Presenters: Jennifer Balch, Earth Lab/University of Colorado-Boulder and Kirsten Rowell, University of Colorado-Boulder

Abstract: What are we actually harnessing the data revolution for? It's for humanity. Ultimately, big data should help improve people's lives and help society live more sustainably with our planet. It's not anyone's data, it's everyone's data. This makes it critical to involve, encourage, and support a diversity of people in owning the data and ultimately owning the solutions that come from that data.