MyData Online 2022 conference took place on 27 October. Great thanks to all presenters, partners, and moderators! Their collective effort and contribution were what made MyData Online 2022 a success. All in all, 62 presenters from 24 countries shared their insights on personal data development!
The conference spanned for 10 hours to suit different time zones. There were 13 thematic sessions covering various topics in business, use cases, policy and thought leadership – and three facilitated networking sessions. The average session attendance was 66 participants.
Key statistics
Over 400 people from 56 countries registered for the conference. 52% of them were new participants who have never joined MyData’s event before. The event turnout rate is 67%. In the end, almost 300 participants attended and spent 6 hours per person on average.
Diverse perspectives are the key
The feedback survey showed the overall satisfaction of participants was 4.2 out of 5. What was valued the most was “diverse perspectives from business, legal, technology, society, and design”. Indeed, we will continue to bring diverse perspectives into our future events, that is a key design driver. Key point for improvement was networking. It is difficult, thought not impossible, to do this well in an online environment. As connecting experts is one of our key goals, we look forward to improving on this, both in online and physical events.
Thank you for supporting us with paid tickets
The event was free to attend. We were exploring the possibilities with voluntary paid tickets to support our global event production. Eventually, 21 paid tickets were purchased. We’d like to thank Peter Janes, Jan Leindals, Fredrik Lindén, Nobuhiro Aoyanagi, Lisa Figas, Peter Eikelboom, Sven Bartilsson, Antti ‘Jogi’ Poikola, Isabelle de Zegher, Petri Koivula, Crt Ahlin, Mikael Rinnetmäki, Zenel Batagelj, Tadej Fius, Bo Harald, Dixon Siu, Masahiro Hanatani, Dick Dekkers, Benjamin Andre, Paul Theyskens, and Neil Thomson for their kind support.
Support our community activities
MyData Global is collecting donations to advance our community activities and core operations. As you know, our mission is to empower individuals by improving their right to self-determination regarding their personal data.
Your donations will be used to support activities that e.g. project grants often do NOT cover, such as:
- MyData Global’s membership activities (coordination and development activities of working groups and communication)
- Organization of online and face-to-face events
- MyData Global’s normal fixed costs (such as office rent, software costs)
Disclaimer: MyData Global ry is a registered non-profit association. Business ID: 2971224-7. Small-scale money collection number is RA/2022/1443 (approved by The Helsinki Police Department).
MyData 2023 Super Early Bird Tickets are on sale now.
Welcome to Helsinki in 2023! Get your low-cost pass now – the prices will only go up. Your support now helps us prepare the best possible event.
Call for Partnerships
Working on data projects right now? Consider also having your project consortium meeting in Helsinki, at MyData 2023. If you are interested in partnering with the conference, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Contact person: Teemu Ropponen, email: teemu.ropponen(at)mydata.org
Now we start the journey to co-create MyData 2023 with our global community.