Past Events

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From weekly free lunchtime lectures on cutting-edge data uses and impacts to the ODI Summit with our founders, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, we host a range of exciting events each year.

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Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Opening the cultural archives Fri, 20 May 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Arts, culture and heritage
Richard Leeming talks about the work of the Research and Education Space and that open data could transform the (GLAM) sector.
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: A data revolution for international development Fri, 13 May 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Humanitarian response
Rupert Simons, Chief Executive of Publish What You Fund, will give insight into the state of data in international development
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Can technology help us control our personal data? Wed, 11 May 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data ethics and privacy
- Emerging tech and AI
- Retail and consumer
A discussion about potential ways that design and technology might allow us to control how our personal data is collected, shared and used
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Editing out the gender gap Fri, 06 May 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data infrastructure
Lucy Crompton-Reid will talk about Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in the context of the gender gap
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: What does a good data market look like? Fri, 29 Apr 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data infrastructure
Join us for a thought debate about how we access, use and share data across organisations to maximise the value of the web of data
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: The beauty of quality data Fri, 22 Apr 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data infrastructure
John Griffin will discuss what makes a good, quality dataset, and we’ll use automated data visualisation to illustrate their power and beauty
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: BBC Senior Data Architect on using the Web as a creative medium Fri, 15 Apr 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Arts, culture and heritage
Paul Rissen, Senior Data Architect at the BBC, with a deep dive into the structure of narrative and how data could unlock a new approach to creative expression
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Data infrastructure technology - are blockchains the answer? Fri, 18 Mar 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data infrastructure
- Emerging tech and AI
ODI Head of Labs Dr James Smith will address: ‘If data is to be infrastructure for society, what does that mean about the technology underlying it? Are blockchains the answer?’
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Being a data magpie Fri, 04 Mar 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Data infrastructure
- Geospatial data and mapping
ODI Senior Consultant Leigh Dodds will explain how to be a data magpie, and find small pieces of data that are shared – whether deliberately or accidentally – in our cities
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Innovating in government from the inside: meet the open data leaders Fri, 26 Feb 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Peer networks
- Public administration services
This lecture will include a series of flash talks, allowing the leaders to share their challenges and success stories in applying open data within government to bring about positive outcomes
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Unlocking Shelter’s homelessness data for good Fri, 12 Feb 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Built environment and housing
This talk explores how Shelter is starting out on its open journey: formulating partnerships, developing pilots and starting to explore how opening our data can help more people
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Breathe Heathrow - empowering communities with environmental sensors Fri, 05 Feb 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Emerging tech and AI
- Weather, energy and environment
Yodit Stanton will discuss how the Breathe Heathrow team deployed air quality and noise sensors in the gardens of volunteers who live around Heathrow to collect data that can help measure the environmental impact of the airport
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Using open data to chart government Fri, 29 Jan 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Public administration services
Gavin Freeguard, one of the authors of The Whitehall Monitor 2015 annual report, talks us through some of the highlights
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: The UK Parliament’s data drive in 2016 Fri, 22 Jan 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Public administration services
Zeid Hadi, lead on Parliament’s open data development theme, will focus on what’s ahead
Talk Friday lunchtime lecture: Open data and the Government Data Programme Fri, 08 Jan 2016, 13:00 Open Data Institute, 65 Clifton Street, London, EC2A 4JE
- Public administration services
Paul Maltby, Director of Data at the Government Digital Service, will outline the new programme of work to improve the availability, quality and use of government data

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Members Event, Summit, Talk ODI Summit 2018 Tue, 20 Nov 2018, 08:45 Kings Place The ODI Summit 2018 will explore the intersection of data’s value across sectors – from commercial business to public services, the arts to charities