Gavin Starks, CEO of theODI.org, discusses the growing importance of open data and how it is changing politics, business, and society by reflecting a cultural shift towards more openness. Open data initiatives are driving innovation in areas like smart cities and are creating economic growth opportunities for startups and large companies. Open data also allows for improved transparency and rebuilding of trust between citizens and institutions.

2. Gavin Starks CEO
@agentGav
theODI.org

3. I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do1
1 HAL

4. Photograph by Richard Olsenius
bitrot
wikileaks
FOO.GOV
NSA
All your old spreadsheets
something.something.secure
(shhhhh)
because
datarot
google
binary dust

5. http://data.cabq.gov/business/addressatlas/APage_A-08-Z.pdf

6. https://certificates.theodi.org

9. Big Data
0 @OPENDATAHULK please. smash.

10. All the data
1

12. Political
Politicians, UN, World Bank have shared ambitions
Regional
Smart-cities are driving efficiency and innovation
Business
McKinsey, Deloitte are signalling economic growth
Innovators
Start-ups are creating jobs
Social
NGO communities are building partnerships
Individuals
Engaged in improving their world, rebuilding trust
A shared vision

13. Open data is not just
changing the nature
of politics and business.
It reflects a cultural shift
to an open society.

14. credit: Simon Wardley http://blog.gardeviance.org/

15. http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/10/28/presentation-mobile-is-eating-the-world

16. http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/10/28/presentation-mobile-is-eating-the-world

17. Global SMS
– 20,000,000,000 messages/day
WhatsApp
– 30,000,000,000 messages/day
(with 30 engineers)
Source: GSMA, WhatsApp

18. A square foot of screen sold
for every adult on Earth*
*in the last 15 years
Source: Corning

19. Linux (1991)
100,000 contributors
10,000,000 servers
100,000,000 phones
Source: Wikipedia

20. Wikipedia
23,800,000 registered users
34,900,000 pages
125,000 active editors
6th most popular website
Source: Wikipedia

21. Wordpress
60,000,000 websites
(and a quarter of the top 10M)
Source: Wikipedia

22. Creative Commons
800,000,000 documents
200,000,000 photos (and that’s just flickr)
Source: Wikipedia

23. Github
3,400,000 users
16,700,000 code repositories
240 employees
Source: Wikipedia

24. Open vs Proprietary ‘Closed’ Security Systems
“It isn’t possible for a single company to anticipate
all future technological developments that will be needed.
We predict adopters of closed systems will regret
making short-term gains at the expense of long-term pain.”
World Security Report 2015-01
http://ow.ly/HGVCW

25. Blockchain
1,500,000 wallets
$3,000,000,000 market cap
Emergence of networks that have centralised databases
but are not operated by any single entity
Source: Wikipedia

26. OpenCorporates
84,000,000 companies
5 staff
Kickstarter
Over $1,000,000,000 raised
5,700,000 donors
135,000 projects
p2p lending
£900,000,000 (just in the UK)
Source: Various

27. Gangham style
2,000,000,000 views
http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are – 23M views

34. Data is eating
the world
“We're entering a new world in which data
may be more important than software.”
Tim O'Reilly

35. THE DATA STATE

36. Infrastructure as data
Data as infrastructure

37. The invisible hand
The invisible AI

40. http://dashboards.theodi.org

41. Open data is not just
changing the nature
of politics and business.
It reflects a cultural shift
to an open society.

42. 50% off code OPENTECH
theodi.org/postcard

43. Let’s build, as Buckminster
Fuller once put it,
“a world that works
for everyone.”
p.s. we’re hiring

44. Gavin Starks CEO
@agentGav
theODI.org