Harnessing Public-Private Partnerships to Power Data-Driven Decision Making | DAPS 2025

Governments worldwide are embarking on a multi-decade journey to build modern, secure, and future-proof data ecosystems to better serve citizens.

In this presentation from the DAPS Summit 2025, Mark Baxendale (Director, Public Private Partnerships, Mastercard Canada) and Nicholas Richard (Managing Consultant, Strategy and Transformation, Mastercard Advisors) discuss the critical role of data and public-private partnerships (PPP) in achieving government transformation.

Key highlights of this session include:

✅ The Government Data Journey: Understanding the strategic path from siloed data management to a sophisticated, data-driven environment that enables better policy and program advancement.

✅ The Power of Partnership: Insights into how the private sector, leveraging organizations like Mastercard, can accelerate a government's data modernization efforts and provide expertise in technology, analytics, and infrastructure.

✅ Actionable Insights: How combining anonymized private sector data with public data sets creates a more complete and accurate picture of the economy, citizen behavior, and the impact of public policy.

✅ Foundation of Trust: The foundational importance of privacy, data ethics, and responsible data use when forging effective public-private collaborations.

Discover how this collaborative approach is essential for governments looking to leverage big data for economic stability, social programs, and crisis response.