
Data for Policy 2015
Policy-making in the Big Data Era: Opportunities and Challenge
15-17 June 2015, computer laboratory, university of cambridge
The inaugural conference of the community was launched with the theme “Policy-making in the Big Data Era: Opportunities and Challenges”. An open call for contributions was circulated inviting all discussions around i) what information and evidence would/should look like in the digital age; ii) existing and new mechanisms and methodologies to transfer cutting edge scientific knowledge to the policy domains; iii) issues of data collection, storage, processing and access; iv) cumulative learning in digital environments along with their potentials and challenges in policy context; and v) the interaction of domain expertise with digital processing technologies, also dealing with imperfect/uncertain data and the psychology and behaviour of decision. The conference was at the forefront of discussion of security and privacy issues, as well as the ethical and legal concerns in this space. The conference attracted 177 delegates from top UK universities, government departments and private and non-profit institutions and also attracted an international audience. A collection of papers from the conference was later published in a special issue of Policy & Internet.
Keynote Speakers
Natasa Milic-Frayling, Microsoft Research
Ross Anderson, University of Cambridge
Kenneth Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science
David Hand, Imperial College
James Wilsdon, Science Policy Research Unit
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Partners
Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP), University of Cambridge
Data Science Institute (DSI), Imperial College London
Department of Methodology, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
The Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
Sciencewise Programme funded by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS)
Office for National Statistics (ONS)
London Innovation Society (LIS)
Cambridge Big Data, University of Cambridge
Digital Humanities Network, University of Cambridge
The conference featured a poster competition, sponsored by London Innovation Society. View the winning entries below.
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In the press