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DataKind tackles the world’s toughest challenges with data science and AI to improve the capabilities, reach and scale of social impact organizations.
Founded in 2012 during the first wave of the Data-for-Good movement, DataKind is a global organization based in the US, with staff and volunteers in San Francisco; Washington, DC; London, UK; Bengaluru (Bangalore), India; and Singapore. With a vibrant network of more than 30,000 supporters and volunteers around the world, DataKind is able to engage on a wide variety of issues, continually bringing the benefits of data science to new communities.
DataKind can provide speakers, data, commentary, and general expertise on the following topics:
- Ethics in Data and AI
- Data & Technology for Social Impact
- Data Maturity and the Social Impact Sector
- Diversity and Inclusion in the Tech Industry
AI Solutions for:
- Climate & Environment
- Frontline Health
- Financial Inclusion
- Humanitarian Response
- Higher Education
Contact (for Media):
press@datakind.org
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Introducing Beacon: A New Platform for Community Data & Coordinated Action
Beacon is DataKind’s new, expanded local data platform, shaped by years of learning and co-development alongside practitioners and evolving DataKind’s earlier community data infrastructure efforts ...
From Complexity to Capability: What Disaster Management Needs From AI Now
Humanitarian and disaster response organizations are increasingly asking not whether AI matters, but how to make it useful in practice. The opportunity is significant: AI ...
Building Climate x Health Pulse: Turning Research into Action
By Sathy Rajasekharan, Vice President, Transformational Programs and Support, Parkinson Canada and former Independent Expert Advisor, Climate and Health, DataKind | Mignonne Fowlis, Senior Manager, ...