The 4th Big Data Insight Group Forum

'Seizing competitive advantage through the power of insight-driven decision making'

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The Park Plaza Victoria, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1E - Link to site directions

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Agenda*

Keynote #1: Introducing the big data phenomena and exploring the implications of this disruptive force on the status quo - Chris Roche, Regional Director - Greenplum, a division of EMC & Dr David Sibbald, Executive Chairman, Aridhia

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Keynote #2: Charting the impact of the meteoric rise of social media on insight-driven decision making - Kevin Long, Business Development Director, Teradata

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Keynote #4: Building a robust big data strategy that places data at the heart of everything you do - Matin Jouzdani, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM

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Big data use: acting on the rich discoveries yielded by big data analytics for competitive advantage - Kevin Long, Business Development Director, Teradata & Sanjit Atwal, Chief Executive Officer, Squawka

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Exploiting big data to provide unprecedented consumer insight, brand loyalty and competitive advantage and maximise your ROI on marketing spend - Sam Zindel, Data Modelling Analyst, iCrossing

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Speakers

Chris Roche,
Regional Director - Greenplum, a division of EMC, EMC Greenplum

09.20 – 10.00 | Keynote #1: Introducing the big data phenomena and exploring the implications of this disruptive force on the status quo

Chris is the UKI Regional Director for Greenplum, the Big Data division of EMC, a role which combines his experience of business transformation, Artificial Intelligence background and 11 years EMC tenure. In previous roles he has lead EMC's consulting organization and also the overall UK&I Services business. Chris has a First Class degree in Computing and Information Technology specializing in Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing. His career began as a database designer and he was awarded Chartered Engineer and Chartered Information Systems Practitioner by the BCS and Engineering Council.

Mark Webber, Partner, Head of Technology Transaction, Osborne Clarke

13:40 – 14:30 | Stream 1, Session 1: Carrying out a big data readiness assessment

Mark is a partner at Osborne Clarke and a leading lawyer specialising in transactions with a technology component.  He focuses on innovative technology-led deals where IP, data or technology is being leveraged to add value to a business. As head of the technology sector at the firm, he is frequently called on to act on the cross-over space between IP and IT.  He has a particular focus on in complex technology transactions, ecommerce, cloud computing.

Mark worked in Osborne Clarke's Silicon Valley office for three years and is recognised for IT legal work in each of the leading directories.  He co-authored the UK chapter of Global Security and Privacy Law published by Wolters Kluwer. Mark is the lawyer behind @cloudlawwatch on Twitter.

John Easton, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM

13:40 – 14:30 | Stream 1, Session 1: Carrying out a big data readiness assessment

John is internationally known for his work helping commercial clients exploit large scale distributed computational infrastructures, particularly those utilising new and emerging technologies. He is currently leading a European team of IBM architects building the next generation of systems infrastructures to support Business Analytics and Optimisation workloads. He has worked with clients in a wide range of industries with a particular focus on banks and financial markets firms. He also has significant experience in the telecommunications & public sectors.  John was recently the UK Technical Leader for Cloud Computing shaping IBM strategy in this key business area and helping clients with their implementation and adoption of cloud technologies.   

Simon Hill, CEO, Wazoku

13.40 – 14.30 | Stream 2, Session 1: Getting down to the hard work: mining for insight, analysing the data and spotting useful trends and patterns

Simon Hill is CEO and co-founder of Wazoku, an Associate Director with the Venture Capital Firm FindInvestGrow and an active member of the London technology and entrepreneurial community. Simon works as an advisor and mentor to a number of early stage technology business across a range of sectors. Simon was formerly Head of Business Development at Huddle, the B2B Enterprise Collaboration solution, where he helped the business grow to the global success story it is today through partner deals such as LinkedIn, InterCall, HP and Orange. 

In 2009 Simon left Huddle and, together with his business partner, founded Wazoku.  Wazoku is a B2B application that enables businesses or other organisations to set challenges or gather ideas from defined communities to solve real issues using the power of crowdsourcing and co-creation. Simon is CEO and is supported by an excellent team and working with some amazing companies.

Gordon Borer, Business Development Manager, University of Brighton

14.30 – 15.15 | Stream 1, Session 2: Building and articulating a business case, getting the right sponsorship and developing a proof of concept

Andrew Carr, Chief Executive Officer, Bull Information Systems Ltd

14.30 – 15.15 | Stream 1, Session 2: Building and articulating a business case, getting the right sponsorship and developing a proof of concept

Andrew Carr is chief executive officer (CEO), Bull UK & Ireland. In this post, he is concentrating on spearheading the company’s drive to become a high-performance organisation, a transition he helped to kick-start in his previous role as sales and marketing director.



During his time at the company, Carr has successfully driven a refocus on propositions and markets around information management, managed services and high performance computing, in particular, culminating in successive half years of growth in a challenging environment.



Prior to joining Bull in April 2011, Carr was executive sales director for ComputerLand UK PLC. ComputerLand was acquired by The Capita Group in 2008 and Carr was made sales and marketing director for Outsourcing within Capita IT Services.



Carr subsequently joined Sungard Public Sector, successfully closing a number of contracts and re-shaping the go-to-market strategy.

Kevin Long, Business Development Director, Teradata

14:30 – 15:15 | Stream 2, Session 2: Big data use: acting on the rich discoveries yielded by big data analytics for competitive advantage

Kevin is Business Development Director at Teradata, the world's leading analytic data solutions company. He has an unusual combination of business, financial and IT skills, which he puts to good use by advising how businesses can ‘Do More With Their Data’, through actionable insight that drives competitive advantage.  With close to 20 years experience of large scale data analytics projects across EMEA, he has first-hand experience in selecting the best big data approach for your enterprise and business objectives.

Kevin lives in Staffordshire, is a Leo, and enjoys cycling.

Sanjit Atwal, CEO, Squawka

14:30 – 15:15 | Stream 2, Session 2: Big data use: acting on the rich discoveries yielded by big data analytics for competitive advantage

Co-Founder and CEO of the award winning Squawka - 2nd Screen web application for sports - launched June 2012. Featured in TechCrunch, TheNextWeb, The Drum, EConsultancy and Wired.

Kam Star, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, PlayGen

15:45 – 16:30 | Stream 1, Session 3: Preparing to manage the changes brought about by big data

Kam Star is a digital media entrepreneur, inventor and an award winning games developer. Founder of PlayGen, Kam designs and develops playful solutions and platforms for delivering engaging experiences across the digital landscape. He has produced gaming projects for the BBC, AVIVA, Eden Project, UNESCO, McKinsey, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, NESTA, MoD, NHS, TSB and Wellcome Trust.

Kam is also the founder of Digital Shoreditch, the festival that brings together outstanding creative, technical and entrepreneurial talent of East London and Tech City.

Sam Zindel, Data Modelling Analyst, iCrossing

15:45 – 16:30 | Stream 2, Session 3: Exploiting big data to provide unprecedented consumer insight, brand loyalty and competitive advantage and maximise your ROI on marketing spend

Big Data enthusiast, audience insight expert and laid back music fan - Sam Zindel helps iCrossing’s digital marketing clients to use data to better understand their customers and grow their audience. “The consumer is the focus for every brand and Big Data gives us an unparalleled opportunity to gain insight into consumer behaviour, generate revenue and revolutionise the brand/customer relationship”. With a first class degree in Maths and 6 years’ experience in data-driven marketing/brand comms, Sam combines science + creative solutions and brings ‘the marketer’s perspective’ to the Big Data Insight Group. Twitter handle @samzZin

* Please note the Agenda is subject to change.
**This event is for decision makers and influencers responsible for investigating, evaluating, driving or implementing Cloud Computing initiatives across Business and in IT within their organisations.
**The Big Data Insight Group reserves the right to investigate and authenticate registrations submitted under this category and to apply the stated registration fee if deemed necessary. The applicant will be informed in advance if this is the case.