Sonal Shah
Executive Director, Professor of Practice, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University
Twitter: @SonalRShah
Marta Urquilla
Deputy Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University
Twitter: @MartaUrquilla
Dr. Hollie Russon Gilman
Senior Fellow, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation, Georgetown University
Twitter: @hrgilman
Our society is creating and consuming data faster and more than ever before. Ninety percent of today’s data was produced in the last two years. From enabling companies to produce better, cheaper products, to putting banking, transport, and food services at our fingertips, data is transforming our everyday transactions and experiences. Like a watchful neighbor, data knows our comings and goings, who we vote for, when we go for our daily run, and our favorite takeout. What data knows is highly valued. So much so, that data, not oil, is now the world’s most valuable resource, as reported by The Economist magazine. What does this shift mean for society, and how can government leverage data’s value for the benefit of communities of color?