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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.

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Recent talks

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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?
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ODI Fridays: How to save lives (not data) Fri, 05 Mar 2021, 13:00 Online
- Covid-19
How do you react to unprecedented times? What’s the right first move when the normal rules stop applying?
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ODI Fridays: The data will see you now Fri, 26 Feb 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data ethics and privacy
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
- Policy
- Public service design
Health data isn’t just medical records – it now stretches to wearable tech and more. Aidan Peppin from the Ada Lovelace Institute explores the new ethical and societal challenges associated with developments in the collection of health data
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ODI Fridays: Saving lives at sea with data Fri, 12 Feb 2021, 13:00 Online Chris Emberson from Southampton University shares how open marine incident data could be the answer to saving more lives
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ODI Fridays: Data federations – collaborate without sharing Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Data publishing and use
Richard Woodall from Etic Lab talks us through the benefits of ‘data federations’ as a means of data collaboration without data sharing
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ODI Fridays: Life, death and data Fri, 05 Feb 2021, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Health and physical activity
Doug Specht and Monika Halkort explore the use of data in times of crisis
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ODI Fridays: Tapping the potential of UK museum collections Fri, 04 Dec 2020, 13:00 Online
- Arts, culture and heritage
How tapping into data about 1,700 UK museums would help this data-rich sector survive and thrive in these difficult times
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ODI Fridays: How data can help us get to a net zero economy Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 13:00 Online
- Data infrastructure
- Weather, energy and environment
In 2020, the UK Prime Minister said he wanted the UK to lead in carbon capture and storage technology – but where does data come in?