The document discusses the mission and activities of the Open Data Institute (ODI). The ODI aims to catalyze open data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value. It does this through standards, research, training, incubation and other services. The ODI has received public and philanthropic funding and has trained leaders, incubated startups, run courses and events, and identified savings for the UK health service through its work.

2. Gavin Starks CEO
gavin@theODI.org
@agentGav @ukODI

3. Open data can help us address
the greatest challenges of our time
and generate value for everyone

4. Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Nigel Shadbolt
Gavin Starks CEO
15+ years startup experience
20+ years science, web, media, and data
Jeni Tennison Technical Director
World-leader in open data and linked data
W3C, legislation.gov.uk and data.gov.uk architect
Stuart Coleman Commercial Director
15+ years in tech space
Formerly HP, CA, and AMEE
Leadership team

5. catalyse the evolution of open data culture
to create economic, environmental, and social value
Our mission

6. 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
→ entirely new interactions
„the Internet is Changing
the Way We Think‟ [Al Gore]
Social value

7. Social data
Population
Education
Health
Law
Crime
Housing
Transportation and travel
Media & publications
User-generated content
Personal data-shadows

8. „I got it wrong on climate change
– it's far, far worse‟ [Nicholas Stern]
Stimulate investment and growth
→ new energy supply, grids and efficiency markets
Improve governance and accountability
→ Transparency increases accountability + competition
Address resource scarcity at scale
→ effective resource management
→ systemic changes in supply-chain management
Environmental value

9. Maps / geographic
Terrain / land-use
Weather / climate
Water / hydrographic
Farming / species
Pollution / ecosystems
Materials / resource scarcity
Environmental data

10. Stimulate investment
→ Transparent rules-based commercial environments attract investment
and make companies (both domestic and international) more competitive
Improve governance and accountability
→ Fiscal transparency increases accountability and is self-enforcing
Reduce corruption
→ wide participation and systemic changes affect everyone - “race to the top”
“Transparency Drives Prosperity”
[Open Government
Partnership]
“The Internet accounts for 10% of GDP and is growing at twice the rate of any other sector*”
* https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/media_entertainment_strategic_planning_4_2_trillion_opportunity_internet_economy_g20/#chapter1
Economic value

11. Corporate ownership
Tax
Open Procurement
Market information (e.g. commodities)
Asset registers (e.g. stranded assets)
Supply-chain transactions
Personal spending
Economic data

12. Groß and Clerc: Metrography

13. £200m+ potential
→ Convene domain-experts
+ health
+ data analytics
+ communications
→ Analyse 35m data records
(all the data + clinical facts)
→ 8-week turnaround
→Trackable interventions
→ Repeatable
Scalable to £1.5bn
[BMJ]
http://PrescribingAnalytics.com

17. Corporates + NGOs

18. “Openness will strengthen our democracy
and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government”
PresidentObama, USA
“Open Data is at the heart of
my agenda for Government”
Prime Minister Cameron, UK
“Open Data Strategy can enhance transparency and trust of
government, and lead to economic revitalization”
Former Prime Minister Noda, Japan
Countries

19. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/09/obama-administration-releases-historic-open-data-rules-enhance-governmen
“Making Open and Machine
Readable the
New Default for
Government Information”
EXECUTIVE
ORDER, BARACK OBAMA

20. Dozens of countries, 100's of regions and cities moving to open data
data.gov – data.gov.uk – datameti.go.jp – data.gouv.fr – data.gov.pl

21. “a new era in which people can use open
data to generate insights, ideas, and services
to create a better world for all.”
G8 Open Data Charter

22. Ellie Harrison: Vending Machine

23. Catalysing open data culture
Unlock
supply
Unlock
demand
Communicate
value
Standards
Research
Training
Incubation
Networking
Funding
Inspiring stories
Structuredevidence
Events
ODI training
ODI services
ODI startups

24. £10m UK public-sector funding
£500k philanthropic funding from Omidyar Network
£850k Technology Strategy Board innovation fund
£1.2m 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
Highlights

25. Open Government Partnership, ICT Reform, MacArthur Foundation,
Open Data User Group, Public Sector Transparency Board,
Open Knowledge Foundation, and MySociety are in-house
£200m/year saving identified for UK health service
10 startups incubated, 6 courses launched,
4 hackathons, policy consultation responses
20 private-sector (paying) members signed
3,000+ people visited our space
Highlights
NB: ODI began operating on 1st October 2012

26. → Free space
→ Mentoring
→ Workshops
→ Networking
Idea
→ Paid space
→ Product focus
→ Client focus
→ Networking
Impact
→ Paid space
→ Growth focus
→ Investor focus
→ Networking
Sustain
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
3 months 3 months 3 months
GrowYour idea
Startup Programme
http://theodi.org/start-up

27. The first robust quality badge for open data
- Helps publishers certify their data
- Helps users find and use it
- Helps policy makers benchmark
Open Data Certificates
http://certificates.theODI.org

28. Gavin Starks CEO
gavin@theODI.org
@agentGav @ukODI

29. data as culture
The Obelisk (2012), Fabio Lattanzi Antinori. ODI offices in Tech City, London, UK
http://www.theodi.org/culture

30. Martin John Callanan : Text Trends

31. Being open

34. http://www.theODI.org
@ukODI