Dublin Month #2 - Open Data: "The backbone of Smart City projects‪"‬ Smart in the City – The BABLE Podcast

In the second episode of our Smart Dublin mini-series, we spoke with Luke Binns, Smart Dublin Projects Coordinator, and Gabriel Byrne, Systems Analyst & Team Leader in the South Dublin County Council, about the world of open data and data ecosystems.
 
Overview of the episode:
02:43 - Teaser: What are things that people get usually wrong about open data?
04:37 - What are Luke and Gay working on specifically? What is Dublinked and how does it work?
08:30 - Is there a time when data shouldn't be open?
11:00 - What are the challenges when it comes to citizen engagement?
12:35 - All about Dublin Region's Climate Action Challenge
16:20 - Gay's passion project: Hale and Hearty
18:40 - What could be the negative consequences of open data?
20:15 - How do you keep data up to date?
26:51 - Shoutout: our guests mention a person, an organisation or a city they think deserves more recognition in the field
29:55 - Ending Question: To you, what is a Smart City?
 
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