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title: The Future of Open Data Research
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author: 13 November 2013
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	<h2>Welcome</h2>
	<h3>why we&apos;re here</h3>
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		<li><strong>community</strong></li>
		<li><strong>interdisciplinarity</strong></li>
		<li><strong>exploration</strong></li>
		<li><strong>outcomes</strong></li>
	</ul>
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	<h2>Programme</h2>
	<ol>
		<li>open data research is...</li>
		<li>open data research: new frontier or business as usual?</li>
		<li>group work: your next open data research project</li>
		<li>feedback and project pitches</li>
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	<h2>&quot;Open Data Research is...&quot;</h2>
	<ul>
		<li>lightning talks on the topic</li>
		<li>one slide each</li>
		<li>strict three minute slot</li>
		<li>coffee and break at 11:00am</li>
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	<h2>open data research</h2>
	<h3><em>new frontier or<br/>business as usual?</em></h3>
	<ul class="centred-list">
		<li class="fragment"><strong>research about open data vs<br/>research with open data?</strong></li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>is there a big opportunity in open data research?</strong><br/>
			just the next hype/funding wave to ride?<br/>
			something more fundamental?
		</li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>what is novel about open data research?</strong></li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>what is challenging about open data research?</strong></li>
	</ul>
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	<h2>open data research</h2>
	<h3><em>new frontier or<br/>business as usual?</em></h3>
	<ul class="centred-list">
		<li class="fragment"><strong>is there a (new) coherent field to build?</strong><br/>or simply related research questions grounded in existing disciplines?</li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>what are these disciplines?</strong><br/>how do we tie them together to progress the agenda?</li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>what are the top priorities in the research space?</strong></li>
		<li class="fragment"><strong>what resources or initiatives are needed to make progress?</strong></li>
	</ul>
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	<h2>Group Work</h2>
	<h3><em>Your next<br/>open data research project</em></h3>
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		<li>generate three research questions</li>
		<li style="margin-top:0.6em">identify...</li>
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			<li>the methodology you would use</li>
			<li>who you&apos;d need to be involved</li>
			<li>what other resources you&apos;d need</li>
			<li>where you might find them</li>
			<li>what the outcomes would be</li>
			<li>what would be the next steps after that?</li>
		</ul>
	</ol>
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	<h2>Feedback / Project Pitches</h2>
	<ul class="centred-list">
		<li><strong>1-minute elevator pitch per project idea</strong><br/>
			include at least one concrete action
		</li>
		<li><strong>1 minute q&amp;a / discussion per pitch</strong></li>
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	<h2>Discussion and Close</h2>
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  <h2>Questions?</h2><br>
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