Sameer Eliyas has stolen the plans for the Death Star and would like to share them with you! Sameer is the IT Solution Manager at Leicester City Council and is on a mission to make the council’s huge public data sets available for the benefit of startups, researchers and citizens. ‘Open Data’ and ‘Smart Cities’ are big buzzwords in local government but what is actually possible? In his talk, Sameer will share details of what data and facilities are currently available in Leicester and share his ambition for community-led Open Data usage.