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Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan, D.Eng. Center of Excellence in Information Assurance

OPEN DATA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan, D.Eng. Center of Excellence in Information Assurance King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: mkhurram@ksu.edu.sa Web: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/khurram.

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Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan, D.Eng. Center of Excellence in Information Assurance

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  1. OPEN DATA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Dr. Muhammad Khurram Khan, D.Eng. Center of Excellence in Information Assurance King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Email: mkhurram@ksu.edu.sa Web: http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/khurram First Open Data Forum, Abu Dhabi - UAE, 28-29 April 2014

  2. MAIN TOPICS TO COVER • Open Data • Why Open Data? • Power of Open Data • Open Data Ecosystem in GCC • Promoting Open Data Ecosystem in GCC • Open Data Innovation and Entrepreneurship in GCC

  3. DIKW MODEL Data is at the root of all science and engineering developments. Data alone is interesting but when it is analyzed, it becomes a powerful tool A knowledge-based society is a key driver for socio-economic growth, but the knowledge will have to be more accessible, more relevant and localized

  4. WHAT IS OPEN DATA? “Open Data are all stored data which could be made accessible in a public interest without any restrictions for usage and distribution”

  5. OPEN GOVERNMENT CONTEXT Participation Open Government Data Principle Transparency Collaboration *Open Government Directive, USA, December 2009

  6. WHY OPEN DATA? • Because… • It belongs to everybody • Usually, it’s been paid with public money • It generates economic value • It creates better citizens • It promotes transparency (governments, science, corporations, …)

  7. WHY OPEN DATA?

  8. OPEN DATA APPLICATIONS To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk Thomas A. Edison, US inventor (1847 - 1931)

  9. POWER OF OPEN DATA In the 1980s, the United States launched satellites into space so the military could have precise location data for training, monitoring, and missions. Nearly two decades later, ordinary citizens were given access to that data stream. The $26.67 billion GPS market is possible only because of that open location-data stream During the Haiti earthquake, people on the ground were uploading data via GPS which in effect, created a detailed representation and timeline of the city on Open Source Map that was then used to aid relief efforts The Climate Corporation combines Big Data, climatology and agronomy to protect the $3 trillion global agriculture industry from increasingly extreme weather with fully automated weather insurance products

  10. POWER OF OPEN DATA “Big Data is BIG, Open Data is Revolutionary”

  11. TRUST & INTEGRITY OF OPEN DATA

  12. OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM

  13. OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC

  14. PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC Open Data Strategy and Framework

  15. PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC Public Participation and Collaboration

  16. PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC Cooperate, Share and Learn with Partners (Best Practices)

  17. PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC Open Data Innovation Challenge and Contest “Innovate to transform open data in to value”

  18. PROMOTING OPEN DATA ECOSYSTEM IN GCC GCC Open Data Partnership Initiative

  19. SMARTPHONE PENETRATION: POTENTIAL SOURCE FOR OPEN DATA INNOVATION Source: Statista

  20. INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GCC: QUADRUPLE HELIX MODEL

  21. “Open Data is going to help launch more startups. It’s going to help launch more businesses … It’s going to help more entrepreneurs come up with products and services that we haven’t even imagined yet”. US President Barack Obama, May 9, 2013

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