Saturday, April 5, 2014

Only one month to Big Data for Media conference in London

There's only one more month before the second annual Big Data for Media conference in London on 8 May. Participants from media companies and universities around the world, from every continent, are set to learn about the latest trends in Big Data strategies, best practices, technological breakthroughs and advancements in the media industry. 

The Big Data for Media conference is a collaboration between World Newsmedia Network, the publisher of this blog, and the University of Oxford's Reuters Institute. To see the full programme, speaker list and biographies, and registration details, go to the "Harnessing the Power of Big Data" site at: http://bit.ly/1inK31z . The event will be held Microsoft's headquarters in Victoria, London.
Speakers include:

* Huffington Post CEO Jimmy Maymann, USA* Tesco/Dunnhumby data guru Matt Keylock
* Buzzfeed director of data research Ky Harlin, USA
* LBi global director of strategic insight Jonathan Lyon
* BBC head of visual journalism unit Amanda Farnsworth
* Univ of Sheffield data guru Dr. Farida Vis
Circa 1605, CTO and co-founder, Arsenio Santos, USA

* FT.com's head of data analytics, Tom Betts
* CNN.com managing director Peter Bale
* Global Web Index, head of trends, Jason Mander
* Database marketing guru Pegg Nadler, USA
* Archant Media's digital media director, Paul Hood
* Sacramento Bee's director of market analysis, Darrel Kunken, USA
* Global Editors Network Data Journalism Award winners

For more information, contact Martha Stone at mstone@wnmn.org

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