The ODI – Open Data Institute

The Open Data Institute works with companies and governments to build an open, trustworthy data ecosystem, where people can make better decisions using data and manage any harmful impacts.

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Data ethics: how to be more trustworthy with data
- Data ethics and privacy
We demystify questions around data ethics and introduce some practical tools and learning resources to help individuals and organisations make more ethical decisions.
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Public service design
- Ben Snaith
- James Maddison
- Miranda Marcus
We’ve been collaborating with local service designers and councils around the UK and beyond to research and develop useful tools to improve local services
Blog, News 12/11/2019
Success celebrated at ODI Summit with startup programme awards
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Innovation
- Peer networks
- Startups
An entrepreneur, a startup and a data provider received awards today at the ODI Summit from Sir Nigel Shadbolt, the UK’s AI expert and ODI co-founder, to recognise their outstanding success during the Data Pitch programme
Blog, News 12/11/2019
Nearly 9 in 10 people think it’s important that organisations use personal data ethically
- Data ethics and privacy
The ODI calls on companies and governments to build trust by engaging with their customers and citizens about how they use personal data
Blog, News 13/11/2019
The murky world of political adverts on social media may damage our democracy
- Sir Nigel Shadbolt
People have a right to know where political adverts originate, who is paying for them and how they are being targeted

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Meetup, Members Event, Summit, Talk
ODI Summit 2019 Tue, 12 Nov 2019, 08:30 Kings Place
- Agriculture and food
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Banking and finance
- Built environment and housing
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Emerging tech and AI
- Geospatial data and mapping
- Health and physical activity
- Humanitarian response
- Innovation
- Open standards and open APIs
- Peer networks
- Policy
- Public service design
- Retail and consumer
- Science and research
- Search and discovery
- Skills and literacy
- Cities
- Startups
- Transport
- Weather, energy and environment
The ODI Summit is the Open Data Institute’s flagship event covering critical issues around data and its role and impact – both positive and negative

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Become an ODI Member
- Agriculture and food
- Built environment and housing
- Data infrastructure
- Open standards and open APIs
- Peer networks
- Public service design
- Retail and consumer
- Skills and literacy
- Weather, energy and environment
- Hannah Foulds
- Julie McMahon
Join our global network of over 2,000 businesses, startups, data experts and government leaders who are discovering innovative solutions using data.

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Courses and training
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Peer networks
- Skills and literacy
- Alex Chandran
- Dr Dave Tarrant
- James Maddison
- Simon Bullmore
- Violeta Mezeklieva
The ODI learning programme provides data literacy and capability for everyone. Discover: Upcoming courses Courses we run Free online learning Who we’ve worked with Data skills framework

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Get help and advice for data
- Alex Chandran
- Julie McMahon
Our consultants are experienced in data policy, licensing, training, standards, ethics, emerging tech and open data

Events Free ODI Fridays lunchtime lectures ODI Fridays are free lunchtime lectures for everyone. You bring your lunch, we provide tea and coffee, an interesting talk, and enough time to get back to your desk

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