Monday 2 November 2009, The Boardroom, BBC Media Centre, London
The BBC College of Journalism and Future Now held a series of debates and discussions analysing how the BBC and other organisations use data and numbers to tell stories. The session looked at how to get hold of the information, how to analyse it and how that can revolutionise storytelling.
Some of the best thinkers from across the BBC and the wider industry took part, passing on their tips and advice and explaining why data's becoming so important:
Seetha Kumar opened the day with a keynote address on BBC data and openness.
Richard Vadon and the team from BBC Radio 4's More or Less gave a masterclass on understanding numbers and statistics. Here's a summary of the session.
Pete Clifton showcased Democracy Live, the new BBC service which gives you access to all levels of local, regional and national government.
Prof. Nigel Shadbolt, who is working with Tim Berners-Lee on the Government's open strategy, discussed their thinking, what may become available and how we can access it.
Bella Hurrell, Head of Online Specials, BBC News discussed how we use data to illustrate and enhance breaking and ongoing news stories.
And Simon Rogers, Editor, Guardian Datablog and Datastore talked about the crowdsourcing experiment for MPs' expenses and other initiatives.
Click here (for technical reasons, this link only works from a BBC desktop computer) to see the video of all the sessions.
