At this month's event, the 20th in our series, the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight minutes of questions from the audience.

Unlocking the value of location data is key to more effective public and private sectors. Across these sectors, people are doing fascinating work with location data. This month's speakers were:

Thalia Baldwin, Director of the Geospatial Commission
Professor Sir Ian Diamond, the UK’s National Statistician
Heidi Mottram CBE, CEO of the Northumbrian Water Group
Professor Louise Heathwaite, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Lancaster University and council member of the UK Research and Innovation Natural Environment Research Council

The event was chaired by Gavin Freeguard, Associate at the Institute for Government.

Data Bites #20: Getting things done with data in government

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