[Air-L] Data for Policy 2017: Call for Demonstrations

[Zeynep Engin]

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Zeynep


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Call for Demonstrations – deadline: Friday, 30th June

*Data for Policy 2017*: Government by Algorithm?

6-7 September 2017 | London       dataforpolicy.org
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Running for its third year, Data for Policy conference series has proven to
be a leading international discussion forum around the theory and
applications of Data Science as relevant to governments and policy
research. The 2017 conference introduces a special Demonstration Track
alongside the poster sessions to provide a showcasing opportunity for new
tools, technological advances, and services offered in this emerging
field.  The conference committees would particularly welcome policy
relevant demonstrations from the following communities:

   - Artificial Intelligence
   - Internet of Things
   - Big Data Analytics
   - Blockchain Technologies

The contributions must demonstrate state of the art technology and must be
run live, preferably with some interactive parts. The submission deadline
for this special track is *Friday, 30th June.* There will also be an
associated special industry panel at the main conference proceedings.

The Demonstration Track is chaired by *Prof Jon Crowcroft* from Computer
Laboratory, University of Cambridge.

More details of the conference themes and submission information can be
found at  dataforpolicy.org
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*Demo Submissions: *Up to 1000 word description should be submitted
including the following main sections:

   - The technology demonstrated
   - The elements of novelty
   - The live action part
   - The interactive part
   - The equipment brought by the demonstrators
   - The equipment required from the track organisers

The submissions should be made before *Friday, 30th March* through the
official conference website – dataforpolicy.org
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Please get in touch with our team for any further enquiries –
team at dataforpolicy.org


*Important note: To accommodate UK civil servants and the restrictions
under which they operate during the UK general election period, the
deadline for abstract submissions from UK civil servants only has been
extended to June 30. Deadline has expired for other individual and session
submissions.*

*Data for Policy is grateful to the following institutions for their
continuing support:*

   - University College London
   - University of Cambridge
   - UK Government Data Science Partnership: Office for National Statistics
   (ONS), Government Digital Service (GDS), Government Office for Science
   (GO-Science)
   - All Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics
   - European Commission
   - The Alan Turing Institute
   - Imperial College London
   - London School of Economics and Political Science
   - University of Oxford
   - Royal Statistical Society
   - New York University
   - Leiden University


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