You are invited to participate in the 2011 National Dataversity Workshop --
Shared Data, Linked Systems on 25 July in Wellington.
Details are at
<http://dataversity.org.nz/about/workshops/national_workshop_2011/>.
Please pass this on to anyone who you think would be interested.
My apologies if you have received this more than once.
This is going to be a power-packed day of wide-ranging reports from the NZ
biodata field, work sessions on sector-wide biodata projects, and input into
new initiatives and new directions.
You will return from this workshop with:
* up to date news about what's going on in the biodata
scene and ideas you can apply in your organisation
* new and renewed relationships that you can call on
to solve problems, collaborate on projects
This year, there is more momentum than ever for biodata initiatives and
improved data-management in general around local government, central government
and CRIs. We are seeing the emergence of a biodata management ecosystem
comprising:
* shared biodata standards and management frameworks,
* modular and interoperable shared systems, and
* national systems and services.
This enables organisations of all kinds and sizes to participate in improving
the collection, management and sharing of biodata.
It does not mean you have to share your data, or link your systems but it means
that you can. And if you do, or even if you just pick up the tools and
standards that do, you will find easier and more robust ways to manage your
data for internal purposes -- and they are mostly cheap or free.
This workshop will bring together reports on the biodata ecosystem so that you
get to benefit from its vitality. You will then participate in hands-on work
sessions, both on existing projects and on ideas we haven't even thought of
yet, so you will get to contribute to the momentum of biodata management and
the direction that takes.
The mix of structured and less-structured sessions, along with generous breaks
will ensure that you have plenty of opportunity to process what you are hearing
and feed ideas into the main stream.
Based on the feedback from previous workshops, the most valuable things you
will get from this day are:
* renewed vision for what is possible,
* confidence that you are on the right track, and
* enthusiasm to implement new ideas to improve
biodata management.
If you would like to give a report on a biodata project you are working on,
please let me know (if you would like to give a report but can't be there in
person, still let me know -- we can be creative).
