Data Bites #17: Getting things done with data in government
b"Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don\\u2019t get the attention they deserve.\\n\\nAt this month's event, the 17th in our series, the speakers presented\\xa0their data projects in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker has eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.\\n\\nOur speakers were:\\n\\nLaura Sandys CBE, Chair of the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce, on how digitalisation should reshape energy\\nSamantha Riley, Deputy Director of Intensive Support, NHS England and NHS Improvement, on Making data count\\nOr Lenchner, CEO of Luminati Networks, with a commercial perspective on the ethics of data collection\\nIan 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.\\n\\nThe event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government."