Rufus Pollock

Dr Rufus Polloc is a researcher, technologist and entrepreneur. He is the author of "The Open Revolution: rewriting the rules of information age" and an Associate at Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambrige. He has been a pioneer in the global Open Data movement, advising national governments, international organisations and industry on how to succeed in the digital world. He is the founder of Open Knowledge, a leading NGO with a presence in over 35 countries, empowering people and organizations with access to information so they can create insight and drive change. Formerly, he was the Mead Fellow in Economics at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. He has been the recipient of a $1m Shuttleworth Fellowship and is currently an Ashoka Fellow and Fellow of the RSA. He holds a PhD in Economics and a double first in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.