Data Festival London

DataFestival.London is an event for all data enthusiasts. From business people trying to change their company culture to be more democratized, self-organized and driven by data to data analysts, data hackers and data scientists. During our events, we bring together novices in the data world to the most senior data hackers and professors.

Day 1: Lessons Learned - the good, the bad and the ugly of your data transformation journey 

It seems to be the fashion nowadays - data transformation of some kind. To quote a recent HBR article, “There’s something different about technological change that causes senior executives in large, established firms to act differently than they might otherwise”. At this full-day data festival, you will hear from business leaders and data leaders in businesses that have the battle scars, and the medals, of data transformation in the real world. You should expect to go away with a good understanding of the stumbling blocks, and some simple steps to take to avoid them.

The first day of the Data Festival.London is dedicated to those people inside companies that have to decide on the data strategy, the technologies to choose and the best way to manage teams of data analysts and data scientists. 

Agenda & Speakers

09:30 - 10:00 | Welcome Coffee & Check-in

10:00 - 10:15 | Introduction 

10:15 - 11:00 | Keynote 

What it means to be a truly data-driven organisation. How does this change the communication, the decision making and the results  

11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:30 Three Quickfire Talks

1. Case study: e-commerce (pure digital) business - how they started from scratch as a data-driven organisation

2. Digital Transformation Specialist -  how we turned a beast into a digital savvy organisation - people, process, technology 

3. Business Leader from successful corporate - What are the most important steps to take at the beginning? Change processes to go through, how to design the touchpoints, how to transfer the skills and how to collaborate through the process 

12:30 - 13:15 | Panel discussion Questions from attendees for the speakers

13:15 - 14:00:  Lunch 

14:00 - 14:15 

14:15 - 15:00 | Keynote - An example of the perfect agile analytics/data science team, with the ideal workflow and the ideal collaboration, etc.

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30 Three Quickfire Talks

1. The 4A’s of Data Analytics excellence in a large corporate 

Increasing amounts are being invested in data/analytics teams, and businesses will soon start to ask questions about the impact this investment is making. Making sure stakeholders are supportive of initiatives, technology investment and resource if a vital aspect of this shift.

How do leaders of these teams make sure they are able to articulate the true value of their work, so that the business is confident of the investment, and prepared to build on the early successes, and how do they optimise the relationships they have with these stakeholders.

2. Selecting the right technology

People, Process, Technology… How can organisations make sure that the mix of technology they use is maximising the returns? Hear from an expert in the space, talking about how they put together their technology stack for data analytics

3. Asking the right questions to data (Data, questions, context)

16:30 - 17:00 Panel discussion Questions from attendees 

17:00 Closing Remarks, and drinks

Note: This event is designed for experienced senior data managers, CDOs, Heads of Analytics, Heads of Marketing who are interested in furthering their knowledge and understanding of data-driven transformations.

No BizDev/Recruitment Policy: Please, read the event description and use your professional email address for registration to ensure quality networking and relevancy to you and your pears. We reserve the right to review all attendees and confirm the registration two days before the event. Entering the Google Academy premises is not possible without pre-registration, so please sign up and ensure your spot via Eventbrite. You will find your name printed on a badge upon your arrival. 

Day 1, 2 & Day 3 - Data Hackathon 

Friday:

6pm - 7pm - Welcoming, intro & weekend plan
7 pm - 8 pm - Data provider introduction, data description
8 pm - 9 pm - Teams introductions and their focus

Saturday:

11 am - 11:30 am - Teams introductions and their focus
11:30 am - 12:30pm - lunch
12:00 pm - night - hackathon in progress
Afternoon early results showcase [inspiration for others]

Sunday:

8 am - 11:30 pm - hackathon in progress
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - lunch
12:30 pm - 17 pm - results presentations  
17 pm - night - drinks and fun :)

Note: The Hackathon is designed for data scientists who want to work on a specific dataset using the technologies Keboola will provide during the event in order to find solutions in the data that will be provided by the organisation. We reserve the right to review all attendees and confirm the registration two days before the event. Entering the Google Academy premises is not possible without pre-registration, so please sign up and ensure your spot via Eventbrite. You will find your name printed on a badge upon your arrival. 

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Questions?

If you have any questions about the Data Festival.London, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Contact: Elena Manole

Email: elena@keboola.com