Edmonton Hosts National Open Data Conference
TruHome Inc. is excited to be part of the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS) 2017, taking place this week in Edmonton at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel.
This is the first time Edmonton is hosting this prestigious international conference, drawing some of the most knowledgeable experts relating to open data and open government communities.
As many as 400 open data enthusiasts from federal, provincial and municipal government; Policy makers, private business; Civic technology groups, academics, and students interested in the growing field of open data are all expected to attend.
So just what is open data anyway? The CODS describes it as “a practice that makes data freely available, easy to access, and most importantly, simple for the public to use in machine-readable formats.Open data can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone.”
According to Elisse Moreno, realtor with Truhome Inc., open data will be a huge part of the real estate revolution in Canada – allowing private citizens to make better informed decisions about the cities and houses they choose to call home.
“Our team is excited to be speaking at the conference,” says Moreno, a long-time member of both Edmonton’s tech and real estate communities. “The more open cities are, the easier it is for citizens to become educated about issues relating to the biggest financial decisions of their lives,” Moreno explains.
“Open data is providing more accurate answers to questions about issues such as flood concerns, neighbourhood growth and development forecasts, infrastructure plans and neighbourhood profiles.”
This year’s conference will focus on open data analytics, partnerships and crowdsourcing.
To learn more about how the use of open data is helping Canadians buy and sell homes, contact Elisse Moreno at TruHome Inc.
