Small/Big/Open Data for Public Empowerment

and Freedom

Lorenzo Benussi

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we live in a world of data

Ref: National Geographic http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/big-idea/14/augmented-reality

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You are data

[Source: TIME - Person of the Year: You, 25/12/2006]

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They use data: social graphs

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• Data • Information • Knowledge

data is value…Hal Varian, Google’s Chief Economist

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Big Data Volume Variety Velocity6

#smalldata, [...] to prevent the centralization of data-power in the hands of the few. [Open Knowledge Foundation mailing list, 07/05/2013]

small data…

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Free Open AccessibleOpen Data

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digital data change politics

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Open Data “…will strengthen our democracy” since it promotes transparency, collaboration and participation in Government. Barak Obama Transparency and Open Government Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies (2009)

[…] open data can be a powerful tool to help reform public services, foster innovation and empower citizens.

David Cameron Letter to Cabinet Ministers (2011)

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Digital Data open (the) government

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Data As A Servicedigital data change the market

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When I say that innovation is being democratized, I mean that users of

products and services—both firms and individual consumers—are

increasingly able to innovate for themselves.

(DEMOCRATIZING INNOVATION, Eric Von Hippel, MIT)

digital data change innovation models

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The Cathedral The Bazaar

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digital data shape cities15

Data helps to monitor the status and the development of a system/city !1) Economic Development - monitoring efficiency and effectiveness of the overall economic system; 2) Social Development – assessing social impact of policies and programs; 3) Environmental Development - evaluating environmental sustainability of policies in medium and long term.

Smart City: data & platforms

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1. Economic value: new products, services and new markets

2. Social value: open innovation & social innovation

3. Political value: empowering citizens to address complex problems and design reliable solution (government as a platform)

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Value of digital data

data consciousness is data openness

innovating democracy and democratizing innovation

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Thank you

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