open data, innovation & smart communities

Open Data, Open MindsOpen Opportunities

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

October 15, 2015.Kitchener, Ontario.

Open Data -> Minds -> Opportunities 2

Overview

• Context - Open Data Family

• Economic Development opportunities

• Innovation – need for Open Minds

• Digital Futures & Smart Communities

Jury Konga eGovFutures Group

Cover image credits: ZDNet, INTECHopen, and University of Glasgow


The Data Family• Without data – there is no

map, no analytics, no visualizations, etc.

• Personal, Open, Big, All- most already digital

• Data volumes growing exponentially

• Opportunities for innovation & discovery grow as data grows



Open Data Family- a holistic approach


OpenData.EARTH

Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service

Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jurykonga

Evolved from Data Infra-structure model circa 1994


Open Data Family- pervasive from local to global

• G87 Open Data Charter & Open Government Partnership

• Over 300 open data catalogues globally

• Canadian federal government, provinces & over 50 municipalities

• Open Data is HUGE and growing

Open Knowledge Foundation – Open Data Census in progress



Data is Key to Community Wellbeing & Sustainability


“Issues of ecological destruction, personal health, inequitable distribution of wealth, the power of transnational corporations, and the effects of the global economy are not independent problems.

They are inextricably linked.”

Dr. David Suzuki

Source: Health and Wellbeing UK


Economic Development and Open Data

Source: McKinsey Global Institute; October 2013 Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information



Open Data Economic Opportunities

Source: “Money for nothing – data for free. Hard facts about the economic power of Open Government Data”; 2013 Conference for eDemocracy and Open Government. By Gregor Eibl and Brigitte Lutz, Austria

2012 Survey by Open Knowledge Foundation on Business Views of Open Data Opportunities

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Open Data- Supporting Commercialization

Open Data

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Big DataOpen

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DATA STRATEGYFOR CANADA

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Innovation & Open Minds

• Government can’t (and shouldn’t) do everything

• Many of the best ideas come from outside your organization

• Innovation by default is a culture shift for government

The value of Open Data is not the data itself … but rather how it’s used



Innovation within Government- need a culture shift

Risk aversion

Managed risk

Encouraging risk taking

- lost opportunities

- increased opportunities

- optimum opportunities

It’s OK to fail & learn … before we succeedJury Konga eGovFutures Group


Open Data Innovation - Hacks & Apps Contests


Open Data Innovation - Applications Portfolio

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Service Reminders

Transit Schedules

Facilities FinderHealth Inspections

Service RequestStreet Bump - Boston

School Zone - Vancouver

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Open Data Innovation - Applications PortfolioGreat Visualizations

Gapminder – Temporal Animation

Wellbeing Toronto – Priorities Mapped

San Francisco Crimes– 3D Visual

http://dougmccune.com/blog/page/2/ Jury Konga eGovFutures Group Open Data -> Minds -> Opportunities

http://dougmccune.com/blog/page/2/

http://dougmccune.com/blog/page/2/


Innovation- a strategy

• “Do more with less”

• Status quo no longer acceptable/sustainable

• Leverage assets – people, data, community

• Innovation is the future- need to walk the talk

Source:

Source: InnovationManagement.se


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Digital Futures- Technology ImpactorsSocialMobileAnalyticsCloud

Quantum Computing Sensors – Human & Machine

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics

… exponential growthDrones

Nano Technologies

3D Printing

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Digital Futures- IoT, IoE, Big Data

blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-about-the-internet-of-everything/

7.6B50B

Source: Revinate.com

Big data – growing exponentially every day

PeopleDevices


http://blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-about-the-internet-of-everything/




Digital Futures- “Smart” Communities

• Transportation• Waste Management• Energy & Utilities• Economic Development• Social Services & Public Safety• Healthcare• Education ….


Source: IDC Whitepaper on “Delivering NextGeneration Citizen Services”

Smart + Connected Communities

City of the Future


Our Digital Community Ecosystem• Lots of moving parts – many

ways to “slice & dice”

• More dis-connected than connected

• Need to optimize our collective resources

• Collaboration & Communication takes effort


A “network “of communities

... actually both digital and analog

Civil Society & NFP

Public Sector

CitizensConsumers

Private Sector

Academia


Sustainable Digital Communities


Graphic source: InnovationManagement.se Innovation Ecosystem

• Need metrics(e.g. ICF, Global Cities Indicators)

• Need large regional partnerships in economic & social development

• Leadership in every sector at all levels


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THANK YOU

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

[email protected] www.slideshare.net/jurykonga


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1. How would you leverage open data for economic development?

2. What’s needed for culture change to open government, open data and innovation?

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