Open Data - a Right with Societal Benefits

Open Data- a Right,

with Societal Benefits

Jury KongaeGovFutures Group

Toronto Board of Trade Event, September 20, 2012.

Celebrating

Sponsored by Office of the OntarioInformation and Privacy Commissioner

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Acknowledgements

• Dr. Ann Cavoukian and her team at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontariohttp://ipc.on.ca/english/Resources/Events/Events-Summary/?id=92

• Toronto Board of Trade• Fellow speakers• Open Data community

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Appreciation is extended to the following for their contribution and collaboration related to this event and presentations

Title slide graphics via TSO Limited (U.K.)

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International Right-To-Know Week

• Goal:

“to raise global awareness of individuals’ right to access government information

and

to promote access to information as a fundamental human right”

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Context- Open Government Framework

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Note: This version is circa 2010. Version 2 coming in October 2012.

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Scope- A Global View … it’s pervasive

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Over 55 participating countries

Over 180 Open Data portals

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This is

NOT

Open Data

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Open Data Attributes

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“A piece of content or data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”

opendefinition.org/

….. also needs to be machine readable with an acceptable Terms of Use agreement

Core Principleshttp://sunlightfoundation.com/policy/documents/ten-open-data-principles/ http://www.ipc.on.ca/images/Resources/accessbydesign_7fundamentalprinciples.pdf

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Open Data Globally- Participants at National Level

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Open Data in Canada- Provincial Level

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Open Data - the Ontario Municipal scene

Others in planning & implementation stages

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Some public facing views of Open Data

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Open Data portal & data catalogue Hackathons/Codefests …. Building apps

Citizen & Community Engagement – Unconferences, Govcamps, Changecamp, Citycamps … defining the issues, identifying opportunities to improve

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Open Data - the Apps Conte$t$

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Open Data Benefits- a Citizen & Community perspective

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• Ease of access to government information

• Economic development opportunities leading to job creation

• Reduced costs for government operations

• Enhanced eService delivery

• Apps, Apps, Apps – for citizen, business and community

• Increased opportunities for community engagement and collaboration in addressing societal needs

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Open Data Benefits- a Business perspective

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• Economic development opportunities

• Reduced costs to find & use government data

• Start-ups that leverage the data

• Value Added Resellers

• Innovation through new products & services

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Open Data Benefits- a Government perspective

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• Enhanced services to citizens and businesses

• Reduced costs via internal access and less external FOI and data requests

• Economic development

• Improved government transparency & trust

• Increased citizen engagement, collaboration with business and community groups

• Enhanced transparency and increased TRUST

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Open Data Potential – Scale & Integrate

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OpenData.EARTH

OpenData.EARTH

Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service Find the dataShare the data

USE the data

Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jkonga

Evolved from Data Infra-structure model circa 1994

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RGIS Real-time Global

Information Sensors network

RGIS Real-time Global

Information Sensors network

Open Data Potential- a Larger Societal View

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Wellbeing Ontario

Wellbeing CanadaWellbeing Earth

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Open Data Potential- a Larger Societal View

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Personal Health Wellbeing

Local Health Providers

Health industry Suppliers

Regional Health Analytics &

Database

Regional Health Analytics &

Database

Regional Health Analytics &

Database

Regional Health Analytics &

Database

Regional/Provincial Health Analytics &

Database

multiple

multiple

Research Community e.g.

National Health Analytics &

Database

e.g.

U.S. Veterans AffairsPersonal Access:

Real-time Open Health Information Network

e.g.

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Environmental Wellbeing- A COMPLEX ecosystem

Global

Local

AIR WATER

LAND

Global

Local

Global

National

Provincial

Local

Global

National

Provincial

Local

BIO-DIVERSITY

Real-time Open Environmental Network

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• Informal defn: “Open science is the idea that scientific knowledge of all kinds should be openly shared as early as is practical in the discovery process.”

• Fundamental Goals – July 28, 2009. Transparency in experimental methodology, observation and collection of data Public availability and reusability of scientific data Public accessibility and transparency of scientific communication Using web-based tools to facilitate scientific collaboration

• Opportunity for collaboration and benefits to society are HUGE

Open Science Data

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• OpenCorporates is a recent initiative

• Aims: URL for every company in the world & relating government data to companies

• How about a “Good” Corporate Citizen Index …. Occupy Wall Street (#OWS) would be interested

Open Corporate Data

Source: The New Scientist; (Image: PLoS One)http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228354.500-revealed--the-capitalist-network-that-runs-the-world.html

“The 147 Companies That Control Everything”Forbes Article, October 22, 2011.

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Concluding thoughts …

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• Data is a strategic asset and ROI needs to be optimized by making it OPEN

• Open data is pervasive and is gaining momentum

• It’s NOT a question of IF Open Data BUT … WHEN Open Data

• Open Data is beneficial to government, citizens, businesses and can enhance society at large

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Why Open Data - it’s simple …

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Photographs courtesy ofChatham-Kent

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

[email protected] @jkongaSkype jury.konga

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