National Academies Press: OpenBook
« Previous: 17. General Discussion of Results from the Breakout Sessions and Possible NextSteps
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 81
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 82
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 83
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 84
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 85
Suggested Citation:"A. Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2009. The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12687.
×
Page 86

Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.

Appendixes 81

APPENDIX A Meeting Agenda The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies Organized by: U.S. National Committee for CODATA Board on International Scientific Organizations, U.S. National Academy of Sciences in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Place: OECD Headquarters Conference Centre Room 13 2 rue André-Pascal, Paris 75016, France Dates: 4-5 February 2008 Agenda Day one: 9:00 Registration Session One: Introduction and opening presentations Chair: Daniela Battisti, Agency for Inward Investments and Business Development, Italy, Chair WPIE 10:00 Welcoming remarks and introductions Graham Vickery, OECD 10:20 Workshop objectives and structure Paul Uhlir, United States National Academies 10:30 The social and economic goals and Jim Wretham, OPSI, values of PSI online: EU government perspective United Kingdom 10:50 The social and economic goals and values of PSI online: Nancy Weiss, Institute U.S. government perspective of Museum and Library Services, 83

84 APPENDIXES United States 11:10 The value to industry of PSI: The business sector Dr. Martin Fornefeld perspective MICUS Management Consulting, Germany 11:30 Achieving fair and open access to PSI for maximum Michael Nicholson, returns PSI Alliance, United Kingdom 11:50 Open Discussion Moderator: Javier Hernandez-Ros, EC 12:15 Lunch Session Two: Different approaches for evaluating the direct and indirect economic and non-economic benefits and costs of PSI access and reuse policies in the online environment Chair: Antti Eskola, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland 13:50 Public Sector Information: Why bother? Robbin te Velde, Dialogic, Measuring European Public Sector Information Netherlands Resources 14:10 Measuring the Economic Impact of the PSI Chris Corbin, ePSIplus, Directive in the Context of the 2008 Review United Kingdom 14:30 Different PSI Access Policies and their Impact Frederika Welle Donker, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands 14:50 The Price of Everything but the Value of Antoinette Graves, OFT, Nothing United Kingdom 15:10 Enhancing Access to Government Information: Kirsti Nilsen, University of Economic Theory as It Applies to Statistics Western Ontario, Canada Canada 15:30 Assessing the Impact of Public Sector Max Craglia, Institute for Geographic Information Environment and Sustainability, JRC, Italy 15:50 Coffee break 16:40 Assessing the Economic and Social Effects of Rodney F. Weiher

16:40 Assessing the Economic and Social Effects of Rodney F. Weiher NOAA Data Online NOAA Chief Economist, United States 17:00 Exploring the Impacts of Enhanced Access to John Houghton, Victoria Publicly Funded Research University, Australia 17:20 General discussion Day two: Morning Session Three: Measuring the economic and social costs and benefits of the PSI: Evaluation of the existing approaches and suggestions for future work Parallel sessions (a) and (b) Presenters: Paul F. Uhlir and Raed Sharif Rapporteurs: Juan Carlos De Martin and Tilman Merz To facilitate discussion and to advance the analytical agenda, the workshop will be divided into two parallel sessions, with government representatives and PSI supply-side experts in group (a) and industry representatives and users in group (b). 9:00- Each session will comprise: 12:15 * An overview on different approaches for evaluating the direct and indirect economic and social benefits and costs of access and reuse policies for PSI in the online environment. This will draw on the published literature, the OECD study and on recent analytical work. * A 90-minute panel discussion addressing questions including: 1- What are the commonalities and differences among the analytical methods presented in session 2? 2- What are their main strengths and weaknesses, e.g. their accuracy, comprehensiveness, relevance, validity and reliability? 3- What are the most effective metrics/indicators to assess particular kinds of information/policies? Are there approaches and metrics/indicators that effectively measure the network effects of the use of PSI online? 4- What still needs to be known about the application of these methods to the evaluation of public information policies in the online environment? 5- What theoretical frameworks, models and best practices in other areas can be applied to assess different policies of access to and reuse of digital PSI? 6- What are some future directions and recommendations for the better study and measurement of access to and reuse of PSI online? • Following the break, the main points from the panel discussions will be summarized by the rapporteurs (Juan Carlos de Martin and Tilman Merz), followed by discussion. This will be designed to identify activities that could enhance understanding of the economic value and effects of different approaches to access to and reuse of online digital PSI.

86 APPENDIXES 9:00-9:10 Session chair introduction (a) Eivind Lorentzen, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway (b) Jean-Jacques Sahel, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Skype-Europe 9:10-9:30 Presentation 9:30-11:00 Panel discussion 11:00-11:20 Coffee break 11:20-12:15 General discussion and proposals for future work 12:15-13:45 Lunch Session Four: Plenary discussion: Wrap-up, conclusions and future work Chair: Daniela Battisti 13:50-14:10 Rapporteur presentation Session three (a) Juan Carlos de Martin, Turin Polytechnic, Italy 14:10-14:30 Rapporteur presentation Session three (b) Tilman Merz, consultant 14:30-15:50 Discussion: What do we know and what next? 15:50-16:00 Concluding remarks Graham Vickery, OECD Paul Uhlir, United States The National Academies End of meeting

Next: B. Biographical Summaries of Workshop Chairs, Presenters, andRapporteurs »
The Socioeconomic Effects of Public Sector Information on Digital Networks: Toward a Better Understanding of Different Access and Reuse Policies: Workshop Summary Get This Book
×
Buy Paperback | $39.00 Buy Ebook | $31.99
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

While governments throughout the world have different approaches to how they make their public sector information (PSI) available and the terms under which the information may be reused, there appears to be a broad recognition of the importance of digital networks and PSI to the economy and to society. However, despite the huge investments in PSI and the even larger estimated effects, surprisingly little is known about the costs and benefits of different information policies on the information society and the knowledge economy.

By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the current assessment methods and their underlying criteria, it should be possible to improve and apply such tools to help rationalize the policies and to clarify the role of the internet in disseminating PSI. This in turn can help promote the efficiency and effectiveness of PSI investments and management, and to improve their downstream economic and social results.

The workshop that is summarized in this volume was intended to review the state of the art in assessment methods and to improve the understanding of what is known and what needs to be known about the effects of PSI activities.

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!