Events

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From weekly free lunchtime lectures on cutting-edge tools and ideas, to the ODI Summit with our founders, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, we host a range of exciting events

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Upcoming Events

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ODI Fridays: The poetry of data with Mr Gee Fri, 28 Feb 2020, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Arts, culture and heritage
Mr Gee will share how he’s combined his love of classic poetry with data to find his own unique interpretation of the world
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Data sharing for growth, trust and efficiency (Leeds) Wed, 04 Mar 2020, 16:00 ODI Leeds, Duke Street, #3rd Floor, Leeds, LS9 8AG
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
Data sharing in the private sector is notoriously difficult. Learn from the businesses that have made it work – and as result, have become trailblazers in their sector
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ODI Fridays: Vicarious – the emotional impact of data Fri, 06 Mar 2020, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Arts, culture and heritage
Described by The Times as ‘the world’s only Thrill Engineer’, performance artist Brendan Walker will give a broad overview of his creative digital projects from the last 20 years
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Members Event, Talk
Data sharing for growth, trust and efficiency (London) Wed, 11 Mar 2020, 16:00 Open Data Institute, 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton Street, Shoreditch, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
Data sharing in the private sector is notoriously difficult. Learn from the businesses that have made it work – and as result, have become trailblazers in their sector.
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Members Event, Talk
Data Trusts 2020: from theory to practice Thu, 19 Mar 2020, 13:00 The British Library, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
Join us for the latest thinking from around the world of data trusts and other data institutions
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Strategic Data Skills Mon, 23 Mar 2020, 08:30 Online course
- Data publishing and use
This comprehensive online course is for people who want to work strategically with data, but don’t need or want to learn complex programming.
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Open Data in a Day Wed, 25 Mar 2020, 09:15 The ODI, Third Floor 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE
- Innovation
- Skills and literacy
Learn how to discover, use and describe the benefits of open data, and how they impact your organisation
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ODI Fridays: Becoming London's first Chief Digital Officer Fri, 27 Mar 2020, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE Theo Blackwell shares what it’s like to be dropped into a role which carries with it so many city-wide expectations, the challenges, and why London needed him in the first place

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Introduction to Data Ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas Thu, 16 Apr 2020, 10:00 Open Data Institute | 65 Clifton Street | EC2A 4JE London | United Kingdom
- Data ethics and privacy
In this half-day interactive course run by our experts you will be given an introduction to the concept of data ethics, and how to help your organisation use the ODI Data Ethics Canvas to help make better and more ethical decisions about data
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Open Data in a Day Tue, 26 May 2020, 09:15 The ODI, Third Floor 65 Clifton Street, London EC2A 4JE
- Innovation
- Skills and literacy
Learn how to discover, use and describe the benefits of open data, and how they impact your organisation
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Introduction to Data Ethics and the Data Ethics Canvas Wed, 24 Jun 2020, 10:00 Open Data Institute | 65 Clifton Street | EC2A 4JE London | United Kingdom
- Data ethics and privacy
In this half-day interactive course run by our experts you will be given an introduction to the concept of data ethics, and how to help your organisation use the ODI Data Ethics Canvas to help make better and more ethical decisions about data

Data as Culture exhibition, Talk
Exhibition: Copy That? Surplus Data in an Age of Repetitive Duplication Wed, 05 Feb 2020, 10:00 3rd Floor, 65 Clifton St, Hackney, London EC2A 4JE
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
How ‘true’ is the ‘data you’ and how many versions exist online? Explore at the ODI’s latest Data as Culture exhibition. Copy That? is open to the public by appointment from February 5 – June 30 2020, Monday – Friday, 10 am – 17.00 (booking required)

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