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> From: New America Foundation <communications em newamerica.net>
> Date: December 4, 2013 at 11:37:32 AM EST
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> Subject: INVITE 12/17: The Value of Open Data
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> The Value of Open Data
> In collaboration with McKinsey & Company
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> Tuesday, December 17, 2013
> 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  
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> New America Foundation
> 1899 L Street NW, Suite 400
> Washington, DC 20036
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> As the value of using big data and analytics is becoming increasingly recognized and embraced throughout the global economy, a complementary trend is taking hold. Governments and other institutions are making their data (e.g. weather, disease monitoring, terrain maps, or traffic patterns) open and available to the private sector and entrepreneurs, which raises productivity and extends the powers of big data to make possible entirely new applications, such as the smartphone app that tells commuters when the next bus will arrive.
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> Open data has generated a great deal of excitement around the globe because of its potential to empower citizens, change how government works, and improve delivery of public services. What is not yet fully appreciated is how much economic value open data can generate. New McKinsey research shows that it could help unlock more than $3 trillion in value every year in seven domains of the global economy. The report focuses on quantifying the potential value of using open data in education,  transportation, consumer products, electricity, oil and gas, health care, and consumer finance. For each of these "domains," the research describes the ways open data can create economic value and also explore the barriers to adoption and enablers that are required for capturing value with open data. &nbs p;
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> Join the conversation online using #opendata and following @OTI and our speakers (twitter handles below). 
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> If you are unable to join us in person, please tune in to our live webcast of the event. No signup is required to view the streaming video.  
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> Featured Speakers:
> Diana Farrell
> Co-founder, McKinsey Center for Government
> @Farrell_Diana
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> Michael Chui
> Principal, McKinsey Global Institute
> @mchui
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> Sascha Meinrath
> Vice President and Director, Open Technology Institute
> @saschameinrath 
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> Nick Sinai
> Senior Advisor, Office of Science and Technology Policy, White House
> @NickSinai
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> Michael Flowers
> Director of Analytics, Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, New York City
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> Moderator: 
> Alex Howard
> Fellow, Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University 
> Fellow, Networked Transparency Policy Project, Ash Center at Harvard University   
> @digiphile 
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