Presentation at an event called SmartCitiesWorld in London about co-creating cities with citizens Link: https://www.smartcitiesworld.net/round-table-new/whose-city-is-it-anyway-co-creating-smart-cities-with-citizens

1. SmartCitiesWorld
Data trusts
Peter Wells
@peterkwells
theODI.org

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The team
Founded in 2012, the
Open Data Institute
(ODI) is an international,
independent and
not-for-profit
organisation based
in London, UK.
Dr Jeni
Tennison
CEO
Sir Nigel
Shadbolt
Executive
Chairman
Sir Tim
Berners-Lee
President
Louise
Burke
COO

3. Our mission
We work with
companies and
governments to
build an open,
trustworthy data
ecosystem.

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Contents 1. Who are the ODI
2. Data is infrastructure
3. Data trust pilots
4. Summary
Data trusts (and other approaches)

6. data is
infrastructure

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Data
infrastructure
Data assets
Datasets themselves (like the roads in our transport
infrastructure)
Data standards and technologies
Used to make data (raw materials, road types)
Data policy and guidance
How to use data (rules of road, road signs)
Data stewards
Organisations that manage data (public highways
agencies, private sector, communities)
Data stakeholders
Everyone who uses data (drivers, service station
operators)
Open Data Institute

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Both economic and social value
Open Data Institute
Opening / sharing
data unlocks its value

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… but also
raises concerns
Privacy & rights
Corporate confidentiality
Competition impacts
Business models &
sustainability
Open Data Institute

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We need to
increase access
to data while
preserving trust
Open Data Institute

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Open Data Institute
But we struggle
to do this well
There is no 'right'
answer

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Data access map

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Collaborador island
Some parts
of the map
need more
exploration

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Contents 1. Who are the ODI
2. Data is infrastructure
3. Data trust pilots
4. Summary
Data trusts (and other approaches)

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Pilot projects to understand
● the types of challenges that data trusts could be
used to address, as well as their limitations
● what ‘a legal structure that provides independent
stewardship of data’ looks like in practice
● if/how data trusts could be built and the process
made more repeatable

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Three data trust pilots
City data Illegal wildlife trade
image, acoustic and
data acquired by
officials at borders
Food waste
food waste and sales
data
data about electric
vehicle parking spaces
and data collected by
heating sensors in
residential housing
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Setting up a data trust:
potential benefits
● balance conflicting views and incentives
● reduce costs and skills needed to steward and share data
● make decisions that organisations make about data use
and sharing more open, participatory and deliberative
● ensure data’s benefits are distributed more widely,
ethically and equitably
● create new opportunities for startups and emerging
technologies

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Building data
trusts
Scope
Establishing what the problem is
Co-Design
Designing a data trust collaboratively
Launch
Building and implementing a data trust
Operate
Maintaining and building on the initial structure
Evaluate
Assessing effectiveness, including external
evaluation
Retire
Retiring a data trust if it has served its purpose
Read the details
https://theodi.org/project/data-trusts/

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Contents 1. Who are the ODI
2. Data is infrastructure
3. Data trust pilots
4. Summary
Data trusts (and other approaches)

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We need to
increase access
to data while
preserving trust
Open Data Institute

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Data access map

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Practical work to
develop guidance
Scope
Establishing what the problem is
Co-Design
Designing a data trust collaboratively
Launch
Building and implementing a data trust
Operate
Maintaining and building on the initial structure
Evaluate
Assessing effectiveness, including external
evaluation
Retire
Retiring a data trust if it has served its purpose
Read the details
https://theodi.org/project/data-trusts/

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Learn from
the past to
help build
the future
Data trusts (and
other approaches)

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Taking pilots to the next level….
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We are not the only data explorer
Digital Public,
University of
Southampton,
Datapitch, Govlab,
Sylvie/Neil, WEF, DG
Connect, IADB,
Sharing Cities,
London, Barcelona,
Toronto

27. Any questions?
If you would like to talk to
us about collaborating,
partnering, supporting our
work, or anything else, we’d
love you to get in touch.
info@theodi.org
+44 (0)20 3598 9395
@ODIHQ