Open Data and Public Transportation

Date/Time

21/05/2013
11:45 am - 2:00 pm
UIG – Union Industrielle Genevoise, Rampe du Pont-Rouge 4

With the rapid development of information technology, huge amounts of data can now be exploited. In particular, for the data from Transports Publics Genevois, which will be publicly available in the near future.

This TechLunch was an opportunity to discuss potential applications for this data and the technological challenges associated with them. 40 experts from Geneva’s higher education institutions, IT companies and the cantonal administration all participated in this debate, during which many original ideas came up. Participants also had the chance to implement a competition designed to foster Geneva students’ creativity for better mobility in the Canton.

Program

11:45 am	Welcome
12:00 pm	Introduction Lan Zuo Gillet – Director of the GCC
12:05 pm	OpenData movement, new ideas, new challenges Hannes Gassert – Founding member of the Opendata association
12:35 pm	Opendata and TPG, collective intelligence for better public transportation Antoine Stroh – Head of TPG OpenData project
12:50 pm	Lunch debate on potential applications and universities-companies collaborations
1:50 pm	Conclusion
2 pm	Coffee and networking