Stephen B. Walker

Stephen B. Walker is the former Director General responsible for leading
open government and open data for the Government of Canada, where he
developed and implemented national policies, programmes, and
infrastructure to advance open data. At the international level, Steve
was directly involved in the development of the G8 Open Data Charter as
well as the Open Data Charter. He also chaired the Open Government
Partnership’s Working Group on Open Data. More recently, Steve has
worked with the Open Data for Development (OD4D) network and managed the
International Open Data Conference. Steve also runs his own consulting
company, True North Consulting, specialising in advancing open data and
transparency policies and practices.