Tom Forth | imactivate | Examples of using open data in Yorkshire | #OurTechFuture

I use open data to power new products and challenge strongly-held views. I'll share how we're doing both in Yorkshire and around the world. We've built products to make bin collections more efficient, fill empty properties, improve public transport, and build more and better homes. We're also using open data to argue for public policies that help the North of England and the whole of the UK to innovate and grow and have been featured on Radio 4, CityMetric, and BBC Scotland among others.

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Some key times to skip to,
0:00 The start, what I do, why ODILeeds matters.
2:50 The past, open data isn't new.
3:52 Transport, buses, and how they connect people with jobs in the North. Informing consultations with data.
7:22 When's my bin day?
8:15 Airports: Heathrow, Schiphol, Manchester. Replacing £100k of consultanats with £20 of Google's flights API.
9:42 R&D spending in the UK. How can Yorkshire innovate? What does the data say?
11:45 Child poverty and University Access.
13:46 BBC revenue and spending. The impact of media city.
15:02 Shout-out to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
15:57 Empty shops.
19:09 Housing, housing, housing.
29:30 Summary.