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From free lunchtime lectures on how open data is impacting different parts of our society, to our annual ODI Summit, featuring talks by our founders, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, we host a wide range of events every year.

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Data Ecosystems and Innovation Roundtable Wed, 07 Jul 2021, 10:30 Online In this roundtable event on 7th July 2021 from 10.30am to 12pm we will discuss the benefits and challenges of both “bottom-up” and “top-down” approaches to data access initiatives.
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ODI Fridays: Artist AM Darke on Fairly Intelligent™️ Fri, 18 Jun 2021, 16:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
- Policy
- Public service design
‘Why let a few tech executives and engineers control the algorithms that shape our lives?’ Artist A.M. Darke discusses the process of developing Fairly Intelligent™️, a speculative fiction about the world’s worst algorithm posing as the world’s best algorithm
Members Event, Summit, Talk

ODI Summit 2021 – Data <> People Tue, 02 Nov 2021, 08:00 Online We are all data people. This year’s ODI Summit recognises and celebrates the relationship between people and data.
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ODI Fridays: Artist Nick Briz on howthey.watch/you Fri, 28 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
Nick Briz discusses his artwork that exposes the tracking technology built into our everyday experience of internet browsing
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ODI Fridays: How Fortune 500 businesses can make better use of data Fri, 09 Jul 2021, 13:00 Online
- ODI Inside Business
How Fortune 500 companies can make better use of the data they already have, before conducting new research
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ODI Fridays: Government legislation and data ethics Fri, 11 Jun 2021, 13:00 Online
- Policy
This talk explores the Government’s practice in one specific area – making legislation relevant to data and digitalisation – though a forensic review of relevant statutes and regulations made in 2020
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ODI Fridays: Artist Everest Pipkin on the making of Shell Song Fri, 21 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
Shell Song asks what a voice is worth, who can own a human sound, and how it feels to come face to face with the ghost of your body that may yet come to outlive you
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ODI Fridays: Open data and China – a ten year review Fri, 14 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
How open data has developed in China, and what does and doesn’t work
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ODI Fridays: Access to the right health data for public good Fri, 07 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Health and physical activity
Addressing the issues of accessibility, availability, affordability and trust when connecting patients with healthcare services
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ODI Fridays: Making local deliveries safer, cleaner, and healthier Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 13:00 Online
- Transport
- Weather, energy and environment
How insights generated from eCargo bike sensors help city transport planners design more suitable urban environments