Technology won’t save us, people will

Oslo - 23 October 2014

Erik Borälv

http://www.slideshare.net/erikboralv

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The singularity obsessives

“We can combat global challenges through the lens of tech, not with technology alone.” (link)

The dystopian bandwagoners

Digitaliseringskommissionen

The digital agenda of Sweden

Anna-Karin Hatt, Minister for Information Technology and Energy

Ministry of Enterprise and Energy

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Jan Gulliksen, Committee for digitization KTH – Royal Institute of Technology

Dean and professor in HCI

The mission of the Committee for Digitization

• to analyze the development in relation to the main political goal

• demonstrate the possibilities in digitization • communicate the Digital Agenda • administer the active supporters of the Digital

Agenda • work with others to achieve a better

digitization

Digitaliseringskommissionen

The digital state of Sweden (link)

Ongoing work • How did Sweden (or the Nordics) become so

successful in IT? • Digital knowledge (Digital kompetens)

– Life-long learning; knowledge, skills, attitudes, understanding

1. Schools and education 2. Work life 3. Society 4. Life events and

• IT in work life

The future of employment Occupations according to probability

[0 to 1] of computerisation (link)

Challenges and possibilities

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Sweden’s national team in 2030

http://www.whitehouse.gov/filmfestival

Digitalization is transforming every aspect of the way we live and work. The information economy is one key factor for our competitiveness and our whole economy.

Then: Welcome to the information society

Annika Steiber, the Google model

Now: Welcome to the innovation society

People live longer, companies shorter

We all have all information available

The best ideas, and execution

Control feels safe, but is incremental

Big changes. Creative. Manage caos.

Startups leading traditional R&D

Open Innovation is going mainstream

Innovation is about YOU

The “Sharing Economy” is unstoppable

CINO – chief innovation officer Crowdsourcing

The 6 Hottest Innovation Trends, Robert B. Tucker (link)

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Every death on every road in Great Britain 1999-2010

2,396,750 road crashes in GB. Each light point is an individual collision which resulted in a casualty. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15975724

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Large crowd is everything

Manual work is hopeless

No one should work with open data

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@Mark Brough on @erichysen – structured, updated, licensed

Nordic?

Vad har de fyra gemensamt

What we have in common?

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DCAT-AP editor

DCAT-AP validator

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Sweden’s contribution (link)

Digital innovations brings massive opportunities, but

only if we know how to make it happen.

www.VINNOVA.se

We strengthen Sweden’s innovativeness, aiding sustainable growth and benefiting society

Sweden’s innovation agency

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