Join the Scottish team for the NASA International Space Apps Challenge On October 2-3, NASA is inviting coders, entrepreneurs, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, builders, artists, and technologists to participate in a virtual hackathon – The NASA International Space Apps Challenge. During a period of 48 hours, participants from around the world will form virtual teams…

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Online event, 8th and 9th June 2021 Register for your FREE ticket: https://bit.ly/CI-IS21 The 2021 Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase is taking place online on the 8th and 9th of June, exploring ground-breaking new work from the creative industries in Edinburgh, South East Scotland and beyond! Highlights include an ‘In Conversation With’ Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, Co-Founder…

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Data-driven innovation can power artificial intelligence (AI) to provide solutions to a range of societal challenges, a DDI webinar heard.   Roy Donaldson, a Technical Solutions Architect at Cisco Systems, told delegates at the event,  The role of data-driven innovation in AI, that asking which business sectors were embracing AI was the wrong question.  He…

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Consumers must be involved in designing financial services if open banking and open finance are going to have a positive impact on social inclusion, a DDI seminar was told. Open Finance, Ethics and Social Inclusion heard that opening up consumers’ data could deliver significant benefits, especially in terms of addressing the challenges of the unbanked…

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Twelve months after the first national lockdown, an expert panel gave us their insights on a year like no other Watch the panel discussion here.   The use of data during the Covid-19 pandemic has raised big questions about how much personal information people are willing to share – and what they get in return.…

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Annual data conference 2020

Virtual conference, Friday 6 November 2020, 10am-4pm GMT Register for free: scotsmandataconference.co.uk   The University of Edinburgh will hold its third Data-Driven Innovation conference (held jointly with the Scotsman newspaper) on Friday 6 November 2020. Join experts from inside the University, and beyond, to hear about the enormous challenges – and real opportunities – in…

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FinTech Scotland confirmed today the programme for the third Scotland Fintech Festival.   The September festival will see a diverse range of fifty plus events throughout the month sharing fintech developments in Scotland and from around the world. The festival will build on the successful events from the last two years which has seen it…

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programme of events for ddi discussions 2020

Don’t miss our virtual engagement series, where we’ll be speaking to experts and thought leaders from different sectors about how data, innovation and partnerships can tackle some of industry and society’s most pressing challenges. Podcasts available: Anchor.FM Spotify Breaker Radio Public Or search #DDIdiscussions on LinkedIn and Twitter.   Wednesday July 1st | Webinar (available now) The…

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DDI live webinar july 2020

Virtual panel discussion “The role of data and data innovation in the recovery from Covid-19” Wednesday Jul 1st | 12:45- 13:30 (GMT)  Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) and guests discuss the vital role of data and data innovation in the recovery from Covid-19. Experts from the public and private sector join university researchers looking at specific aspects…

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