APPSI meeting on 28 January 2014
This meeting will be held at McKinsey’s headquarters at 1 Jermyn Street, London SW1Y
4UH (map). For security reasons all attendees should check in at the McKinsey reception
desk. The meeting (agenda below) will start at 11:00 (10:45 for coffee) with normal items of
business for APPSI members only.
From lunchtime (12:30) on we will be joined by speakers and invited guests. From 13:00
onwards the meeting will become a seminar focused on the issue of how we assess the
benefits of Open Data (OD). Solid evidence on the impact of OD is difficult to gather but is
important if resources are to be committed to its expansion and to gain producer
acceptance. We aim to cover:
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Appropriate metrics and methods for measurement of success (or otherwise) of
Open Data
Examples of projects or programmes based upon Open Data which have been
shown through sound metrics to have been successful (or not).
Ways of enhancing the value of OD by tackling road blocks to success in any part of
the innovation process.
To stimulate discussion a ‘thought piece’ paper is attached.
Agenda and timetable
Time
Speaker(s)
Topic
11:00
David Rhind, APPSI Chairman
Paper 1: Minutes and outstanding
actions
11:05
Carol Tullo, Director of
Information Policy and Services,
TNA
TNA update on current PSI issues
11:30
APPSI members
Updates from the devolved
administrations
11:45
Hugh Neffendorf and Bob Barr,
APPSI
APPSI members
APPSI members
Update on the APPSI Glossary
11:55
12:10
AOB
Paper 2: Incongruities between the
revised Code of Recommended
Practice for Local Authorities on Data
Transparency and PSMA contractual
terms
12:30
13:00
Sandwich lunch. All invited
David Rhind, APPSI Chairman
13:25*
Heather Savory, Open Data
User Group
Discussant: Simon Briscoe,
Adviser to PASC
UK evidence for benefits of OD:
ODUG case studies
14:05*
Michael Chui, McKinsey
Discussant: Jeni Tennison, ODI
The potential value that can be
unlocked through Open Data: a
McKinsey perspective
14:45
15:00*
Tea, Coffee
Neil Ackroyd, Ordnance Survey
Discussant: Bob Barr, APPSI
15:30*
Alistair Calder, ONS, and Neil
Townsend, ONS
Discussant: Keith Dugmore,
APPSI
Example 2: The Census as OD –
costs and benefits
16:00*
Nick Illsley, DfT Transport Direct
Discussant: Hugh Neffendorf,
APPSI
Example 3: Transport Open Data –
has it produced value?
16:30
Andrew Stott, UK Transparency
Board
Discussion: All
Key messages
17:00
Welcome, Introduction, discussion on
pre-circulated paper on issues &
metrics
Example 1: Ordnance Survey review
of OS OpenData costs and benefits
Conclusions and next steps
End of meeting
* Indicates that time slot includes one-third of time for discussion following up to 5 minutes
for discussant. Materials to be pre-circulated wherever possible.
Confirmed invitees as at 17/12/2013
In addition to all speakers and discussants, these are:
Richard Dobbs, McKinsey
Ed Parsons, Google
Steve Williams, National Audit Office