Spatial
Data
Science
Conference
2023

Thursday, May 18th

Workshops on Wednesday, May 17th

Royal Geographical Society, London, UK

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See highlights of the Spatial Data Science Conference 2023 in London. The largest event for Data Science, GIS & Analytics professionals.

This year we brought together 500 Data Science, Advanced Analytics & Geospatial experts from across the globe to discuss the latest trends and innovative use cases across multiple industries.

Speakers

Javier de la Torre

Javier de la Torre

Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CARTO
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Priyanka Sharma

Priyanka Sharma

Manager - Location Intelligence at Booking.com
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Evan Harwin

Evan Harwin

Data Scientist at Mott MacDonald
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Tim Rains

Tim Rains

Geospatial Data Scientist at BT
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Katy Ashwin

Katy Ashwin

Market Planning Analyst at KFC
Link to LinkedIn profile
Charlie Dacke

Charlie Dacke

Head of Geospatial Technology and Standards at Office for National Statistics
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Georgios Giasemidis

Georgios Giasemidis

Lead Data Scientist at Choregraph
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Dr Carolin Sievers

Dr Carolin Sievers

Lead Data Scientist at Outra
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Thea Backlar

Thea Backlar

VP of Product at Echo Analytics
Link to LinkedIn profile
Phil Cooper

Phil Cooper

Global Geospatial Lead at Amazon Web Services
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Dr. Beth Crane

Dr. Beth Crane

Chief Data Operations Officer at dataplor
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Louise Etherden

Louise Etherden

Partner at CACI Ltd
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Fawad A. Qureshi

Fawad A. Qureshi

Industry Field CTO at Snowflake
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Antonio Hita

Antonio Hita

Director of Solutions Engineering at CARTO
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 Ed Parham

Ed Parham

Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax
Link to LinkedIn profile
Bryan Bonack

Bryan Bonack

Director, Product Management at SafeGraph
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 Caroline Robinson

Caroline Robinson

Unite Lead, Executive Board at Women+ in Geospatial
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 Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D.

Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D.

Consulting Partner, Sustainable Banking, Finance and Investment at Tata Consultancy Services
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Bernardo Monechi

Bernardo Monechi

Data Scientist at The Data Appeal Company
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Jeremy Morley

Jeremy Morley

Chief Geospatial Scientist at OS
Link to LinkedIn profile
 Susanne Knorr

Susanne Knorr

Product Owner Site Selection at Connected Kerb
Link to LinkedIn profile
Helen McKenzie

Helen McKenzie

Geospatial Advocate at CARTO
Link to LinkedIn profile
Matthew Garrod

Matthew Garrod

Data Scientist at BT
Link to LinkedIn profile
Oleksii Bielov

Oleksii Bielov

Product Manager at Snowflake
Link to LinkedIn profile
Kadir Karakus

Kadir Karakus

Head of Data at Echo Analytics
Link to LinkedIn profile
Lucía García Duarte

Lucía García Duarte

Data Scientist at CARTO
Link to LinkedIn profile
Hannah Babineau

Hannah Babineau

Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal
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Milos Colic

Milos Colic

Tech Lead Public Sector UK&I at Databricks
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Ali Saad

Ali Saad

Data Science Lead at Connected Kerb
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Aaron Martin

Aaron Martin

Data Innovation Manager at Clear Channel UK
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Jasmine Small

Jasmine Small

Data Science and Research Officer at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
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Adam Dennett

Adam Dennett

Professor & Head of Department,Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
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Clifford McDowell

Clifford McDowell

Founder & CEO at Doorda
Link to LinkedIn profile
Sean Howard

Sean Howard

Sr Solutions Architect at AWS
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Bill Oates

Bill Oates

Cloud Capability Lead at ProjectiveGroup
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Giulia Carella

Giulia Carella

Data Scientist at CARTO
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Alexandre Outman

Alexandre Outman

Product Manager at Echo Analytics
Link to LinkedIn profile
Dean Page

Dean Page

Postgraduate Researcher at University of Hull
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Simon Wrigley

Simon Wrigley

Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
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Tomas Ehrenfeld

Tomas Ehrenfeld

Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
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Dr Andrew Smith

Dr Andrew Smith

Co-Founder at Fathom
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Andrew Maclachlan

Andrew Maclachlan

Lecturer in Spatial Data Science and Visualisation at UCL
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Mark Wright

Mark Wright

Lead Analyst at Experian
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Alejandro Quinto

Alejandro Quinto

Head of Innovation
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Raquel Carvalho

Raquel Carvalho

Director, Partner Development at NIQ
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Agenda

Alejandro Quinto
Head of Innovation
Mark Wright
Lead Analyst at Experian
Andrew Maclachlan
Lecturer in Spatial Data Science and Visualisation at UCL
Dr Andrew Smith
Co-Founder at Fathom
Jeremy Morley
Chief Geospatial Scientist at OS
Raquel Carvalho
Director, Partner Development at NIQ
Bernardo Monechi
Data Scientist at The Data Appeal Company
Hannah Babineau
Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal
Charlie Dacke
Head of Geospatial Technology and Standards at Office for National Statistics
Antonio Hita
Director of Solutions Engineering at CARTO
Tomas Ehrenfeld
Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
Lucía García Duarte
Data Scientist at CARTO
Simon Wrigley
Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
Dean Page
Postgraduate Researcher at University of Hull
Kadir Karakus
Head of Data at Echo Analytics
Alexandre Outman
Product Manager at Echo Analytics
Thea Backlar
VP of Product at Echo Analytics
Oleksii Bielov
Product Manager at Snowflake
Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D.
Consulting Partner, Sustainable Banking, Finance and Investment at Tata Consultancy Services
Giulia Carella
Data Scientist at CARTO
Matthew Garrod
Data Scientist at BT
Katy Ashwin
Market Planning Analyst at KFC
Bill Oates
Cloud Capability Lead at ProjectiveGroup
Helen McKenzie
Geospatial Advocate at CARTO
Sean Howard
Sr Solutions Architect at AWS
Tim Rains
Geospatial Data Scientist at BT
Clifford McDowell
Founder & CEO at Doorda
Caroline Robinson
Unite Lead, Executive Board at Women+ in Geospatial
Fawad A. Qureshi
Industry Field CTO at Snowflake
Adam Dennett
Professor & Head of Department,Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
Louise Etherden
Partner at CACI Ltd
Jasmine Small
Data Science and Research Officer at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Aaron Martin
Data Innovation Manager at Clear Channel UK
Ali Saad
Data Science Lead at Connected Kerb
Susanne Knorr
Product Owner Site Selection at Connected Kerb
Dr. Beth Crane
Chief Data Operations Officer at dataplor
Phil Cooper
Global Geospatial Lead at Amazon Web Services
Bryan Bonack
Director, Product Management at SafeGraph
Ed Parham
Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax
Milos Colic
Tech Lead Public Sector UK&I at Databricks
Dr Carolin Sievers
Lead Data Scientist at Outra
Javier de la Torre
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CARTO
Georgios Giasemidis
Lead Data Scientist at Choregraph
Priyanka Sharma
Manager - Location Intelligence at Booking.com
Evan Harwin
Data Scientist at Mott MacDonald
8:30
60
min
Registration & Welcome Breakfast
Registration & Welcome Breakfast
9:30
30
min
Javier de la Torre
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CARTO
Advanced Spatial Analysis: Are We There Yet?
10:00
15
min
Georgios Giasemidis
Lead Data Scientist at Choregraph
How to Achieve Growth in a Complex Ad Landscape of Data Deprecation
10:15
15
min
Priyanka Sharma
Manager - Location Intelligence at Booking.com
Beyond Maps & Guides: How Location Intelligence is Redefining Destination Discovery
10:30
15
min
Tim Rains
Geospatial Data Scientist at BT
Matthew Garrod
Data Scientist at BT
Last Night a H3 Saved My Life
10:45
30
min
Coffee Break
Break
11:15
15
min
Dr Carolin Sievers
Lead Data Scientist at Outra
How to Use Geotargeting & Spatial Clustering to Amplify Customer Insights
11:30
25
min
Adam Dennett
Professor & Head of Department,Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
Charlie Dacke
Head of Geospatial Technology and Standards at Office for National Statistics
Helen McKenzie
Geospatial Advocate at CARTO
Jeremy Morley
Chief Geospatial Scientist at OS
Panel - Spatial Data Science Careers
11:55
15
min
Evan Harwin
Data Scientist at Mott MacDonald
Asset Inspection Optimisation
12:10
20
min
Thea Backlar
VP of Product at Echo Analytics
Alexandre Outman
Product Manager at Echo Analytics
Why Are Some of My Stores Performing Better Than Others?
12:30
15
min
Ed Parham
Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax
Using Spatial Data to Help Cities Deliver Positive Outcomes
12:45
10
min
Bryan Bonack
Director, Product Management at SafeGraph
Aaron Martin
Data Innovation Manager at Clear Channel UK
What is a Place?
12:55
70
min
Lunch
Lunch
14:05
25
min
Caroline Robinson
Unite Lead, Executive Board at Women+ in Geospatial
Jasmine Small
Data Science and Research Officer at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D.
Consulting Partner, Sustainable Banking, Finance and Investment at Tata Consultancy Services
Dr Andrew Smith
Co-Founder at Fathom
Panel - Sustainability
14:30
10
min
Dr. Beth Crane
Chief Data Operations Officer at dataplor
Alejandro Quinto
Head of Innovation
Retail & Commerce: Driving Innovation with Location Intelligence
14:40
15
min
Katy Ashwin
Market Planning Analyst at KFC
Simple to Complex and Back Again
14:55
25
min
Phil Cooper
Global Geospatial Lead at Amazon Web Services
Clifford McDowell
Founder & CEO at Doorda
Raquel Carvalho
Director, Partner Development at NIQ
Mark Wright
Lead Analyst at Experian
Panel - Spatial Data Streams
15:20
15
min
Louise Etherden
Partner at CACI Ltd
Emerging from Disruptive Times: the Changing Role of our Towns & Cities
15:35
10
min
Bernardo Monechi
Data Scientist at The Data Appeal Company
Hannah Babineau
Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal
Understanding Customer Sentiment for Better LI - The Case of Campari
15:45
30
min
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:15
10
min
Fawad A. Qureshi
Industry Field CTO at Snowflake
Redefining Urban Mobility through Geospatial Analytics
16:30
15
min
Susanne Knorr
Product Owner Site Selection at Connected Kerb
Ali Saad
Data Science Lead at Connected Kerb
Selecting EV Chargepoint at Connected Kerb : What We Know & What We Don't
16:45
15
min
Milos Colic
Tech Lead Public Sector UK&I at Databricks
Vector and Raster Data Unification Through H3
Alejandro Quinto
Head of Innovation
Mark Wright
Lead Analyst at Experian
Andrew Maclachlan
Lecturer in Spatial Data Science and Visualisation at UCL
Dr Andrew Smith
Co-Founder at Fathom
Jeremy Morley
Chief Geospatial Scientist at OS
Raquel Carvalho
Director, Partner Development at NIQ
Bernardo Monechi
Data Scientist at The Data Appeal Company
Hannah Babineau
Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal
Charlie Dacke
Head of Geospatial Technology and Standards at Office for National Statistics
Antonio Hita
Director of Solutions Engineering at CARTO
Tomas Ehrenfeld
Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
Lucía García Duarte
Data Scientist at CARTO
Simon Wrigley
Senior Solutions Engineer at CARTO
Dean Page
Postgraduate Researcher at University of Hull
Kadir Karakus
Head of Data at Echo Analytics
Alexandre Outman
Product Manager at Echo Analytics
Thea Backlar
VP of Product at Echo Analytics
Oleksii Bielov
Product Manager at Snowflake
Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D.
Consulting Partner, Sustainable Banking, Finance and Investment at Tata Consultancy Services
Giulia Carella
Data Scientist at CARTO
Matthew Garrod
Data Scientist at BT
Katy Ashwin
Market Planning Analyst at KFC
Bill Oates
Cloud Capability Lead at ProjectiveGroup
Helen McKenzie
Geospatial Advocate at CARTO
Sean Howard
Sr Solutions Architect at AWS
Tim Rains
Geospatial Data Scientist at BT
Clifford McDowell
Founder & CEO at Doorda
Caroline Robinson
Unite Lead, Executive Board at Women+ in Geospatial
Fawad A. Qureshi
Industry Field CTO at Snowflake
Adam Dennett
Professor & Head of Department,Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL
Louise Etherden
Partner at CACI Ltd
Jasmine Small
Data Science and Research Officer at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Aaron Martin
Data Innovation Manager at Clear Channel UK
Ali Saad
Data Science Lead at Connected Kerb
Susanne Knorr
Product Owner Site Selection at Connected Kerb
Dr. Beth Crane
Chief Data Operations Officer at dataplor
Phil Cooper
Global Geospatial Lead at Amazon Web Services
Bryan Bonack
Director, Product Management at SafeGraph
Ed Parham
Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax
Milos Colic
Tech Lead Public Sector UK&I at Databricks
Dr Carolin Sievers
Lead Data Scientist at Outra
Javier de la Torre
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at CARTO
Georgios Giasemidis
Lead Data Scientist at Choregraph
Priyanka Sharma
Manager - Location Intelligence at Booking.com
Evan Harwin
Data Scientist at Mott MacDonald

Workshops

On the day prior to the conference, we held multiple interactive sessions with industry specialists.

Enable Serverless Geospatial Analytics and Machine Learning with AWS and CARTO

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Mastering Geospatial Analytics using Snowflake and CARTO

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From Data to Action: Decision Science for Accelerated Business Results

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Scalable Hazard Risk Modeling using H3

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Demographic Catchment Area Profiles using Fuss-Free, Low-cost Approach Solutions

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Remotely Sensing Cities and Environments

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Using Spatial Analysis to Assess Urban Liveability

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Cloud Native Spatial Analysis with CARTO: Exploring the Impacts of Climate Change on Insurable Assets

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Workshops

UCL Bentham House

Conference

Royal Geographical Society Headquarters

After Party

Ognisko

Sponsors