BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260515T212147Z UID:BZdOMg DTSTART:20250304T180000 DTEND:20250304T203000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20250214T153806 DESCRIPTION: Aberdeen Data Meetup – Celebrating International Open Data D ay 2025 \n\n Discover the power of open data: Learn\, explore\, connect \n \n Join us this month for a special Aberdeen Data Meetup as we celebrate I nternational Open Data Day 2025. Whether you're new to open data or alread y an advocate\, this session will give you insights\, practical skills\, a nd a chance to connect with like-minded people who are shaping the future of open data in Scotland and beyond.Expect engaging talks\, interactive se ssions\, and hands-on activities—so bring a laptop if you’d like to fo llow along! \n\n ➡️ What to Expect \n\n An introduction to open data – What is it? Why is it important? And how can you use it in both your p rofessional and personal life? \n\n Open Data Scotland – Learn how to f ind and use open data in Scotland\, support the Open Data Scotland platfor m\, and explore how it’s making a difference. \n\n Wikidata: The world ’s largest open data resource - Discover how you can use it to create an d consume data. \n\n \nWe’ll kick things off with pizza\, drinks\, and networking from 6 PM for those joining us in person\, before diving into t he sessions at 6:30 PM. \n\n ➡️ Meet the Speakers \n\n 👨🏼‍🦳 Ian Watt \n\n Ian is an advocate for open data and civic technology\, bas ed in Aberdeen. He co-founded Code The City\, a charity which leverages te chnology and open data to address social issues. The organisation is known for organising hackathons\, open data workshops\, and the annual Scottish Open Data Unconference. Ian has also played a significant role in local a nd national efforts to promote open data\, including contributing to the S cottish Government’s Open Data Strategy in 2015. Ian graduated with a MS c in Data Science. \n\n Ian's career spans significant achievements in pub lic sector technology\, digital and data management. He has led large-scal e digital projects and participated in EU-funded projects\, and led an ope n data program for all seven of Scotland's cities. Beyond his work with Co de The City\, \n\n Ian is involved in running community-driven initiative s like the Aberdeen Data Meetup and the Aberdeen Python User Group. Additi onally\, is an approved volunteer trainer for Wikimedia UK\, focusing on u sing Wikidata as a public repository for linked open data. He is an ambass ador for Open UK\, and was recently admitted as a Burgess of Guild of the City and Royal Burgh of Aberdeen\, one of the oldest civic institutions of Scotland. \n\n 🧔🏻 Jack Gilmore \n\n Jack is a full-stack software d eveloper based in Scotland\, with experience in both the public sector and academia. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Computing Science and Spanish from the University of Stirling in 2019. As an advocate for free and open -source software\, many of his projects involve the consumption or product ion of open data. \n\n In 2021\, Jack co-founded Open Data Scotland\, a cr owdsourced open data portal that aggregates datasets across Scotland\, mak ing them searchable from a single reference point. The project aims to hel p users find data sources\, understand the open data landscape in Scotland \, showcase projects utilizing these data\, and connect stakeholders in th e open data ecosystem. \n\n Jack's contributions to the open-source and op en data community were recognized in November 2022 when he received the Op enUK award in the Young Person category. And in 2023\, Open Data Scotland won the Belonging OpenUK Award.Beyond Open Data Scotland\, Jack has worked on projects like OpenWasteMap\, a web application that uses data from Ope nStreetMap to display recycling center locations\, their accepted material s\, and opening hours.He has also shared his expertise at events such as t he State of Open Conference in 2023\, 2024\, and 2025. \n\n -------------- ------------------------------------------------------ \n\n \nThis event is organised by a charity - Code The City. \n\n CTC suggests a small donat ion to help with charity admin costs\, but if this is a barrier please jus t change the ticket price to what you can afford. If that is still a barri er\, just ask for a free ticket. \n\n We are now established in our new pr emises\, which is still a work in progress. That means that our disability access is not what we want it to be. If you are uncomfortable with\, or u nable to use stairs\, please book an online ticket for the Zoom session. W e are working to improve this but it will take a few months. \n\n If you s elect a physical ticket and it happens that we cannot meet physically you will have to attend the Zoom session. \n\n Those attending the physical sp ace meetup should attend at 6pm for pizza and drinks. The talk will be fro m 6.30pm. Doors 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 wi th payment processing by Stripe Please note that if the booking system ask s 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 March 2025 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/code-the-city/adm-mar-2025 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/code-the-city/adm-mar-2025 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR