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Editor's Note: ChangeCamp, a "free, participatory, web-enabled face-to-face event which addresses the demand for a renewed relationship among citizens and government", is looking for community participants for their Open Data event Saturday, July 17th, 10 am to 4 pm, to be held at Ottawa City Hall.

ChangeCamp is looking for those interested in e-governance, communications and policy. Are you in?

ChangeCamp 2010 is an event being organized by the Ottawa community to bring together citizens, technologists, designers, academics, policy makers, political players, change-makers and government employees to discuss participatory governance at the municipal level in a web-enabled world.

The key theme for this event is: Data liberation and open, transparent and participative government.

Are you interested in exploring ways to better your community through improved access to information managed by various governments in the National Capital Region? Imaging being able to combine budgetary, health and voting information from all three levels of government to better understand how your tax dollars are being spent. Recently the City of Ottawa adopted the principles of Open Government and approved a contest for the creation of mobile and web applications to make use of its data with $50,000 in prizes and incentives.

The mission of ChangeCamp is to innovate how Canadian governments engage with citizens in an age of mass participation on the internet. The event aims to develop action plans for initiatives  to improve participation in municipal governance utilizing web technologies.

ChangeCamp is a solutions playground open to anyone, where admission and ideas are free. ChangeCamp Ottawa is a unique opportunity. It is taking place in one of the most technologically connected and politically charged environments in the country.

To learn more, go to the ChangeCamp Ottawa website.

To register for this free event, contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Comments (2)

1Thursday, 15 July 2010 23:31

Peter Hecht

Hope to register if it is not too late. If it works it will be revolutionary for Ottawa. The administration has appeared to be more or less unreceptive to citizen participation and transparency unlike many other cities across Canada. If we can find a way to start using data and common interface techniques, maybe a difference can be made.

Peter Hecht

2Friday, 16 July 2010 00:38

Gwendolyn Gall

The link to register directly is:

http://changecampottawa2010.eventbrite.com/

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