The sixth project meeting of the DataBio project, Data-Driven Bioeconomy, was held from 29 to 30 January 2019 at the “i Portici” hotel in Bologna. The event was a great success with over 70 people including international partners and external stakeholders. The meeting gave an opportunity to discuss and illustrate the performance of the technological platform of the DataBio project, the progress of the experiments (pilot trials) conducted over the last two years in Europe and the plan for the next trials to be run in 2019.

The DataBio project is financed by the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme of the European Union with the grant agreement n. 732064. Thematic: ICT-15-2016-2017; Big Data PPP: Large Scale Pilot actions in sectors best benefiting from data-driven innovation.

The workshop on GI data and software advertised earlier this month was a success.

You can see all the presentations (a mix of Czech and English) at http://www.wirelessinfo.cz/en/prezentace-z-workshopu-na-czu-24-1-2019-ke-stazeni/

Plan4all joined the Czech National Coalition for Digital Jobs (DigiKoalice) by signing the memorandum regarding digital education.

Plan4all will cooperate across the private, academic and governmental sectors in order to support digital job activities, digital education, digital technologies and digital skills of the general public.

The establishment of DigiKoalice was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic. DigiKoalice is an open fellowship of representatives of state institutions, IT companies, ICT sector, educational institutions, academic assemblies, non-profit organizations, statutory authorities of schools,  educational institutions and other entities, that  wish to contribute to better digital literacy of citizens of the Czech Republic, to increase their chances of succeeding in the labour market with help of their digital skills and a result, improving the competitiveness of the Czech economy.

Be prepared for the next batch of Prague INSPIRE hackathon’s LIVE webinars! On Friday 18th Jan 2019 we offer two webinars, one at 12pm and the second at 3pm CET. 

The topics of the 12 pm webinar are: Artificial Intelligence, Territorial Planning, and 4D Environmental Maps and you can SIGN UP at: https://blbgroup.lpages.co/2019-prague-inspire-hack-18-01-…/

The topics of the 3pm webinar are: Big Data, Arctic Geo Data, and Hackathon Methods SIGN UP at: https://blbgroup.lpages.co/2019-prague-inspire-hack-18-01-…/

It is still time to register for the Prague INSPIRE hackathon:https://www.plan4all.eu/prague-inspire-hackathon-2019/

Next webinars are planned on JAN 16 &18 , 2019 // 12 & 3 PM CET.

Jon Blower gave a short introduction to the main concepts of Semantic Web / Linked Data and gave some examples of their application in practice. Jon also talked about some of the benefits and challenges associated with adopting these techniques in real situations, drawing particularly on examples from the MELODIES project and other related efforts.

Dr Jon Blower is the Chief Technology Officer for the Institute for Environmental Analytics (IEA), a partnership of academic and commercial organisations, based at the University of Reading. He leads a number of collaborative projects in the area of environmental informatics and visualisation, applying advanced techniques in information technology to make environmental information more accessible and useful for researchers and decision-makers. These projects have addressed a wide range of sectors, including renewable energy, transport, city planning, agriculture and insurance (see http://www.the-iea.org/projects/).

Karel Charvat talked about the FOODIE data model and the FOODIE ontology and demonstrated how these principles are implemented in the DataBio project He also discussed how we can develop a standard API for satellite data for farm information management systems.

Karel Charvat graduated in theoretical cybernetics. He is a member of International Society for Precision Agriculture, Research Data Alliance, Club of Ossiach, CAGI, and CSITA. He was in period 2005 – 2007 President of European Federation for Information  Technology in Agriculture Food and Environment (EFITA), OGC Agriculture DWG, he is vicepresined of Club of Ossiach,. He was organiser on many hackathons, where as most important were INSPIRE Hacks I and II and MEDHackathon. He work on implementation on national INSPIRE Geoportall. Now he is also active in Plan4all assotiation. He has long time experience in ICT for Environment, transport, Agriculture and Precision Farming. Now he is one from promotors of Open and Big Data in Agriculture in Europe. Participation in projects: Wirelessinfo, Premathmod, EMIRES, REGEO, RuralWins, Armonia, aBard, EPRI Start, Ami@netfood, AMI4For, Voice, Naturnet Redime, Mobildat, SpravaDat, Navlog, c@r, Humboldt, WINSOC, Plan4all, Habitats, Plan4business, SmartOpenData, FOODIE, SDI4Apps,  AgriXchange, FOODIE, SDI4Apps, OTN, DataBio, SmartAgriHub, AFarCloud, EO4Agri.