Data
is not Oil

Challenges
& Opportunities

Dr Tom Heath · Head of Research · Open Data Institute

tom.heath@theodi.org · @tommyh

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But the new great game is not the war for oil pipelines. It is the war for information pipelines: the control over fibre-optic cable paths that spread undersea and overland. The new global treasure is control over the giant data flows that connect whole continents and civlisations, linking the communications of billions of people and organisations.

— Julian Assange in The Guardian, 9 July 2013

oil rig

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Data is not Oil

  • data is a non-rival good
  • open data guarantees access

Opportunities

  • data for everyone!
  • wealth and social opportunity for everyone!
  • solutions to huge global challenges?

Challenges

  • standards
    open data certificates
  • catalysing innovative usage of open data
    closing the impact loop
  • skills
    education education education

Questions

  • what's the lifespan of your drilling rig?
  • drilling engineers vs. drilling rigs

Dr Tom Heath · Head of Research · Open Data Institute

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tom.heath@theodi.org · @tommyh

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