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The Drone Frontier

In this 5-part series, we’re going to delve deeper into what the future of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, can look like; how they can be used for positive impact, what we need to do to integrate them in existing systems, and how we can get the global rules on drone technology right. This series was commissioned by UKAid and undertaken by the Frontier Technologies Hub. Hosted by Sarah Pannell, Policy adviser in FCDO’s Technology and Innovation Unit and drones for development lead at the FCDO.This is the second season of The Frontier Podcast series. Our first series tackled the role of data in international development, hosted by Valentine J Gandhi and produced by the Frontier Technologies Hub and Niras Digital Futures Hub, and funded by UKAid. Listen below and learn more at https://www.frontiertechhub.org/resources

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The Drone Frontier

Governing Data: Unlocking new and existing data sources for public decision making

July 08, 2021 • Frontier Technologies Hub • Season 1 • Episode 4

We talk to Stefaan Verhulst, Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (The GovLab) at New York University (NYU), about his extensive work and insights on improving the sharing of new frontier data sources (including business-to-government sharing).

We hear from Stefaan about his latest work on the Data4Covid19 call for action, which helps organisations use innovative data sources to address Covid-19 and future threats in a responsible, systematic and sustainable way. We also talk to him about what AI governance is, why it matters for international development work, and what practitioners can do to strengthen AI governance for local good.

Please take a look at the links below to the initiatives and projects that Stefaan speaks about in the podcast:

Data Collaboratives: https://datacollaboratives.org/
Data Stewards Network: http://datastewards.net/
Data4Covid19 : http://data4covid19.org/
Mobility Data for Covid19: https://mobility.data4covid19.org/
The new intelligence paradigm: https://www.afd.fr/en/ressources/emerging-uses-technology-development-new-intelligence-paradigm

More on Stefaan: https://www.thegovlab.org/stefaan-verhulst.html