On the first of May, the day after the G-8 International Conference on Open Data for Agriculture, a special G8 side event will be held at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) headquarters in Washington, DC.

The event is entitled D8 - Open Data for Agriculture. D stands for data. 8 is for the number of five-minute presentations to stimulate awareness, thought and action on Open Data.

Learn about IFPRI’s Open Data for Agriculture

What’s available, who’s using it, how they’re using it, and how you can access it. The event will feature the following 8 speakers:

• Neil Fantom, World Bank, Development Data Group
• Johannes Keizer, FAO, Information Systems Officer
• Kathleen Flaherty, IFPRI, Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)
• Daniel Mason-D'Croz, IFPRI, International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT)
• Jose Funes, IFPRI, ArabSpatial
• Melanie Bacou, IFPRI, HarvestChoice
• Indira Yerramareddy, IFPRI, Dataverse
• Soonho Kim, IFPRI, Food Security Portal

Interview

Read the interview with Luz Marina Alvarė, IFPRI’s Head of Knowledge Management, and Soonho Kim, Web Portal Specialist, on IFPRI's own experience working with Open Data (both members of the AIMS Community).