Conference on Re-use of Public Sector Information

A conference on the Re-Use of Public Sector Information took place in Dublin Castle on Thursday, 25th October 2007. This was a co-host event by the Department of Finance and ePSIplus.

The Minister for Innovation Policy, Michael Ahern, T.D. opened the conference. Opening Address

Juan Pelegrin - Exploiting the potential of PSI (pdf)

Juan is a policy and market analyst for the information market in the Digital Libraries and Public Sector Information unit of the European Commission

John Dolan - Ireland's implementation of the PSI Directive (pdf)

John is a Principal Officer in the Department of Finance with specific responsibility for the implementation of the PSI Directive.

Brian Green - The ePSIplus project: Supporting Implementation of the PSI Directive (pdf)

Brian is working as the ePSIplus Network Analyst focusing on standards for interoperability and information management and for contacts with the commercial and institutional publishing sector. 

Liz Nolan - eTenders as a source of PSI (pdf)

Liz is an Assistant Principal Officer the National Public Procurement Policy Unit (NPPPU) of the Department of Finance with specific responsibility for the eProcurement Initiative within Ireland.

Jo Ellis - UK Implementation – the first two years (pdf)

Jo is the Information Policy Manager in the Office of Public Sector Information in the UK.

Gary Davis - Integration of Data Protection and PSI Legislation (pdf)

Gary is the Deputy Data Protection Commissioner with specific responsibility as Director of Investigations.

Maria Ginnity - Irish eContent Industry (pdf)

Maria heads up the Enterprise Policy and Communications Departments in Forfás.

Deirdre Ellis King - Libraries: Providing Access to PSI (pdf) & Speaking Notes (pdf)

Deirdre is the Librarian with Dublin City Council and President of the Library Association of Ireland.

Don Lehane - Views of publisher (pdf)

Don is the joint MD of Lendac Data Systems and the national representative of the ePSIplus network.