For immediate release
November 22, 2013
Waterloo – The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board, today spoke about the Government of Canada's first national appathon, the Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE), to students and data enthusiasts at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo.
The Canadian Open Data Experience will appeal to innovators, students, technology experts and developers, who will be challenged to use and explore roughly 200,000 datasets on data.gc.ca, the Government of Canada's Open Data Portal. The contest will take place next February, and will encourage participants to create apps that solve real world problems for the benefit of Canadians.
CODE was designed to inspire and encourage the development of applications that make use of government data in new and interesting ways. The appathon will bring the high-tech community together to celebrate Canadian entrepreneurship and innovation.
CODE will also introduce developers and innovators to the wealth of Open Data resources available through data.gc.ca. This is part of the Government of Canada's broader commitment to be at the forefront of the global Open Data movement.
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