1. Digital Futures
- Data & Community Ecosystems
Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
Brock University, St. Catharines, ON May 1, 2015.

2. Overview
• Data, Big Data, Open Data
• Community ecosystem
• Digital futures
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Cover image sourced from http://irevolution.net/

3. The Data Family
• Without data – there is
no map, no analytics, no
visualizations, etc.
• Personal, Open, Big, All
- most already digital
• Data volumes growing
exponentially
• Opportunities for
innovation & discovery
grow as data grows
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4. Open Data Context
- it’s pervasive
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June 2013
OpenKnowledge–OpenDataIndex
OpenData“Portals”
• Canada
– current state
• Federal
• 5 Provinces
• 50+ Municipalities

5. Open Data Family
- a holistic approach
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OpenData.
EARTH
Academia, Non-
Profits,
Community
Groups
OpenStreetMap
Community
Updates
External
Data Linkages
(e.g. World Bank)
OpenData.CA
Provincial
Municipal
Federal
Public Service
Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jurykonga
Evolved from Data Infra-
structure model circa 1994

6. Ecosystem Goals
- Wellbeing & Sustainability
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“Issues of ecological destruction, personal
health, inequitable distribution of wealth,
the power of transnational corporations,
and the effects of the global economy are
not independent problems.
They are inextricably linked.”
Dr. David Suzuki
Source: Health and Wellbeing UK

7. Ecosystems Context
• Holistic view
• Ecosystems are
complex
• Here’s one view of
key ecosystems
• Everything relates
to everything
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Natural
Digital
Man
-madeSocial &
Cultural
Economic

8. Our Digital Community Ecosystem
• Lots of moving parts – many
ways to “slice & dice”
• More dis-connected than
connected
• Need to optimize our collective
resources
• Collaboration & Communication
takes effort
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A “network “of communities
... actually both digital and analog
Civil
Society
& NFP
Public
Sector
Citizens
Consumers
Private
Sector
Academia

9. Our Digital Community Ecosystem
- another perspective
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“a functional perspective to identify
the different “species” of problem-
solving networks.”
Don Tapscott, Global Solutions Networks
http://gsnetworks.org/ … ecosystems continue to evolve

10. Digital Futures
- Technology Impactors
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SocialMobileAnalyticsCloud
Quantum Computing Sensors – Human & Machine
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
… exponential growthDrones
Nano Technologies
3D Printing

11. Digital Futures
- the Internet of Everything
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blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-about-the-internet-of-everything/
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7.6B
50B
Source: IDC Whitepaper on “Delivering Next
Generation Citizen Services”
Smart + Connected Communities
City of the Future

12. Open Data fuels Digital Futures
- the Intelligent/Smart Community
Source: Adapted from www.slideshare.net/JuryKonga/open-government-intelligent-community-in-the-digital-economy , 2012
Needs
&
Feeds
&
A
D
V
O
C
A
C
Y
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Government
Data
Science
Data
Corporate
Data
OPEN &
BIG DATA
Community
Data
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13. Digital Futures
- Open Data Impacts
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Source: McKinsey Global Institute;
Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information
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14. 14
Digital Futures
- Need an Innovation Nation
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CODE 2015
First Lego League
Source: erepublic.com

15. Digital Futures
- Opportunities for every Challenge
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http://singularityu.org/
“Global Grand Challenges”

16. Sustainable Digital Communities
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Graphic source: InnovationManagement.se Innovation Ecosystem
• Need metrics
(e.g. ICF, Global
Cities Indicators)
• Need large regional
partnerships in
economic & social
development
• Leadership in every
sector at all levels

17. Concluding thoughts …
• DATA is a strategic digital community asset
• Connect our individual digital communities
• Make collaboration default for projects
• Be open & agile towards an innovation nation
• Sustainability is key for long term benefits
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18. Questions – I’ve got a few …
• What does the private – public – non-profit
sector partnership look like in digital futures?
• How do we jump-start and accelerate our
position in the global digital economy?
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19. THANK YOU
Jury Konga, Principal
eGovFutures Group
Open Knowledge Canada
jkonga@sympatico.ca
@jkonga
www.slideshare.net/jurykonga
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