Program: Foundations (Bootcamp)Format: Hybrid (One Month)

Data Stewards Bootcamp in Milan

A hybrid Data Stewards Bootcamp in Milan, Italy, focusing on how data generated across the private, public, and non-profit sectors, can be responsibly reused to drive scientific advancement, and community engagement.

The hybrid format covers three full working days in-person and three online sessions of 2.5 hours each (the online sessions take place once a week for the remaining three weeks). Participants will include Italian researchers, practitioners, and data stewards, with guest lecturers from Italy’s scientific institutions and abroad.

Through a combination of expert guest lectures, interactive and hands-on workshops, and field visits to innovative data-driven and cultural institutions, participants will develop practical, strategic data reuse frameworks. 

Objectives

  • Empower Italian researchers and practitioners to responsibly reuse private sector and non-traditional data.
  • Develop a pipeline of data reuse and research projects and partnerships.
  • Solidify and contextualize case study findings, making them applicable for broader learning and community impact.
  • Create a national and international community of practice around responsible data reuse and stewardship.

Course Components 

  • In Depth Seminars: Provided by Dr. Stefaan Verhulst
  • Expert Lectures: From Italian and international leaders in data stewardship and data re-use for AI.
  • Data Reuse Assignments and Creation a Pipeline of Projects: Use of the Data Stewards Canvas to develop actionable data reuse strategies that will be compiled together and create a pipeline of projects that Cariplo can partner with (from a data perspective).
  • Field Visits to:
    • Data-driven institutions (e.g., mobility data hubs, sustainability labs, innovation labs)

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