0. Activities of Utilization & Dissemination Committee in the Fiscal 2013
December 9, 2013
Open Data Symposium
Open Data Promotion Consortium
Activities of Utilization & Dissemination Committee
in the Fiscal 2013
Open Data Promotion Consortium
Ichiya Nakamura
Chair Person,
Utilization & Dissemination Committee

1. Major Activities in the Fiscal 2012

2. Major Activities in the Fiscal 2012
1. We Implemented Meteorological Data & Idea-Thon / Hack-a-Thon
　⇒　We implement an Application Contest in 2013！
2. We Implemented Symposium on Open Data
　⇒　We implement it in 2013 as well. (Today)！
3. We Implemented Commendation at the Committee’s Discretion
　⇒　We implement it in 2013 as well！
4. We Implemented Information Dissemination and Share through
Committee Meetings and Webpage
　⇒　We make efforts in information dissemination overseas as
well in 2013！

3. Major Activities in the Fiscal 2012
Meteorological Data & Hack-a-Thon （ ）
Symposium on Open Data （ ）
Utilization & Dissemination Committee (4 Meetings in Total)
Commendation at the Committee’s Discretion （ ）

4. Major Activities in the Fiscal 2013

5. 1. Strengthening of Information Dissemination Overseas
・ Bilingual Ustream Webcast (Japanese / English) of the Symposium
・Introduction of Japanese Approach to Open Data in the “Internet Governance Forum” (Oct , 2013) (Photo Lower Right)
・Inauguration of the English Webpage of the Consortium.
English Webpage of Open Data Symposium
Scene of Internet Governance Forum in Bali
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6. 2. Organization and Support of Participatory Events
1. Open Data Application Contest
・ Implementation of Application Development Contest Making Use of Open Data Provided by 7 Verification Tests to be Conducted by the Communications Ministry！
Schedule
Jan. 2014
Notification of Developers’ Webpages &
Inauguration of Data Provision
Feb. 3 (Mon) , 2014
Start of Reception of Application
Feb. 17 (Mon), (Noon)
Close of Reception of Application
Feb. 28 (Fri), 2014
Decision of Prize Winner & Notification
Mar. 13 (Thu), (10:00～12:00)
Presentation by Prize Winners & Awards Ceremony (in the 4th Utilization & Dissemination Meeting)
Webpage to Announce on Open Data Application Contest
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7. 2. Organization and Support of Participatory Events
2. Social Issue Resolution Type Idea-Thon / Use Case Contest
・This is joint organization by METI and Ministry of Communications.
・Idea-Thons were held in Osaka (Nov. 9), Tokyo (Nov. 21), and Matsue (Nov. 26)！
・As for Use Case Contest, the pamphlets are distributed at the reception of this symposium！We hope you will participate！
Scene of Open Data Idea-Thon in Osaka
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8. 2. Organization and Support of Participatory Events
3. Commendation at the Committee’s Discretion
・Excellent approaches to open data will be awarded prize at the Committee’s discretion again this year！
General Comment on Commendation at the Committee’s Discretion Last Year (by the Chief Juror)
Attributes of awardees this time are really diverse including Ministry, Prefecture, big city, local city, town, enterprise, laboratory of university, NPO, voluntary group, etc. Prize awarding with such a great variety of awardees is really rare. Participating members of awardees this time started the work with a pure public spirit and enthusiasm. I hope, thanks to the efforts of these people, open data could gain respects from people, and also open up perspective for creation of new businesses.
The 1st Prize Awardee Last Year (Google Award) ：
Data City Sabae

9. 2. Organization and Support of Participatory Events
4. Support of Open-Data-Related Events
・We will support various kinds of events this year again！
・Open Government Summit Meeting (Held at Sabae City, Supported by Us, )
・International Open Data Day in Japan 2014 (Held at Various Venues in
Japan, to be Supported by Us, ), etc.
Scene of International Open Data Day Last Year
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10. 3. Sub-Committee for Local Authorities
・Based on the results of the questionnaire survey of the Consortium members, and advanced examples such as the Verification Test for Local Authorities’ Administrative Information by the Communications Ministry (in collaboration with Cities of Yokohama and Sabae) and the Open Data Project of Villages, Towns and Cities of Fukui Prefecture, we get to know the pros and cons of local authorities as well as challenges.
・The result of which is to be incorporated to the Open Data Manual for Public Servants to be considered by the Communications Ministry’s Verification Test, Data Governance Committee and Technical Committee in the Fiscal 2013.
・The current membership of the Local Authorities Sub-Committee is as below.
Members of Local Authorities Sub-Committee (as of )
LA Members
( 7 Organizations )
Kawasaki City, Kitakyushu City, Sagamihara City, Sabae City, Fukuoka City, Matsue City, Yokohama City
Corporate Members
(11 Organizations)
Belonging 2 Groups
NTT Advanced Technology Co., Georepublic Japan, Nebulab Co.,Ltd.
Application Production Group
Informatix Inc.
Business Model Consideration Group
Kokusai Kogyo Co., Ltd., XICA Inc., JMA Holdings. Inc., Smart Light Co., Fujitsu Ltd., Meidensha Co., Lifeware Service Ltd.