Past events

ODI Fridays: Is open data dead? Fri, 15 Nov 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data infrastructure
Policy

Mike Rose will discuss his hypothesis that open data as an outcome is dead and we need to refocus how we approach open data going forwards

Summit

ODI Summit 2019 Tue, 12 Nov 2019, 08:00 Kings Place, London The ODI Summit is the ODI’s flagship event covering critical issues around data and its roles and impacts across sectors

Talk

ODI Fridays: AI in the NHS – reinventing the eye exam Fri, 08 Nov 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London

Emerging tech and AI
Health and physical activity

Could ophthalmology be first branch of medicine to be fundamentally reinvented through the application of artificial intelligence?

Talk

ODI Fridays: How the NSPCC protects the data of users online Fri, 01 Nov 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

Learn about the NSPCC’s data ethics journey to ensure all interactions support their work to safeguard children

Talk

ODI Fridays: The role of open data in delivering Bristol’s new Smart City Strategy Fri, 18 Oct 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Public service design
Cities

Marius and Steve from Bristol City Council will be talking about city’s innovative approach to open data, with a focus on air quality data

Talk

ODI Fridays: Truth, trust and technology Fri, 11 Oct 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE

Arts, culture and heritage
Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Emerging tech and AI
Innovation

With “Big tech” is seen as the catalyst, or even the source, of a wave of distrust in truth and institutions, this talk explores the role of technology in creating and maintaining trust

Talk

ODI Fridays: Dance datafication – gains and losses Fri, 04 Oct 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Arts, culture and heritage

Contemporary dance is responding to the latest technology advances. Hear examples from these projects and explore the ownership, humanising technology, safeguarding intangible heritage and a reflection on the potential loss of certain practices

Talk

ODI Fridays: Opening up the UK’s public authorities Fri, 27 Sep 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Public service design

The UK’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was enacted at the start of the century, and is a central plank of the UK’s openness agenda. Arguably if FOI hadn’t happened, there would be no open data

Talk

ODI Fridays: My day job, and data Fri, 12 Jul 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Skills and literacy

Get an overview of the skills that are involved when working with data to help you identify where your strengths are and what you can do to improve them

Talk

ODI Fridays: Digital mental health: finding signals, respecting noise and dealing with uncertainty Fri, 05 Jul 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

In this talk, Dr Becky Inkster will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities when working in the field of digital mental health

Talk

ODI Fridays: How can we colour in data for every building in London? Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE Colouring London is an open data platform, designed by University College London, to collect, collate, visualise, and make accessible, fifty categories of statistical data, for every building in London

Meetup, Members Event, Talk

Building Trust in How Organisations Use Data (in Leeds) Thu, 27 Jun 2019, 16:00 ODI Leeds, 3rd Floor, Duke Street, Leeds, LS9 8AG

Data ethics and privacy

Trust can take a lifetime to build but only seconds to break and nowhere is that more true than with personal data. This ODI Members Meetup (with others welcome) invites you to listen to interesting lightning talks delivered by a panel of passionate people from diverse industries

Talk

ODI Fridays: How the GLA is tackling London's cultural infrastructure crisis Fri, 14 Jun 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Arts, culture and heritage

The Greater London Authority shares how it’s is using data to understand, protect and the grow cultural infrastructure of London

Course

[Postponed] Better Data | Better Decisions - June 2019 Mon, 10 Jun 2019, 09:00 Online

Innovation
Skills and literacy

This comprehensive online course is for people who want to work strategically with data, but don’t need or want to learn complex programming. You will learn how to create value from data for your organisation, whilst avoiding harmful impacts. You will learn how better decisions can be made with data. You will develop both strategic and practical skills.

Talk

ODI Fridays: The State of Open Data – Histories and Horizons Fri, 07 Jun 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE

Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Public service design
Skills and literacy

Join Mor Rubinstein, Tim Davies and Carla Bonina to explore the insights gained and the challenges still to be overcome from the The State of Open Data – Histories and Horizons book as open data enters its second decade

Talk

ODI Fridays: Will Safetytech save lives? Fri, 24 May 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Built environment and housing
Emerging tech and AI
Innovation
Cities

Statistics from the International Labour Organisation illustrate an urgent picture: Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents or work-related diseases: more than 2.3 million deaths per year. This talk explores if Safetytech could be the answer

Talk

ODI Fridays: Can technology help reinvent national archives for the 21st Century? Fri, 17 May 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Stree, London, EC2A 4JE

Arts, culture and heritage
Innovation
Public service design
Search and discovery

This talk reflects on a two year collaboration between the ODI, the University of Surrey and the National Archives in creating technology to improve trust in digital archives

Course, Data Ethics

Introduction to Data Ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas Wed, 15 May 2019, 10:30 Open Data Institute, Floor 3, 65 Clifton St, London EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

In this half-day interactive course run by our experts you will be given an introduction to the concept of data ethics, and how to help your organisation use the ODI Data Ethics Canvas to help make better and more ethical decisions about data

Talk

ODI Fridays: How the Co-op applies data ethics to the design of new products and services Fri, 10 May 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Innovation
Public service design
Retail and consumer

To achieve their vision to be trusted with data by their customers, learn how the Co-op have practically applied data ethics to their planning around new products and services

Meetup, Members Event, Talk

Sharing engineering data for the public good event: why is it important? Tue, 07 May 2019, 10:00 Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5DG

Built environment and housing

This event will gather people and organisations from across the engineering sector to discuss why sharing data is integral to creating a safer world for everyone

Talk

ODI Fridays: Developing linked data for the people, by the people Fri, 03 May 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE

Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use

OpenDataSoft will describe why it is important that more people can link their data together, and the impact this can have on the usage of their data

Meetup, Members Event, Talk

Increasing trust in data: could 'data trusts' help? Mon, 15 Apr 2019, 12:00 The RSA (Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), 8 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6EZ

Agriculture and food
Arts, culture and heritage
Banking and finance
Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Emerging tech and AI
Geospatial data and mapping
Innovation
Open standards and open APIs
Public service design
Science and research
Search and discovery
Cities
Transport
Weather, energy and environment

Could data trusts help to increase data sharing while retaining trust from both people and organisations? Join our event to find out what we discovered when we tested the idea of developing data trusts in the real world

Talk

ODI Fridays: With great personal data comes great anonymity Fri, 05 Apr 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure

Companies across the world think they’re effectively anonymising data about people, but what if someone could reidentify who these people are? Discover the risks and learn about the ODI’s plans to help organisations mitigate those risks

Talk

ODI Fridays: Regulating for responsible technology – is the UK getting it right? Fri, 29 Mar 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton St, London EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

Jacob Ohrvik-Stott from Doteveryone discusses where the digital regulation debate is heading and outlines Doteveryone’s proposals for an Office for Responsible Technology.

Talk

ODI Fridays: How ODI Leeds discovered that bad transport is impacting the Birmingham economy Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 13:00 ODI Leeds, 3rd Floor Munro House, Duke St, Leeds, LS9 8AG

Data infrastructure
Transport

For the past year ODI Leeds used Transport for The West Midlands’ open API to track over 50 million bus departures in and around Birmingham, and have made a surprising discovery

Talk

ODI Fridays: Creating better services for people Fri, 08 Mar 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Public service design

In an increasingly complex world, Maia Tarling-Hunter and Vimla Appadoo from FutureGov use human stories and data to create better and simpler services in our communities

Talk

ODI Fridays: Open data that has changed the world Fri, 01 Mar 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton St, London EC2A 4JE In this talk Dr Dave Tarrant will attempt to cover as many stories as he can to demonstrate how open data is now ubiquitous and an essential part of the world we live in

Course

Better Data | Better Decisions - February 2019 Mon, 18 Feb 2019, 08:30 Online

Skills and literacy

This comprehensive online course is for people who want to work strategically with data, but don’t need or want to learn complex programming. You will learn how to create value from data for your organisation, whilst avoiding harmful impacts. You will learn how better decisions can be made with data. You will develop both strategic and practical skills.

Talk

ODI Fridays: Routing around malfunction – can the financial system ever be open? Fri, 08 Feb 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Banking and finance

Dean Buckner, a retired specialist at the Bank of England, explains how the secretive nature of regulation threatens, rather than supports, the stability of the financial system

Talk

ODI Fridays: We need to talk about data (and how to avoid feeling like an imposter) Fri, 01 Feb 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy
Data infrastructure
Data publishing and use
Emerging tech and AI
Innovation
Public service design
Skills and literacy

Simon Buillmore will discuss his own experience of imposter syndrome, and will share how data literacy can help by giving you a starting point that relates more to your own context and needs.

Talk

ODI Fridays: Using data to support citizen-centric sustainable urban development in Tanzania Fri, 25 Jan 2019, 13:00 Open Data Institute, Floor 3, 65 Clifton St, London, EC2A 4JE

Data infrastructure
Cities

How communities employ data-driven approaches to address urban sustainability issues in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Talk

ODI Fridays: The smart home – not smart enough or too smart? Fri, 14 Dec 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Built environment and housing
Emerging tech and AI
Cities

Based on her book ‘Smarter Homes: how technology will change your home life’ author and designer Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino will speak about the relationships between people and technological advancements that have shaped our home lives and what this latest trend of ‘smart homes’ tells us about the future

Webinar

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Data ethics: the risks and opportunities (webinar) Wed, 12 Dec 2018, 13:30 Online

Data ethics and privacy

In this 30 minute webinar run by our experts you will be given an introduction to the concept of data ethics, and learn how organisations are responding to the risks and opportunities through a series of case studies.

Talk

ODI Fridays: How personal data portability could grow the UK economy Fri, 07 Dec 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

This lecture highlights the findings in a foundational piece of analysis by Ctrl-Shift of the economic opportunities for the UK economy of personal data mobility, the market challenges and a framework to design for trust

Talk

ODI Fridays: How to meaningfully engage the public in complex decision making Fri, 30 Nov 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Public service design

How do you meaningfully engage the public in decision making when there are many factors at play, complex constraints and different options for policy and service delivery?

Talk

ODI Fridays: Maps that save lives Fri, 23 Nov 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Geospatial data and mapping

In a humanitarian emergency, maps save lives. Johnny Henshall will introduce what MapAction do, how they work and his experiences of being a volunteer for them

Members Event, Summit, Talk

ODI Summit 2018 Tue, 20 Nov 2018, 08:45 Kings Place The ODI Summit 2018 will explore the intersection of data’s value across sectors – from commercial business to public services, the arts to charities

Talk

ODI Fridays: How the BBC is using data to upskill local journalists Fri, 16 Nov 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Arts, culture and heritage
Data publishing and use
Science and research
Skills and literacy

The BBC is seconding journalists from the regional press into the BBC to work with journalists in a shared data unit, which is already generating agenda-setting stories through the UK

Talk

ODI Fridays: How the Cabinet Office is highlighting racial disparity Fri, 09 Nov 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data publishing and use
Public service design

Zamila Bunglawala will be presenting the world’s first website to detail all Government data by ethnicity, published and unpublished, highlighting disparities between ethnic groups

Talk

ODI Fridays: Exploring trust and distrust of public information through art Fri, 02 Nov 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data ethics and privacy

Artist Alistair Gentry will talking about his research project for the ODI, an interactive performance artwork about trust and distrust of publicly accessible information

Meetup, Members Event, Talk

Goldfish with lightbulb idea graphic, swimming in water with backdrop of grey fish

How to transform a whole sector Thu, 01 Nov 2018, 16:00 The Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton St, London, EC2A 4JE

Emerging tech and AI
Innovation

Hear from the brave organisations who have already made, or are in the process of making a drastic changes in their sector

Talk

ODI Fridays lunchtime lecture: Data sharing to transform public service delivery Fri, 05 Oct 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Public service design

The Reform team will be presenting the findings of their report ‘Sharing the benefits: how to use data effectively in the public sector’, published this summer

Talk

ODI Fridays lunchtime lecture: Universal access to (all) knowledge Fri, 28 Sep 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Public service design
Science and research
Search and discovery

Hear Carl Malamud of Public Resource share his efforts to make knowledge more broadly available on the Internet.

Talk

Illustration: shadow people images and colourful drawings

ODI Fridays lunchtime lecture: Adapting to the needs of modern data and intelligence work Fri, 14 Sep 2018, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Innovation
Peer networks

This lecture will share how the Tech Nation are approaching modern data teamwork, covering everything from the work pipeline to open data practices

Course

Better Data | Better Decisions: 10 September 2018 Mon, 10 Sep 2018, 09:00 Online

Skills and literacy

This comprehensive online course is for people who want to work strategically with data, but don’t need or want to learn complex programming.

Meetup

ODI data policy meetup Tue, 21 Aug 2018, 17:30 Open Data Institute

Peer networks

We think it would be great to get people together regularly to talk about data policy-related things over some drinks

Meetup

Not so sporty sports day Thu, 16 Aug 2018, 13:00 White City Place, 191 Wood Lane, W12 7FP

Health and physical activity

OpenActive (an initiative supported by Sport England and coordinated by the Open Data Institute) is partnering with Huckletree for a startup-friendly sports day…and everyone’s invited

Members Event

Turning GDPR into an opportunity (meet the ODI network): London Thu, 19 Jul 2018, 16:30 The Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton St London EC2A 4JE Blinded by compliance? Meet the organisations who are embracing GDPR as an opportunity to build better services and stronger relationships with their customers

Course, Data Ethics

Data ethics: an introduction Wed, 11 Jul 2018, 13:30 Third Floor, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE

Data publishing and use
Skills and literacy

An introduction to the concept of data ethics, and how to help your organisation use the ODI Data Ethics Canvas to help make better and more ethical decisions about data.

Talk

ODI Fridays: How data science is transforming government Fri, 06 Jul 2018, 13:00 The Open Data Institute

Emerging tech and AI
Public service design

Hear how data science can save the government over £500M, and how to support data science teams and build their capacity

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