Author Archives: Serdar Temiz

Open Data for Academics

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Serdar Temiz

I will join panel discussion at Open Data for academics event. This event is organized by Open Knowledge Sweden,  Wkimedia Sweden and KTH Visualisation Department. If you are interested to Open Data and from academia I think you should not … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 17, 2015 by Serdar Temiz

I had wonderful time in Tanzania as a mentor there I will update here soon!.

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Open Data Innovation with GeoData

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Serdar Temiz

I had a pleasure to be one of speakers at Swedish Standards Institute’s ‘ Forum for geodata’ on October 16 2014. Forum covered these topics: specifications for urban planning and construction, thoughts on 3D, data quality, environmental geodata, innovations with … Continue reading →

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If you got invitation for Turkcell Teknology Summit, you should read this

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Serdar Temiz

If you ever received any invitation to be one of speakers for Turkcell Teknology Summit, think twice!  You might have been invited, and then you might accept and cancel all your other plans or anyway, organize yourself for the summit … Continue reading →

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Apps4eGov Innovation Challenge

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Serdar Temiz

Competitions are good source of Innovation. I am currently involved with organization of an Open Data Competition in Sweden. It is eGovlab competition where OKFN Sweden supports. eGovlab’s  “Apps4eGov Innovation Challenge” with the aim to innovate public service with use of … Continue reading →

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Unemployment and Wage Moderation- an open answer to Nima Sanandaji’s claim

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Serdar Temiz

This post is written to as an answer to Liberal commentator Nima Sanandaji ‘Sweden’s entry-level wages are too high’ post at thelocal.se. He claims that,bringing Sweden’s wage scale in line with other rich EU countries could boost employment opportunities. As … Continue reading →

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Towards Open Goverment: Stop Secret Contracts

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Serdar Temiz

One of the best things that happens being part of the OKFN Sweden team is, to get lots of information about open data, openness, to get inspired by great community members and to be part of global movement that promotes … Continue reading →

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