www.congresswbn.org Open Data – Catalyst for Caribbean Open Innovation
May 08, 2015
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OPEN. INNOVATE. ADVANCE.
Open
Bevil WoodingCKO,
Congress WBN
DATACatalyst for Open
Caribbean
Innovation
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Open Data – The Promise
Improves transparency
Harnesses external innovation
Creates entirely new & significant business models
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Open Data – The RealityTransparency is not always desired
“Give it to me now” culture, resulting in increasing intolerance to barriers to information access
Disturbing levels of Ignorance of the proven social AND economic benefits
Few success-stories at the local and regional level
OPEN DATA ANDINNOVATION
Making the Link
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Defining Innovation
“deliberately bringing into being something original, unique or novel, with inherent value or utility and that can be replicated and sustained”
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Leadership and Innovation
Leadership defines the arc joining a great new idea to its eventual and sustained manifestation
In this context…
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Innovation Activators
People being able to identify with a defined vision, prioritize it over other needs and direct activities towards manifesting it
Leaders lead…
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Innovation Activators
Systems providing a correct framework for innovation culture to be birthed, to be secured, to develop, and to flourish
Leaders build…
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The Open Innovation Ecosystem
PEOPLE (Developers, Users, Innovators, Entrepreneurs,
Content Managers, etc.)
TOOLS
Leadership Awareness
CONTENT
Access
Applications
Government
Policy
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An Increasingly Open World
Developed as well as Developing countries are deriving real benefits and value from open data
Public Sector Dataset Catalogshttp://datos.fundacionctic.org/sandbox/catalog/
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An Increasingly Open World
The private sector is also joining in….
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Openly Spreading the World
Competitions, Code Fests, Awards, ….
REMOVING THE OBSTACLES TO ADOPTION AND INNOVATION
Advancing Open Data
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5 Key Barriers to Open Data Innovation
1. Lack of familiarity with the model
2. Lack of evidence of benefits
3. Perceived challenges to ownership, control, and monetization
4. Uncertainty on how to leverage
5. Not yet a critical mass of interested developers
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The Good News….
Problems have solutions
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Open Data Innovation
Collaboration is Key
Leadership by Example
Initiative from our Innovators
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Open Data Innovation
Excite the Innovators and Entrepreneurs
Start with what We have
Engage the Media
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Open Data Innovation
Promote with Passion, but also with Strategy.
Create Opportunities
Celebrate Successes Openly
Thank YouContact:
Bevil Wooding Chief Knowledge OfficerCongress [email protected]
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An Open Data World
NEW YORK: Focus on crowd-sourced innovation http://open.gov.ny
KENYA: Africa’s 1st OD initiative http://open.gov.ke
MOLDOVA: 160 datasets, 20 agencies http://data.gov.md
LONDON UK: open data pioneer http://data.london.gov.uk
AFRICAN DEV BANK: Inc. food security, gender & climate change http://opendataforafrica.org
OPEN. INNOVATE. ADVANCE.
Open
Bevil WoodingCKO,
Congress WBN
DATACatalyst for Open
Caribbean
Innovation
www.congresswbn.orgOpen Data – Catalyst for Caribbean Open Innovation
www.congresswbn.orgOpen Data – Catalyst for Caribbean Open Innovation
About the Presenter
Bevil M. Wooding
Mr. Wooding serves is an international technologist. He serving at a number of non-profit organisations to help advance national an dregioal development through ICTs.He is the Chief Knowledge Officer of congress WBN, a values based NGO focused on “ethical nations development”.He is also an Internet strategist with Packet Clearing House, a US-based non-profit research institute supporting critical internet infrastructure and development.He also serves as the Program Director for the Caribbean Telecommunications Union’s Caribbean ICT Roadshow where he regularly facilitates regional and international initiatives on ICT, Innovation, Policy, and Internet Governance and Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Development.