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
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
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
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
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
