Lessons from Canada’s First Open Data Exchange

Lessons from Canada’s First Open Data ExchangeCANARIE NATIONAL SUMMIT 2016

“WITHOUT DATA YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER PERSON WITH AN OPINION.”- W. EDWARDS DEMINGDATA SCIENTIST

Data is disruptive, powerful and dangerous

Data is the “new oil” and the “asbestos.” Unlike oil, we are not going to run out of it. We are amassing more and more and unlike asbestos, the problems it’ll introduce, are also endless. –Tom Jenkins

Google KW

DATA CHANGES EVERYTHING

THE NEW OIL

Can’t apply linear solutions

Electromagnetic radiation lab UW

90% OF THE WORLDS DATA

LIVING IN AN EXPONENTIAL WORLD

CREATED IN THE LAST 2 YRS

codx.caCanada’s Open Data Exchange

Before Its News

DATA EXHAUST

* McKinsey, 2015

30,000 sensors

Less than 1% of data being used

Better data analytics could result in:

Boosted production by 6-8%

Improved uptime upwards of 10%


WIRED

TRUMP’S WIN ISN’T THE DEATH OF DATA – IT WAS FLAWED ALL ALONG

Flawed data?Flawed analytics?Programmed biases?Data poverty?


Wisdom

Knowledge

Information

Data

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Commercialization Gap

CONNECTING DATA WITH OPPORTUNITY

OPPORTUNITYAnalyticsVisualizationBusiness IntelligenceAI & Machine LearningMap/ReduceCloud StorageData Governance

DATA

Product CreationProcess ImprovementCost Reduction

Customer InformationOpen DataTransactionsPricing InformationData from External APIsBehavioural DataHealthcare


UNPACKING THE OPPORTUNITY


“A piece of data is open if anyone is free to use, reuse, and redistribute it — subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and/or share-alike.”

A key element of Open Government

Open Data is often associated with government data but doesn't have to be

What is Open Data?


HOW OPEN IS THE DATA?


OPEN DATA IN CANADA

Open Data Canada 2015


WHO HAS WHAT OPEN DATA?Level of Gov’t Responsibilities Types of Data

Federal Agriculture, Financial Services, Economic Data, Natural Resources, CRA, Census, Weather

Criminal CodeWeatherGIS and ImageryEconomic DataTax Code

Provincial Courts, Education, Environment, Energy, Health Care

K-12 CurriculumCourt Rulings

Municipal Water, Traffic, Parking, Property Tax

Property TaxTraffic Flows




McKinsey report released in October 2013, Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information

40+ Countries with government

open data platforms

1 million+ Data sets made open bygovernments worldwide

102Cities that participated in 2013

International Open Data Hackathon Day

The GLOBAL Opportunity for Open Data

$3,000,000,000,000 in economic value


What $3,000,000,000,000 in economic value means

+50%Consumer share of

potential value of open data

35Hours per year, per commuter, could

be saved from schedule changes based on open data

3 billionMetric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emission reductions from buildings that could be identified through the use of

open data

100,000+Medical, health, and fitness apps

for smartphones




PiinPoint sources data sets from municipality open data websites across North America, providing retailers with continuous municipal open data.

Open data at PiinPoint• Traffic counts• Pedestrian counts• Building permits• Development plans• Parking spots• Public transportation• Zoning• Census• …and more


ThinkData Works sources open data from governments around the world and makes it available on a consistent API within the firewall.

Features and data sets• Search (Namara.io)• Boundaries &Regions• Economy• Education• Energy• Environment• Parking• Transport

• Trade• Housing

Used by asset managers and in programmatic trading.


PrivacyPrioritization

ResourcesUsed by asset managers and in programmatic trading.

Discovery & AccessStandards

Quality

Barriers to mainstream adoption


A private-public partnership The founding partners have committed to

$3 million in cash and in-kind contributions over three years, which has been matched by the

Government of Canada.


Building the open data supply chain

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Public data• Government

Organization has a challenge or opportunity?

Collection & transmission• Security• Storage• Networks

Analytics, discovery & management• Data Mining• Data Fusion & Interoperability• Data Manipulation• Visualization

Applications• Business case development• Systems Integration• uX/uD• Commercialization expertise

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What have we learned?

• Analysts are more and more in demand

• Companies cant be expected to capitalize on open data unless they have the capabilities to properly analyze and mine their own data for knowledge

• Data is a disrupter

• Many companies don’t identify as being open data enabled companies even though they might be using open data of some sort

• Data is the new currency

• Large enterprises are starting to realize the intrinsic value of their own data and are looking to develop strategies to open up their data to a wider developer community to fuel innovation

• Enterprise, SME and start ups alike are getting more engaged in open data

• Many companies aren’t sure where to start with open data OR it’s not top of mind

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Skills Development• Workshops• Peer2Peer Groups

Services and Tools• Mentorship• Concierge

Awareness• OD150 Project• Open Cities Index• Events

Ecosystem Development• Online Community• Project Funding• ODX Connect

Soft Landing Program• ODX Ventures• ODX Challenge Series

PROGRAMS AND SERVICES


The Open Data 150

The OD150 Survey will create the first comprehensive, internationally comparable inventory of Canadian companies that use open data to: • Launch new products and services, • Optimize their business processes,• Make data-driven decisions,• And solve complex problems.

Why undertake this initiative?• Raise awareness of open data use in Canada• More effective advocacy efforts• Understand what support companies need most

urgently• Encourage more open data sets• Identify best practices of how companies can use open

data to enhance their products/servicesFor more information: www.opendata500.com/ca/




ODX Open Data Challenge

Problem Areas

Data

Staff Time

Companies

Tools

ExpertiseApplicants Finalists

Sponsoring Municipality

Objectives:

• Tackle complex municipal problems with new, innovative solutions• Create applications, products and services that create jobs and wealth • Demonstrate that open data can catalyze private sector to solve problems in public sector

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Problem Identification Solution


Challenges:

Challenge 1: Water Usage Data- How can Guelph Water Services enable citizens to detect leaks and reduce their water use?

Challenge 2: Parking – How can we maximize the value of parking space in the downtown?

Challenge 3: Statutory Notices- How can we make it easier for the public to provide feedback on planning decisions?


• City/Municipality must be prepared to:– Have a champion to lead from within– Build internal trust/relationships with departments and subject matter experts– Clearly define the problem to be solved– Modify their procurement process to allow start-ups and SME’s to participate– Work with challenge finalists to improve their solutions– Be prepared to implement solutions should they meet the criteria– Bring open data to the table to enable problem definition and solution

evaluation

Critical elements


Business Ready Badge

Canada’s Open Data Exchange wants to recognize businesses and governments who are maximizing the economic value from Open Data by providing them with this badge that they can proudly display.

Contact [email protected] to request your badge.

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Canada

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Thank You!Kevin Tuer

@ktuer, [email protected]

Data & Analytics

Lessons from Canada’s First Open Data Exchange