You can now register for the Solid Symposium at City St George's University, Clerkenwell Campus, London, 30th April - 1st May 2026. The fourth edition of the Solid Symposium will take place in London ...

One of our promises was to create and publish an overarching open data strategy for the water sector to articulate the ...

In our response to the UK Government's call for input on the forthcoming AI Action Plan, the Open Data Institute (ODI) focuses on establishing an AI-ready National Data Library. While other ...

Conference season is often dismissed as political theatre - a performance for a mostly diminishing membership base. This year, it mattered. Fifteen months into a Parliament and still years from the ...

2025 is a pivotal year for the future of Europe. As the world grapples with the transformative power of data and the AI it feeds, the EU can shape a future where these technologies and their ...

The UK Government's newly published Modern Industrial Strategy is a significant recognition of the central role of data in the country's economic future. Data is explicitly treated as a strategic ...

After weeks of parliamentary “ping-pong,” the UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill has cleared its final hurdles and now awaits Royal Assent, at which point it becomes the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

Find out about the seven open-data-stewarding organisations selected to receive guidance and other support from the ODI and Microsoft Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Metabrainz ...

Data is the foundation of AI. Poor quality data drives up costs and can lead to hidden problems for AI, especially in complex fields like healthcare. Meanwhile, biased data negatively affects the ...

Solid, an open-source initiative led by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, is reimagining data use, reuse and sharing by giving everyone the option to share a range of data - including personal, organisational or ...

Geospatial data is about places. It might be about a specific building, a river or other natural feature, or a broader location like a city or country. This report summarises the desk research carried ...

Last month, the ODI launched the AI Data Transparency Index, a new framework to analyse whether model providers were sharing the information needed for meaningful data transparency. With the AIDTI ...