. \n\n  \n--------------------------
 ------------------------------------------ \n\n  \nThis event is organised
  by a charity - Code The City. \n\n CTC suggests a small donation to help 
 with charity admin costs\, but if this is a barrier please just change the
  ticket price to what you can afford. If that is still a barrier\, just as
 k for a free ticket. \n\n This is our first session in our new premises\, 
 which is still a work in progress. That means that our disability access i
 s not what we want it to be. If you are uncomfortable\, or unable to use s
 tairs\, please book an online ticket for the Zoom session. We are working 
 to improve this but it will take a few months. \n\n If you select a physic
 al ticket and it happens that we cannot meet physically you will have to a
 ttend the Zoom session. \n\n Those attending the physical space meetup sho
 uld attend at 6pm for pizza and drinks. The talk will be from 6.30pm. Door
 s will be locked from 6.30pm. \n\n **If tickets are sold out please do not
  attend as you will be refused entry without a ticket. ** \n\n Our booking
  system is provided by Tito. Their platform is integrated with payment pro
 cessing by Stripe Please note that if the booking system asks for a credit
  card\, it means credit OR DEBIT card. \n
LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T131419
LOCATION:The Soap Factory\, 111 Gallowgate\, Aberdeen
ORGANIZER:mailto:info@codethecity.co.uk
SUMMARY:Aberdeen Data Meetup 04 Feb 2025
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/code-the-city/adm-feb-2025
URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/code-the-city/adm-feb-2025
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