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BEST CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD

BEST DATA JOURNALISM AWARD

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BEST PUBLIC SERVANT AWARD

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Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.
This is what OKA is all About

Open Knowledge Awards is the first award event on open knowledge in Sweden, covering categories such as transparency, entrepreneurship, open science, ministry/municipality and business initiative. Each category in which organizations, companies and authorities are tested in, will anually be determining the most exemplary initiative working in favour of open data, open knowledge and transparency. The location of the ceremony will be at The Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (KTH). The jury consists of highly respected professors, researchers, entreprenuers and board members of Open Knowledge Sweden.

  • 2016/09/01 -2016/11/15

    During this period you will be able to nominate an entity, the request will then be reviewed to see if the entity meets the requirements. If it does, it will be selected as a candidate.

  • LOCATION

    Lindstedtsvägen 30, 114 28 Stockholm

  • time and date

    2016/12/02 17:00-19:00

  • free entrance

    Seats are limited and candidates are primary guests (contact [email protected] if you are a candidate and want to secure additional seats).

Jury

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Serdar Temiz

Serdar Temiz is the chairman of Open Knowledge Sweden and also Open Knowledge Foundation’s ambassador in Sweden. OKFN is a worldwide non-profit network of people passionate about openness, using advocacy, technology and training to unlock information and enable people to work with it to create and share knowledge.
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Jessica Cederberg Wodmar

Jessica Cederberg Wodmar is a sustainability coach and communication expert with over 25 years experience in state, municipal , private and voluntary sectors , nationally and internationally. Jessica has been awarded the ” Inspirer of the Year 2010 ” by the magazine leva! and is a frequent speaker and moderator . Author of the books Hyfsat Hållbar 2014 and Klimatkoden 2009. Leading Veckans Affärers Hållbarhetspodd, a business focused sustainability podcast.
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Annika Lidne

Annika Lidne is well known in the Swedish startup and internet communities. She is co-founder and CEO of the SaaS startup Dramatify, and also consults on digital communication, change and management in her own company. She is a senior advisory board member at Stockholm’s premier startup hub SUP46. She is also the the head author of the Swedish Startup Manifesto that have gotten a lot of attention both in media and within the Swedish government and political parties. Annika also often seen as a moderator and a public speaker within the tech, startup and internet space.
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Terrence Brown

Dr. Brown is a writer, researcher, consultant, entrepreneur and lecturer on creating value. Dr. Brown is also the former Dean of the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation and head of Industrial Marketing and Entrepreneurship Division at the Royal Institute of Technology. He is also the Program Director for the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Masters Program at KTH.
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Peter Krantz

Peter Krantz is an open government advocate and the CIO at the National Library of Sweden. Previous positions include the E-government delegation and a member of the advisory bord for the former minister of IT. He believes openness can play a fundamental role in how the public perceives government and that open knowledge will enable people to increase their quality of life.
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2016 Candidates

BEST CIVIL SOCIETY AWARD

DelaEko.se
AllmanHandling.se
OpenStreetMap
Thegoals.org
Skjutsgruppen
Datahotell.se
Nätverket Västerort

BEST OPEN SCIENCE INITIATIVE

Taking science to the crowd: Researchers, programmers and volunteer contributors transforming science online
SWEClarin
Christoffer Kullenberg
Fredrik Brounéus
Gustav Nilsonne

BEST BUSINESS INITIATIVE

OpenByDefault
EntryScape Catalog
BlankSpotProject
Esam
Dopter AB

BEST TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE

Westander
Bahnhof
Myndighetstestet
Sambruk - Samverkan för kommunala öppna data
BlankSpotProject – “Pressfrihetens Vita Fläckar”

BEST MUNICIPALITY/REGION AWARD

Linköping
Göteborgs stad
Umeå Kommun
Skellefteå Kommun
Helsingborgs Kommun
Stockholm Stad

BEST PUBLIC SERVANT AWARD

Erik Borälv
Ulrika Domellöf Mattsson
Kim Lantto
Darja Isaksson
Jonas Nordin
Karin Glasemann
Johanna Berg
Thomas Kvist
David Lindeby

BEST DATA JOURNALISM AWARD

Linnea Heppling
Helena Löfving
Kristoffer Örstadius
Linus Larsson
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