Technology won’t save us, people will
Oslo - 23 October 2014
Erik Borälv
http://www.slideshare.net/erikboralv
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The singularity obsessives
“We can combat global challenges through the lens of tech, not with technology alone.” (link)
The dystopian bandwagoners
Digitaliseringskommissionen
The digital agenda of Sweden
Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for Information Technology and Energy
Ministry of Enterprise and Energy
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Jan Gulliksen, Committee for digitization KTH – Royal Institute of Technology
Dean and professor in HCI
The mission of the Committee for Digitization
• to analyze the development in relation to the main political goal
• demonstrate the possibilities in digitization • communicate the Digital Agenda • administer the active supporters of the Digital
Agenda • work with others to achieve a better
digitization
Ongoing work • How did Sweden (or the Nordics) become so
successful in IT? • Digital knowledge (Digital kompetens)
– Life-long learning; knowledge, skills, attitudes, understanding
1. Schools and education 2. Work life 3. Society 4. Life events and
• IT in work life
The future of employment Occupations according to probability
[0 to 1] of computerisation (link)
Challenges and possibilities
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Sweden’s national team in 2030
Digitalization is transforming every aspect of the way we live and work. The information economy is one key factor for our competitiveness and our whole economy.
Then: Welcome to the information society
Annika Steiber, the Google model
Now: Welcome to the innovation society
People live longer, companies shorter
We all have all information available
The best ideas, and execution
Control feels safe, but is incremental
Big changes. Creative. Manage caos.
Startups leading traditional R&D
Open Innovation is going mainstream
Innovation is about YOU
The “Sharing Economy” is unstoppable
CINO – chief innovation officer Crowdsourcing
The 6 Hottest Innovation Trends, Robert B. Tucker (link)
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#oppnadata
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Every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010
2,396,750 road crashes in GB. Each light point is an individual collision which resulted in a casualty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975724
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Large crowd is everything
Manual work is hopeless
No one should work with open data
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@Mark Brough on @erichysen – structured, updated, licensed
Nordic?
Vad har de fyra gemensamt
What we have in common?
Goal - 100% automatic harvesting of DCAT-AP metadata
DCAT-AP editor
DCAT-AP validator
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Digital innovations brings massive opportunities, but
only if we know how to make it happen.
www.VINNOVA.se
We strengthen Sweden’s innovativeness, aiding sustainable growth and benefiting society
Sweden’s innovation agency
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http://carbonvisuals.com/