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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Subject:
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            <td>BC2020i - update Sept 2018</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 13:54:41 +0000</td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Alasia, Alessandro (STATCAN)
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alessandro.alasia@canada.ca"><alessandro.alasia@canada.ca></a></td>
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            <th nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td>many<br>
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            all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            hope you had a good and relaxing summer. I imagine this
            email will find you all back in the office or at your
            activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
            have been in touch with many over the summer and I know that
            numerous things are moving and brewing, which is great! At
            our end we have continued working on our open database of
            building (we expect this to be shared soon). It has now
            passed the 4.3 million mark for number of building
            footprints.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In
            terms of
            <b>updates from our end</b>, we recently established a
            collaborative agreement with the Bing Maps team (Microsoft)
            in the hope that, by joining forces and avoiding duplication
            of efforts, what they did in the US can be replicated in
            Canada (see
            <a
href="https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2018-06/microsoft-releases-125-million-building-footprints-in-the-us-as-open-data"
              moz-do-not-send="true">
https://blogs.bing.com/maps/2018-06/microsoft-releases-125-million-building-footprints-in-the-us-as-open-data</a>). 
            Additionally, we started a dialogue with OpenAddresses to
            explore collaborations and, most recently, began work on an
            Open Business Repository, which mimics the approach of
            OpenAddresses but uses open business records. The
            preliminary results on these and other open data
            explorations are very encouraging.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In
            various conversations, I learned that a lot of great work
            has been done at your end as well! And talking with some of
            you,
            <b>the idea of a second meeting on the topic of BC2020i has
              been tossed around</b>. Since the initiative has matured,
            slowly but surely, I think it would be great to get together
            again, take a stock of where we are at, and see what the
            next steps could be. Like last year, I think we may be able
            to offer the venue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">With
            that said, if a second meeting (say “<b>BC2020i-2</b>”) is
            organized, I would hope it to be a bit more focused. An
            ideal outcome coming out of BC2020i-2 could be the
            following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Stronger
            buy-in from some of the key federal departments interested
            in building data<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Greater
            involvement (maybe sponsorship
          </span><span
            style="font-family:Wingdings;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">J</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">?)
            from some of the key players in the private sector who have
            shown a great interest in supporting open data platforms,
            which could help smaller businesses, NGOs, and
            students/academics to become more involved.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">More
            awareness and highlighting of some of the
            local-municipal-regional initiatives. I heard of very
            interesting work happening in the Niagara region, for
            instance. And same for the work that has been done by many
            academic departments (I just had a chat with a graduate
            student from the University of Waterloo who is researching
            the BC2020i)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo8"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">And
            of course, it would be great if this could be an opportunity
            to solidify the presence of OSM-Canada in the institutional
            arena (as an institutional player as well?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">One
            way to re-think BC2020i is by placing it in the context of a
            <b>data co-op</b>. And now that this initiative is past its
            infancy, how can we solidify this data co-op for the benefit
            of all?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It
            would be great if we can share ideas on all of the above. My
            team and I remain committed to facilitating this and moving
            the discussion forward. Ideally, <b>we could target a date
              in January 2019</b> for a second meeting. Ottawa is such a
            lovely place to visit in that season…we have a frozen canal
            and beaver tails! – the latter being essentially a flat
            doughnut.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Looking
            forward to hearing from you,
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Alessandro
            and the DEIL-Team<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">PS.</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
            Over the fall my team and I will present our work on open
            data as well as make reference to the ideas of BC2020i in
            many different places and we hope to see you in person at
            some of these events. In particular we will be at:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sept
            28 -
            <a href="https://canada-ca.github.io/ofd-joep"
              moz-do-not-send="true">Open First Day</a> – Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Oct
            26-28 – People, Places, and Public Engagement Conference -
            St. John’s, NFL
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nov
            6-9 - StatCan International Methodological Symposium -
            Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nov
            7-9 –
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a
              href="https://opendatasummit.ca/" moz-do-not-send="true">CODS18</a>
            - Niagara Falls
          </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(to
            be confirmed)
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nov
            – GIS Day – probably at McGill- Montreal (to be confirmed)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoListParagraph"
          style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
              style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt
                "Times New Roman"">       
              </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A
            longer list of seminars and workshops with Fed Departments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"
            lang="FR-CA">Alessandro Alasia
            <br>
            Chief | Chef<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"
            lang="FR-CA">Data Exploration and Integration Lab (DEIL) |
            Lab pour l’exploration et l’intégration de données (LEID)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"
            lang="FR-CA">Center for Special Business Projects | Centre
            des Projets Spéciaux sur les entreprises<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">Statistics
            Canada | Statistique Canada</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"
            lang="FR-CA"><br>
            <a href="mailto:alessandro.alasia@canada.ca"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1F4E79">alessandro.alasia@canada.ca</span></a>
          </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79">/
          </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"
            lang="FR-CA">(613) 796-6049</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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