The applications of consumer-generated air quality data in tracking air pollution across Beijing
Event details
| Date | 26.01.2017 |
| Hour | 10:15 |
| Speaker |
Liam Bates Co-founder and CEO of Origins Technology |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. Air pollution is an enormous problem worldwide, claiming more than 7 million lives per year. In the quest to improve air quality, one of the hardest problems can be working out where exactly the pollution is coming from. Smart city initiatives have long been pushing for a vast network of connected sensors to monitor air pollution, but many of these projects are slow to pick up, and often end up abandoned, due to misalignment of each parties’ interests and goals. Origins Technology designs air quality monitors aimed directly at consumers, and in the process has accelerated the distribution of such sensors. There are currently over 10,000 monitors distributed in the city of Beijing alone, providing tens of thousands of times more data than any official/governmental monitoring stations. Liam will talk about the techniques used to collect this data, the engineering, scientific and political challenges faced, and the solutions to air pollution that are being created by this data.
Biography
Liam Bates (李牧) is an entrepreneur and adventurer from Switzerland. He is the co-founder and CEO of Origins Technology, a Beijing-based startup. Origins is focused on developing smart devices to monitor and map air quality, both indoors and outdoors, with the goal of better understanding, and finally reducing the world’s air pollution. Liam’s work at Origins is mostly focused on product development and strategy. In his previous work, Liam directed and presented TV shows with the Discovery Channel and various Chinese television networks, exploring traditional lifestyles and changing cultures, from the jungles of Indonesia to the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Biography
Liam Bates (李牧) is an entrepreneur and adventurer from Switzerland. He is the co-founder and CEO of Origins Technology, a Beijing-based startup. Origins is focused on developing smart devices to monitor and map air quality, both indoors and outdoors, with the goal of better understanding, and finally reducing the world’s air pollution. Liam’s work at Origins is mostly focused on product development and strategy. In his previous work, Liam directed and presented TV shows with the Discovery Channel and various Chinese television networks, exploring traditional lifestyles and changing cultures, from the jungles of Indonesia to the steppes of Kazakhstan.
Practical information
- General public
- Free