Urban Data for Good: Data Empowerment and Informal Communities

Pop-Up Studio-X Baitasi will host a mini-symposium at The Global School focused on the topic of data and the hutong. Tat Lam will moderate a discussion with local and international researchers, who will share their experience and work on community data-empowerment. Through debate and example, the mini-symposium will generate a cross-pollination of knowledge between fieldworkers and social entrepreneurs at the forefront of community engagement to planners, policymakers, and social investors at various levels.

The mini-symposium is divided into the following themes:
• Defining and contextualizing the hutong data and technology environment
• Data literacy and technology in the everyday life of hutong communities
• Working online-to-offline in the field: tools, agents, and subjects
• Culturally sensitive strategies and incentives for data collection and sharing
• Methodologies to integrate social science with data science in the market
• Long-term implications for grassroots’ accessibility to data infrastructure, data science tools, and data-driven insights
• The impact of growing data reservoirs on social development and social entrepreneurship

Moderator:
Tat Lam | 林达
CEO, Shanzhai City; Curator, Pop-up Studio X Beijing
山寨城市首席执行官、北京Pop-up Studio X策划人

Speakers:
Jiayi Xu | 徐嘉忆
Special Assistant to China Country Director, World Resources Institute
世界资源研究所中国区首席代表特别助理

Gao Shuo | 高硕
Urban Analyze Director , Beijing Urban Quadrant Technology
北京城市象限科技有限公司城市分析主管

Youyang Hou | 侯悠扬
PhD Candidate (HCI and Social Computing), School of Information, University of Michigan
密歇根大学信息学院博士研究生（人机结合及社会计算）

Prabhakar Krishnamurthy
Director, Yahoo! Labs (Silicon Valley)
雅虎实验室（硅谷）总监

Andrew Bryant
Architect Creative Urban Development Institute (CUDI) Beijing
创办合伙人,参展人 北京