Open Data for Researchers – Spotlight Event Storify

Tonight a lively crowd gathered at the Digital Science office in London for our first ever Spotlight event; which not only included a top panel of speakers, but lots of beer and pizza.

The Panel

• Ross Mounce, University of Bath – Moderator
• Andrew Hufton, Scientific Data
• Amye Kenall, BioMed Central
• Alan Hyndman, figshare
• Michael Markie, F1000
• Tom Pollard, UCL

What took place was a healthy discussion around open data, looking at the future of sharing data, the challenges and the possible opportunities.

The event was highly tweeted on #opendataspotlight, Do stay tuned for a more detailed blog post summarising the discussion and issues raised.