Agi foresight 2015 public policy 20100714

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AGI Foresight StudyA Vision of the Geospatial industry in 2015

Robin McLaren

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Part 2: Looking at Policy in 2015

Robin McLaren

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Global Forces

China has a $3 trillion reserve to invest in

assets and development around the world

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Source: www.biojobblog.com

Source: www.smu.edu.sg

We are currently preparing students for jobs

that don‟t exist, using technologies that haven‟t

been invented in order to solve problems that

we don‟t even know are problems yet.

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Public Sector Information

Source: www.eom.com.my/terms

data.gov.uk exposes over 3,000 government datasets and

the adoption of the „linked data‟ approach will enable

significant innovation in its re-use.

Free Ordnance Survey data a reality on the 1st April 2010.

Where are the proven economic & social benefits?

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Institutional Change

A new institutional landscape.

A new type of public sector – a streamlined, transparent

central government with new relationships with the private

and third sectors:

- citizen empowerment (mysociety.org).

- impact on existing business models in private sector.

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A TechMarketView report said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths need to be made in order to create the next generation of software developers. Furthermore, better tax incentives for investment, corporate venturing, R&D support and so on could all help young software companies to flourish in the UK.

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a unique opportunity

To successfully implement these strategies with

minimal public sector intervention – collaboration is

key to success

1. we know what data we have, and avoid duplicating it;

2. we use common reference data so we know we are talking about the same places;

3. we can share location-related information easily through a common infrastructure of standards, technology and business relationships;

4. we have the appropriate skills, both among geographic professionals and among other professional groups who use location information or support its use;

5. we have strong leadership and governance to drive through change including the implementation of this Strategy and the implementation of INSPIRE. (We call this the Location Council).

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UK Location Strategy – 5 strategic actions

Well over 50% of respondents to the AGI Foresight Study Questionnaire believe that institutional initiatives will be overtaken by the market

We need a new and inclusive approach to how we implement the (refreshed) UK Location Strategy

Crowd sourcing

“Five years ago OpenStreetMap didn't exist, so forecasting the

future of crowd sourced data feels particularly futile.”

“However, the UK is predicted to be complete,

at the street level, in 14 months time.”

“There will be more than 1,000,000 users in much less

than five years time.” Chris Osborne

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Source: www.bestventureinc.com

Few, if any countries, have generated data management policies that truly integrate and utilise this new, valuable resource of large scale, citizen initiated information

Environmental Management

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“In many cases, more information equals greater confusion – another dataset will be around the corner to refute any …“

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„In this world the games developers will replace professional GIS specialists.‟

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Data Privacy

Source: www.easyheath.org.uk

Sharing information about your self should be a transaction where the default is that you reject, in other words you have to opt-in NOT out.Do you want people to know that you are in the UK, in London, at the IOD….?

Challenging Policy• Adapting to global economic power changes.• Building appropriate GI capacity.• Encouraging public participation by explaining

complex geographic phenomena in simple terms.• Creating a UK based global market leader /

partnership.• Supporting a new type of public sector.• Devising a new approach to implementing the UK

Location Strategy.• Responding to location privacy crisis.

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A bright future won’t just happen. It is up to you to make it happen and shape the future.

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