Share-PSI 2.0 network organizes a workshop "Encouraging open data usage by commercial developers." This workshop takes place on 3rd and 4th December 2014, in National Laboratory for Civil Engineering (LNEC), Lisbon, Portugal.

The workshop is open to anyone interested in Open Data, however the participants are required to submit a short position paper by 12 October 2014.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• successful commercial exploitation of public sector data;
• barriers to commercial exploitation of public sector information;
• experiences of commercial/public sector interaction;
• expectations met and unexpected outcomes of working with open data in a commercial environment.

Alongside the presentations this workshop will offer a lot of opportunities for discussion within a small groups meeting to discuss particular themes. There are several ways in which you can participate:

• Lead a session – the position paper should describe the discussion you would like to lead and the experiences you have to offer.
• Give a plenary talk – a position paper up to 5 pages summarizing your talk is expected.
• If you do not wish to lead a session or give a plenary talk, you can still attend the workshop. In such case indicate your interest in the topic in a short position paper.

You can read the full call for participation on the Lisbon Workshop website.

At the workshop a separate LAPSI Track is being organized by LAPSI 2.0, the European Thematic Network on Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss the legal aspects of PSI and its commercial exploitation with the LAPSI partners.

Share-PSI 2.0 is the European network for the exchange of experience and ideas around implementing open data policies in the public sector. It brings together government departments, standards bodies, academic institutions, commercial organisations, trade associations and interest groups to identify what does and doesn't work, what is and isn't practical, what can and can't be expected of different stakeholders. The impetus for the Share PSI 2.0 Thematic Network is the revised European Directive on the Public Sector Information. The main activity of the network is to organise a series of workshops examining different aspects of PSI. In each workshop, the network partners with direct experience will present their case studies. The output of the workshops will be offered as input to the W3C Data on the Web Best Practices Working Group.

Share-PSI 2.0 is co-funded by the European Commission under the ICT Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme; Agreement no. 621012.

For more information please visit the Share-PSI 2.0 website.