Unlocking Non-Traditional Data for Pandemic Response & Modeling | Data Stewardship Bootcamp

The  Unlocking Non-Traditional Data for Pandemic Response & Modeling Data Stewardship Bootcamp aims to equip researchers, public health officials, and policy advisors with the skills, knowledge, and strategies needed to access, leverage, and reuse non-traditional data for pandemic preparedness. The bootcamp is designed to serve a diverse community of practitioners, each bringing distinct expertise and needs around data ownership, acquisition and (re)-use. Over the three-days bootcamp, participants will engage with guest lectures and hands-on sessions in order to develop their own pandemic data-to-action canvas. Throughout the bootcamp activities, they will learn to navigate legal and regulatory complexity, build cross-sector data collaboration models applicable in both crisis and non-crisis settings, and develop practical knowledge of how to source, negotiate access to, and govern novel real-world datasets. Participants will also strengthen foundational competencies in data acquisition and governance, enabling them to expand the empirical foundations of their work, embed data access strategies into policy design from the outset, and bridge the gap between policy ambition and data feasibility.

The data stewardship bootcamp will take place at OGR, in Torino, Italy, between the 15th and the 17th of June 2026. A community reception will be hosted on the 15th of June.