Data Analytics in Business Jamboree with Meta, Red Bull, Chess.com & more

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Vienna Data Science Group and the Department of Economics of Central European University are excited to organise the first Data Analytics in Business Jamboree in Vienna on Friday, 2025 January 10, 3pm to 8pm.

The Jamboree brings together Analysts, Engineers, Data Scientists and Managers working in Business from Big Tech to startups to talk about their coolest analytics projects. The event is sponsored by CEU’s 1-year US and Austria-accredited Masters in Business Analytics program.

During the afternoon, there will be three talks on experiences of executing data analytics projects in business, three quick intros of projects by alumni, and roundtable discussions on AI in Analytics. The keynote address will be about managing data science teams, by Eduardo de la Rubia, Data Science Lead at Meta and Lecturer at CEU. The Jamboree will include a data job market open mic, where companies can briefly advertise positions, internships. A wine and cheese reception at the end will make it more fun.

Schedule 14.45-15.00 Registration: coffee

15.00-16.05 Analytics in Business part I Chair: Francesca Conselvan (e-think, CEU)

15.00 Gábor Békés (Associate Professor, CEU) Welcome address 15.05 Ryan McCabe (Director of Analytics, Chess.com, ex-Spotify) What makes a Spotify playlist successful? 16.30 Dries Trippas (Head of Data Science –Growth, Red Bull) - “Are you playing the right game?” 16.55 Lisa Lang ( senior data scientist, neoom, ex-CEU) - “Building GRIID the intelligent energy management system”

16.05-16.30 Break: networking, coffee, fruits and cookies

16.30-17.30 Analytics in Business - Part II Chair: Zoltán Tóth (CEU, VDSG)

16.30 Julia Zukrigl (Consultant, Data Story Lab): “Perception and misconceptions of data projects by stakeholders” 16.55 Gergely Daróczi (Founder/CEO, SpareCores, CEU): “From idea to product: creating SpareCores” 17.05 Naida Dzigal (IT Data strategist, Raiffeisen International, ex-CEU) 17.15 Job Market Open Mic

17.25-17.45 Break: soft drinks

17.45-19.00 Data science and AI on organizations (STREAMED) Chair: Gábor Békés (CEU)

17.45 Eduardo de la Rubia (Senior Director of Data Science, Meta and CEU) “Managing data science teams“ 18.20 Roundtable: GenAI’s impact in Analytics Gábor Békés (CEU, moderator) * Wolfgang Weidinger (Head of Data Science & AI Lab, Generali Austria and Chairman, VDSG) * Wolfgang Brunauer (Co-Founder/CEO, Data Science Services) * Shirley Werchota (SVP Data, Ai & GenAI, Orange Business) 19.00-20.30 Reception, “wine and cheese”

🎤🎤 Open Mic We are going to open up the stage at 17:15 for a Job Market Open Mic. If you have work positions you want to advertise, you can come on stage to deliver a one-minute pitch. If you wish to do so, open this slide deck, make sure you are signed in with a Google account, and click “View Only” -> “Request Edit Access”. Explain what you want to announce in the text box, and we’ll give you edit access to the slide deck. 🎤🎤

------------------------------------------------------- Attention attendees with food allergies. Please be aware that the food and drinks provided may contain or come into contact with common allergens, such as dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, or wheat.

Please note that during the event, photos might be made and later posted on VDSG or CEUs behalf.

Best, Your Vienna Data Science Group Team