This document discusses the promise of open data for business, government, consumers, and technology. It defines open data as publicly available data that can be used and shared by anyone. The document outlines 9 trends in open data, including how open data is driving business growth in sectors like health, education, and energy. It also discusses how open data helps consumers make smarter choices, improves government transparency, and fuels innovation. Overall, the document argues that open data has the potential to generate trillions in economic value globally and transform many industries by making more data available in accessible formats.
3. Setting the Stage
The GovLab’s Central Hypothesis
When governments and institutions open
themselves to diverse participation and
collaborative problem-solving, and partner
with citizens to make decisions, they are more
effective and legitimate.
4. Setting the Stage
To achieve collaborative democracy, we must
open up how government institutions work. We
study three paradigms:
1. Sharing Responsibility
2. Getting Knowledge and Expertise In
3. Getting Open Data Out
5. Setting the Stage
Open Data: Accessible, public data that
people, companies, and organizations
can use to launch new ventures, analyze
patterns and trends, make data-driven
decisions, and solve complex problems.
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6. Setting the Stage
Open Data Changes the World For:
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Entrepreneurs
Established businesses
Governments
Investors
Scientists
Journalists
Consumers
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7. Setting the Stage
What Open Data Isn’t
• Big Data ≠ Open Data ≠ Open
Government
• Big Data: Really, really big datasets
• Open Government:
Transparency, participation, collaborati
on – with or without data
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10. 1. Liberating Government Data
2. Driving Business Growth
3. Smart Disclosure for Consumer Choice
4. Smarter Investors and Better Companies
5. Open Data Shapes Reputation and Brands
6. Finding New Value in Personal Data
7. The Open Research Lab
8. Data-Driven Cities
9. Learning to Live in a See-Through World
12. Government Data
Open Data Becomes a Priority
[Open Data is] going to help launch more
businesses. . . . It’s going to help more
entrepreneurs come up with products and
services that we haven’t even imagined yet.
President Barack Obama
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17. Driving Business Growth
Open Data Fuels Businesses in All Sectors
Health
Education
Financial Services
Energy Use
Transportation
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18. Driving Business Growth
What’s the Value of Open Data?
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McKinsey study: $3 trillion annually worldwide
30 to 140 billion euros for Europe’s public sector data
2 to 9 billion British pounds
$30 billion for U.S. weather data
Tens of billions for U.S. GPS data
Hundreds of billions for U.S. health data
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19. Driving Business Growth
From Weather Insurance to Green Revolution
Climate Corporation offices in San Francisco
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53. Open Research
Patients Insist on Open Science
“If patients knew [how research works], they
would be beside themselves. The system is
really, really broken.”
Kathy Giusti, CEO, Multiple Myeloma Research
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59. Data-Driven Cities
How Wired Cities Use New Data
• Optimize operations
• Monitor infrastructure conditions
• Plan infrastructure
• Public health
• Emergency management
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63. Data-Driven Cities
Urban Coding: Volunteers, Hackathons, Idea-a-Thons
• Code for America: Peace Corps of Geeks
• FCC: Apps for Communities
• The NYU Experience: Hackers meet policymakers to solve
problems
– Bus safety
– Illegal apartment conversions
– Price gouging in Newark
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71. Studying the Value of Open Data
Open Data 500: Assessing the Value Rigorously
• Criteria:
– U.S. based
– National or regional scale (mostly federal data)
– Open Data must be key to business
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Almost 400 companies contacted so far
Wide range of sectors covered
Partnering with Open Data Institute to replicate in the U.K.
Interest from 15 other countries at Open Government
Partnership
www.OpenData500.com
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73. 9. What Are the Lessons?
For Business: Established Companies
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Use Open Data to evaluate business partners
Use new sources of data on potential investments
Give customers their data back to build loyalty
Release and use environmental, social, governance data
Use Open Data for collaborative R&D
Learn to operate in a see-through world
Monitor the social web for brand-building and “social
customer service”
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74. 9. What Are the Lessons?
For Business: Entrepreneurs
• Use Open Data as a new resource for business development
• Focus on big opportunities:
health, finance, energy, education
• Explore choice engines and Smart Disclosure apps
• Help consumers tap the value of personal data
• Provide new data solutions to government and business
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75. 9. What Are the Lessons?
For Government:
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Make Open Data a tool for transparency
Regulators: Improve markets by requiring Open Data
Use customer complaints as a form of Open Data
Share and mash-up data between agencies
Pass new legislation on personal data and privacy
Make government-funded research data as open as possible
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