Monday February 1st, 6.30 – 8.30pm The Manchester Escalator 231 Deansgate Manchester M3 4EN Sign up here If you believe some of the tech press 2016 is the year that the Internet of Things will take over – billions of …

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Tuesday 27th October 6.00pm – 8.00pm Spaceport X 1st Floor 24-26 Lever Street Manchester M1 1DZ This month’s Open Data Manchester will be low-key but high impact. 2016 is nearly upon us and we want to develop our programme for next …

October planning meeting Read more »

Back in the spring we hosted Local Open Data: Reaping the Benefits – a day devoted to raising awareness of the good stuff going on with open data at a local level. Now, with Open Data Camp coming to Manchester …

Open Data Innovator Stories Read more »

Over the past week I’ve been lucky enough to meet AppChallenge community members in Manchester and London at our #EULife Meetup series. It was great to meet people who are passionate about open data. I wish we had been able …

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6.30pm – 8.30pm, Tuesday 29th September 2015 Greenheys Business Centre Manchester Science Park Pencroft Way Manchester M15 6JJ Map here Sign up on Eventbrite here The third outing in our data visualisation series is a more in depth look at the tools …

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The challenge asks entrants to use European Quality of Life open data, provided by Eurofound and the UK Data Service, to develop innovative new apps. Registration is free, with more details available here. Image: Summary: The #EULife App Challenge team will visit local developers in …

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Tuesday 25th July 6.30pm – 8.30pm Spaceport X 1st Floor 24-26 Lever Street Manchester M1 1DZ Sign up on Eventbrite here This month we will be hosting an informal drop-in session for people with open data questions, projects and itches to scratch. …

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Tuesday 28th July 6.30pm – 8.30pm Spaceport X 1st Floor 24-26 Lever Street Manchester M1 1DZ Sign up on Eventbrite here Stop Making Pie Charts kicked off our data visualisation series last month with Infonomic’s Robin Gower highlighting how easy it is to make …

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An opinionated guide to the craft of data visualisation Tuesday 30th June 6.30pm – 8.30pm Spaceport X 1st Floor 24-26 Lever Street Manchester M1 1DZ More details and directions here Sign up on Eventbrite here Don’t let Excel’s default settings …

Stop making pie charts! Read more »

6.30pm – 8.30pm Tuesday 26th May 2015 Greenheys Business Centre Manchester Science Park Pencroft Way Manchester M15 6JJ Map here Sign up on Eventbrite here This month’s Open Data Manchester will be an informal get together and a chance to see …

Open Data May meeting. Read more »