Webinar: Responsible Use of Spatial Data
Date and Time: Wed, May 26, 2021 1:30 - 3:30 pm U.S. Pacific Time
Chair(s) of the Webinar and Organizing Committee Member(s): Krzysztof Janowicz
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Today spatial data is omnipresent in decision making, be it about local policing practices, mitigation of global climate change, or fighting COVID-19. The collection, integration, and AI-based analytics of these data is distributed across hundreds of players with their own technologies and interests and, thus is not transparent to any individual party regardless of whether it is an individual person or a government agency. As the resulting use of potentially personal data is becoming commonplace, it is urgent to internalize shared principles for the responsible use of spatial data to achieve greater common value and better products and at the same time guarantee the safety and privacy of people, our social values, and human dignity. Too often, data ethics is presented as a solution to avoid the unacceptable consequences of data misuse. The objective of this Webinar is to showcase that this conversation is not only necessary out of fear of misuse, but to unlock the full potential of spatial data. Users will contribute their location data only if they trust the collection systems that will be drawing inferences from them. These data may, in fact, improve the well-being and sustainability of our societies.
Our speakers (see below) will lead discussions with you (the audience!) on this topic to advance or address these important questions. They are all collaborators on a W3C Interest Group Note on this topic.
W3C Interest Group Note (Jan 2021) on "The Responsible Use of Spatial Data" https://www.w3.org/TR/responsible-use-spatial/
Krzysztof Janowicz
University of California, Santa Barbara
Emily Daemen
The Green Land
Rob Smith
Away Team Software
Frank Verschoor
The Green Land
Joseph Abhayaratna
Geoscape Australia
Ed Parsons
Google
Krzysztof Janowicz University of California, Santa Barbara
Krzysztof Janowicz is a professor for Geoinformatics and the Director of the Center for Spatial Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S. His expertise is in the conceptualization of geographic space and spatial phenomena both from a theory-driven and a data-driven perspective, with a special focus on accounting for regional and cultural differences in those conceptualizations.
Emily Daemen The Green Land
Emily Daemen is a data consultant at The Green Land, The Netherlands, with a background in law. Her collaboration with the W3C is on behalf of Geonovum. Together with her colleague, Frank Verschoor, Emily is developing an ethical framework for the responsible use of location data in the Netherlands.
Rob Smith Away Team Software
Rob Smith is the founder of Away Team Software specialising in innovative location-based web and mobile applications. He is an W3C Invited Expert in the Spatial Data on the Web Interest Group leading the development of Web Video Map Tracks (WebVMT) designed to synchronize location with video for the web.
Frank Verschoor The Green Land
Frank Verschoor is partner and co-founder of The Green Land, The Netherlands. He is specialized in data ethics and data governance for governmental organizations and public issues. Together with Geonovum, the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs, and his colleague Emily Daemen, Frank is developing and deploying an ethical framework for the responsible use of location data in the Netherlands. He continues the conversation abroad through the W3C Note on the responsible use of spatial data.
Joseph Abhayaratna Geoscape Australia
Joseph Abhayaratna is the CTO of Geoscape Australia, leading the development of emerging data management and distribution practices to support a continuing program of product innovation in response to disruption in the spatial industry. He is an W3C Invited Expert in the Spatial Data on the Web Interest Group.
Ed Parsons Google
Ed Parsons is the Geospatial Technologist of Google, with responsibility for evangelizing Google’s mission to organize the world’s information using geography. In this role he maintains links with governments, universities, research and standards organizations that are involved in the development of Geospatial Technology. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Open Geospatial Consortium and was co-chair of the W3C/OGC Spatial Data on the Web Working Group. He also represents Google at the EMTEL committee of ETSI developing geospatial solutions for emergency telecommunications.
Responsible Use of Spatial Data
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