The Spatial Data Science Conference 2020

Agenda

Mon, October 19^th

Industry Spotlight: How Enterprise Organizations use Spatial Data Science

09:00 AM
30 mins
Javier de la Torre
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of CARTO
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Opening Keynote: CARTO
09:30 AM
30 mins
Michele Ferretti
Data Scientist at Booking.com
10:00 AM
30 mins
Andrew Stringer
Technology Partner Business Data and Insight Management at BT
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Knowing the Difference Between Bedford, Buckingham & Broadchurch

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM
30 mins
Bilal Lodhi
Advanced Analytics Director at Bain & Company
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Mapping Spatial Insights to Value
11:15 AM
30 mins
Carla DeMarzo-Sanchez
Solutions Specialist at Moody’s Analytics
Lindsey Johnson
Director at Moody's Analytics
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Commercial Real Estate Research & Geospatial Analysis
11:45 AM
30 mins
Tim Rains
Senior Spatial Data Scientist at Sainsbury's
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Back to Basics: Building a Suite of Store Typologies
12:15 PM
15 mins
Andy Stevens
Commercial Innovation Director at Clear Channel Outdoor
Saso Bruzzese
Product Delivery Director at Clear Channel Outdoor

Tue, October 20^th

How Spatial Modeling is used in Cities & Government

09:00 AM
30 mins
Fred Shone
Data Scientist at ARUP
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How to Build a Massive Agent-Based Transport Model to Plan the Future
09:30 AM
30 mins
Dr Alistair Edwardes
Lead Data Scientist at ONS
Sonia Williams
Senior Data Scientist at ONS
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Using ML to Produce Spatial Statistics on Energy Efficiency in Housing
10:00 AM
30 mins
Paul Goodship
Data Scientist at Atkins
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Unlocking Data To Encourage Brownfield Site Development For New Homes

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM
30 mins
Tianyu Su
LivingLine Researcher at MIT Urban Media Lab
Weiting Xiong
PhD Candidate at MIT Urban Media Lab
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Street Scale Urban Dynamics: Understanding Urban Activity Using WiFi Data
11:15 AM
30 mins
Jonathan Simmons
Head of Data Science & Analytics at Ordnance Survey
Charis Doidge
Senior Data Engineer at Ordnance Survey
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Bringing Geo to Data Science vs. Bringing Data Science to Geo
11:45 AM
30 mins
James Wedge
Head of Global Sales WorldView at Experian
Stéphane Martis
Head of Data & Analytics & Experian Marketing Services EMEA at Experian
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WorldView from Experian: Consistent global data to support insight for locations, markets & customers

Wed, October 21^st

Getting Hands On: Learning the skills of today's Spatial Data Scientist

09:00 AM
60 mins
Levi John Wolf
Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography at University of Bristol
Daniel Arribas-Bel
Researcher in Geographic Data Science at University of Liverpool
10:00 AM
15 mins
Omri Greenberg
Co-Founder & COO at OneView
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How to Use Synthetic Data to Accelerate Image Analysis and Improve Detection Results
10:15 AM
15 mins
Placekey

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM
60 mins
Miguel Álvarez García
Data Scientist at CARTO
Giulia Carella
Spatial Data Scientist at CARTO
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Integrating CARTOframes into Spatial Data Science workflows
11:45 AM
30 mins
Alex Singleton
Professor of GIS at University of Liverpool
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Supporting COVID-19 Response with Consumer Data Research

Thu, October 22^nd

Spatial Analysis vs COVID-19

09:00 AM
30 mins
Joan Capdevila
Data Scientist at ZOE
09:30 AM
30 mins
Francisco Calero
Analytics & AI Consultant at Kin Analytics
10:00 AM
30 mins
Stephanie Sy
Founder & CEO of Thinking Machines
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Using Geospatial Analytics for Tactical & Strategic Planning

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Networking Break

10:45 AM
30 mins
Panel
TomTom, Weather Source, Spatial.ai & Foursquare
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The Value of New Spatial Data Streams vs. COVID-19
11:15 AM
15 mins
SAP
11:30 AM
15 mins
LeeRyan Solomon
Data Scientist at US Foods
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Uncovering customer behavioral changes from disparate datasets with SQL
11:45 AM
30 mins
Paula Moraga
Assistant Professor of Statistics at KAUST
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Geospatial Risk Models for Decision-Making in Global Health
12:15 PM
15 mins
Kai Kaiser
Senior Economist at World Bank

Fri, October 23^rd

Spatial Data Science for Good: How Location Analytics is changing our world for better

09:00 AM
30 mins
Luc Anselin
Professor of Sociology & Center for Spatial Data Science Senior Fellow
09:30 AM
30 mins
Nombuyiselo Murage
Research and Development Lead at Women in GIS Kenya
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Spatial Insights on Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment In Kenya
10:00 AM
30 mins
Brian Suk
Solutions Architect at Google
10:30 AM
30 mins
Mathias Schläffer
Data Scientist at Unacast

11:00 AM
15 mins
David Lapp
Senior Principal Product Manager at Oracle
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Leveraging Converged Database for Location-based Contact Tracing
11:15 AM
15 mins
Dr Paul Nathanail
Technical Director at GHD
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Communicating Conditions Simulation of Land Contamination to Local Residents
11:30 AM
15 mins
Dr Tomas Holderness
CTO at Addresscloud
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Using Hexagons to Address Risk
11:45 AM
25 mins
Panel
CARTO, Vizzuality
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A Conversation On Why Spatial Matters In The Fight Against Climate Change
12:10 PM
5 mins
Spatial Data Scientist of the Year 2020 Award

Speakers

Advanced Analytics Director at Bain & Company

Bilal Lodhi

Bilal Lodhi is a director in Bain & Company's Advanced Analytical Group. He has extensive experience in customer segmentation, predictive modeling, white space analysis, complexity reduction, pricing research and big data analytics.

Solutions Architect at Google

Brian Suk

Brian is a Solutions Architect at Google and previously, was a Big Data Specialist. He has helped a diverse group of customers overcome some of their toughest data challenges for over a decade.

Professor of Sociology & Center for Spatial Data Science Senior Fellow

Luc Anselin

Luc Anselin is a Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago in the Academic Research Centers. He is a leading world scholar among geographers, economists, & planners in the world on the subject of spatial econometrics.

Big Data & Analytics Customer Engineer at Google Cloud

Julie Price

Julie is a big data & analytics specialist at Google. She has been helping customers solve their biggest data challenges for nearly 20 years & is always looking for the latest & most innovative tech to play with.

Data Scientist at Booking.com

Michele Ferretti

Michele Ferretti is a Data Scientist at Booking.com. He is also finishing a PhD in the Department of Geography at King's College London, focusing on the role of geospatial technologies and "Smart Cities".

Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of CARTO

Javier de la Torre

Javier founded CARTO with a vision to democratize data analysis and visualization. Under his leadership, it has grown into one of the fastest growing geospatial companies in the world.

Senior Data Engineer at Ordnance Survey

Charis Doidge

Charis is a Geospatial Data Engineer developing new techniques tools and pipelines for big data at Ordnance Survey. Her background is in Remote Sensing, Photogrammetry & Image Processing.

Data Scientist at Atkins

Paul Goodship

Paul is a Data Scientist at Atkins, where he models, analyses and creates built environment data, focusing on unlocking and using spatial data for development opportunities.

Founder & CEO of Thinking Machines

Stephanie Sy

Stephanie Sy is the founder and CEO of Thinking Machines, a global data science consultancy. The company builds AI and data systems to help organizations make data-driven business decisions.

Senior Data Scientist at TomTom

Zeinab Bakhtiari

Zeinab has a 6 year working background in Mathematics & Computer Science. At TomTom she leverages Computer Science, Machine Learning & Mathematical modelling to turn data into a story.

Data Scientist at ARUP

Fred Shone

Fred is a data scientist in Arup’s City Modelling Lab, working on research and application of agent based models. His experience is with engineering, economics and data.

Professor of GIS at University of Liverpool

Alex Singleton

Alex is a Professor of GIS at the University of Liverpool, where he was appointed as a Lecturer in 2010. His research sits at the boundary between the social and computational sciences.

Assistant Professor of Statistics at KAUST

Paula Moraga

Paula is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology & the author of the book Geospatial Health Data: Modeling and Visualization with R-INLA & Shiny.

Technology Partner Business Data and Insight Management at BT

Andrew Stringer

Andrew is a Tech Partner Business Data and Insight Manager at BT. His focus is on spatial analysis and tools, including big data and cloud solutions as well as more traditional geographic analysis.

Senior Spatial Data Scientist at Sainsbury's

Tim Rains

Tim is a geospatial data science professional with over a decade of experience. At Sainsbury's he looks after visualisation tools, data & models to support Location Planning, Property Strategy & other business areas.

Solutions Specialist at Moody’s Analytics

Carla DeMarzo-Sanchez

Carla is a Solutions Architect at Moody’s Analytics. She focuses on commercial real estate data & analytics, specializing in custom answers to client’s commercial real estate questions.

Spatial Data Scientist at CARTO

Giulia Carella

Giulia holds a PhD in Statistical climatology from the University of Southampton (UK) and previously she worked as a researcher at the Le Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l’Environnement (FR).

Senior Principal Product Manager at Oracle

David Lapp

As Senior Principal Product Manager at Oracle his responsibilities include strategy & planning for Oracle's Spatial & Graph technologies & cloud services, & their use across the Oracle Cloud including analytics & AI.

Lead Data Scientist at ONS

Dr Alistair Edwardes

Dr. Alistair Edwardes is a Lead Data Scientist at the Office for National Statistics (ONS),and Deputy Head of Geography in Govt. Science and Engineering Profession.

Researcher in Geographic Data Science at University of Liverpool

Daniel Arribas-Bel

Daniel is a senior lecturer in Geographic Data Science at the Department of Geography and Planning of the University of Liverpool, where he runs the MSc in Geographic Data Science.

CTO at Addresscloud

Dr Tomas Holderness

Tomas has a wealth of experience building geospatial applications and working with risk-profile data. Prior to joining Addresscloud Tomas lead the Urban Risk Map project at MIT and holds a PhD in geomatics.

Data Scientist at US Foods

LeeRyan Solomon

LeeRyan is a Data Scientist at US Foods based in Chicago, he was previously Sr Logistics BI Analyst & Business Intelligence Manager before he shifted his focus to data.

Scientist at Vizzuality

Greta Carrete Vega

Greta is a data-hungry ecologist who uses her GIS skills to help others understand biodiversity better. Maps are her favourite form of data visualisation, she takes a meticulous approach towards data analysis.

Data Scientist at CARTO

Miguel Álvarez García

Miguel is one of CARTO's data scientist with more than 9 years of experience in desiging, implementing and delivering optimization and machine learning solutions to enable data driven decision making in organizations.

Research and Development Lead at Women in GIS Kenya

Nombuyiselo Murage

Nombuyiselo is a spatial data scientist, and she is the Research and Partnerships Lead at Women in GIS Kenya, which is a non-profit organization based in Nairobi.

Director of Data & Insights at Foursquare

Ariel Segal Eck

As Director of Data & Insights at Foursquare, Ariel synthesizes location data into actionable insights for brands, agencies, publishers & platforms, enabling them to uncover and capitalize on behavioral trends.

Data Scientist at ZOE

Joan Capdevila

Joan has 8+ years in Analytics & 5+ years in Machine Learning, he strives to transform nutrition & healthcare with data & science. He's currently working on the COVID Symptom Study App powered by ZOE.

Lecturer in Quantitative Human Geography at University of Bristol

Levi John Wolf

Levi is a Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Geography at the University of Bristol & a Fellow with the Alan Turing Institute. His research focuses on methods and models for analyzing city systems.

Analytics & AI Consultant at Kin Analytics

Francisco Calero

Francisco is an Analytics & AI Consultant at Kin Analytics, an Analytical Consulting company. He has previously done research on programming modules in Python & implementation of Machine Learning algorithms.

Data Scientist at Spatial.ai

Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth is a Data Scientist at Spatial.ai, a location data company that uses conversations from social networks to understand how humans experience the world around them.

Co-Founder & COO at OneView

Omri Greenberg

Omri is the Co-founder and COO of OneView, an Israeli startup with a mission of accelerating remote sensing imagery analysis utilizing synthetic data for training machine learning algorithms.

Head of Data Science & Analytics at Ordnance Survey

Jonathan Simmons

Jonathan is head of data science at OS, he lead's a team of geospatial experts who provide geospatial data science support to government & extract new information & value from geospatial data.

CEO at Weather Source

Mark Gibbas

Mark has grown Weather Source from a small start-up to a leading provider of weather & climate technology. Prior, he applied his expertise in meteorology & computer science at Applied Insurance Research (AIR) & TASC.

LivingLine Researcher at MIT Urban Media Lab

Tianyu Su

Tianyu Su is a LivingLine researcher in City Science, working mainly on data analytics, simulations, & augmented reality design in LivingLine Shanghai project, where he leads WiFi data analysis.

PhD Candidate at MIT Urban Media Lab

Weiting Xiong

Weiting is currently a PhD candidate in School of Architecture. Her main research area is the application of big data analysis in urban planning & design, with emphasis on Chinese experience.

Data Partnerships Manager at CARTO

Alejandra Aranzadi

Alejandra is a Data Partnerships Manager at CARTO, establishing and coordinating our relationship with top class location data providers worldwide.

Technical Director at GHD

Dr Paul Nathanail

Paul Nathanail is a geologist with some 30 years' experience in academia, research and consultancy. He is passionate about sharing his understanding of the sub surface with the general public.

Head of Global Sales WorldView at Experian

James Wedge

James has 20+ years working with many top brands to help them understand more about their customers & the channels in which they interact. He has experience in multiple projects from store location optimisation to increasing customer lifetime value.

Head of Data & Analytics & Experian Marketing Services EMEA at Experian

Stéphane Martis

With 18+ years in Experian, Stéphane is now leading the Data & Analytics & Targeting activity for Europe, the Middle East & Asia. His team provides data platforms & insights to clients on Customer Knowledge & Geomarketing.

Senior Economist at World Bank

Kai Kaiser

Kai Kaiser has been Senior Economist with the World Bank in Hanoi, Vietnam since early 2016, where his engagement has focused primarily on issues of public finance & public sector governance reform.

Data Scientist at Unacast

Mathias Schläffer

After a first career in physiotherapy, Mathias studied spatial- and transport economics in Amsterdam. He then worked in consulting and finance before returning to handling spatial data at Unacast.

Product Delivery Director at Clear Channel Outdoor

Saso Bruzzese

Saso has extensive experience operating in an international environment, facilitating communication between stakeholders, focussing on business added value, working with internal & external customers.

Commercial Innovation Director at Clear Channel Outdoor

Andy Stevens

Andy is a specialist in large scale initiatives, working with Fortune 500 companies to devise multi-channel marketing strategies, utilizing consumer insights, behavioral analytics & metric-driven results.

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Mon, October 19th

Industry Spotlight: How Enterprise Organizations use Spatial Data Science

09:00 AM

Javier de la Torre

09:30 AM

Michele Ferretti

10:00 AM

Andrew Stringer

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Bilal Lodhi

11:15 AM

Carla DeMarzo-Sanchez

Lindsey Johnson

11:45 AM

Tim Rains

12:15 PM

Andy Stevens

Saso Bruzzese

Tue, October 20th

How Spatial Modeling is used in Cities & Government

09:00 AM

Fred Shone

09:30 AM

Dr Alistair Edwardes

Sonia Williams

10:00 AM

Paul Goodship

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Tianyu Su

Weiting Xiong

11:15 AM

Jonathan Simmons

Charis Doidge

11:45 AM

James Wedge

Stéphane Martis

Wed, October 21st

Getting Hands On: Learning the skills of today's Spatial Data Scientist

09:00 AM

Levi John Wolf

Daniel Arribas-Bel

10:00 AM

Omri Greenberg

10:15 AM

Placekey

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Miguel Álvarez García

Giulia Carella

11:45 AM

Alex Singleton

Thu, October 22nd

Spatial Analysis vs COVID-19

09:00 AM

Joan Capdevila

09:30 AM

Francisco Calero

10:00 AM

Stephanie Sy

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Panel

11:15 AM

SAP

11:30 AM

LeeRyan Solomon

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Wed, October 21^st

Thu, October 22^nd

Fri, October 23^rd