[MyData & Open Data] Fwd: Tues 29th April: Reclaim Our Big Data!

Fri Apr 25 11:24:40 UTC 2014

Hi

if you happen to be in London you may be interested in this.

> *From:* Cybersalon <info at cybersalon.org>
> *Date:* 25 April 2014 12:10
> *To:* <news at openrightsgroup.org>
> *Subject:* Tues 29th April: Reclaim Our Big Data!
>
>
>         /How can Big Data benefit us?/
>
> 	
> 	Email not displaying correctly?
> View it in your browser
> <http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=c08ad94fe5&e=4af5a2aa4d>.
>
>
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=e0d6367f26&e=4af5a2aa4d>
>
>
>
>       *Reclaim Our Big Data*
>       Tues 29 April 2014
>       6.30 - 9.00 pm, followed by drinks
>       *(Talk starts at 7pm)*
>       *Digitas LBi, 146 Brick Lane, London E1 6RU*
>
>
> TICKETS HERE
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=95c79fc289&e=4af5a2aa4d>:
> £8/ £5/ free
>
> /To Care or Not To Care?/
>
> /Please Note: speaker line-up has changed./
>
> Big Data emerged from scientific projects that needed to host a rather
> large amount of data. The Hadron Collider, large astronomy or geology
> projects routinely handle terabytes or even petabytes of data without
> breaking a sweat. However, recently Big Data, made famous by Google's
> Flu Trends, has spread like a dangerous Ebola virus beyond basic
> science and is poking its omnipresent analytical big eye into
> everyone’s online life.
>
> Our 'found data' - medical and commuter-  is turning Mad Men in ad
> agencies into Math Men. The glamour of Big Data is becoming very
> tempting for governments who are increasingly building up their
> technological armoury to handle giant sets of data like those used in
> online surveillance.
>
> With the increased knowledge and ability to suck out the Big Data from
> us all, who will be the winners and the losers in the new
> cyber-battleground? Where are we on statistical knowledge of the
> pitfalls of Big Data as the threat of The End of Causation is looming
> on the horizon?
>
> With Big Data, as with any other data technologies, the power will be
> on the side that gathers the data, not the side that provides it.
>
> Our four experts will examine the new risks of the Big Data
> phenomenon, the impact on our daily lives, as well as look at the
> opportunities for new tools as we get a better handle on this
> potentially exciting new industry.
>
> Speakers
>
> Kenneth Cukier - The Algorithm Will Get You
>
> Kenneth
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=5bd29f6058&e=4af5a2aa4d> is
> the Data Editor for /The Economist/, following a decade at the paper
> covering business and technology, and as a foreign correspondent (most
> recently in Japan from 2007-12). Previously he was the technology
> editor of the Wall Street Journal Asia in Hong Kong and worked at the
> International Herald Tribune in Paris. From 2002-2004 he was a
> research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is the
> co- author of /"Big Data: A Revolution that Will Transform How We
> Work, Live and Think"/ (2013).
>
> He looks at Big Data as it raises a host of worries for which society
> is unprepared. What does it mean if big data denies us a bank loan or
> considers us unfit for a surgical operation, but we can’t learn the
> explicit reasons because the variables that went in were so myriad and
> complex? How do you regulate an algorithm? How do you regulate an
> algorithm that only a tiny handful of people on the planet understand?
>
> *Smári McCarthy- Privacy, Security and Mailpile*
>
> Smári
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=49eb6c4361&e=4af5a2aa4d> is
> a prominent member of the Icelandic Pirate Party
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=45e8281298&e=4af5a2aa4d>, the
> director of the International Modern Media Institute
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=b291c6908f&e=4af5a2aa4d> and a
> skilled programmer. He has developed Mailpile
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=ec9b071831&e=4af5a2aa4d>-
> an encrypted web mail client. He is also a sought after speaker who
> travels to far away lands, teaching journalists and activists how to
> communicate securely on-line. 
>
> *Daniel A. Smith-  Supporting Modern Data Needs, The INDX Personal
> Data Store*
>
> Daniel
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=5a2e5ec55d&e=4af5a2aa4d>
> is a Research Fellow with the SOCIAM Project at the University of
> Southampton. Daniel holds a PhD and a Master of Engineering in
> Computer Science from the University of Southampton, where he
> researched large scale exploration of heterogeneous data. He works on
> INDX, an open-source personal data store designed for long-term secure
> personal data storage and sharing. Daniel’s research interests include
> personal data, open/government data, the semantic web, decentralised
> architectures, social machines, information security, and privacy, and
> has over 60 peer-reviewed works in conferences, workshops, and journals.
>
> Alan Patrick -The Myth of Anonymisation
>
> Alan
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=4b6d2a19d7&e=4af5a2aa4d> co
> founded Broadsight after a career both consulting to, and working at,
> senior level for leading global multimedia companies such as the BBC,
> British Telecom (OpenWorld and Ignite), AOL Time Warner, ntl and UPC.
> He was Managing Director and COO at Jacobs Rimell, who specialise in
> multi-media OSS systems. He also held positions as VP Corporate
> Development for Globix Corporation in New York, Head of Internet
> Business Development at British Telecom, and consulted widely on
> multimedia to a number of major TV and cable companies in his
> consulting career at McKinsey and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.
>
> Chair: Wendy Grossman
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=56d173a6cc&e=4af5a2aa4d>-
> technology journalist and writer.
>
> TICKETS HERE
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=c20fa440f4&e=4af5a2aa4d>:
> £8/ £5/ free
>
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=fc8db579c9&e=4af5a2aa4d>
>
>
>         Program:
>         6:30pm Reception
>         7:00pm Talks and Discussion
>         9:00pm Drinks
>
>         *Venue:* DigitasLBi
>         <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=633479b4c5&e=4af5a2aa4d>-
>         a digital creative agency.
>         Opposite the Truman Brewery and Vibe Bar
>         146 Brick Lane
>         London E1 6RU, UK
>         MAP
>         <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=9857331371&e=4af5a2aa4d>
>         Tubes: Liverpool St, Aldgate East
>         Overground: Shoreditch High St
>
> 	
> 	
> Follow on Twitter
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=527554825f&e=4af5a2aa4d>
>
>
>
>       *WATCH OUR VIDEOS*
>       *Our last event had speakers Aral Balkan, Geert Lovink and
>       Wesssel van Rensburg on practical anti-surveillance tactics.*
>
> See: www.cybersalon.org
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=1e8d91d1f7&e=4af5a2aa4d>/
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=49ad49f05c&e=4af5a2aa4d>cybersurveillance
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=c8e0205cd0&e=4af5a2aa4d>
>
>
>
>       *We now live stream our events, and put up the recorded video
>       after the event, together with a written summary. See others
>       here: on http://www.cybersalon.org
>       <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=bc3213abfd&e=4af5a2aa4d>*
>
> Follow on Twitter
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=026c8472da&e=4af5a2aa4d>
> | Friend on Facebook
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=ffbdd737ff&e=4af5a2aa4d>
> | Forward to Friend
> <http://us7.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=c08ad94fe5&e=4af5a2aa4d> 
>
> /Copyleft 2014 Cybersalon, Share and credit us/
> You are receiving this mail because you opted in on our website or at
> our events.
>
> *Our mailing address is:*
> Cybersalon
> Percy St
> London, W2
> United Kingdom
>
> Add us to your address book
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=22d1c3dd89>
>
>
> Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp
> <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&afl=1>
>
> unsubscribe from this list
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=22d1c3dd89&e=4af5a2aa4d&c=c08ad94fe5>
> | update subscription preferences
> <http://cybersalon.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=930e66a81f5a96b7bb550430d&id=22d1c3dd89&e=4af5a2aa4d> 
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/mydata-open-data/attachments/20140425/7cbac4c9/attachment-0002.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: compose-unknown-contact.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 770 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/mydata-open-data/attachments/20140425/7cbac4c9/attachment-0002.jpg>