The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and Dublinked jointly hosted an event to explore the potential of Open Data for the Public Sector. On the day attendees heard from industry experts, practitioners and entrepreneurs in the field of open data. Attendees received an introduction to and an overview of open data in Ireland. The aim of this event was to provide interested parties with an understanding of the value this data has to entrepreneurs and to identify the benefits of open data for the public bodies.