1. Open Government
& Intelligent Community
in the Digital Economy
Presented by
Kingbridge Conference Centre Jury Konga, Principal
York Region May 23, 2012. eGovFutures Group

2. @jkonga
Conference Organizer: @N6BizSeries
Hashtags: #Opengov #OpenData #Innovation
#DigitalEconomy #ConferenceTag?
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3. Overview
• Open Government – context & components
• Open Data & Digital Economy
• Intelligent Communities perspective
• Moving the York community forward
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4. Open Government
- A View of Principles
Aggregated view from several sources
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5. Open Government Continuum
- from local to global
Current State
Global - Early Stages
National - Early Stages
ON “in development”
- Operational in BC
Vision 2051
Component
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6. Municipal Open Government
Framework – Beta Version
Original version 2010, updated model 2011.
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/JuryKonga/municipal-open-government-framework-beta-version
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7. Open Data
- Context and Scope
• Open Data is a foundational component for Open Government and
focuses on freely making public data available in a usable format for
all to re-use and add value for the benefit of citizens and businesses.
Global view of
Open Data initiatives
Bottom line ->
it’s pervasive & growing
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8. Open Data
- What’s Happening in Ontario
Others in planning stages
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9. Open Data
and the Digital Economy
• Federal government 2010 Digital Economy consultation – 2 of top 3
needs focused on access to data/information
• Value proposition is the use and re-use of the data with a variety of
potential business opportunities
• Application development – lots of activity here!
• Data VARs (Value Added Resellers)
• Product and Service providers – e.g. Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS,
SaaS); development tools; professional services
• “The market for mobile apps … its growth will accelerate in the future to
reach $ US 35 billion in 2015. It is to be one of the fastest growing
segments in the information technology market. “ European Commission Pricing Of
Public Sector Information Study, October 2011
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10. Open Data
- the Apps Conte$t$
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11. Open Data Applications
- Inventories & Where Is?
Tree inventory
- coverage of urban forests
(City produced via 3rd party)
Heat wave
- where’s nearest pool/splash pad
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12. Open Data Applications
- When is …. ?
When is …
Garbage and recycle?
When is …
the next bus?
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13. Open Data Applications
Dynamic visualization based on neighbourhoods
- Community Wellbeing
User control over
well-being indicators
& weighting
Source: Harvey Low, Project Manager
Social Policy, Analysis and Research
http://www.toronto.ca/wellbeing/
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14. Open Data, the Digital Economy
and Intelligent Communities
Government
Data
&
OPEN Commu- Needs A
D
Corporate nity & V
Data DATA Data Feeds
O
C
A
C
Y
Science
Data
Source: “Intelligent Communities – Platforms for Innovation
www.intelligentcommunity.org/clientuploads/PDFs/WP-Platforms-for-Innovation.pdf
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15. Digital Economy Continuum
Smart Planet
Innovation
Nation
Ontario Centres
of Excellence
York Region
iCommunity
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16. Intelligent Communities
i-Community Open Architecture Model
i-COA®, the Five Layer Intelligent Community
Open Architecture® model. Registered by
Hutchison Management International.
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17. Digital York
- an Intelligent Community Hub
… some early thinking
on a new non-profit
Local
Government
Citizens &
Chambers of
Community
Commerce
Groups
Digital
York
Other
Industry MUSH
Organizations
Organizations
Provincial Federal
Gov’t Venture Lab Gov’t
Sustained Digital
Support? Economy
Action?
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18. Digital York
- Collaboration is essential
“All of us are smarter than one of us”
Collaborate Now
“There are more knowledgeable people
outside your organization than inside”
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19. Digital York
-physical and virtual collaboration
Leverage our network of networks
Example shown is a LinkedIn network
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20. Digital York
- Innovation by Default
• The entire community …
government, private
sector, NGOs, academia,
http://www.socialsignal.com/cartoon
community groups and
citizens need to …
look at existing and
new initiatives
through an innovation
lens
For the last time, no, I do not
know what the ROI is on it!
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21. Digital York
- Agility … need to move Quickly
Feds #Fail Agility
= Others on 2nd
2010
generation of
digital strategies
2011
Agility through
local cooperation
and collaboration
Federal Digital Economy Strategy -> Digital York
Report - Fall of 2012?
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22. Digital York
- need the digital “Big Pipe”
• Government can facilitate …
Private sector needs to step
up & invest for the future
Image by STN • “we don’t have the kind of
ultra-bandwidth
infrastructure that they do”
– “they” being global cities
Image by Jafar Sadik
Bill Hutchison, Chair
i-Canada
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23. Digital York
- Why are we doing this …
• i-COA top of the pyramid:
Live, Learn, Work, Play
Source: Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Source: Canadian Wellness Index Quality of Life Reporting System
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24. Digital York
- Why are we doing this …
Ultimately, this is why …. a healthy & just society
Images via MS Office
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25. Digital York
- concluding thoughts
• Embrace Open Government & Open Data - it can support
Digital York & economic development
• Collaborate Now - community needs to optimize our collective
resources to bring Digital York “online” ASAP
• Make Innovation the default – all sectors of the community
can contribute
• Agility is an imperative – the local and global knowledge
economy has shown that it waits for no one
• Get the Digital “Big Pipe” – high bandwidth is a fundamental
piece of the infrastructure for Digital York
• Seize the moment – Digital York, just do it!
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26. Thank you
jkonga@sympatico.ca
@jkonga
www.slideshare.net/jurykonga