media140 futures: dataconomy Event
Event Info
Description
The emergence of social technologies has brought with it the absolute
necessity for transparency of data. There has been a shift from using
data to be accountable to making data accessible and open for free
re-use to benefit profit making organisations and the man on the street.
The
data economy is growing and impacting how we live our lives, we can
work in open data cities, read the data logs of Wikileaks or download a
hack’s iP hone app.
But
the challenge of turning data in to commercial gain raises legal,
ethical and technological issues. With viewpoints from developers,
designers and journalists we explore how you can make data work for you
in this new age of dataconomy.
To buy tickets to the event visit here: http://media140.com/dataconomy
Who is speaking?
David
McCandless is a London-based award winning writer, author, designer and
creative director. He’s written for over 30 publications including
Wired and The Guardian.
Dr Rufus Pollock is a Director of the
Open Knowledge Foundation.
Simon Rogers is the Guardian Datablog and
Datastore – and is a news editor for The Guardian.
Andrew
Lyonsis Co-Founder and
Commercial Director of Ultra Knowledge.
