The document discusses open data and its opportunities and challenges. It outlines how open data is made publicly available online in open formats and licenses. Open data can benefit various sectors like government, healthcare, science and charities. It allows for transparency, innovation and inclusion. The Open Data Institute aims to help organizations understand and use open data, and build skills and practices around open data. Charities are encouraged to explore how open data can help with activities like planning, evaluation, fundraising and collaborating with others.

1. Open Data:
New Opportunities New Challenges
Professor Nigel Shadbolt
Web and Internet Science Group
Chairman and Co-Founder Open Data Institute
@Nigel_Shadbolt

2. The Power of Open…

3. The Power of Open…

4. The Power of Open…
Open
Licences
Open Open
Source
Standards
Open
Open Data
Participation

5. Open Data: What’s the use…

6. Open Data: What’s the use…

7. Open Data: What’s the use…

8. The Power of Open…
Open
Licences
Open
Open Source
Standards
Open
Open Data
Participation

9. What is Open Data
1. it is made accessible online
2. it is published in an open machine
readable format
3. it is licensed to allow others to re-
use it.

10. open the data…

11. and the applications follow…

12. at all scales…

13. around the world…

14. Open Data and Governance

15. Open Data and Crime

16. Open Data and Transport

17. Open Data and the Environment

18. Open Data and Health

19. Open Data and Science

20. Open Data and Charities

21. Open Data and Charities

22. Open Data and Charities

23. The Power of the Results
Political
Economic
Social
• Transparency
• Efficiency
• Inclusion
• Accountability
• Innovation
• Poverty
• Participation
• Growth
• Diversity
Research
Media
Data
• Dissemination
• Data • Engagement
• Innovation
Journalism
• Improvement
• Data Literacy
• Acquisition

24. Why Open Data for Charities?
• Driving policy • Impact evaluation
formation and planning
• Improving fundraising
• Joining up responses and communication
and supporting • Mediating local,
collaboration
regional and national
• Providing more • Making commissioning
integrated services
more efficient
• Supporting advocacy • Harnessing volunteer
and campaigning
and private sector
innovation and effort

25. Will it work for you?

28. The Role of the ODI

29. Big Open Data e.g. Prescribing
The NHS could have saved
Analytics
~£200 million p.a. through
increasing prescriptions of
generic rather than
proprietary statins

30. Open Data Challenges
Infrastructure
Quality
Interpretation
Security and Privacy
Open Data 2.0 …

31. Conclusions
• Charities will need to understand
this new landscape
• Open Data can help bridge the
information sharing gap
• Invest in capacity building
• Develop good information
processing practices
• Look for the Networks effects and
Open Innovation

32. Thank you
nrs@ecs.soton.ac.uk
nigel@theodi.org
@Nigel_Shadbolt