Open Data Institute opens this week, today Open House
Open Data Institute opens this week, today Open HouseThe Open Data Institute, London, UK, opens this week. Today is ‘open house’ from 4pm - 6pm. To visit: Email required.
Address: 65 Clifton St, Shoreditch, London Borough of Hackney, EC2A, UK.
The organisation has some pretty weighty founders, father of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Professor Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton, created it to be independent, non-profit and non-partisan. So far the ODI has nailed down £10 million ($16m+ USD) over five years from the UK government via the Technology Strategy Board, which invests in tech research and development, and a further $750,000 from Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment firm. The organisation is also working toward long-term sustainability through match funding and direct revenue.