How Is Big Data Changing Our Lives?

Robert Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, moderates a group discussion between Michael Flowers, Chief Analytics Officer, New York City; Nick Sinai, United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science and Technology Policy, The White House; and Esther Dyson, Chairman, Health Initiative Coordinating Council, on the role of big data in driving advances in health care, government services (particularly municipal), and the careful balance policy makers must strike between driving that innovation forward while protecting individual privacy.
From the: The Innovation Economy: Navigating the Information Revolution
On December 3, The Aspen Institute, the Bipartisan Policy Center, in partnership with Intel, hosted a conversation on the far-reaching implications of the big data “information revolution” for innovation, economic growth, privacy and security in our increasingly connected world.

The morning of the conference, the Bipartisan Policy Center released an issue brief highlighting the promise, challenges, and policy issues associated with the use of big data in two key areas: health care and homeland security. Key insights included in the brief were drawn from events on how big data is transforming health care (June 25, 2013) and advancing homeland security

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