Schedule

WED, 14th November Conference Day

(Schedule and speakers subject to change)

09:00

Registration, please be on time.

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

10:00

10:15

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Welcome Note

Oscar Mendez
StratioBD

Carmen Vidal
Paradigma Digital

Business

Welcome Note

Oscar Mendez
StratioBD

Carmen Vidal
Paradigma Digital

Business

10:15

10:50

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Advancing Human Exploration

Patrick E. Rodi
Rice University

Business

Advancing Human Exploration

Patrick E. Rodi
Rice University

Business

11:00

11:40

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

MLflow: Accelerating the Machine Learning Lifecycle

Matei Zaharia
Databricks

Technology

MLflow: Accelerating the Machine Learning Lifecycle

Matei Zaharia
Databricks

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Data structures with Avro: is it worth it?

Arek Osinski
Allegro Group

Technology

Data structures with Avro: is it worth it?

Arek Osinski
Allegro Group

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Real time decision making in professional football. From description to prescription.

Ander Alcón
OLOCIP

Business

Real time decision making in professional football. From description to prescription.

Ander Alcón
OLOCIP

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Beyond accuracy and time: Preservation of Privacy, Explainability or Reduced-Precision approaches in Machine Learning

Amparo Alonso
University of A Coruña

Technology

Beyond accuracy and time: Preservation of Privacy, Explainability or Reduced-Precision approaches in Machine Learning

Amparo Alonso
University of A Coruña

Technology

11:45

12:25

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

AI: What are the best doing and what your company should be doing to become one of them

José Ruíz Cristina
Paradigma Digital

Business

AI: What are the best doing and what your company should be doing to become one of them

José Ruíz Cristina
Paradigma Digital

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

The Evolution of (Open Source) Data Processing

Aljoscha Krettek
Data Artisans

Technology

The Evolution of (Open Source) Data Processing

Aljoscha Krettek
Data Artisans

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Using Big Data to Assist with Medical Report Coding

John Ortega
New York University

Business

Using Big Data to Assist with Medical Report Coding

John Ortega
New York University

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Deep Learning and the technology behind Self-Driving Cars

Lucas García, PhD
MathWorks

Technology

Deep Learning and the technology behind Self-Driving Cars

Lucas García, PhD
MathWorks

Technology

12:25

Break

12:35

13:15

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Data Privacy @Spotify

Irene Gonzálvez
Spotify

Technology

Data Privacy @Spotify

Irene Gonzálvez
Spotify

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

DataOps: from hell to heaven in 24 months

Jose Manuel Navarro
urbanDataAnalytics

Luis Villazón
urbanDataAnalytics

Technology

DataOps: from hell to heaven in 24 months

Jose Manuel Navarro
urbanDataAnalytics

Luis Villazón
urbanDataAnalytics

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Charting Zero Latency Future with Redis

Manish Gupta
Redis Labs

Business

Charting Zero Latency Future with Redis

Manish Gupta
Redis Labs

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Theory And Practice Of Distributed Training With Tensorflow

Viacheslav Kovalevskyi
Google Cloud

Mike Cheng
Google Cloud

Technology

Theory And Practice Of Distributed Training With Tensorflow

Viacheslav Kovalevskyi
Google Cloud

Mike Cheng
Google Cloud

Technology

13:20

14:00

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

AI Adoption in Enterprise

Paco Nathan
Derwen, Inc.

Business

AI Adoption in Enterprise

Paco Nathan
Derwen, Inc.

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

A Big Data approach to understand Central Banks

Tomasa Rodrigo
BBVA

Álvaro Ortiz
BBVA

Business

A Big Data approach to understand Central Banks

Tomasa Rodrigo
BBVA

Álvaro Ortiz
BBVA

Business

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Satellite Imagery: Some of the biggest and most useful data

Steven Pousty
DIgitalGlobe

Business

Satellite Imagery: Some of the biggest and most useful data

Steven Pousty
DIgitalGlobe

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Productionizing ML Pipelines with PFA

Nick Pentreath
IBM CODAIT

Technology

Productionizing ML Pipelines with PFA

Nick Pentreath
IBM CODAIT

Technology

14:05

14:45

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Validating Big Data Jobs – Stopping Failures before Production (w/ Spark, BEAM, & friends!)

Holden Karau
Google

Technology

Validating Big Data Jobs – Stopping Failures before Production (w/ Spark, BEAM, & friends!)

Holden Karau
Google

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Can an intelligent system exist without awareness?

Marco Baena
Stratio

Technology

Can an intelligent system exist without awareness?

Marco Baena
Stratio

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Building a Data Science team from scratch

Catherine Zhou
Codecademy

Business

Building a Data Science team from scratch

Catherine Zhou
Codecademy

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Data Lakes for Financial Entities

Luis Estrada
BI Geek

Technology

Data Lakes for Financial Entities

Luis Estrada
BI Geek

Technology

14:50

15:30

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

How to build high performing weighted XGBoost ML model for real life imbalance dataset

Alok Singh
IBM CODAIT

Technology

How to build high performing weighted XGBoost ML model for real life imbalance dataset

Alok Singh
IBM CODAIT

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

All you need to build secure ML pipelines and cloud native applications

Denis Jannot
Mesosphere

Technology

All you need to build secure ML pipelines and cloud native applications

Denis Jannot
Mesosphere

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

An image is worth a thousand words

David López Recio
Minsait

Business

An image is worth a thousand words

David López Recio
Minsait

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

You can AI like an expert

Jon McLoone
Wolfram Research Europe

Technology

You can AI like an expert

Jon McLoone
Wolfram Research Europe

Technology

15:30

Break

15:35

16:15

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Spark optional: big data analysis and parallelization with Python and R – a data scientist’s perspective.

Marck Vaisman
Microsoft

Technology

Spark optional: big data analysis and parallelization with Python and R – a data scientist’s perspective.

Marck Vaisman
Microsoft

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Apache Kylin and Use Cases

Luke Han
Kyligence Inc.

Technology

Apache Kylin and Use Cases

Luke Han
Kyligence Inc.

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Recommendation systems using holistic customer insights

Jose María Torres
Telefónica

Paula López
Telefónica

Business

Recommendation systems using holistic customer insights

Jose María Torres
Telefónica

Paula López
Telefónica

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Two heads are better than one: Ensemble methods for the win?

Verónica Bolón-Canedo
University of A Coruña

Technology

Two heads are better than one: Ensemble methods for the win?

Verónica Bolón-Canedo
University of A Coruña

Technology

16:20

17:00

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Probabilistic structures for scalable computing

William Benton
Red Hat

Technology

Probabilistic structures for scalable computing

William Benton
Red Hat

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Opera: a digital transformation journey to best PV_O&M

Gabino Almonacid
University of Jaen

Business

Opera: a digital transformation journey to best PV_O&M

Gabino Almonacid
University of Jaen

Business

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Make the right business decisions with Location Intelligence

Miguel Angel Fajardo
Geoblink

Rafa Pulido
Geoblink

Business

Make the right business decisions with Location Intelligence

Miguel Angel Fajardo
Geoblink

Rafa Pulido
Geoblink

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Evolution Strategies as brain of Autonomous Agents

Eduardo Sánchez
StratioBD

Technology

Evolution Strategies as brain of Autonomous Agents

Eduardo Sánchez
StratioBD

Technology

17:05

17:45

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Deploying AI for Near Real-Time Manufacturing Decisions

Jim Stewart, Ph.D.
MathWorks

Heather Gorr, Ph.D.
MathWorks

Technology

Deploying AI for Near Real-Time Manufacturing Decisions

Jim Stewart, Ph.D.
MathWorks

Heather Gorr, Ph.D.
MathWorks

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Data quality as a key factor in Big Data Government strategies

David Bordas
Minsait

Nacho Alvaro
Minsait

Technology

Data quality as a key factor in Big Data Government strategies

David Bordas
Minsait

Nacho Alvaro
Minsait

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

The year of the graph: do you really need a graph database?

George Anadiotis
Linked Data Orchestration

Business

The year of the graph: do you really need a graph database?

George Anadiotis
Linked Data Orchestration

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Notebooks are not enough: how to deliver machine learning products without getting killed

Israel Herraiz
Google

Technology

Notebooks are not enough: how to deliver machine learning products without getting killed

Israel Herraiz
Google

Technology

17:50

18:30

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

How to transform a “real world” company and bring it into the 21st century… without dying in the process!

Marta Lucía Pava
SBS Seguros

Jose María Cortés
SBS Seguros

Business

How to transform a “real world” company and bring it into the 21st century… without dying in the process!

Marta Lucía Pava
SBS Seguros

Jose María Cortés
SBS Seguros

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

KSQL – The Open Source SQL Streaming Engine for Apache Kafka

Kai Wähner
Confluent

Technology

KSQL – The Open Source SQL Streaming Engine for Apache Kafka

Kai Wähner
Confluent

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Three Advanced Analytics use cases in the travel industry

Ferrán García
The Cocktail

Santiago Reguero
The Cocktail

Business

Three Advanced Analytics use cases in the travel industry

Ferrán García
The Cocktail

Santiago Reguero
The Cocktail

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Notebooks as enablers for graph-enhanced machine learning

Davide Bartolini
Oracle Labs

Technology

Notebooks as enablers for graph-enhanced machine learning

Davide Bartolini
Oracle Labs

Technology

18:30

20:00

Networking Party

THU, 15th November Conference

(Schedule and speakers subject to change)

09:30

Registration, please be on time

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

10:00

10:40

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

AI beyond chatbots

Oscar Mendez
StratioBD

Business

AI beyond chatbots

Oscar Mendez
StratioBD

Business

10:45

11:25

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Get Connected – Building Connected Data Applications with Amazon Neptune

Ian Robinson
Amazon Web Services

Technology

Get Connected – Building Connected Data Applications with Amazon Neptune

Ian Robinson
Amazon Web Services

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Infinite Topic Backlogs with Apache Pulsar

Ivan Kelly
Streamlio

Technology

Infinite Topic Backlogs with Apache Pulsar

Ivan Kelly
Streamlio

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

What do F1 Racing, Energy and Healthcare have in common?

Alfonso Ferrandez
DoctorLink

Business

What do F1 Racing, Energy and Healthcare have in common?

Alfonso Ferrandez
DoctorLink

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Teaching a robot Guess Who? From Deep Learning to Brain Spikes

Ruben Martínez
Datahack

Technology

Teaching a robot Guess Who? From Deep Learning to Brain Spikes

Ruben Martínez
Datahack

Technology

11:30

12:10

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

From BigData to AI @ Telefonica

Chema Alonso
Telefónica

Business

From BigData to AI @ Telefonica

Chema Alonso
Telefónica

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

MLflow: Infrastructure for a Complete Machine Learning Life

Jules S. Damji
Databricks

Technology

MLflow: Infrastructure for a Complete Machine Learning Life

Jules S. Damji
Databricks

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Extreme coordination with artificial intelligence

Pau Agulló
Kernel Analytics

Business

Extreme coordination with artificial intelligence

Pau Agulló
Kernel Analytics

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

AI and the Microsoft Knowledge Vision

David Gorena
Microsoft

Technology

AI and the Microsoft Knowledge Vision

David Gorena
Microsoft

Technology

12:10

Break

12:20

13:00

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Big Data for Social Good: Opportunities and Challenges

Nuria Oliver
Vodafone

Business

Big Data for Social Good: Opportunities and Challenges

Nuria Oliver
Vodafone

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

From Zero to Auto Machine Learning with Google

Pablo Carlier
Google Cloud

Technology

From Zero to Auto Machine Learning with Google

Pablo Carlier
Google Cloud

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Big Data Governance challenges

Andrés García-Rodeja
DXC Technology

Business

Big Data Governance challenges

Andrés García-Rodeja
DXC Technology

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Machine learning for product matching: the fashion use case

Francisco Javier Ordóñez
StyleSage

Alicia Pérez
StyleSage

Technology

Machine learning for product matching: the fashion use case

Francisco Javier Ordóñez
StyleSage

Alicia Pérez
StyleSage

Technology

13:05

13:45

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

AI, central element of the Information Systems in the next decade

Elisa Martin
IBM Spain

Technology

AI, central element of the Information Systems in the next decade

Elisa Martin
IBM Spain

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Stream processing for analysts with Flink and Nussknacker

Maciek Próchniak
TouK

Technology

Stream processing for analysts with Flink and Nussknacker

Maciek Próchniak
TouK

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Scaling a data function in a complex organisation

Antonio Álvarez Moreno
Santander UK

Business

Scaling a data function in a complex organisation

Antonio Álvarez Moreno
Santander UK

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

The lifecycle of machine learning & artificial intelligence

Joey Frazee
Databricks

Technology

The lifecycle of machine learning & artificial intelligence

Joey Frazee
Databricks

Technology

13:50

14:30

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

The intersection of Data & Design in digital products creation

Elena Alfaro
BBVA

Business

The intersection of Data & Design in digital products creation

Elena Alfaro
BBVA

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Powering up financial institutions with distributed systems

Akmal Chaudhri
Gridgain

Business

Powering up financial institutions with distributed systems

Akmal Chaudhri
Gridgain

Business

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Machine learning for women’s closets

Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria
Chicisimo

Business

Machine learning for women’s closets

Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria
Chicisimo

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Unlocking the power of Expedia for Partners

Mariano Albera
Expedia Partner Solutions

Technology

Unlocking the power of Expedia for Partners

Mariano Albera
Expedia Partner Solutions

Technology

14:35

15:15

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Adopt AI in your organization

Aarthi Srinivasan
Target

Business

Adopt AI in your organization

Aarthi Srinivasan
Target

Business

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Journeys from Kafka to Parquet

Gábor Hermann
Bol.com

Technology

Journeys from Kafka to Parquet

Gábor Hermann
Bol.com

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Teaching computers to see and how this impacts your business

Carlos Bort
Xplore.ai

Enrique Herreros
Xplore.ai

Business

Teaching computers to see and how this impacts your business

Carlos Bort
Xplore.ai

Enrique Herreros
Xplore.ai

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Learning “Learning to Rank”

Sophie Watson
Red Hat

Technology

Learning “Learning to Rank”

Sophie Watson
Red Hat

Technology

15:20

16:00

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Decentralized data markets for training AI

Paco Nathan
Derwen, Inc.

Technology

Decentralized data markets for training AI

Paco Nathan
Derwen, Inc.

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Machine Learning on The Edge

Pablo Peris
Microsoft

Carlos de Huerta
Microsoft

Business

Machine Learning on The Edge

Pablo Peris
Microsoft

Carlos de Huerta
Microsoft

Business

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Ensuring sustainable food production

David Talaga
Talend

Business

Ensuring sustainable food production

David Talaga
Talend

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Big Data in flight test

Moisés González Martín
Airbus

Francisca Coll
Airbus

Technology

Big Data in flight test

Moisés González Martín
Airbus

Francisca Coll
Airbus

Technology

16:00

Break

16:10

16:50

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Big Data w/Python on Kubernetes (PySpark on K8s)

Holden Karau
Google

Technology

Big Data w/Python on Kubernetes (PySpark on K8s)

Holden Karau
Google

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Video Data Ocean Analysis applied to OSINT

Fran J. Gomez
Devo

Cesar Jimenez
Devo

Technology

Video Data Ocean Analysis applied to OSINT

Fran J. Gomez
Devo

Cesar Jimenez
Devo

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Man shall not live by data science alone

Alejandro Vidal
BBVA Data Analytics

Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez
BBVA Data & Analytics

Business

Man shall not live by data science alone

Alejandro Vidal
BBVA Data Analytics

Marcelo Soria-Rodríguez
BBVA Data & Analytics

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Scalable online machine learning or how I learned to stop wo…

Javier de Matías Bejarano
Treelogic

Technology

Scalable online machine learning or how I learned to stop wo…

Javier de Matías Bejarano
Treelogic

Technology

16:55

17:35

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Driving in dataland

Carlos Herrera Yagüe
Cabify

Technology

Driving in dataland

Carlos Herrera Yagüe
Cabify

Technology

TRACK 2 - THEATRE 19

Mapping Of Water Bodies Using Algorithms Of Big Data Analytics

Santiago Moreno Gabaldón
Minsait

Sara Rodriguez
Minsait

Technology

Mapping Of Water Bodies Using Algorithms Of Big Data Analytics

Santiago Moreno Gabaldón
Minsait

Sara Rodriguez
Minsait

Technology

TRACK 3 - THEATRE 18

Blockchain, more than just a database technology

Roberto Garcia
Santander Global Tech

Business

Blockchain, more than just a database technology

Roberto Garcia
Santander Global Tech

Business

TRACK 4 - THEATRE 20

Energizing the Data: building our Data Lane

David Piris
Cepsa

Alberto Gascón
Cepsa

Business

Energizing the Data: building our Data Lane

David Piris
Cepsa

Alberto Gascón
Cepsa

Business

17:40

18:30

TRACK 1 - THEATRE 25

Audiobranding – how to transmit brand values through music

Alfonso G Aguilar
Sounditi

Business

Audiobranding – how to transmit brand values through music

Alfonso G Aguilar
Sounditi

Business

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