Learn the LIVES data standard & lessons from scaling the standard in the US

What is LIVES?
The LIVES data standard presents restaurant inspection data from various jurisdictions in the same data standard, even if their score format differs. LIVES originated with the innovative public health and open data work of San Francisco and New York City, was coordinated with Yelp (the restaurant review website), and evolved from a 1.0 to a 2.0 standard in August, 2015. Over the last few years, the LIVES data standard launched restaurant inspection data in multiple open data portals and were ingested into restaurant information websites like Yelp. Governments use LIVES track, benchmark, and share their restaurant inspection data. A flexible and compelling open data standard, LIVES has lessons for anyone working with open data or in public health/food safety.

What will I learn?

At this workshop, you'll learn the following:

• The basics of mapping to, implementing the LIVES data standard

• How to strategically engage stakeholders and potential data standard users

• Lessons from LIVES on developing and evolving successful data standards

• How data standards like LIVES can serve citizens AND governments, lowering costs, improving processes, and improving outcomes for citizens

Participants will receive:

• An interactive workshop on LIVES

• Access to LIVES best practices guide

• Slide deck for sharing LIVES with stakeholders

• One free hour of Smarter Civic consulting time (included in paid tickets)

• Post-workshop happy hour

Who is hosting the LIVES workshop?
Meet Sarah Schacht, principal consultant with Smarter Civic. Schacht is a two time foodborne illness survivor who created the 2.0 versioning of the LIVES data standard in coordination with other LIVES stakeholders like Yelp. Her work as Public Health Data Advisor at Socrata led 10 governments, from small cities to national agencies, through the implementation process of the LIVES data standard. With more than a decade of experience in open government, civic technology, and open data, Schacht's a published author (Open Government, by O'Reilly Publishing), public speaker (including Open Knowledge Fest & Con), and advisor to civil society (Transparency and Accountability Initiative) and governments in the US and internationally.

Through Smarter Civic, Schacht brings lessons from evolving the LIVES data standard, scaling its use, and implementing the standard for government launch and private sector ingest.

Register now for the LIVES workshop at Newspeak House in London's Shoreditch neighborhood!

Can't afford a ticket? No problem. We're happy to gift you a ticket and have you participate at the workshop!