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Gavin Starks – CEO – The Open Data Institute

gavin@theODI.org – @agentGav

“Vague but exciting”

web of open web of open documentsdocuments → → web of openweb of open data data

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

The open web is the most successfulThe open web is the most successfulinformation architecture in historyinformation architecture in history

“Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government”

President Obama

“Open Data is at the heart of my agenda for Government”UK Prime Minister Cameron

“e-Gov Open Data Strategy is very important in terms of enhancing transparency and trust of government, and

economic revitalization by creating new market”Former Prime Minister Noda

Governments around the world are driving the open data agenda now

Dozens of countries, hundreds of regions and cities are opening data

data.gov – data.gov.uk – datameti.go.jp – data.gouv.fr – data.gov.pl

Open data will help us address some of the greatest challenges of our timeand generate value for everyone

Open data today has vast potential (like the web in 1995)

→ big difference is global infrastructure is already in place

The Web

Google / Wikipedia / Flickr / etc…

Examples of open data successes?

What is open data?

Open data isn’t just about re-broadcasting data, but combining it, re-using it and building upon it

It’s about creating new uses, creating new markets, and building credibility into the data as it flows

What is open data?1. Structured

+ machine-readable + logical format

2. Addressable + URIs are key+ sharable

3. Licensed & Traceable + licensed (e.g. by-sa)+ full provenance

4. Continuous + maintained+ accessible

What is open data?

External benefits of open data

– More users– Initiates supply-chain – Unlocks demand → Supply and demand unlock value

– Diversifies market place– Introduces new actors

→ Improves data quality and utility!

Internal benefits of open data

– Increase utility of information– Improves usability – Increases internal access and re-use– Unlocks efficiencies– Encourages innovation

+

→ £200m+ saving potential

→ Convened domain-experts + health+ data analytics+ communications

→ Analysed 35m data records(all the data)

→ 8-week turnaround

→ Trackable interventions

→ Repeatable

→ Could scale to £1.5bn

http://prescribinganalytics.com/

Example

Gavin Starks CEO15+ years startup experience20+ years science, web, media, and data

Stuart Coleman Commercial Director15+ years in tech space Formerly HP, CA, and AMEE

Jeni Tennison Technical DirectorWorld-leader in open data and linked dataW3C, legislation.gov.uk and data.gov.uk architect

Sir Tim Berners-LeePresident

Prof. Nigel ShadboltChairman

ODI leadership team

The Obelisk (2012), Fabio Lattanzi Antinori. ODI offices in Tech City, London, UK

data as culture

catalyse the evolution of open data culture

to create economic, environmental, and social value

Our mission

Our missionODI are bringing together world-experts

from public sector, private sector, and academia

to help create a new primary industry

→ Standards→ Research

→ Training→ Innovation

→ Standards→ Research→ Training

● Short training courses● Post-graduate certificate● Open assets + MOOC

● Issue-focussed events ● Domain expertise● Professional services

UnlockUnlocksupplysupply

Standards, training, research, communityStandards, training, research, community

→ Innovation→ Mentoring→ Funding

UnlockUnlockdemanddemand

→ Inspiring stories→ Structured evidence→ Training

CommunicateCommunicatevaluevalue

“Information causes change”

Catalysing open data culture

Data as culture→ Ubiquitous data changes human behaviour

Innovation→ transformation from products to services→ scale existing services (e.g. MOOC)→ radically improve data-driven decision-making→ invent entirely new interactions

“the internet is changing the way we think”

[Al Gore]

Social value

PopulationEducationHealthLawCrimeHousingMedia & publicationsTransportation and travel

User-generated contentPersonal data-shadows

Social data

Stimulate investment and growth→ New energy supply, smart-grids, and

energy-efficiency markets

Improve governance and accountability→ Transparency increases accountability

and competition

Address resource scarcity at scale→ Effective resource management→ Fundamental change in supply-chain management

Environmental value“I got it wrong on climate change

– it's far, far worse” [Nicholas Stern]

Maps / Geographic

Terrain / Land-use

Weather / Climate

Water / Hydrographic

Farming / Species

Pollution / Supply-chain

Environmental data

Stimulate investment→ Transparent rules-based commercial environments attract investment

and make companies more competitive (both domestic and international)

Improve governance and accountability→ Financial transparency increases accountability and is self-enforcing

Reduce corruption→ Wide participation and deep changes affect everyone - “race to the top”

“transparency drives prosperity” [Open Government Partnership]

Economic value

Economic dataCorporate ownership Market information (e.g. commodities)

Supply-chain transactions

Asset registers (e.g. stranded assets)

Procurement

Personal spending

Big data?

Lots of small data?

Lots of small data? Lots of small data?

Lots of small data? Lots of small data?

Lots of small data?

Lots of small data?

Lots of small data? Lots of small data?

Lots of small data?Lots of small data?

OpenData

Meaningfulinsight

→ Standards→ Research→ Training

● Short training courses● Post-graduate certificate● Open assets + MOOC

● Issue-focussed events ● Domain experts● Professional services

UnlockUnlocksupplysupply

Standards, training, research, communityStandards, training, research, community

→ Innovation→ Mentoring→ Funding

UnlockUnlockdemanddemand

→ Inspiring stories→ Structured evidence→ Training

CommunicateCommunicatevaluevalue

“Information causes change”

Catalysing open data culture

Helping startups

IdeasIdeas RevenueRevenue FundingFunding

Highlights of ODI growth£10m UK public-sector funding

£500k philanthropic funding from Omidyar Network

£850k Technology Strategy Board innovation fund

£750k Data Strategy Board immersion programme

2-year programme with World Bank“To train world’s political and national leaders”

NB: ODI began operating on 1st October 2012

Open Government Partnership, ICT Reform, MacArthur Foundation, Open Data User Group, Public Sector Transparency Board, Open Knowledge Foundation, and MySociety are in-house

Highlights of ODI growth£200m/year saving identified for UK health service

5 startups incubated, 6 courses launched, 4 hackathons, 4 policy consultation responses

10 private-sector (paying) members signed

1,500+ people visited our London space

NB: ODI began operating on 1st October 2012

catalyse the evolution of open data culture

to create economic, environmental, and social value

Our mission

http://bit.ly/OpenDataCertificates

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Gavin Starks – CEO – The Open Data Institute

gavin@theODI.org – @agentGav