2nd Edison Champions Conference
15 and 16 March 2017
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
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#EDISONMADRID - Programme
Day 1 - 15 March 2017
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:00
10:00-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-13:00
13:30-14:00
14:00-15:00
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:00
16:00-17:15
17:15-18:00
18:00-
Registration
Welcome
Jose Manuel Torralba. General Director of Universities and Research. Community of
Madrid
Eva Méndez: Deputy Vice-President for Strategy and Digital Education. Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid
Keynote: Where are the data professionals? Steven Miller. IBM
Introduction: Steve Brewer. EDISON
Coffee Break
Session 1 – Data Science course design
João Aguiar Castro. Universidade do Porto
Ingo Frommholz / Marc Conrad. University of Bedfordshire
Lunch
EDISON Project overview. Yuri Demchenko
Session 2 – Data Science course implementation: challenges and opportunities
Asunción Gómez Pérez. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Marc Salomon. Chair of the Amsterdam Business School
Cedric Mesnage. Solent University, Southampton
Coffee Break
Overview to EDISON work on profiles and roles. Yuri Demchenko. EDISON
Plenary discussion: profession roles and profiles
Session 3 – Recruitment and Marketing
Debbie Hughes. Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF)
Jeannette Ekstrøm/Lorna Elizabeth Wildgaard. Library, Technical University of Denmark
Prof. Dimitar Trajanov. Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Ss. Cyril and
Methodius University in Skopje
Wrap up and summary of the day
Cocktail-reception: Tapas & drinks and networking opportunity
Day 2 - 16 March 2017
09:00-09:30
09:30-10:15
10:15-11:30
11:30-12:00
12:00-13:00
13:00-13:30
13:30-14:00
14:00-
Recap on Day 1. Steve Brewer. EDISON
Keynote: A journey towards Data Science in Libraries. Luis Martinez-Uribe. Data Scientist at
Fundación Juan March (Madrid)
Introduction: Eva Méndez. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Session 4 – Professional pathways: certification and accreditation
Ivo Grigorov. Technical University of Denmark
Lineke van Bruggen. Dutch Accreditation Agency
Joshua Ryan-Saha. DataLab, Edinburgh
Coffee Break
Breakout groups: 4 groups will further investigate the four session topics
Breakout groups report back
Wrap up and agreed actions going forward
Networking opportunity.
Lunch on your own (See recommended options of restaurants and tapas-bar in the area)