The document discusses the Open Data Institute (ODI), an organization that aims to catalyze open data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value. It provides details on ODI's mission, leadership, activities like training and standards development, partnerships, and highlights of its growth since starting in 2012, including funding received and startups incubated. ODI works to unlock both the supply and demand of open data and communicate its value through stories, evidence, and training.

1. Knowledge for everyone
Gavin Starks – CEO – The Open Data Institute
gavin@theODI.org – @agentGav
@ukODI theODI.org

2. The open web is the most successful “Vague but exciting”
information architecture in history
web of open documents
→ web of open data
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web

3. Governments around the world are driving the open data agenda now
“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
“Openness will strengthen our democracy
and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government”
President Obama

4. 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

5. Open data will help us address some of
the greatest challenges of our time
and generate value for everyone
Open data today has vast potential (like the web in 1995)
→ big difference is global infrastructure is already in place

6. Examples of open data successes?
The Web
Google / Wikipedia / Flickr / etc…

7. 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

8. 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

9. What is open data?
External benefits of open data
Internal benefits of open data – More users
– Initiates supply-chain
– Increase utility of information – Unlocks demand
– Improves usability + → Supply and demand unlock value
– Increases internal access and re-use
– Unlocks efficiencies – Diversifies market place
– Encourages innovation – Introduces new actors
→ Improves data quality and utility!

10. http://prescribinganalytics.com/
→ £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
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11. ODI leadership team
Gavin Starks CEO
Sir Tim Berners-Lee 15+ years startup experience
President 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
Prof. Nigel Shadbolt Stuart Coleman Commercial Director
Chairman 15+ years in tech space
Formerly HP, CA, and AMEE

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

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

14. Our mission
→ Standards
→ Research
→ Training
→ Innovation
ODI are bringing together world-experts
from public sector, private sector, and academia
to help create a new primary industry

15. Catalysing open data culture
Unlock Unlock Communicate
supply demand value
→ Standards → Innovation → Inspiring stories
→ Research → Mentoring → Structured evidence
→ Training → Funding → Training
Standards, training, research, community
● Short training courses ● Issue-focussed events
● Post-graduate certificate ● Domain expertise
● Open assets + MOOC ● Professional services
“Information causes change”

16. Social value
“the internet is changing
the way we think”
[Al Gore]
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

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

18. Environmental value
“I got it wrong on climate change
– it's far, far worse”
[Nicholas Stern]
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

19. Environmental data
Maps / Geographic
Terrain / Land-use
Weather / Climate
Water / Hydrographic
Farming / Species
Pollution / Supply-chain

20. Economic value
“transparency drives prosperity”
[Open Government Partnership]
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”

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

22. Big data?
Open Meaningful
insight
Lots of small data? Lots of small data?
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?

23. Catalysing open data culture
Unlock Unlock Communicate
supply demand value
→ Standards → Innovation → Inspiring stories
→ Research → Mentoring → Structured evidence
→ Training → Funding → Training
Standards, training, research, community
● Short training courses ● Issue-focussed events
● Post-graduate certificate ● Domain experts
● Open assets + MOOC ● Professional services
“Information causes change”

24. Helping startups
Ideas Revenue Funding

25. Highlights of ODI growth
£10m UK public-sector funding
k
£500 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

26. Highlights of ODI growth
m
£200 /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
Open Government Partnership, ICT Reform, MacArthur Foundation,
Open Data User Group, Public Sector Transparency Board,
Open Knowledge Foundation, and MySociety are in-house
NB: ODI began operating on 1st October 2012

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

28. http://bit.ly/OpenDataCertificates

29. Knowledge for everyone
Gavin Starks – CEO – The Open Data Institute
gavin@theODI.org – @agentGav
@ukODI http://www.slideshare.net/theodi theODI.org