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IMPACTS OF DATA DRIVEN SOLUTIONS EXPLIANED BILL RITCEY-DONOHUE VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL SECURITY, GOVINI George Sifakis: What, and how does data science and the optimization of it help to solve critical issues across society? Bill Ritcey- Donohue: Well, thank you very much, George. I have to say being here in [Greece] the cradle of Western civilization is humbling. And to be asked that question of how do you make decisions? Well, the Greeks have been trying to philosophize that for thousands of years. So first of all, I would say, it's already been mentioned several times, but we take a little bit of a different approach. I like to think, what you measure you can manage and make decisions on. We say, in God we trust, all others, bring your data. So what we try to do is take the objective, the goal, the outcome that is trying to be decided, and get clean data. So, the fact of the matter is we are overwhelmed with data. You can go on in your pocket right now and have more data than we've ever had in history in just your little hand, what do you do with the data? How do you make it relevant to what you are trying to decide, and then give yourselves an iterative approach to it? You're never going to be right the first time. With data it’s not a game show. If you get the right answer, it's improving, it's getting better, then It's measuring that improvement. We call it in the military an OODA loop- Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. So understand where you are, orient to what your goal is, decide, act, and then do it again and repeat. The quicker you can do that, and the more agile you are, as we learned in the last panel, the better you'll get. And when you keep measuring that and sharing that with others so they can do the same thing we start to see a chain reaction of improvements being made. CATALYZE MAGAZINE | 1
ESTABLISHING AN SDG OBSERVATORY GRIGORIS ZAROTIADIS: DEAN OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL SCIENCES, ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY The SDSN is the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations, which is responsible for the worldwide promotion of the SDGs and the way they are organized. It is organized in national and regional chapters in nodes. One of these chapters, which is responsible for the whole Black Sea region, is located at Aristotle University. This chapter reveals the importance of Greece and FAI having such an important and prestigious contributing initiative hosted in FAI. In the frame of SDSN and the Black Sea, one of the activities that we realized is of great importance is the study conducted on the feasibility of creating an observatory for SDGs in the Black Sea. This was done with the support of the Black Sea economic cooperation and funding from BIS. Now, let me say just a few words about the idea we have on the content, goals, and activities that can be realized with an observatory in the Black Sea. First of all, to have a successful implementation of the SDGs in the time span the whole world community has defined in 2015, we need to have continuous observation, and reporting on the progress we are making in different areas of the world. And this is the main activity that will be realized in the frame of a Black Sea Observatory. The Observatory is important for the realization of the SDGs in terms of socioeconomic aspects, but also in terms of environmental aspects. Besides the main activity of the observatory, which will be reporting SDG Progress there are two other additional activities that are very important. One is the awareness raising and the realization of specifically focused seminars and workshops for staff in both the public and private stakeholders from the region to strengthen their ability to contribute to the SDGs. The third activity, which is also very important based on the reports and the studies we have done; is we want to create a consulting service provided not only for the public but also for the private sector. Let me give you an example of what it could mean. For instance, the observatory could support private and public entities in raising funds to support the SDGs. So, at Aristotle University we are in an effort right now to mobilize the necessary funding and support to start this great Observatory. CATALYZE MAGAZINE | 3
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