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From weekly free Friday lunchtime lectures on how open data is impacting different parts of our society, to our annual ODI Summit, featuring talks by our founders, Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, we host a wide range of events every year.

Upcoming talks

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Recent talks

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ODI Fridays: Artist Nick Briz on howthey.watch/you Fri, 28 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
Nick Briz discusses his artwork that exposes the tracking technology built into our everyday experience of internet browsing
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ODI Fridays: How Fortune 500 businesses can make better use of data Fri, 09 Jul 2021, 13:00 Online
- ODI Inside Business
How Fortune 500 companies can make better use of the data they already have, before conducting new research
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ODI Fridays: Government legislation and data ethics Fri, 11 Jun 2021, 13:00 Online
- Policy
This talk explores the Government’s practice in one specific area – making legislation relevant to data and digitalisation – though a forensic review of relevant statutes and regulations made in 2020
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ODI Fridays: Artist Everest Pipkin on the making of Shell Song Fri, 21 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
- Data ethics and privacy
Shell Song asks what a voice is worth, who can own a human sound, and how it feels to come face to face with the ghost of your body that may yet come to outlive you
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ODI Fridays: Open data and China – a ten year review Fri, 14 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Policy
How open data has developed in China, and what does and doesn’t work
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ODI Fridays: Access to the right health data for public good Fri, 07 May 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Health and physical activity
Addressing the issues of accessibility, availability, affordability and trust when connecting patients with healthcare services
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ODI Fridays: Making local deliveries safer, cleaner, and healthier Fri, 30 Apr 2021, 13:00 Online
- Transport
- Weather, energy and environment
How insights generated from eCargo bike sensors help city transport planners design more suitable urban environments
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ODI Fridays: Responsible use of mobility data in response to Covid-19 Fri, 26 Mar 2021, 13:00 Online
- Covid-19
- Transport
How has mobility data been used in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? What opportunities and risks have emerged with rapid adoption of this?
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ODI Fridays: Does more data make for better politics? Fri, 12 Mar 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data publishing and use
- Humanitarian response
- Policy
- Public service design
What can the monitoring of parliament tell us about what impact, good or bad, this is having on democracy?
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ODI Fridays: Creating a better user experience for patients Fri, 25 Jun 2021, 13:00 Online
- Health and physical activity
Very little health data is computerised, so how is data about us is being managed? And how can we ensure this is being communicated?