Join us for a special event featuring Sir Nigel Shadbolt, a renowned expert in artificial intelligence, as he delves into the critical issues shaping data and AI today.
At the ODI we have long argued that data is infrastructure. A data infrastructure connects different parts of our society and economy. It is based on key principles that need to be widely adopted. It requires investment and it needs effective governance and regulation.
So how do we build a National Data Infrastructure that works for everyone – for the public and private sector, for institutions and individuals?
This conversation will review what needs to happen. From the importance of core open principle through to the role of the web, the importance of privacy and of respecting rights in data.
The conversation will consider how a National Data Infrastructure is essential in an age of AI where we wish the technology to create value for all.
This webinar is suitable for participants of all knowledge levels.
Speaker
Sir Nigel Shadbolt Executive Chair & Co-founder of the ODI
Sir Nigel Shadbolt is Executive Chair of the Open Data Institute, which he co-founded with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and is one of the UK’s foremost computer scientists.
He is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and was one of the originators of the interdisciplinary field of web science. He is Principal of Jesus College Oxford, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford and a visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Southampton.
In 2009 the Prime Minister appointed him and Sir Tim Berners-Lee as Information Advisors to transform access to Public Sector Information. This work led to the highly acclaimed data.gov.uk site that now provides a portal to tens of thousands of datasets. In 2010, he joined the UK government’s Public Sector Transparency Board – overseeing Open Data releases across the public sector.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow and former President of the British Computer Society. He was knighted in 2013 for ‘services to science and engineering’.
Chair
Emma Thwaites, Director of Global Policy and Corporate Affairs, ODI
Emma’s portfolio at the ODI encompasses public policy, events and engagement, Data as Culture, communications and marketing, product and innovation, and ODI Membership. Emma has over 30 years of strategic business experience, gained in senior roles at the BBC and UK Cabinet Office, and founding – and running – a successful consultancy practice. A former journalist and editor, Emma is a member of the ODI’s Executive Leadership team and advises the board. She is a board director of OpenUk and Executive Chair of Allegory