Download - Opening Plenary - Prof. Nigel Shadbolt
Open Data: New Opportunities New Challenges
Professor Nigel ShadboltWeb and Internet Science Group
Chairman and Co-Founder Open Data Institute
@Nigel_Shadbolt
The Power of Open…
The Power of Open…
The Power of Open…
Open Licences
Open Standards
Open Data Open Participation
Open Source
Open Data: What’s the use…
Open Data: What’s the use…
Open Data: What’s the use…
The Power of Open…
Open Licences
Open Standards
Open Data Open Participation
Open Source
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.
open the data…
and the applications follow…
at all scales…
around the world…
Open Data and Governance
Open Data and Crime
Open Data and Transport
Open Data and the Environment
Open Data and Health
Open Data and Science
Open Data and Charities
Open Data and Charities
Open Data and Charities
The Power of the Results
Political
• Transparency • Accountability • Participation
Economic
• Efficiency • Innovation • Growth
Social
• Inclusion • Poverty • Diversity
Research
• Dissemination • Innovation
Media
• Data Journalism
• Data Literacy
Data
• Engagement • Improvement • Acquisition
Why Open Data for Charities?
• Driving policy formation and planning
• Joining up responses and supporting collaboration
• Providing more integrated services
• Supporting advocacy and campaigning
• Impact evaluation • Improving fundraising
and communication • Mediating local,
regional and national • Making commissioning
more efficient • Harnessing volunteer
and private sector innovation and effort
Will it work for you?
The Role of the ODI
Big Open Data e.g. Prescribing Analytics The NHS could have saved
~£200 million p.a. through increasing prescriptions of generic rather than proprietary statins
Open Data Challenges
Infrastructure Quality Interpretation Security and Privacy Open Data 2.0 …
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