Data Bites #17: Getting things done with data in government

Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. At this month's event, the 17th in our series, the speakers presented their data projects in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker has eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience. Our speakers were: Laura Sandys CBE, Chair of the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce, on how digitalisation should reshape energy Samantha Riley, Deputy Director of Intensive Support, NHS England and NHS Improvement, on Making data count Or Lenchner, CEO of Luminati Networks, with a commercial perspective on the ethics of data collection Ian Grimstead and Li Chen, Senior Data Scientists at the Data Science Campus, Office for National Statistics on estimating vehicle and pedestrian activity from town and city traffic cameras. The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.