Sameer Vasta and Richard Pietro are at the Canadian Open Data Summit and International Open Data Conference sharing their perspectives on the speakers, sessions, and events. Today, we present you Hanna Niemi-Huegaerts who is the Development Manager for the Forum Virium Helsinki

Open Government Podcast

Dispatch - #IODC15 - Opening Local Governments in Helsinki

The Open Government Podcast features 10-12min interviews with voices from the Open Government, Open Data, and Civic Engagement communities. You will hear from public servants, technologists, and engaged citizens on how they are working towards creating a more accountable, transparent, and collaborative government. About the Hosts Richard Pietro considers himself as a Fanboy of Open Government & Open Data, is a founding member of www.citizenbridge.org and was the host for the Open Government Tour (#OGT14), a 20,000km Motorcycle Tour that introduced Open Government & Data to Canadians. https://twitter.com/richardpietro Sameer Vasta is a flâneur, storyteller, letter-writer, egg-whisperer, hugger extraordinaire. He’s interested in how the private sector and public sector can work together to make the world a better place for all of us. https://twitter.com/vasta