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Data for Policy 2016 International Conference

15 September 2016

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Frontiers of Data Science for Government: Ideas, Practices, and Projections

15-16 September 2016
University of Cambridge
Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 16 May 2016

Data Science is emerging as a key interdisciplinary research field to address major contemporary challenges across sectors. Particular focus on the government sector offers huge potentials to advance citizen services and collective decision-making processes. To reflect the diversity of skills and knowledge required to tackle challenges in this domain, the conference offers an open discussion forum for all stakeholders. We invite individual and/or group submissions from all relevant disciplines and application domains. Topics covered include but are not limited to the following:

  • Government & Policy
  • Policy for Data & Management
  • Data Analysis
  • Methodologies
  • Data Sources
  • Policy/Application Domains

For more details about this event, see the PDF version of the Call for Contributions, which can be downloaded here.

Submissions are accepted through the official conference website – dataforpolicy.org

All general enquiries about the conference should be directed to the Data for Policy Team at team@dataforpolicy.org

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: Monday, 16 May 2016

Notification of acceptance: Friday, 17 June 2016

Presenters’ registration deadline: Monday, 1 August 2016

Discussion Paper submission deadline: 15 August 2016

Public registration deadline: Thursday, 1 September 2016

Conference: Thursday-Friday, 15-16 September 2016