Damien Van Achter

Hacks/Hackers inaugural Brussels gathering launches open data effort

Journalists and developers at the first Hacks/Hackers event in Belgium launched an effort Thursday to gather information on open databases in the country and on the European Parliament and Commission. Almost 50 people attended the event in Brussels, mostly hackers but with a strong representation from national media (like Le Soir, RTL-TVi, RTBF *) . The group is looking to hold their first hackaton in January. As an initial effort, the group decided to create a Google doc to collect URLs of open databases in Belgium and Brussels (European Parlement/Commission), which are quite lacking at the moment.

Nov 19, 2010

Hacks/Hackers Brussels Inaugural Meetup: Thursday, Nov. 18

Brussels (and Belgium) is joining the Hacks/Hackers community. The first Hacks/Hackers Brussels meetup will be 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Nov. 18 at The Pixel Wine Bar, in Brussels (map). RSVP here (cool place, but only 40 seats available). Stay tuned via Twitter (@hackshackersbru) and our Facebook page

Nov 13, 2010