Introduction
Robert Kirkpatrick is the Executive Director of UN Global Pulse, the UN Secretary-General's digital innovation lab. UN Global Pulse's network of innovation labs in New York at the UN Secretariat, in Uganda, in Indonesia, and in Finland allow UN System partners to experiment and mainstream applications of big data, advanced analytics, and foresight. UN Global Pulse's advocacy agenda focuses on public-private data partnerships, and on AI ethics, data protection and privacy to enable the responsible use of new technologies and new data sources for the public good. Prior to joining the United Nations, Robert co-founded and led software development for two pioneering private-sector humanitarian technology teams, first at Groove Networks, and later as Lead Architect for Microsoft Humanitarian Systems. From 2007-2009 he served as CTO of the non-profit InSTEDD. Robert currently sits on InSTEDD's Board of Directors, the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development, the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, and the Advisory Board of the UN World Data Forum.
Expert
Robert Kirkpatrick is the Executive Director of UN Global Pulse, the UN Secretary-General's digital innovation lab. UN Global Pulse's network of innovation labs in New York at the UN Secretariat, in Uganda, in Indonesia, and in Finland allow UN System partners to experiment and mainstream applications of big data, advanced analytics, and foresight. UN Global Pulse's advocacy agenda focuses on public-private data partnerships, and on AI ethics, data protection and privacy to enable the responsible use of new technologies and new data sources for the public good. Prior to joining the United Nations, Robert co-founded and led software development for two pioneering private-sector humanitarian technology teams, first at Groove Networks, and later as Lead Architect for Microsoft Humanitarian Systems. From 2007-2009 he served as CTO of the non-profit InSTEDD. Robert currently sits on InSTEDD's Board of Directors, the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Data-Driven Development, the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, and the Advisory Board of the UN World Data Forum.
Fields of expertise: Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation