This is AI/ML 101 for teachers. Sharing from her vast data background with a passion to get kids involved, Catriona Botterill shows you why this is essential teaching and how it covers the curriculum, demystifying what is meant by Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and has given some ideas about activities you can feel comfortable taking your students through. 

Phoebe, a volunteer for Data4Good and Senior Consultant for our founding sponsor, Altis Consulting, is working on the team that is using Machine Learning in a bid to recognise tassie devils from imagery taken out in the field with the aim to assess population health.

This webinar was inspired by the International Day of People with Disability, held in December each year. Professor Julian Trollor from the School of Psychiatry at UNSW and David Braddock from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare about how they are using disability data to improve policy, service delivery and advocate for change.

This webinar explored how we can leverage supply chain data to understand the connections between our consumption patterns and their impacts. After an overview of one methodology which unlocks the power of this data, we looked at some research findings which challenge us to consider the environmental and social impacts of our everyday consumption choices.

This webinar was inspired by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal – Affordable and Clean Energy, ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. Learn about global trends, current and emerging renewable technologies including green hydrogen, and renewable energy opportunities for Australia.

This webinar was inspired by World Ocean Day which unites and rallies the world to protect and restore our blue planet. The oceans are the master regulators of the water cycle, climate, the oxygen that we breathe, and even most of our food that we grow, making it our most valuable natural resource. Prof. Matthew England discusses “The ocean’s pay-back from global warming” and Prof. Robert Harcourt will show us how we can benefit from “Animals as the New Oceanographers”​

Our World Wildlife Day raises awareness of the issues we face and the data being used to drive wildlife conservation efforts. We heard how data is being used in the reintroduction of locally extinct mammals into Sturt National Park and the FrogID App, how citizen science has helped to monitor species numbers.

Inspired by International Equal Pay Day, this webinar recognises the longstanding and ongoing efforts towards the achievement of equal pay for work of equal value. Dr Bredehoeft discussed WGEA data, how organisations use gender data to drive change and in particular, what drives the reduction in the gender pay gap.

The UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples aims to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. The first webinar focused on the Maori population of New Zealand and the second, on the first peoples of Australia.

July 30 is the UN’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons. People trafficking and modern day slavery is a massive worldwide problem with very few countries immune to human trafficking. It occurs right here in Australia and New Zealand, and our Data4Good World Day against Trafficking in Persons webinar raises awareness in order to inspire people to use data to take action.

World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. There’s some amazing data being captured on the environment, and being aware of it can be the catalyst for organisations to understand where opportunities lie to help protect our environment.

A fascinating insight into how having the right data can guide steps to take to ensure healthy bees, presented by someone who has ultimate knowledge about how bees think and behave.

We partnered with Civita to host our first Data4Good Datathon. Datathons provide an opportunity for volunteers to collaborate on real-world data problems, present their ideas and build solutions to deliver tangible results. This event helped provide solutions for The Black Dog Institute, Variety the Children’s Charity and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Steven MacLeod ~ EcoTrack App and experienced Eco Warrior Entrepreneur hosted the first Auckland meetup. Steven is passionate about protecting New Zealand’s wildlife and environment and has spent countless hours creating and app and gathering data to help with this mission.

A day filled with inspiration, providing valuable perspectives and innovative ideas from experts utilising data to make a positive impact. Presenters represented various industries including the environment, health, and communities, and showcased speakers from organizations such as Thankyou., the University of Wollongong’s SMART Infrastructure Facility, and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.