Open Data is data available publicly accessible and shareable by anyone for any purpose AND is machine readable, usually - but not exclusively - provided by governments and other public agencies.

You may ask "So what?" Open Data is diverse - public transport, crime statistics, pollution levels, government lobbying - so it's a matter of finding interesting data and seeing what you can do with it. Open Data is the logical successor to Open Source Software but is not as well-known.

In this talk you'll learn the definition of Open Data, its importance, and how to search for and consume from available sources. We'll wrap it up with a live demo showing Open Data being retrieved, consumed, and visualized.

This is a re-work of a previous talk presented at JavaOne and DevoxxUK, this talk focused more on Open Data and less on the demos. Previously the demos were Java-/Neo4J-based but other technologies may be incorporated, depending on conference.