OKCon Highlights Use Of Open Data In Science & Health

At the end of a two-day conference in Switzerland, open knowledge experts emphasised the role of open data in strengthening science findings’ credibility, fostering medical research and enhancing sustainable development.

The 2013 Open Knowledge Conference, an annual event organised by the Open Knowledge Foundation, aimed at understanding existing trends with a specific focus on open data use in new areas and sectors. The event was held in Geneva on 17-18 September.

Professors and scientists participating in the conference stressed how the development of new technologies has modified the way scientific experimentation is carried out...

...The impact of new technologies and the accumulation of large amount of data are not confined to scientific research. Indeed, the decreasing costs of mapping individual genomes led to the emergence of a new field in the open knowledge scenario: the concept of open health...