A hundred years ago, Thomas Edison called energy the universal currency.
Today, data is the universal currency. Our economy - and our society - is experiencing rapid change as it adapts to the dramatic rise of new digital tools. The volumes of data in circulation are staggering - zettabytes upon exabytes - all being used by new tools that influence how we interact with each other and the world around us.
Many current issues are better understood in this light. A data-driven digital revolution is sweeping through the economy, education, social media, politics and even environmental change. And it is disruptive.
It means we need to recognize an imperative: we need to build a digital society, where everyone benefits from data.
CityAge is proud to re-launch The Data Effect to start the conversation about how we do it.
The Data Effect will feature leaders from Canada, Estonia and around the world who are using data and digital tools to build trustworthy services, solve challenges and seize opportunities.
Our task is to architect a digital society that
The Data Effect has featured a series of digital events leading into an in-person summit on June 3 at the Fairmont Waterfront in Vancouver.
As Luukas Ilves, CIO of the Government of Estonia (and one of our speakers) has said: “The best antidote to digital dystopia is not regulation or protest, but building a better alternative. Let 2022 be the year that we start to come together to build a better digital world.”
Please join us. Building an advanced digital society is a vitally important endeavour.
