Christos Varsakelis leads the AI/ML compound profiling team in the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies aiming at the acceleration of drug discovery & development timelines. Prior to joining Janssen, Christos was a Senior Manager of Global Analytics & Innovation in GSK Vaccines focusing on in silico process development. Besides working in the pharmaceutical industry, Christos has accumulated professional experience that spans Geoconsulting, the stock market and the chemical industry. Christos is on hold for a PhD in fluid mechanics in UCLouvain in Belgium. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and an M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the ETH Zurich, Switzerland. His motto is innovation = cash.

Jon leads the Experian Data Exchange, a global innovation team focused on developing propositions to facilitate access to new and non-traditional data. The team works closely with our regions and businesses to explore how innovative solutions can harness new data assets the deliver benefits to businesses, their customers and society at large.

Jon joined Experian in 2013 to lead strategy for the UK&I Credit Services business. Since 2016, he has been driving the UK-wide strategy including our Open Banking efforts. He has also played a pivotal role in several strategic acquisitions and in leading the implementation of the Innovation Pathways programme across the UK.

Prior to Experian, Jon held a number of senior strategy and strategic change positions in UK financial services companies, with a focus on life, pensions and investments.

Jon has a Master’s in Business Administration (Distinction) from the University of Northampton.

Natasha is Vice President, Global Head of Data & Analytics at ViiV Healthcare, a company of 1200 people who are solely dedicated to HIV medicines and research on people affected by HIV and AIDS (majority-owned by GSK). Over the last two years, Natasha has led an advanced analytics transformation at ViiV, focussing on using insights derived from AI and machine learning to drive business performance. Natasha has spent her whole career in the Pharma industry and is passionate about developing diverse talent in the field of data & analytics. Prior to her role in ViiV, she held various strategy and analytics leadership roles at GSK and before that she worked as a strategy consultant for biotech and pharma companies.

Anthony Smith is an IT and Architecture leader with over 20 years' experience across the property industry. He has led architecture and systems development within global enterprises, and is experience in implementing commercial packages and bespoke custom developed solutions. Currently at JLL, he previously worked at King Sturge as a business analyst.

Michael has 23 years’ experience of working in the IT industry and is currently Head of Analytics & Big Data for the EMEA region at Oracle. He has held several senior leadership roles over the past 16 years and has been responsible for teams specializing in data analytics, data management, cyber security and digital transformation. Michael has strong expertise in Sales, Marketing and Business Development. He is a member of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Advisory Council for Artificial Intelligence and an AI adviser to the University of Oxford.

As Head of Data and Analytics at UKTV, Andy is responsible for all areas of D2C user data including digital analytics, data architecture, data management, data science modelling for advertising, recommendation engines, dashboards and insights. Previous to that, he led teams that analysed data to generate strategic business insights using advanced analytics, at companies like the BBC, Annalect and IMG.

A Data evangelist in the field of data science and engineering

Mohit is a Data Science enthusiast with a master’s in operational Research having experience delivering solutions by leveraging Big Data Applications, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning Techniques. His broad research interests are in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning with a passion for turning data into products, actionable insights, and meaningful stories. Expertise in domains such as statistical modelling, Cost optimization, linear modelling, and operational Research.

Mohit has over 6 years of experience working in Data Science, Big Data. Data Engineering and analytics field. I have been managing a team of Data Scientists and Data Engineers in the UK and Overseas. His work involved improving products and services for our customers by using advanced analytics, standing up big-data analytical tools, creating and maintaining models, and onboarding compelling new data sets.

Additionally, he has worked in the data governance area, which involves creating a centralized data governance framework and putting together the policies which are to be followed for data security and compliance reasons. Mohit works closely with the Data Protection team to ensure all the policies are in place which has been mandated by regulations.

James is the Technology Product Strategy Lead for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia-Pacific regions. After 10 years in the Oracle product development organisation, he is now responsible for driving strategy awareness and adoption of Oracle Cloud Platform with the largest enterprises in the region. The Oracle Cloud Platform comprising Core Infrastructure, Cloud native application development, Data management, Integration, Security, Analytics and many other related emerging Cloud technologies.

James is a regular invitee to speak at all levels, from keynote through to deep dive developer events, covering a wide range of subject matter but always focusing on sharing experiences, both inside and outside Oracle from his career. James joined Oracle in 2008 following 9 years at BEA Systems, and has held multiple positions with technical field sales and in the Product Development team, James holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and a Master’s degree in Computer Science.

A consumer psychologist and expert in digital media and marketing, possessing the experience to analyse and interpret trends in consumer adoption of technology and develop strategies for customer acquisition and retention through digital and offline channels.

Nick joined Auto Trader in January 2007 running Business Intelligence and in 2010 built the retailer insight team running masterclasses and webinars. He also makes short films to evangelise data and Insight and speaks regularly at conferences in Europe, Canada and North America.

Nick is also a visiting lecturer in consumer psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. After graduating from Loughborough in 1986 , Nick spent years in advertising and planning at Dorlands and Lintas, was a guitarist with Great Northern Electrics, a publisher on HiFi magazines at Petersen/EMAP and a research Director at Carat/Difiniti responsible for a team of researchers advising a range of Blue-chip clients.