This conference aims to obtain commitment and action from nations and relevant stakeholders to promote policies and invest in projects that open access to publicly funded global agriculturally relevant data streams, making such data readily accessible to users in Africa and world-wide, and ultimately supporting a sustainable increase in food security in developed and developing countries.  

dates: 29-30 April 2013   venue: IFC, 2121 Pennsylvania Avenue   location: Washington, District of Columbia, US   www: https://sites.google.com/site/g8opendataconference/home