What does it mean to do ‘data for good’? And how do we take the sector from artisanal to industrial?
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At data.org, we strive to solidify the field of data science for social impact. As we embark on this journey, we want to start by creating a shared understanding of the current field alongside other field builders and influencers. Jake Porway, current data.org fellow and former CEO, DataKind has created a landscape map that aims to bring clarity and nuance to the data for good conversation by defining what various initiatives are trying to achieve, how they do it, and what makes them similar or different from one another.
In collaboration with NationSwell, data.org and The Rockefeller Foundation invite you to a public dialogue with data for good thought leaders and leading practitioners. In this session, we will discuss the implications of key findings drawn from this landscape map, and how they inform concrete ways we can improve efficiency and effectiveness in the data for good sector. We have been pressure testing ideas and provocations honed through extensive research and listening sessions. Now, we seek your feedback on these initial ideas, and their potential for practical application.
The insights and calls-to-action uncovered in this event will not only help strengthen the intended outcome of the map, but advance a more strategic and functional data for good ecosystem for all.
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Speakers
Katherine Lucey is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Solar Sister. Katherine is a Schwab Foundation Entrepreneur of the Year, an Ashoka Fellow, and a Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Entrepreneur.
Read moreAngela Oduor Lungati is a technologist, community builder, and open-source software advocate who is passionate about building and using appropriate technology tools to create an impact in the lives of marginalized groups.
Read moreNeal Myrick is the global head of Tableau Foundation, where he leads the company’s global impact initiatives focused on encouraging the use of facts and analytical reasoning to solve world problems.
Read moreMichelle Shevin is a Senior Program Manager with the Technology and Society team at the Ford Foundation. She is a technologist and researcher obsessed with shifting systems and the interplay of technological, regulatory, and cultural change. Prior to joining Ford, she worked in technology futurism, open innovation, and strategy consulting, helping organizations and institutions across sectors adapt and thrive.
Read moreDanil Mikhailov, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of data.org. He has over 20 years of experience setting up multiple start-ups and leading work across a range of diverse sectors, always investigating and innovating in the space where technology, culture, and society converge.
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