The Data Economy Lab is a collaboration between Aapti and ONI to conduct research and build a community of concern around data stewardship. The Lab aims to explore and put forth principles, frameworks, and policies to unlock the value of data whilst protecting the interests of users. The organisers expect the work of the Lab to speak to ongoing policy and regulatory conversations, especially those pertaining to non-personal data and consent managers.

Through this event, the organisers are bringing together people with shared interests in — and diverse perspectives on — data governance to co-create the guiding principles and research objectives of the Lab, which they envision will be a shared space for thinking about data stewardship.