Data: Future Solution or Problem?The use of data will be the subject of a free public forum hosted by Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) digital learning innovation laboratory, u!magine in Wagga Wagga on Tuesday 11 April.The panel discussion, being held from 5pm to 7pm, will focus on data, what it is, what it means and how it can be used to change the way business, industry and communications are conducted.CSU online learning innovation leader Dr Lyn Hay said, “From agriculture to logistics, health to communications, data is fundamentally changing how we do things - from making decisions, caring for one another, working with the environment and doing business around the world.“Data is having a huge impact on the way we live our lives and how societies work, from personal privacy, to big business, to government and elections,” Dr Hay said. Moderated by Wagga Weekly editor Dr Pennie Scott, the panellists are: > Dr Tim Caton, Medical Director and CEO of Complete Skin Care in Wagga Wagga; > Mr David Bardos, Business Development Manager, Port of Melbourne; > Ms Deb Blackwell, Owner Sunnybrae farms and Pentland wines; and > Mr James Howell, Managing Director at Professional Data Kinetics. The panel discussion will be held at the Wagga Wagga Council Chambers from 5pm to 7pm on Tuesday 11 April. The event is free and open to the public. It will be livestreamed here. (https://livestream.com/uimagine/data-community)U!magine at CSU aims to spark educational innovation, be a catalyst for new scholarship in online learning, and explore the ways that new and emerging technologies can be used to transform learning as we currently know it.