Brussels – Springboard for Europe Supporting presentation for Conference call with DataKind

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Why Brussels ?

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Belgium At the boarder of 3 main European cultures

• 10,8 million inhabitants

• Official languages: French, Dutch, German

• Independant since 1830

• Federal state since 1981

• Head of state: King Philippe I

• Capital: Brussels

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7 MAIN ADVANTAGES

Global gateway to key markets/ Ideal test market

Springboard for a Pan-European development

International decision center

Competitive real estate

High quality of life

Accessibility from all Europe & Worldwide

International talent pool and innovation centre

Advantageous business environment

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ACCESSIBILITY FROM ALL EUROPE AND WW

Brussels - Connected to Europe

75 % of the EU

Market (GDP)

40 % of the

consumers

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INTERNATIONAL DECISION CENTER

NATO/WEU EU Institutions

Worldwide Press Center

(1200 journalists)

World’s 2nd most important conference centre

(Union of International Associations, 2012)

Industry/Corporate Centre

(1500 federations) Diplomatic Heartland

(5300 diplomats)

NGO Community

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CAPITAL

• Approx. 1.300 foreign companies have set-up European HQ or sales subsidiary in Brussels

• The influence of civil society groups in EU

policy making has increased in recent years. Thus consulting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) is a key part of Europe and governance.

Major multinationals & NGO have their decision center in Brussels

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• Brussels is a bi-lingual city (french – dutch)

• The presence of several international organisations attracts large panel of foreigners (30% of the population)

• English proficiency Index: Brussels 6th on world basis (Education First, 2012)

• 2nd European city in terms of number of languages spoken (European cities monitor, 2010)

Brussels workforce is highly multilingual

TALENT POOL AND INNOVATION CENTER Human resources

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TALENT POOL AND INNOVATION CENTER

University degree

Source: IMD World Competitiveness 2012 / 1-to-10 score

3,89

5,77

6,26

6,91

7,06

7,53

7,57

Japan

France

UK

USA

Netherlands

Belgium

Germany

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TALENT POOL AND INNOVATION CENTER

EU Innovation Performance

Source: EU Commission, DG Enterprise, 2011

EU member states’ innovation performance

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COMPETITIVE REAL ESTATE Cost-effective Office Market

Cushman & Wakefield, Office space across the world 2012

Office (prime rent location)

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Why Brussels

Data Science

Community ?

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Growing Datascience community 13

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Brussels Data Science Community … data scientists with a conscience

Join us if you are:

• A business or NGO with data you don’t know how to use

• An academic in search of challenging projects

• A professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological innovation & positive social change

Touch point for businesses & NGO’s in need of analytic competence

Data Science knowledge hub & Flexible Talent Hub

We are non-profit, academic and business oriented

We are the umbrella organisation for all data related communities in Belgium

We are open and involve other meetup groups

Positioning one datascience community toward the business / academics / government

Bring maturity to the datascience community

Permanent education & learning centre for datascientists

Open community, everybody is welcome: Academics, Government, private and public

companies, job seakers, students, free-lancers, … .

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Some DataScience Projects …

Orange D4D challenge

open data challenge led by global telco,

in partnership with MIT & University of Louvain

(UCL).

IF YOU "LIKE" WILL YOU BUY?,

A WCAI Research Opportunity Sponsored by a

Multinational FMCG Company

Evaluation and steering

Data Preparation

Delivery

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Some DataScience Projects …

Our members have already worked with prestigious organizations on large

scale social projects leveraging data science, particularly in the telecom

industry in Africa

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• Cooperation with Financial Services for the Poor

• Developing Retail banking Channel management tools (incl. data

warehouse), aiming at increasing operational performance and

increasing financial inclusion

• Developing Mobile money management tools mixing Telecom and

Mobile money data

• Research project on credit scoring

• Research project on increasing penetration of Mobile money based

on Social Network Analysis and targeted marketing campaigns

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Project steps …

Get the support from the community

Identify key project team

Propose plan

Identify NGO in Brussels

Prepare action plan

Inform – call for projects – selection shortlist – presentation on June 19th

Prepare communication plan

Website

Communication

Visit NGO

meeting with experienced members

participate to datadive London

communicate about similar projects

visit friendly NGO’s

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Project steps … Related to data for good projects

coming events:

Present @ Bigdata.be event (May 27th)

Our Next meetup (June 19th )

Initiate data for good event:

Inform – call for projects – selection shortlist – presentation on June 19th

Prepare communication plan:

Website

Communication (press)

Visit NGO

DataKind

Participate to DataDive in London (June 7-8th )

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More information about us …

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Where does Datakind fit in our organisation …

What will DataKind add to our existing Data for Good initiative?

Extend our impact: a bigger team, bigger & global projects

Access to a global network (particularly US) with industry thought leaders

Branding & exposure will speed up our growth and access to big NGO’s

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Data for Good is at the core of our community for 3 main reasons:

• We are passionate by the power of data and the social impact it can have

• We want to learn by mixing our skills around concrete projects

• We have a common goal driving positive energies and creating networking

opportunities

Summary

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Summary … Why you should start a chapter in Brussels …

Based in the capital of Europe

Connected to major NGO’s

Connected

Experienced team

Practical experience, including on large impact social projects

Mix of business profiles and technical entrepreneurs

Ability to execute and to deliver on time and under pressure

Supported by highly technical groups

Maturity of our team

Experienced project managers

Low maintenance chapter

Spirit of our team

Desire to do data for good projects

Open

International

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Excellent support

Business community

Academic support

Government support

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