Data-Driven Decisions: Out of Silos, Into Context is a one-day event run by Swirrl, for anyone interested in how national or local open data can be used to support better-informed decision making.

Hear about the practical benefits of connecting data and putting it into context to support more effective analysis and use. Our fantastic line-up of speakers listed below will be presenting on their experiences and perspectives: how their organisations are putting data into action.

Programme

9.30 - 10.30 Registration (with tea, coffee, pastries)

10.30 - 11.30 Session 1

• Bill Roberts, Swirrl. Welcome and introduction.
• Jamie Whyte, Trafford Innovation Lab
• Julie Fidler, MyNHS

11.30 - 11.50 Break (with coffee)

11.50 - 1.05 Session 2

• Gregor Boyd, Scottish Government statistician
• Jon Blower, Insitute for Environmental Analytics
• Steve Peters, Department for Communities and Local Government

1.05 - 2.10 Lunch (provided)

2.10 - 4.00 Session 3

• Paul Connell, ODI Leeds, and Stephen Blackburn, Leeds Data Mill
• Pippa Gardner, Urban Tide
• Tom Heath, Arup
• Open discussion

4.00 onwards: drinks (on us!) and chat.

Speakers

For short biographies of our speakers, see our blog posts here and here.

Bill Roberts, CEO of Swirrl

Jamie Whyte, Head of Trafford Council’s Intelligence and Innovation Lab

Julie Fidler, Product Lead, My NHS

Gregor Boyd a leading Scottish Government statistician

Jon Blower, Director of Science for the Institute for Environmental Analytics

Steve Peters, Open Data Strategist for DCLG

Paul Connell, Founder and Head of Innovation ODI Leeds

Stephen Blackburn, Senior Information Governance Officer at Leeds City Council and manages Leeds Data Mill

Pippa Gardner, Co-founder and CEO of Urban Tide

Tom Heath, Data and Systems Architect at Arup.

Tickets

There is no fee to attend the event, but we encourage attendees to make a donation via Eventbrite to Manchester Coder Dojo.

We ran a related event last year - "Local Open Data" - where donations allowed us to buy 10 'Makey Makey Go' kits for the Coder Dojo. Catch up with what went on at last year's event by watching videos of the talks.

This event is organised and brought to you by Swirrl. Thanks to iNetwork who are helping promote the event in its second year.