Make it Count: Contribute to the big data debate

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<h1>Make it Count: Contribute to the big data debate</h1>
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<p>The growing ubiquity of mobile technology, an expanded research appetite for aggregated data and concerns about unbridled inequality amid economic growth have led to ideas about a data revolution to underpin the next generation of Development Goals. The argument goes that increasing technological capacity provides greater opportunities for inclusive planning and public accountability. However, this makes various assumptions about political will, commercial interests, trends in user behaviour and the methodological and technical potential in many developing countries.</p>
<p>SciDev.Net is concerned about the potentially limited opportunities for media outlets in low-income countries to produce data journalism. In this event, we aim to explore the various challenges behind the data revolution in relation to data-driven reporting. But our discussions will not be restricted to these challenges alone. We have also uncovered a number of promising initiatives, which, we feel, are worth showcasing. To this end, we have invited a distinguished panel of speakers to shape the debate and present case studies to stimulate discussion.</p>
<p>We would like to invite readers to submit questions to the panellists. Please add your question to the comment box at the bottom of this page or tweet us <a href="https://twitter.com/SciDevNet">@SciDevNet</a> using the hashtag <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23makeitcount&src=typd">#makeitcount</a></p>
<p>From the various sessions on offer, the following will be livestreamed on this page in three segments: </p>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">10:00-10:10 </span></td>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nick Ishmael Perkins</span></td>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Keynote address:  Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean</span></td>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Brad Parks, AidData, and Martin Hilbert, UN </span></td>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Alison Kennedy, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre</span></td>
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				<span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Claire Melamed, Overseas Development Institute </span></td>
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<p>> <a href="http://www.scidev.net/wp-content/uploads/site_assets/docs/agenda-_making_it_count.pdf">Click here for the full agenda and list of speakers</a></p>
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	> <a href="http://www.scidev.net/wp-content/uploads/site_assets/docs/speaker_biographies_with_urls.pdf">Click here for speaker biographies</a></div>

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The growing ubiquity of mobile technology, an expanded research appetite for aggregated data and concerns about unbridled inequality amid economic growth have led to ideas about a data revolution to underpin the next generation of Development Goals. The argument goes that increasing technological capacity provides greater opportunities for inclusive planning and public accountability. However, this makes various assumptions about political will, commercial interests, trends in user behaviour and the methodological and technical potential in many developing countries.

SciDev.Net is concerned about the potentially limited opportunities for media outlets in low-income countries to produce data journalism. In this event, we aim to explore the various challenges behind the data revolution in relation to data-driven reporting. But our discussions will not be restricted to these challenges alone. We have also uncovered a number of promising initiatives, which, we feel, are worth showcasing. To this end, we have invited a distinguished panel of speakers to shape the debate and present case studies to stimulate discussion.

We would like to invite readers to submit questions to the panellists. Please add your question to the comment box at the bottom of this page or tweet us @SciDevNet using the hashtag #makeitcount

From the various sessions on offer, the following will be livestreamed on this page in three segments:


Time	Session	Speaker
10:00-10:10	Welcoming remarks	Nick Ishmael Perkins
10:10-10:50	Keynote address: Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean	Brad Parks, AidData, and Martin Hilbert, UN
10:50-12:00	Case study: Incentivising policy and research	Alison Kennedy, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
Break in livestreaming
13:15-13:45	Working with qualitative data and accountability	Claire Melamed, Overseas Development Institute
13:45-14:50	Case study: Engaging Southern media partners	William Shubert, Earth Journalism Network/Internews
Break in livestreaming
14:50-16:40	Closing address and messages	Tim Wheeler, Department for International Development, and Laurent Elder, International Development Research Centre
End of livestreaming