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Attending the Nordic data festival organized by Sitra discussing about data ecosystems, data spaces as well as role of data in business. #data #AI #Finland #Nordics #EuropeanDataSpaces #nordicdatafestival24

I'm preparing my Swedish 4x4 reliable car for an annual trip to Hungary today, because I'll be attending the Superweek Analytics Summit, which is the conference to be if you are into digital analytics. This is its 10th edition and I was so frustrated I couldn't attend the first two that it was one of the reasons why I quit and joined the team where the great boss Ivan Kovačević said to me: "Of course you should attend the Superweek! It would be weird if you don't attend, because we need someone in our team who actually understands most of the topics covered there" 😀 I've been attending that conference ever since, I've met great experts there and all of them are open to any contact, so we are usually in contact throughout the year. I won't tag all of them, because this post is not about tagging, but about the personal experience. This is the most expensive conference for me to attend, but the last one I would ever cut off my budget. I even pay the ticket for myself for the past couple of years because the knowledge, skills and the mindset I get up there enables me to easily afford that ticket. But it is not about the price. They say that if you are the smartest person in the room then you are in the wrong room. Whenever I attend the Superweek I feel this is the room I belong to, the room where I want to be, because I am NOT the smartest person over there. Even better, most of the people who are in that room think of it the same way, which is great. Everyone in every field of interest should find such room where they can grow and learn from the best in the field as an opposite to be stuck in your own village thinking you are the greatest. I'm going there by car and I'm driving every year, thinking of what we will be talking about this year and which topics we will cover, where our industry is heading to... Every year everything I prepared in my head simply vanishes in the first couple of hours and I'm sucked into great conversations, new paths, new ways of thinking of the same problems, new problems I didn't know I have... The whole conference reshapes my way of thinking about the industry and my job for the next year or so, so it would be stupid from me not to attend such event. Superweek Analytics Summit here I come! 📊📈🤓🚗 TL;DR; I'm about to start my several hours drive to a great conference that helps me be better person and specialist. Hope you will all find such conference for your expertise, but please don't organize one, because you will probably not be able to attend lectures :) P.S. I will tag Juliana Jackson here, because who knows what prank I might expect up there if I don't tag her 🤣🤣🤣❤ In case anyone is curious about the conference agenda, here it is:

CSET turns 5! 🎂 When I joined CSET just two months ago, one of my first tasks was to help finish the production of CSET at 5, our annual report that looks back at 2023 and the past five years since CSET’s founding in 2019. It was a great opportunity for me to become more familiar with CSET’s research, past and present. I am even more excited to be part of CSET now than I was on my first day back in January. I’ve been able to witness first-hand the intellectual curiosity and rigor of CSET researchers and other team members – and how CSET research is contributing to policy conversations at the intersection of security and emerging tech. Check out CSET at 5 to learn more about how CSET is providing decision-makers with the data-driven analysis they need on issues like generative AI, outbound investments, supply chains, bio-risk, and more.

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Bristol Tech Festival... what a delight! Plenty to learn and do last week - here are a few of my top reflections: 1) I kicked off the week with AMBITIOUS PR at their brand evolution event on Wednesday with some top reminders, including: 🤔 It's not enough to have a USP - you need proof points to validate it. 🔍 Staying anchored to your core values as they're the golden threads binding your brand. 💡 Being agile and recognising the external factors impacting your goals. Plus plenty more to think about. 2) Next up was Ghyston's breakfast event on Thursday - full of bright conversations on the topic of innovation and AI along with our technology leader James Parr. Super interesting to hear how other businesses are adopting AI and striking the balance between risk and reward. The opportunities are endless!🤯 3) Finally, Friday's session with Evelyn Partners on trends, efficiency and sustainability. A couple of interesting points for me; a discussion on the intersection of tech and culture, where the real transformation begins. And leveraging tech to achieve growth without increasing headcount. 🚀 Plus, my fun fact for the week...we spend 8-15% of our time copying and pasting information from one system to another. The potential for automation and efficiency is huge!💥 Great to see a few familiar and friendly faces along the way too Gemma Comley Hannah Pettit Rachael Wheatley Ellie Cheetham techSPARK uk Data Cubed BoomBoard #BristolTechFest #AI #Innovation #Growth

My first few days at SXSW in a nutshell: Lots of: - AI (I counted 80 mentions of the word "AI" in this year's session titles.…but also, 30 mentions of the word "human" 🤝) - Talks I wanted to attend but couldn't because of ✨ schedule clashes (are all the good talks at 2.30pm or is it just me?!) - Talks focused on culture-and-purpose-driven content - Featured speaker sessions which are like roundtables with speakers in smaller groups, which I like as a format - Walking - Spicy food (which gets a yes from me) - Hotels - Things to learn!! Ideally, I would have been able to split myself in 3, but looking forward to seeing more over the next two days! P.S. If you're around today, head to Room 5ABC in the Austin Convention Center at 2:30pm for the panel "Broetry, Content Farms, TL;DR—Is the Internet OK?" with this stellar lineup of speakers. CC Flavia Barbat, Chris Do, Kerrie Finch, Holly Fraser. 

Learn more about the importance of #AddressDataQuality in these sessions as well as the #HandsOnLab in Vegas at TechXchange! #QualityStageAVI #addressverification #DataVerification Register here - https://lnkd.in/g8T66q6u.

Even if you're not going to Data Innovation Summit there is a chance to get a sneak peak (and pizza) of Stormgrid, Weights & Biases and AI Sweden at this pre-event. Join in! #datainnovationsummit #stormgrid #aisweden #ai #mlops #weightsandbiases