📚🌱 We are announcing a joint project with @wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social to safeguard the future of our global knowledge commons.
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❗️The future of open data must be 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆❗️
Our sincere gratitude to the speakers who generously gave up their time, and to the hundreds of people who tuned in today for #OpenDataDay.
Re-watch the conference here: https://buff.ly/zE6hXOg
🔜 Join us next week on the @dpgalliance@mastodon.social Webinar '𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀.'
📅 April 30
⏰ 3:00pm CET (60 min)
📍 Zoom Webinar
📝 Register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__IHGcRbVRrmT-GUs0VvLOw
▶️ [Roundtable] #CKAN at 20: The Future of #OpenData in the Era of #AI
Forward-looking reflections from key community members and live demonstrations of tools, integrations, and experiments with LLMs and open data portals.
🏛️ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/roundtable-ckan-20-the-future-of-open-data
🔴 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djvNkntpo24
[Roundtable] CKAN at 20: The Future of Open Data in the Era of AI – The Future of Open Data
📣 Full programme & speakers announced!
'The Future of Open Data' conference is bringing together a diverse range of technical, political, academic and community voices to explore how #opendata can be secured for the future.
🌟 #OpenDataEditor: highlighted among digital public goods (DPGs) for "making data validation accessible for all"
👉🏾 Read the 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report by @dpgalliance@mastodon.social: https://new.digitalpublicgoods.net/blog/2025-dpg-ecosystem-report
🇪🇺 Top 3 recommendations from the #OpenKnowledgeNetwork to shape the @EU_Commission's Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy:
📑 Dedicated EU funding for open digital infrastructure
📑 Open-source as mandatory in EU-funded projects
📑 EU-wide platforms for code, tools and expertise
💻🌱 #TheTechPeopleWant Summit is just around the corner (July 8–9).
Today we are announcing the full programme, featuring 31 speakers from all around the world across 4 panels, 2 keynotes and 3 Spotlight Sessions.
📚🌱 Anunciamos un proyecto conjunto con @wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social para salvaguardar el futuro de nuestro conocimiento común.
Únete a nosotras: https://blog.okfn.org/es/2026/04/10/el-conocimiento-como-infraestructura-digital-critica-un-llamado-a-la-accion-para-un-futuro-resiliente/
We’ve been learning a lot about #AI lately, along with our communities.
👇🏾 In this text, @okfn@fosstodon.org's Tech Lead, Patricio Del Boca, consolidates some of these thoughts and offers his sharp views on one of today's most pressing challenges.
🗞️ Our End-of-Year Newsletter is out today – including @okfn@fosstodon.org's Annual Report 2025, new partnerships and announcements, many project updates, and the latest news of the #OpenMovement around the world.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/12/18/okfn-newsletter-end-of-year-2025/
Are you a dev working with #opendata and #AI? Are you dealing with how to retrieve reliable info using LLMs?
Join our technical consultation session on Wed, 25 Mar, 12:00 UTC. We will demo, test, share code, and learn.
Express your interest here 👇🏾
https://discuss.okfn.org/t/ckan-answers-community-consultation-session/12726
⭐️ Opportunity alert: part-time Project Manager role at @okfn@fosstodon.org ⭐️
The successful candidate will support the development for an #opendata infrastructure portal being prepared for the challenges of AI.
Could this be you? Know anyone?
Please share! 👉🏾 https://okfn.org/en/jobs/project-manager/
📣 Video documentation now live: 'The Future of Open Data'
Relive the online conference that brought the #opendata community together to celebrate two decades of #CKAN and discuss the current role of open data and data infrastructures.
👉🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2026/03/17/the-future-of-open-data-video-documentation/
📣 Help shape the agenda of #OpenTechnologyResearch (OTR) by @OpenForumEurope@mastodon.cloud @okfn@fosstodon.org @osi@social.opensource.org
On 19 March, we will be hosting roundtable consultations at times that are accessible across different regions.
👩🏾💻 Register & Learn more: https://blog.okfn.org/2026/03/11/shaping-a-shared-research-agenda-for-open-technology-research/
Despite the platitudes in New Delhi, we are far from achieving the vision of shared global infrastructure that the AI Impact Summit Leader’s Declaration proposes, write @rumya@mastodon.social and @avilarenata@mastodon.social. We must preserve democratic influence over the tools being deployed. https://www.techpolicy.press/what-the-india-ai-summit-leaders-declaration-means-for-the-future-of-the-digital-commons/
🙌🏾 It's time to hear a story of #OpenDataDay‘s grassroots impact directly from the community’s voices:
🇮🇩 "Geospatial Data for Mangrove Rehabilitation", by Fajar Rizky Ramadhan → https://blog.okfn.org/2026/02/16/open-data-day-2025-in-cianjur-geospatial-data-for-mangrove-rehabilitation/
🏅 We are proud to announce the inclusion of #OpenDataEditor in the #InfraFinder catalogue, an open infrastructure discovery and assessment tool by @investinopen@indieweb.social.
👉🏾 ODE listing: https://infrafinder.investinopen.org/solutions/open-data-editor?ref=investinopen.org
👉🏾 Learn more: https://investinopen.org/blog/infra-finder-update-134-entries/
🔓 We are telling #G7 leader that the #AI infrastructure must be #open.
✊🏾 Find out more on our blog about the actions recommended for the #T7Italy Summit by @okfn@fosstodon.org, @openfuture@eupolicy.social, Digital Public Goods Alliance, CEP and MicroSave:
👉🏾 https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/13/we-are-telling-g7-leaders-that-the-ai-infrastructure-must-be-open/
🔍✨ We're looking for a researcher in law with a PhD to work on #opendatacommons licences for 6 months in #Paris. This position is offered in partnership with the @cnrs@social.numerique.gouv.fr to work directly with @melanieddr@birdsite.wilde.cloud and @avilarenata@mastodon.social.
https://okfn.org/en/jobs/researcher-open-data-commons-licences
🌱 Together with #WikiGreenInitiatives and @OpenClimateCamp@mastodon.social, the #OpenKnowlegeNetwork is hosting next week the Inaugural Webinar of #OpenGoesCOP, a movement advocating for #openness in the UN Climate Change Conferences.
👉🏾 Learn more & register: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/05/27/join-us-for-the-inaugural-webinar-of-open-goes-cop-a-movement-advocating-for-openness-in-the-un-climate-change-conferences
AI belongs to the people it serves. @okfn@fosstodon.org proves this daily in partnership with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation. Together, we will build 4 hands-on pilots and multilingual AI literacy curricula, while advancing trustworthy AI in the global open data ecosystem.
📚🌱 Estamos anunciando um projeto em parceria com a @wikimediafoundation@wikimedia.social para proteger o futuro do nosso conhecimento comum.
Junte-se a nós: https://blog.okfn.org/pt/2026/04/10/conhecimento-como-infraestrutura-digital-critica-uma-chamada-a-acao-para-um-futuro-resiliente/
▶️ [Panel] Navigating #OpenData Regulation for the Public Interest
Watch this discussion about data access, licensing, and the governance dimension of open data in the age of AI.
🏛️ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/panel-open-data-regulation-for-the-public-interest
🔴 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceaaMlcVl70
Panel: Navigating Open Data Regulation for the Public Interest – The Future of Open Data
🗣️ "What are AI learning resources you love—and why?"
We are collecting recommendations for online courses etc that are especially suitable for social sector organisations.
👇🏾 Join the conversation at the #OpenKnowledgeForum.
https://discuss.okfn.org/t/what-are-ai-learning-resources-you-love-and-why/12757
💡 To round off this year’s #OpenDataDay, we are proud to republish the ‘ODD essays’, an initiative by @openstate@mastodon.nl and @opennl@mastodon.nl.
Relevant authors offer views on the impact of #opendata on society.
👉🏾 Check them out: https://blog.okfn.org/tag/odd-essays/
Are you working on an #opendata and #AI project? Playing with portals, CKAN, MCP servers, LLMs, custom queries to get insights from databases?
The community is eager to learn more!
👉🏾 Open Call for Demos: apply here until 6 March https://blog.okfn.org/the-future-of-open-data-open-call-for-lightning-talks-demos/
The Open Technology Research #OTR aims to close key evidence gaps that affect how governments and institutions make decisions about open technologies.
🌐 Join a global consultation on 19 March: https://opentechresearch.org/blog/shaping-a-shared-research-agenda-for-open-technology-research-join-our-global-consultations-on-19-march/#signup-form
🗣️ Share your perspective: https://app.formbricks.com/s/cmmc6fcrnzb3vs101ok1u2z0m
🌟 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮: an online conference by @okfn@fosstodon.org to celebrate #OpenDataDay and the 20th anniversary of #CKAN 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 the community.
🗓️ Wednesday, March 11
🕙 10:00 - 15:00 UTC
✍️ Register now at https://okfn.org/thefutureofopendata
🙌🏾 It's time to hear a story of #OpenDataDay‘s grassroots impact directly from the community’s voices:
🇧🇩 🌊 "Harnessing Open Data for Flood Preparedness", by Zobaer Rahman → https://blog.okfn.org/2026/01/13/open-data-day-2025-in-sunamganj-harnessing-open-data-for-flood-preparedness/
💙 We are very grateful to our partner The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation for recognising our work in promoting AI literacy 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 communities. We are in such good company!
👉🏾 Read the full piece here: https://medium.com/patrick-j-mcgovern-foundation/from-access-to-agency-community-led-ai-literacy-efforts-to-watch-09d7555739e5
The UN CSTD Working Group on Data Governance is entering a critical phase.
Join our online discussion on 27 January, 13:00 UTC/14:00 CET to explore its progress, ongoing consultations, and how to engage in 2026.
Save your spot! ⤵️
https://www.diplomacy.edu/event/decoding-the-un-cstd-working-group-on-data-governance-online-series-3/
💭🧑🏾💻 How do social sector organisations gather 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 about #AI that is relevant for their field?
✨ Meet the #AILearningLabs. We are partnering with selected orgs to catalyse learning and produce public, multilingual AI literacy resources.
▶️ [Lightning Talks] Community Voices: Open Data & AI
Short presentations at 'The Future of Open Data': new tools, pilots, projects and experiments from across the open data ecosystem.
🏛️ Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/lightining-talks-community-voices-open-data-AI
🔴 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS6K5JSUMhU
[Lightning Talks] Community Voices: Open Data & AI – The Future of Open Data
The topic of the moment is #governance ⚖️
For those who missed the launch in December, here's the latest field guide from @okfn@fosstodon.org to help you sustain your public interest tech projects and communities.
Tip: here's no one-size-fit-all 📐
👉🏾 Learn more: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/12/08/new-field-guide-the-tech-we-want-who-decides-a-quick-guide-to-governance/
💅🏾 Our playlists are more than just pretty!
✊ Lots of important material about opening up knowledge around the world through technology, community, digital literacy and activism.
🔴 Check them out: https://www.youtube.com/@OpenKnowledgeFoundation/playlists