Digital Futures- Data & Community Ecosystems

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

Brock University, St. Catharines, ON May 1, 2015.

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Overview

• Data, Big Data, Open Data

• Community ecosystem

• Digital futures

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Cover image sourced from http://irevolution.net/

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The Data Family

• Without data – there is no map, no analytics, no visualizations, etc.

• Personal, Open, Big, All- most already digital

• Data volumes growing exponentially

• Opportunities for innovation & discovery grow as data growsJury Konga

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Open Data Context- it’s pervasive

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June 2013

Open Know

ledge – Open D

ata Index

Open D

ata “Portals”

• Canada – current state

• Federal• 5 Provinces• 50+ Municipalities

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Open Data Family- a holistic approach

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OpenData.EARTH

OpenData.EARTH

Academia, Non-Profits,

Community Groups

OpenStreetMapCommunity

Updates

External Data Linkages(e.g. World Bank)

OpenData.CA

Provincial

Municipal

Federal

Public Service

Source: Municipal Open Government Framework, 2010 www.slideshare.net/jurykonga

Evolved from Data Infra-structure model circa 1994

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Ecosystem Goals- Wellbeing & Sustainability

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“Issues of ecological destruction, personal health, inequitable distribution of wealth, the power of transnational corporations, and the effects of the global economy are not independent problems.

They are inextricably linked.”

Dr. David Suzuki

Source: Health and Wellbeing UK

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Ecosystems Context

• Holistic view

• Ecosystems are complex

• Here’s one view of key ecosystems

• Everything relates to everything

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Natural

Digital

Man-madeSocial &

Cultural

Economic

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Our Digital Community Ecosystem

• Lots of moving parts – many ways to “slice & dice”

• More dis-connected than connected

• Need to optimize our collective resources

• Collaboration & Communication takes effort

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A “network “of communities

... actually both digital and analog

Civil Society & NFP

Public Sector

CitizensConsumers

Private Sector

Academia

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Our Digital Community Ecosystem- another perspective

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“a functional perspective to identify the different “species” of problem-solving networks.”

Don Tapscott, Global Solutions Networks

http://gsnetworks.org/ … ecosystems continue to evolve

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Digital Futures- Technology Impactors

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SocialMobileAnalyticsCloud

Quantum Computing Sensors – Human & Machine

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics

… exponential growthDrones

Nano Technologies

3D Printing

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Digital Futures- the Internet of Everything

blogs.cisco.com/ioe/answering-the-two-most-asked-questions-about-the-internet-of-everything/

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7.6B50B

Source: IDC Whitepaper on “Delivering NextGeneration Citizen Services”

Smart + Connected Communities

City of the Future

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Open Data fuels Digital Futures- the Intelligent/Smart Community

Source: Adapted from www.slideshare.net/JuryKonga/open-government-intelligent-community-in-the-digital-economy , 2012

Needs &Feeds

&ADVOCACY

Government Data

Science Data

Corporate Data

OPEN & BIG DATA

Community Data

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Source: McKinsey Global Institute; Open data: Unlocking innovation and performance with liquid information

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Digital Futures - Need an Innovation Nation

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CODE 2015

First Lego League

Source: erepublic.com

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Digital Futures - Opportunities for every Challenge

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http://singularityu.org/

“Global Grand Challenges”

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Sustainable Digital Communities

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Graphic source: InnovationManagement.se Innovation Ecosystem

• Need metrics(e.g. ICF, Global Cities Indicators)

• Need large regional partnerships in economic & social development

• Leadership in every sector at all levels

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Concluding thoughts …

• DATA is a strategic digital community asset

• Connect our individual digital communities

• Make collaboration default for projects

• Be open & agile towards an innovation nation

• Sustainability is key for long term benefits

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Questions – I’ve got a few …

• What does the private – public – non-profit sector partnership look like in digital futures?

• How do we jump-start and accelerate our position in the global digital economy?

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Source: http://inhabitat.com

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THANK YOU

Jury Konga, PrincipaleGovFutures Group

Open Knowledge Canada

jkonga@sympatico.ca@jkongawww.slideshare.net/jurykonga

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