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The conference showcased some cracking examples of how data sharing and analytics can change communities:
- PetaJakarta showed how using open source software (Cognicity), they had been able to change the way Indonesia could respond to flood events
- The Alliance of Foodbanks from Taiwan illustrated how data had radically improved their efficiency in collecting and distributing food across their networks
- Shanzhai City is developing tools to measure impact of social investing that can be embedded in the funding structures themselves via smart contracts
- Datavest illustrates a data cooperative approach to helping members realize the value of their data
Notwithstanding these examples, there remains an underlying concern about how data is managed by co-operatives and the potential role of emerging technologies in augmenting this. In particular, there was some deep suspicion around blockchain approaches to solving problems.
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