Data Festival 2018: Improving lives with data in the public sector

DataFest18 was a festival of data innovation run by The Data Lab, with events hosted across Scotland from 19th to 23rd March 2018. National Records of Scotland gave presentations at three events in Inverness, Edinburgh and Glasgow, as part of the ‘Designing with Data’ Fringe events.

Event title: Improving lives with data in the public sector

Presentations

The presentations from this event are available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF). Maximum file size is 2.25 Mb.

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• How is Scotland's population changing

• Understanding the needs of our users

• Safety Camera site Selection

• Local health issues

Interactive session

Between the presentations, there was an interactive session. A number of stalls were set up, demonstrating data published by different parts of the government in Scotland and some other organisations. There was the opportunity to see what is available, ask questions, and discuss ideas or problems.