[CODATA-international] Fwd: Registration Reminder for Data for Policy 2020

Fri Aug 21 05:05:58 EDT 2020

Dear colleagues,

I just would like to inform you that the International Organisation
Committee for the Data for Policy 2020 Conference is now inviting
participants in the conference, which will take place virtually on
September 15-17, 2020.

There are many sessions that explore the implications of data policy for
addressing societal challenges, including Special Tracks on "Harnessing
Data and Science to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals" and "Data
Governance for Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities: Opportunities and
Challenges in Public Policy and Institutional Design," in which I will be
the chair.

Please see the information below for further details.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
YARIME Masaru

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YARIME Masaru, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Public Policy (PPOL), Hong Kong University
of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Office: Room 4611 (Lift 31/32), PPOL, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong
Kong
Phone: +852-3469-2283; E-mail: yarime at ust.hk; Web:
https://ppol.ust.hk/ppl/faculty/prof_masaru_yarime; http://yarime.net/
Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Science, Technology,
Engineering & Public Policy, University College London
Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The
University of Tokyo
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From: Data for Policy 2020 <team at dataforpolicy.org>
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 7:05 PM
Subject: Registration Reminder for Data for Policy 2020
To: <yarimemasa at gmail.com>

Reminder to register to secure your place at the virtual Data for Policy
5th International Conference

*Register now for the virtual Data for Policy 2020  5th International
Conference 15 -17 September *

Data for Policy 2020 5th International
Conference 15-17th September 2020 | Online

dataforpolicy.org | @dataforpolicy (https://twitter.com/dataforpolicy)

Registration deadline extended: *Friday, 4th September 2020*

Registration is closing soon for the Data for
Policy 5th International Conference  – book now to secure a place!
http://dataforpolicy.org/registration/

Moving to an online format for the first time, this year’s
conference continues the multi-disciplinary, cross-sectoral, global
conversation on the theories, applications and implications of data science
innovation in governance and the public sector. The conference provides an
unmissable opportunity for networking as leading international scholars,
policy makers, international institutions and private sector
organisations from across the world are participating. Data for
Policy 2020 truly is a one of a kind, unmissable event.

*Featured participants include: *

   - *Jeffrey Schlagenhauf*, Deputy Secretary General of the Organisation
   for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
   - *Sir Peter Gluckmann*, Former Chief Scientific Advisor, New Zealand
   - *Zuena Aziz*, Chief Co-ordinator for Sustainable Development Goals
   Affairs in the Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh
   - *Samia Melhem*, Global Lead on Digital Capabilities, Digital
   Development Practice, World Bank
   - *Masaru Yarime*, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science
   and Technology, Hong Kong; UCL STEaPP, UK; and The University of Tokyo,
   Japan.
   - *Torbjörn  Fredriksson*, Head of ICT Analysis Section of the Division
   on Technology and Logistics, UN Conference on Trade and Development
   (UNCTAD)
   - *Barbara Ubaldi, *Head of Reform of the Public Sector Division, OECD
   - *Stefaan Verhulst, *Co-Founder of the Government Laboratory (GovLab),
   New York University
   - *Christoph  Lütge, *Professor, Institute of Ethics and AI, ITM, Munich
   - *Helen Margetts*, Director of the Oxford Internet Institute,
   University of Oxford; The Alan Turing Institute
   - *C. Leigh Anderson*, Marc Lindenberg Professor for Humanitarian
   Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship, University of
   Washington

*Keynote Speakers: *

   - *Professor David Hand*, Imperial College
   - *Professor Alessandro Vespignani*, Northeastern University
   - *Professor Yi Zeng*, Beijing Academy

*Special sessions include: *

   - *"Data Governance in the Public Interest" *– comprising individual
   presentations and a Special Panel  *“Brave New Worlds? Ethics in Theory
   and Practice in Public Data Provision”* – organised by LSE and the Ada
   Lovelace Institute
   - *"Data, analytics and digital transformation in the private sector"* –
   a panel discussion organised by the UCL School of Management
   - *"‘For good measure’: The challenges of quantifying complex problems
   for policymaking"* – individual presentations and a special session on
   “The co-production of value from data by users and producers” – organised
   by Leiden University
   - *"Data Quality and Development Policy"* - individual presentations –
   organised by the University of Washington
   - *"Data Governance for Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities:
   Opportunities and Challenges in Public Policy and Institutional Design"*
   – two sessions of individual presentations – organised by the Hong Kong
   University of Science and Technology
   - *"Opportunities and Challenges for Data-Driven Research in Response to
   the COVID-19 Crisis"* – presentations and discussion - organised by the
   Alan Turing Institute
   - *"Data technologies and governance frameworks used for gathering,
   storing, managing, processing, analyzing and sharing data in the public
   administrations"* – individual presentations – organised by Lisbon
   Council and the GovLab, NYU

*Organisations represented include: *

Aapti Institute, India | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Monash
University, Australia | The Center for Economic Research and Teaching,
Mexico | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, UK | Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology | Information and Training Outreach
Centre for Africa | International Digital Accountability Council, USA
| Qatar Computing Research Institute | Simon Fraser University,
Canada | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem | United Nations University Institute in Macau | University
College Dublin | Unicamp, Brazil | The Alan Turing Institute, UK |
University of Oxford | University of the Aegean | University of Tokyo |
World Wide Web Foundation, Indonesia | UK Statistics Authority | Ministry
of Justice, UK | Sharif Governance Think Tank, Iran | Max Planck Institute
for Intelligent Systems, Germany | Leiden University, Netherlands | Lapin
Limited, Jersey | KIMEP University, Kazakhstan | National Institute for
Economic and Social Research, UK | Ada Lovelace Institute, UK | Future of
Privacy Forum, USA | University of Cambridge | European Commission | Office
for National Statistics, UK | Quinten, France

Data for Policy is committed to increasing diversity in its delegate
community and we are therefore delighted to offer  *Data for Policy
Ambassador  scholarships* to suitable candidates. We particularly welcome
applications from groups which are currently underrepresented in our
community, in particular those from developing nations, who will extend our
geographic diversity. For further details, and how to apply, please visit
our website: Data for Policy Ambassador scholarships
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*deadline for application is 21st August*

We are *recruiting event assistant and social media/blog volunteers* to
assist with the running of the Conference. Please see our website for how
to apply: Data for Policy Event Assistants
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*Reflections from past conferences:*

“Data for Policy provides a unique opportunity to have a dialogue across
many disciplinary boundaries, it’s a forum in which we can ask questions
and move collectively towards solutions, we can share methods. I think it’s
invaluable.”

Professor Anthony Finkelstein, Chief Scientific Advisor for National
Security to the UK Government – Data for Policy 2016

“This is the beginning of the dialogue that really needs to happen between
policy makers and data scientists, so that they don’t find themselves
warring with each other, but instead try to cooperate and move together to
protect both the subjects of Big Data analysis and the ability to use this
data to better inform policy and government.”

Professor Jim Waldo, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard University – Data
for Policy 2016

“It’s fantastic to come here and take the temperature of what’s going on in
this field and hopefully out of this we can begin to look ahead and see
where the new connections are going to be made between ideas and data
science.”

David Mair, Head of Unit at the Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission –  Data for Policy 2016

“It is the first time I have had the opportunity to take part in this type
of discussion – getting a sense of where political thinking is and where
academic thinking is. Forums like this can provide the thought leadership
that is necessary in this area.”

John Sheridan, Head of Legislation Services, UK National Archives – Data
for Policy 2015

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