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ODILeeds showcase open day as Part of Leeds Digital Festival

Location: ODI Leeds - 3rd Floor - Munro House - Duke Street - LS9 8AG Leeds

Date: -

ODI Leeds & Friends Showcase:
Leeds Digital Festival.
Please Book on this link so we can make enough tea.

As part of Leeds Digital festival, come along to ODILeeds and find out more about our 'Pioneer node ' status, our work and current projects and learn about our sponsors and collaborators including, Leeds Data Mill, Leeds City Council, Bradford City Council, Calderdale Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, KPMG, Bloom , BJSS, Arup, Leeds University and Highways England.

There will be a series of lightning talks throughout the day, a chance to meet, share and think and an opportunity to use our co-working innovation space in the city centre.
Our talks & timings are as follows timings are approximate.

10.00 - 10.30 Come and chat, drink tea and introduce yourself to each other.

10.30 - 12.30 Lightning Talks with Q&A

Leeds Data Mill - Open Data in Leeds
Leeds University Mark Birkin LIDA
Stick People - Jams in Leeds.
Drupal Yorks -
ODI Leeds *Locally Relevant* By Tom Forth
ODI HQ Labs - Cool Stuff from ODI HQ

12.30 - 2.00 pm Lunch Chat & Networking
1.15 pm Update from Paul Connell Founder ODI Leeds


2.00pm - 4.00pm Lightning Talks & Q&A

DHEZ & Digicat Yorks
Leeds CC: Stephen Blackburn Innovation at T'Council
Rich Daley: From Fish Percolator. Open Data & Code how to get to the council's Open Data.
CDI Yorks: Data vs Design
Arup: Virtuosity
Data City Leeds

4.30 - 5.00pm Close By ODI Leeds

Cold Beer.

Closed for co-working