[IGFmaglist] Fwd: 2018 MAG Virtual Meeting II | 13:00hrs | UTC | Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Wed Apr 18 08:14:40 EDT 2018

Dear all, 

I need the link to connect 
can someone resend it please 

Best 

Wafa 

De: "Zeina BOUHARB" <zbouharb at yahoo.com> 
À: "Chengetai Masango" <chengetai.masango at un.org>, "Wisdom Donkor" <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> 
Cc: "MAG-public" <Igfmaglist at intgovforum.org> 
Envoyé: Mercredi 18 Avril 2018 12:56:32 
Objet: Re: [IGFmaglist] Fwd: 2018 MAG Virtual Meeting II | 13:00hrs | UTC | Wednesday, April 18, 2018 

Dear Wisdom and All, 

I share your opinion on merging the 2 BPFs and support your nomination as co-facilitator of the merged BPF. 

Zeina 

On Tuesday, 17 April 2018, 21:52:32 EEST, Wisdom Donkor <wisdom.dk at gmail.com> wrote: 

Dear Chair, Sumon Ahmed Sabir, MAG Members, 

I apologies for my long text. 

1. BPF proposal on Big data Analysis in Distributed Cloud Environment and 
2. BPF proposal on Artificial Intelligence (AI). 

My comments to the above two BPF proposals: 

We are all living in a fast moving and growing world. location, AI, IOT, Mapping and GIS are all becoming essential in this 21st century. We need to know what is going on nearly about everything. It is becoming a fundamental language for understanding and managing our world. Everything is getting smarter; it is collaborating with other technologies and leveraging them. It is integrating everything, people, processes, things and data about them.” 

Big data, AI, IOT, Geospatial and machine learning are becoming part of business as usual for many organisations in the public and private sectors. This is driven by the continued growth and availability of data, including data from new sources such as the Internet of Things (IoT), the development of tools to manage and analyse it, and growing awareness of the opportunities it creates for business benefits and insights. One indication of the adoption of big data analytics comes from Gartner, the IT industry analysts, who produce a series of ‘hype cycles’, charting the emergence and development of new technologies and concepts. In 2015 they ceased their hype cycle for big data, because they considered that the data sources and technologies that characterise big data analytics are becoming more widely adopted as it moves from hype into practice. This is against a background of a growing market for big data technologies, which it is estimated will grow from £83.5 billion worldwide in 2015 to £128 billion in 2018. 

I see that the trend of bigdata, AI, IOT and geospatial of todays technology can shape a better tomorrow. The science of positioning, IOT and artificial intelligence is in everything. 
Whether we’re ready or not, a new era is nearly upon us. As significant changes loom just over the horizon most of which trends in artificial intelligence, the consumer market spur on for next-Generation. AI, IOT and geospatial are more promising than ever before, but how does big data play a role in all this and more importantly, the question we should be asking is how will recent advancements in data analytics shape the future of AI and IOT? 

Taken a critical look: 

AI 
AI is helping us discern patterns and trends from huge sets of structured and unstructured data. Expected integration of the AI with technologies will pave the way for better workflow automation, processes and project management. 
Intelligent machines and AI are flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its change of success at some goal. So, this implies understanding both, the context and the desired outcome. The number of connected devices is growing at such a massive rate that there are more devices today than there are people. The market opportunity presented is huge. All markets are being shaped by intelligent systems in a more connected world. 

IOT 
The wold over 8 billion connected devices is growing at a rapid pace providing better and more streamlined information in consumer and business environment. 
Exploitation of the location data component from IOT geospatial and dramatically impacting the market of technologies, especially GIS/SPATIAL Analytics etc 

Wireless and Broadband 
The entire gamut of ICT, Bigdata, AI, IOT and geospatial technologies, wireless and broadband applications is playing a vital role as the backbone of todays digital ecosystem. Its impact on empowering citizens is expted to expand further in the future as the developing countries prepare the necessaru infrastructure to bridge the digital divide. 
Beyond traditional models. 
We live in a dynamic world that is multi-dimensional and quite complex but the technologies we have today result in a static representation of that world. Current tech focuses on establishing sensors and software that allows us to do almost everything. But that is still a static representation, and we have to move beyond this static understanding. Time is a critical factor. Once you have that 4d element, you can move beyond the traditional models. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial technologies & statistics: integration for informed decision making 
- The 2030 development Agenda provides the overarching global policy framework for sustainable development. The SdGs are statistical and geospatial, requiring international collaboration and multi-stakeholder partnerships. 
- The introduction of the SdGs have statistical agencies reviewing the need for existing and new data within a country. 
- The data user community is expanding and changing with expectations that are different from past practices. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in smart Cities development 
- City services are inherently defined by ‘where’ things are, whether it is a pipe, cable, a property, etc. 
- 3d data is the foundation of smart cities. 
Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in Agriculture 
- People and institutional support for and with “appropriated” use of technologies are necessary to solve the challenges in agriculture. 
- There are simple solutions to complex problems in emerging Geo-ICT technology use in agriculture and farming. 
- Relevance and accessibility of technologies to farmers are important factors to consider while developing a solution. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in transport infrastructure 
- This technologies are moving towards improving sustainability and reducing infrastructure development costs. 
- need to integrate operational, IT and GIS data, big data, IOT together into a single window for driving digital Transformation in Smart Transportation. 
- AI, deep learning and collective intelligence are the top trends shaping the transportation infrastructure industry towards automation and mechanization. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial defence & national security 
- Cyber warfare and cyber terrorism have become important facets of Information warfare in the near future, and all nation has to be fully prepared for. 
- Geospatial, AI, IOT, big data and temporal based analysis has contributed majorly to fine tune policing strategies. 
- Intelligent amplification of machine which is better than human and automation of intelligence are on the way. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial land Administration system 
- Securing land tenure using geo-tagged photos of applicants and parcels for digital land Tenure database is gaining importance. 
- Innovative land Administration can be brought about by bringing about a change in mind set of land surveyors, lawyers, planners, and decision makers. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in health 
- Technologies which are impacting digital health include big data, advanced analytics, and cloud computing. 
- big data presents significant opportunities for research and science in Health & Wellbeing. 
- Geospatial modelling of diseases can lead to robust application of analytics to track the geographical distribution and transmission pattern of disease, helping identify strategies 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in Climate Change & disaster Management 
- A social system incorporating political, economic and industrial structures, are equally important to provide resilience to society. 
- new technologies like laser scanning are emerging as important technology tools in addressing situations like landslides, earthquakes, and flood detection. 
- A multi-dimensional approach need to be employed for an effective disaster risk reduction through monitoring, planning and execution. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in energy resources 
- uptake of technology is steadily increasing to match requirements in energy sector. 
- digitization of infrastructure from generation to distribution and bringing the whole data into a GIS domain linked with MIS 
- bit data and artificial intelligence technologies not only increase process efficiency but helps in stakeholder communication, reduces critical faults and increases transmission capacity. 

Big data, AI, IOT and geospatial in water resources 
- this technologies will play a critical role in sustainable development and management of water resources in times to come. 
- An integrated comprehensive approach, supported by technologies, data and processes, is the need of the hour. 
- Accurate and efficient management of subsurface water resources will be key to maintain the balance in the water cycle. 

With the above observations. I am of the view that: 
1. The proposal on Big data analysis in the distributed cloud environment should be merge with Artificial intelligence (AI) 
2. IOT should also be considered in the proposal because all of the three interrelate (AI, IOT and big data) 
3. The proposal should fully consider the activities of geospatial data and intelligence 
4. The Title of the proposal if considered to be merged, should be reviewed. eg. " Artificial Intelligence, IOT and Big Data in a distributed Cloud Environment" 
. 

With my experience in the field, and my work over the years, i will be willing to co-chair as a MAG member. 

Regards, 

WISDOM DONKOR (S/N Eng.) 
Africa Open Data and Internet Research Foundation (Co-Founder) 
E-government, Internet Governance & Open Government Data and platforms Specialist 
ICANN Fellow / UN IGF MAG Member, ISOC Member, 
Freedom Online Coalition (FOC) Member, Diplo Foundation Member, 
OGP Open Data WG Member, GODAN Member. 
National SDG's data Roadmaps Advisory Board Member, Ghana 
Ghana Energy Data Task-force Member 
Ghana OGP Advisory Committee Member 
Email: wisdom.dk at gmail.com 
Skype: wisdom_dk 
facebook: Kwasi Wisdom 
Linkdin: Kwasi Wisdom 

On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 5:04 PM, Chengetai Masango < chengetai.masango at un.org > wrote: 

Dear All, 

Please find attached a Zip file of the BPF proposals. 

Best regards 

Chengetai 

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