ONS Presentation London

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Presentation to the Office of National Statistics

Basic information

  • Date: Friday 11th October 2013, 13:00 – 14:00
  • Venue: Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London.

Information

A presentation to Office of National Statistics staff on the Wikimedia movement by John Cummings. Brown bag lunch aiming to raise awareness of the project, and showing attendees how they could get involved with a special focus on Wikidata. A copy of the presentation given is available here.

Outcome

The event was well attended with around 50 people, mainly statisticians from various UK government departments, employees of DCMS and others. The talk was well received and further links with government staff resulted from the event.