“In the best case, open data can give birth to a new information innovation sector to the field of Finnish business.”
Roope Takala
Head of Innovation Programs, Nokia
“The need for manual work will
be reduced, both for officials
and the users of data. The Tax
Administration receives a great
deal of enquiries from the media and
invididual citizens. If all our information
could be retrieved automatically
when our clients inquire for it, this
would make our work a lot faster.”
Johanna Kotipelto
Ylitarkastaja, Verohallinto
“Just the fact that information is not kept hidden makes the city a more cohesive community. But the impact really depends on the ideas of resourceful innovators. Someone may come up with a brilliant idea that we would have never thought of.”
Pekka Sauri
Deputy Mayor of Helsinki
“With all the information openly available, it will be much harder to repeat vague and unsubstantiated arguments in public debate.”
Petri Kola
Chairpersona, Open Knowledge Foundation Finland
“You could say it changes everything. When all information is publicly available, the whole community can take part in building a better city.”
Jussi Pajunen
Mayor of Helsinki
“Open availability of information makes it possible for anyone to combine the information into new service concepts. Openness may increase the possibilities of citizens to be informed about issues that concern them and interest them. “
Tuija Aalto
Head of Strategy, YLE
“An important effect of open data is that the residents’ and customers’ perspective will be increasingly central for the city as it plans and develops its service provision.
Jukka Mäkelä
Mayor of Espoo
“Our perception of information will change and diversify. Data literacy and source criticism will improve.”
Anne Kauhanen-Simanainen
Governmental Advisor, Ministry of Finance
“Ten years from now, openness of data will be part of the standard prodecure. Many aspects in our daily lives will be made easier. There will be time to do much more. Consumers will have more choice. Application developers will have vast amounts of open data from diverse sources at their disposal. The open data movement will have grown into a strong global network.”
Asta Manninen
Director, City of Helsinki Urban Facts
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“The transparency of administration will improve. Private persons will be more capable to handle information than today and better inform themselves about issues in society. It would be excellent if each citizen, ten years from now, would have their own e-services account providing access to the most common official services from taxation to voting.”
Mikael Vakkari
Governmental Advisor, Ministry of Finance
“When all the major public data resources are freely accessible and used by all, we are likely to see better decision-making, better civic services as well as better commercial applications. With all the data sets available free of charge, the threshold for trying out new things in R&D will be significantly lower.”
Antti Rainio
Senior Expert, National Land Survey
“The internal processes of society will become more efficient. The investments made into developing data resources will be better spent.”
Antti Kosonen
Director, National Land Survey
“If all the data reserves of the public administration were available as open raw data, we would probably see the creation of new start-up companies in the IT sector in Finland. In the past, this has happened in the USA. If Finland took action faster than other European countries, this could result in a competitive advantage that enabled growth on an international scale.”
Antti Ritvos
CTO, Tieto Oy
“There will be more demand and use for scientific, peer-reviewed knowledge, but source criticism and general knowledge will be necessary for managing and processing the vast quantities of information.”
Ilkka Niiniluoto
Chancellor Emeritus, University of Helsinki
“It will enhance a culture of collaborative creation and make the city a more fun and functional place to live in. The more developers we have, the more energy, enthusiasm and ideas for devising new services.”
Ritva Viljanen
Deputy Mayor of Helsinki
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