Gavin Starks CEO

@agentGav

www.OpenDataInstitute.org

Open data is not just a change in organisationsand governments It reflects a cultural shift to an open society

Managing a world of constant change

Sustain > 7,000,000,000 people … Energy … Food … Water … Climate … … Education … Shelter … Transport …

… Health … Economy … Jobs …

… Culture …

Global SMS – 20,000,000,000 messages/day WhatsApp – 30,000,000,000 messages/day

(with 30 engineers)

Source: GSMA, WhatsApp via Benedict Evans

A square foot of screen sold for every adult on Earth*

*in the last 15 years Source: Corning

Wikipedia 23,800,000 registered users 34,900,000 pages 125,000 active editors 6th most popular website

Source: Wikipedia

Linux (1991) 100,000 contributors 10,000,000 servers 100,000,000 phones

Source: Wikipedia

Wordpress 60,000,000 websites (and a quarter of the top 10M)

Source: Wikipedia

Creative Commons 800,000,000 documents 200,000,000 photos (and that’s just flickr)

Source: Wikipedia

Github 3,400,000 users 16,700,000 code repositories 240 employees

Source: Wikipedia

Blockchain 1,500,000 wallets $3,000,000,000 market cap Emergence of networks that have centralised databases but are not operated by any single entity

Source: Wikipedia

OpenCorporates 84,000,000 companies 5 staff

Kickstarter Over $1,000,000,000 raised 5,700,000 donors 135,000 projects p2p lending >$1,000,000,000 (just in the UK)

Source: Various

Gangham style 2,000,000,000 views

http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are – 23M views

Data that anyone can access, use and share

Open data is …

The data spectrum

An active ingredient that helps everyone solve problems

Open data is …

Countries Politicians, UN, World Bank have shared ambitions Regions Smart-cities are driving efficiency and innovation Businesses McKinsey, Deloitte are signalling economic growth Innovators Start-ups are creating jobs Social NGO communities are driving change Individuals Engaged in improving their services, rebuilding trust

Global, regional, local – a shared vision

1. Reach global consensus on principles & standards

2. Embed open data into funding agreements

3. Build a global partnership for sustainable open data

Apply open data to support SDGs

Open data reflects a cultural shift to an open society

Photo: Press Association Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the web, tweeting from middle of the London Olympics

Gavin Starks CEO

@agentGav

www.OpenDataInstitute.org