Creative Commons licenses promote open data by allowing data to be openly accessible, reusable and remixable. Open data benefits include increased innovation, transparency and citizen participation. To make data open, one should choose a dataset, attach an open license, present it in a preferred format and make it discoverable. Creative Commons licenses determine whether data can be used commercially and whether derivatives can be created. The presentation encouraged attendees to begin opening demographic and infrastructure related datasets and provided examples of open data projects and sources.