With a general election fast approaching, manifesto season will soon be upon us. In my role as Global Head of Policy at the Open Data Institute, we decided to get ahead of the game, launching our policy manifesto in Westminster on 20 March.
We were joined by a really impressive panel:
Julia Lopez MP, Minister of State for Data and Digital Infrastructure,
Chris Bryant MP, Shadow Minister for Creative Industries and Digital,
Daisy Cooper MP, Deputy Leader of the Lib Dems,
Damian Collins MP - former Minister for Data and former Select Committee Chair,
Harriet Harman MP, Mother of the House and former Minister for Tech
We were delighted to receive cross-party support for our policy manifesto and to hear senior Parliamentarians talk so passionately about data standards and assurance, the need for strong data infrastructure with open data as a foundation, and the importance of trusted and independent organisations such as ours that can contribute meaningfully to a diverse, equitable, and robust data ecosystem.
You can read about the event, and our manifesto here: https://lnkd.in/eceBsh5e