Open Data Handyman Award

 ■ Open Data Handyman Award

Open Data 2020 Self Award Online Award Ceremony.

This is the eighth time that VLED has own its own awarded open data initiatives.

Last time, it was regrettable that the ceremony was canceled due to the influence of Coronavirus.

This time, it was held online somehow, and I served as the chief judge again this year, and gave my greetings.

As an effort to award own its own,

“Thank you for the award,” is the first thing that I want to say.

The "Basic Bill for Forming a Digital Society" has been submitted to the Diet, and the establishment of the Digital Agency is also underway.

Finally, for the first time, I recognize that digital has become the most important issue of national policy.

Even though the e-Japan strategy was put up 20 years ago, the importance of the policy remained low and did not move.

This is the last chance.

In particular, the importance of data has been recognized in recent DX discussions.

We hope that open data will contribute to DX in Coronavirus and form a rich digital environment.

So far, self-recognition has been in a wide variety of genres such as administration, disaster prevention, education, life, tourism, and business, and the lineup has become diverse, including the government, local governments, public interest corporations, corporations, and individuals. 

However, the presence of “academics” among “industry, government, and academia” is still weak.

I accept it as a warning to myself.

Many of the awards this time are related to Coronavirus countermeasures.

It's a reflection of everyone's efforts to fight Coronavirus, and it's a matter of course.

That effort must continue.

I pray that open data will be useful for after-Coronavirus and with-Coronavirus.

Grand Prize

Tokyo Novel Coronavirus Infectious Disease Control Site

Tokyo Strategic Policy Information Promotion Headquarters

Committee member's comment: As an open source project for public services, it was an excellent example even from a global scale. The result was that the power of open data and civic tech was widely known to society. And so on.

Excellence Award ①

Shin Telework System / Municipal Telework System

Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems, NTT East Japan

Committee member's comment: I highly appreciate the technical solution to the network infrastructure problem, which is the biggest barrier to telework during the new Coronavirus crisis, and the fact that it is being provided as an actual service that is used by more than 100,000 people. And so on.

Excellence Award②

COVID-19 Infection Prediction (Japan Version)

Google

Committee member's comment: In addition to data visualization, we are making advanced use of prediction by AI. / CSV open data utilization example by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare! / I think that the significance of making global infection predictions and publishing them is great. And so on.

In addition, six contribution awards were selected, and the "Complete Award" was given to Aomori, Ishikawa, and Shizuoka prefectures for having all local governments in the prefecture working on open data.

As a sponsor award, from my side, in addition to the Fusion Research Institute Award, Digital Risk Association Award, and CiP Council Award, this year also included the establishment of the iU Award.

The first iU Award was awarded to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology at "GIGA School!"

Thank you for the award!

Finally a general review.

Coronavirus projects such as measures and predictions of infectious diseases, local government telework, etc. stood out.

The winners are local governments, governments, public interest corporations, corporations, and snacks. I could see everyone working together.

"Useful" data for ending Coronavirus.

Next year, I want to see "fun" and "happy" data after Coronavirus!