Machine readable energy, economics and climate data is feedstock for energy economic models and research to derive policy insights. As value of data is increasing significantly, data flow and model management tools need further advancement. In this workshop we will discuss how to advance best practices of data, energy economics models management and importance of data publishers to research.

In this session we will discuss data availability, data governance and the dissemination plans of data publishers and data regulators in Saudi Arabia. We will discuss data usability and the best ways to acquire, manage and feed energy economics models that provide valuable insights for policy makers.

We will discuss a future state blueprint of a data ecosystem that provides data access at granular and aggregate levels. Discuss about getting ready for game changing real-time data stream feeds using Big-Data and Predictive Analytics Platforms. Enabling researchers and modelers with new datasets and tools to model, compare, calibrate, crosswalk and integrate with models’ input and output.