Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan, D.Eng.Center of Excellence in Information AssuranceKing Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Email: mkhurram@ksu.edu.sa Web: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/khurram

First Open Data Forum, Abu Dhabi - UAE, 28-29 April 2014

OPEN DATA:CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

MAIN TOPICS TO COVER

Open Data

Why Open Data?

Power of Open Data

Open Data Ecosystem in GCC

Promoting Open Data Ecosystem in GCC

Open Data Innovation and Entrepreneurship in GCC

DIKW MODEL

Data is at the root of all science and engineering developments. Data alone is interesting but when it is analyzed, it becomes a powerful tool

A knowledge-based society is a key driver for socio-economic growth, but the knowledge will have to be more accessible, more relevant and localized

“Open Data are all stored data which could be made accessible in a public interest without any restrictions for usage and distribution”

WHAT IS OPEN DATA?

Transparency Collaboration

Participation

Open Government Data Principle

*Open Government Directive, USA, December 2009

OPEN GOVERNMENT CONTEXT

Because… It belongs to everybody

Usually, it’s been paid with public money

It generates economic value

It creates better citizens

It promotes transparency (governments,

science, corporations, …)

WHY OPEN DATA?

WHY OPEN DATA?

OPEN DATA APPLICATIONS

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junkThomas A. Edison, US inventor (1847 - 1931)

POWER OF OPEN DATA

In the 1980s, the United States launched satellites into space so the military could have precise location data for training, monitoring, and missions. Nearly two decades later, ordinary citizens were given access to that data stream. The $26.67 billion GPS market is possible only because of that open location-data stream

During the Haiti earthquake, people on the ground were uploading data via GPS which in effect, created a detailed representation and timeline of the city on Open Source Map that was then used to aid relief efforts

The Climate Corporation combines Big Data, climatology and agronomy to protect the $3 trillion global agriculture industry from increasingly extreme weather with fully automated weather insurance products

POWER OF OPEN DATA

“Big Data is BIG, Open Data is R

evolutionary”

TRUST & INTEGRITY OF OPEN DATA

OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM

OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

UAE KSA BAHRAIN KUWAIT OMAN QATAR

AUTHORITY Emirates e-Government

eGoverment Program Yasser

eGovernment Authority

eGovernment IT Authority e-Government

PORTAL government.ae saudi.gov.sa data.gov.bh e.gov.kw oman.om/opendata www.qix.gov.qa

DATA FORMAT XML, ExceL, Word, PDF

Excel Excel, PDF PDF XML, ExceL, Word, PDF

XML, ExceL, Word, PDF

PARTICIPATION FEATURES

Allowed but no clear policy

NIL Allowed but no clear policy

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COLLABORATION FEATURES

Allowed but no clear policy

NIL Allowed but no clear policy

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Open Data Strategy and Framework

PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

Public Participation and Collaboration

PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

Cooperate, Share and Learn with Partners (Best Practices)

PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

Open Data Innovation Challenge and Contest

PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

“Innovate to transform open data in to value”

GCC Open Data Partnership Initiative

PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

SMARTPHONE PENETRATION: POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR OPEN DATA INNOVATION

Source: Statista

INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GCC:QUADRUPLE HELIX MODEL

“Open Data is going to help launch more startups. It’s going to help launch more businesses … It’s going to help more entrepreneurs come up with products and services that we haven’t even imagined yet”.

US President Barack Obama, May 9, 2013