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Yorkshire Sport

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

Date: -

Bringing together professionals from the physical activity and data sectors to learn how open data can be used to better promote opportunities to be active.

NOTE: please read this guidance before you book your place at this event.

- You should have some knowledge of data and insight to attend

- Have a read of this: 'What is open data and why do we care?'

- The active workshop session involves group work and there is an expectation that all delegates contribute to the tasks. This will also include some follow up actions after the event.

Registration from 9am

9.45am: Welcome and intrdocution

9.50am: Keynote 1 - Izy Champion; Data and Innovation Manager at Sport England
Keynote on the role that data can play in helping people get active, and specifically why Sport England have focused on open data.

10.20am: Keynote 2 - OpenActive Project
A community-led initiative aiming to help people get active using open data. Exploring how the physical activity sector can encourage providers to open up their data.

10.40am: Emma Robinson, Research and Insight Manager at Yorkshire Sport Foundation
Providing a local perspective on engaging partners with both OpenActive and the 4Global Datahub.

11am: Break

11.30am: Workshop - Paul Connell & Amy Evans; Open Data Institute, Leeds
Active workshop: "How are we going to publish, use, re-use and share data?"

1.30pm: Lunch and networking

3pm: Close

This event is open to partners from West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire. There are currently no plans to repeat this event in South Yorkshire.

Room: The Gather

Closed for co-working