White House Big Data Partners Workshop

May 3, 2013 — WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER

As we enter the second year of the National Big Data Research and Development Initiative (launched on March 29, 2012), the Obama Administration is encouraging multiple stakeholders—including Federal agencies, private industry, academia, state and local government, non-profits, and foundations—to develop and participate in Big Data innovation projects across the country. To surface such partnerships and novel approaches that would allow partnerships to scale across the country, a series of workshops and events are being planned over the spring and summer 2013.

On May 3, 2013, the first workshop brought together representatives from industry, academia, and government to learn about existing BD partnerships, make connections with interested parties, and explore future possibilities. Below you will find presentations from the workshop participants and sponsors.

Event Materials

Agendas and Summaries

• White House Big Data Partners Workshop Agenda

Introduction and Welcome Presentations

• Unleashing the Power of Big Data: Why We Need All Hands on Deck

Tom Kalil – Deputy Director, Division of Technology and Innovation Office of Science and Technology Policy

• The Promise of Big Data

Farnam Jahanian – Co-Chair, Networking & Information Technology Research & Development (NITRD) Subcommittee Assistant Director for

the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate National Science Foundation

• Big Data Partners Workshop remarks by Suzi Iacono

Suzanne Iacono – Co-Chair, Big Data Senior Steering Group, NITRD National Science Foundation

Panel Speaker Presentations

• Building a Data-Driven Society

Jake Porway – Founder and Executive Director DataKind

• Data Science & Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

Annika Jimenez – Global Head of Data Science Services Pivotal

• RENCI Collaborations and Consortia to Advance Data Science

Stanley Ahalt – Director, Renaissance Computing Institute University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Lightning Round Presentations

• Lightning Talk Slides

Associated Events

• Data to Knowledge to Action: Building New Partnerships – November 12, 2013