For our June 27th lecture... The benefits of open data What is open data? How can open data be of benefit? We will be giving an introduction to and open data and a few reasons why open data can benefit citizens, businesses and government.

1. Friday Lunchtime Lecture
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The Benefits of
Open Data
Ian Henshaw
CEO
The ODI North Carolina
ihenshaw@theodinc.org
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About the Open Data Institute
The Open Data Institute is catalyzing the evolution of open
data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value.
It helps unlock supply, generates demand, creates and
disseminates data to address local and global issues.
We convene world-class experts to collaborate, incubate, nurture
and mentor new ideas, and promote innovation. We enable
anyone to learn and engage with open data, and empower our
teams to help others through professional coaching and
mentoring.

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Open Data Defined
● Non-Proprietary Format
● Easy to Access
● Easy to Use
● Machine Readable
● Reusable Without License
● No Cost

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What is not Open Data?
● Personally Identifiable
Information (PII)
● Security Data
● Confidential Information
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Examples of Open Data
● Government Data ● Commercial Data

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Examples of Open Data
● Crowd Sourced Data

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Benefits of Open Data
● Increased Citizen Engagement
● Reduction of Government Costs
● Support for an Open Government Initiative
– e.g. Transparency
● Economic Development
● Talent Attraction / Retention

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Increased Citizen Engagement

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Reduction of Government Costs
http://theodi.org/news/prescription-savings-worth-millions-identified-odi-incubated-company

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Reduction of Government Costs
http://www.bloomberg.com/
news/2014-04-09/top-
medicare-doctor-paid-21-
million-in-2012-data-
shows.html

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Support for Open Government
http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/National-Physician-Payment-
Transparency-Program/index.html

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Support for Open Government
http://www.openbudget.ny.gov/http://www.openbudget.ny.gov/

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Economic Development
http://www.gpsalliance.org/docs/GPS_Report_June_21_2011.pdf
The Economic Benefits of Commercial GPS
Use in the United States and the Costs of
Potential Disruption
“GPS technology will create $122.4 billion
benefits per year and will directly affect more
than 5.8 million jobs in the downstream
commercial GPS-intensive industries when
penetration of GPS technology reaches 100
percent in the commercial GPS-intensive
industries.”

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Economic Development
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/high_tech_telecoms_internet/what_executives_should_know_about_open_data
Report:
January 2014

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Talent Attraction / Retention
Presentation to the world class city partnership
annual conference in Barcelona focusing on Dublin
and talent attraction by Jamie Cudden
http://www.slideshare.net/jcudden/dublin-talent-
presentation-23-06-12-wccp
http://www.indychamber.com/news/indy-chamber-
news/hacking-talent-pool/

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Benefits of Open Data
● Increased Citizen Engagement
● Reduction of Government Costs
● Support for an Open Government Initiative
– e.g. Transparency
● Economic Development
● Talent Attraction / Retention
● Others?

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Upcoming Courses
● Friday Lunchtime Lecture Series
– July 11 – Do I need to license my open data?
– July 18 – PII, do we need a new data license?
– July 25 - Open Source / Data / Government. All the Same?
● Open Data Fundamentals
– July 10, 2014
– Discount Code = ODIFriday

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ODI NC Services
Thought Leadership
Open Data Research
Open Data Training
Open Data Consulting
Open Data Program Administration
Data Set Certification
Networking

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We thank you
for your time