2024.12.08

Memo from 2024 UN World Data Forum

This memo, authored by our Chief Strategy Officer, Mr. Allen Wang, captures insights from his participation in the 5th United Nations World Data Forum 2024. It integrates key topics discussed during the forum along with Allen’s personal observations and in-depth perspectives.

Through this memo, you will gain insights into:

1. Data Innovation and Inclusivity:
   The Copenhagen Framework highlights the importance of civic data participation, aiming to address intersecting challenges such as gender, racial, and disability disparities.
2. Balancing Trust and Privacy:
   Explores how technologies like Federated Learning can resolve the trade-offs between data sharing and privacy, creating a more trust-centric approach to data applications.
3. Social Value of Data:
   Demonstrates how open data initiatives can help reduce crime rates or mitigate urban heat island effects, showcasing the transformative societal impacts of data utilization.
4. Data Collaboration and Ecosystems:
   Bringing together the data capabilities of industries, governments, and academia is essential to unlocking the economic potential of data ecosystems.