Data on Board, this year’s biggest European event for data project leaders

Lauréline Saux 03 November 2021 4 min read

Data on Board, our annual event focused on the democratization of data, returns on December 7th 2021, both in person and online. Join us for an exciting new edition of the event as we celebrate Opendatasoft’s 10th birthday!

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Meet us at 9:30am CET at the Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, or at 10am online to attend a range of keynotes from leading international data experts.

Data on Board is the perfect event for everyone involved in data sharing, whether they are looking to drive digital transformation, achieve competitive advantage or meet the data needs of stakeholders, citizens and ecosystems. The 2021 edition will bring together more than 600 data specialists from across Europe to share their experiences, discuss best practices and prepare for future trends – all in English!

Data on Board 2021 will provide you with all the tools, ideas and inspiration you need to build your data strategy for 2022. Here are 5 great reasons to attend the event:

To discover the full program and register, click here

Better understand today’s data landscape

How are organizations using and sharing data? What are the challenges and how do they overcome them? What tools and practices are they relying on? To find out Opendatasoft and Usine Digitale spoke to over 250 decision makers from both the private and public sectors.

We’ll exclusively share the results of the research during the opening plenary session of Data on Board 2021. Join us for a roundtable discussion chaired by Vincent Ducrey, CEO of the HUB Institute, where an expert panel will discuss the findings and what they tell us about the current data sharing landscape.

Look forward with our main debate on the best data strategies for the future

With the importance of data growing rapidly in every sector, everyone knows they need to prepare for the future. What should your strategies be? What will data experiences be like in the future?

This question will be at the heart of our main roundtable discussion and will build on our new in-depth research. Chaired by Vincent Ducrey, CEO of the HUB Institute, it brings together leading experts to share their experiences, thoughts and plans:

Yves Tyrode, Chief Innovation, Data, & Digital Officer at the BPCE Group
Véronique Lacour, Executive Director of Transformation and Operational Efficiency at EDF
Hervé Constant, Information Systems Director at GRTgaz
Benoit Lepetit, Head of Data & Analytics at Saint Gobain Distribution

Come and celebrate our 10th birthday!

For the past 10 years, Opendatasoft has been helping companies and public organizations across the world with their exciting, innovative data projects.

Opendatasoft today has:

Worked on 2,000+ data projects in more than 25 countries

Shared 25,000+ data sets via our data hub to enrich your data experiences
Opened 600+ general interest data sets to help with your projects

To illustrate how far we’ve come, we’ll showcase some of our customers’ most innovative data projects at Data on Board.

Come along to the 10 testimonial and feedback sessions throughout the day to see data success from across different industries, and visit our interactive exhibition of 10 essential data experiences at the event

Get inspired by 50+ data project leaders from across Europe

Learn from your peers. More than 50 data project leaders from across different industries will share their experiences, strategic roadmaps and concrete solutions at Data on Board. Get inspiration from experts to accelerate your projects!

Here’s the full program for Data on Board 2021:

Keynotes by experts who share their visions of the fast-changing world of data, including the Open Data Institute, the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs and the HUB Institute.
Workshops where our customers explain their projects. Hear from the likes of Schneider Electric, UK Power Networks, Israel Living Lab, City of Strasbourg, Bologna and Wurzburg.
A collective brainstorm session to discuss the future of data democratization.
An awards ceremony to highlight outstanding projects from the past year, presented by our Director of Customer Relations, Ysée Rogé.

Discover the details of the program here

The year's biggest event...in a unique location!

Above all Data on Board is the perfect opportunity to meet with like-minded peers to network in a unique location, La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris. There are plenty of chances to catch up with the wider data community, including: