5:15 p.m. Swiss Data Alliance General Meeting
5:45 p.m. Main content:
Why Data Alone Isn't Enough – No Transformation Without Data Literacy
(Diego Kuonen)
Findings from NRP 77 “Digital Transformation”
(Mathis Brauchbar)
7:00 PM Cocktails
Understand first, then transform – Data literacy, data culture, and food for thought from NRP 77
Following the Swiss Data Alliance general meeting, Swiss Data Alliance two presentations on data literacy and digital transformation. The entire event is open to anyone interested.
Data literacy has become a core skill for the future—comparable to reading and writing. It empowers people to critically understand data, use it responsibly, and make informed decisions. At the individual level, it strengthens judgment and self-determination in a data-intensive society. At the organizational level, it enables employees to generate data correctly, recognize its limitations, and share it in a way that allows subsequent processes to rely on it with confidence. Broadly established data literacy thus forms the foundation for a vibrant data culture, a successful digital transformation, and the responsible use of data-driven technologies such as AI. Digital transformation is not primarily a technological challenge, but above all a societal one.
Following an introductory presentation by Prof. Dr. Diego Kuonen titled“Why Data Alone Is Not Enough – Data Literacy as the Key to a Vibrant Data Culture and Successful Digital Transformation,” Mathis Brauchbar will then present key findings from the National Research Program NRP 77 “Digital Transformation.” The program demonstrates that building digital competencies—including data literacy—is crucial: in education, in the workplace, and among the general public. The presentation offers exclusive insight into the most important findings and highlights the implications the program’s steering committee has drawn from them.