Did you miss The Spatial Data Science Conference in London 2023? No worries, you can see the highlights here. If you want to see more of the presentations from KFC, CARTO, Databricks, AWS, BT, Choreograph and Mott Macdonald - see our full content hub: https://spatial-data-science-conference.com/2023/london/

Milos Colic, Tech Lead Public Sector UK&I at Databricks, demonstrates how raster and vector geospatial data can be standardised into a unified domain.

This unification facilitates an easy plugin/plugout capability for all raster and vector layers. Databricks used these principles to design an easy, scalable and extensible Flood Risk for Physical Assets solution using H3 as a unification grid.

To learn more about H3 check out: https://docs.carto.com/data-and-analysis/analytics-toolbox-for-bigquery/sql-reference/h3

Ali Saad, lead data scientist at Connected Kerb and Susanne Knorr, Product Owner Site Selection at Connected Kerb give an overview to Connected Kerb's journey experimenting to find the influencing factors and variables to predict high utilization of future charging point locations as well as the many questions that come with solving the challenge of accurate prediction in a highly dynamic environment.

Learn more about EV Charger site selection here: https://carto.com/industries/utilities

Fawad A. Qureshi, Industry Field CTO at Snowflake, explores how Voi Technologies, a Swedish e-scooter sharing company, is revolutionizing urban mobility through the power of geospatial analytics.

He also discusses the challenges of urban transportation and how Voi is using data-driven insights to optimize scooter placement, improve safety, and create more efficient transportation networks. By harnessing the power of geospatial analytics, Voi is redefining urban mobility and improving the overall quality of life in cities. Join us to learn how data can transform the way we move around our cities.

To learn more about mobility check out: https://carto.com/solutions/mobility-planning

In this presentation, Bernardo Monechi, Scientist at The Data Appeal Company and Hannah Babineau, Head of Partnerships at Data Appeal explore the value of Sentiment Analysis and the Feedback Economy. They reveal how global beverage brand, Campari, harnesses the power of online reviews to pinpoint the most strategic places to distribute their products and launch their brand in new markets. By combining sentiment analysis with points of interest data, discover how Campari expanded their aperitivo favorites into Istanbul, Turkey.

To learn more about the CARTO x The Data Apeal Company tool check out our blog: https://carto.com/blog/data-appeal-company-poi-sentiment-data-available

After a turbulent few years and with the storm still raging, Louise Etherden, Partner at CACI Ltd., looks at how consumer behaviour is changing, what that has meant for the retail landscape, living and working patterns and what this means for our towns and cities.

Check out CARTO behavioral data sets : https://carto.com/spatial-data-catalog/behavioral-data/

Where should we open 50 stores? Simple question right?

To answer it Katy Ashwin, Marketing Planning Analyst at KFC UK and Blair Freebairn, CEO of Geolytix, talk through complex spatial modelling, as well as mobility data derived interaction surfaces, spatial ML ensemble models by channel and store format, big data optimization to create opportunity heat surfaces, and much more.

Learn more about site selection : https://carto.com/solutions/site-selection

Dr. Beth Crane, Chief Data Operations Officer at Dataplor will be discussing the importance of location intelligence and how it can revolutionize your business. You'll also hear from Alejandro Quinto, Head of Innovation at YemeTech discuss YemeTech's implementation of location intelligence solutions and learn best practices and tips for doing it yourself.

Discover the various ways POI data can be used to optimize store locations, understand consumer behavior, and make more informed decisions that can save costs and increase revenue.

Learn more about location intelligence in retail here : https://carto.com/industries/retail

This panel on sustainability features Caroline Robinson, Unite Lead Executive Board at Women+ in Geospatial; Biswajit Acharya, Ph.D. , Consulting Partner, Sustainable Banking, Finance and Investment at Tata Consultancy Services; Dr Andrew Smith, Co-Founder at Fathom; and Jasmine Small, Data Science and Research Officer at Marine Stewardship Council (MSC). They focus on the role of geospatial data and technology in sustainability, and how it can be best used to tackle challenges and help organizations reach their goals in this area.

Learn more about CARTO's mission to deliver technology, data and scalability to help global businesses and communities make strategic decisions surrounding their sustainability programs. https://sustainability.carto.com/

As the out of home advertising landscape evolves, so does the scope of this answer. Aaron Martin, Data Innovation Manager at Clear Channel UK and Bryan Bonack, Director of Product Management at SafeGraph, discuss how OOH media companies must consider the challenges of ensuring only real, valid places meet the refined definition to enable advertisers with better campaign planning insights.

To learn more about out of home advertising check out our webinars: https://carto.com/webinars/ooh-advertising

Ed Parham, Director of Innovation and Design at Space Syntax discusses how over time, seemingly unimportant daily activities, such as walking to work, can have profound impacts on outcomes such as health.

Space Syntax combines and analyses the inter-relationships between built environment systems to understand, from the point of a person, how the hidden structures these create relate to emergent activities and outcomes in cities.

For more on urban planning using spatial data check out: https://carto.com/industries/cities-government

Join Thea Backlar, VP of Product at Echo Analytics and Alexandre Outman, Product Manager at Echo analytics for a thought-provoking session to discover how mobility data can be used to solve the most perplexing and complex business insights conundrums.

Get an inside look at how a large European retailer solved the mystery of why some stores outperformed others.

To learn more about site selection check out: https://carto.com/solutions/site-selection

Cutting costs and emissions using a tailor-made geospatial algorithm that uses machine learning to optimise inspections - a crucial part of managing distributed assets. Optimising the problem in both space and time to cut the cost of changing schedule down to virtually nothing.

Helen McKenzie (Geospatial Advocate at CARTO), Charlie Dacke ( Head of Geospatial Technology and Standards at Office for National Statistics), Jeremy Morley (Chief Geospatial Scientist at OS), and Adam Dennett ( Professor & Head of Department,Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis at UCL).

This panel discusses the spatial data science industry, and insights for aspiring spatial data scientists.

Hear from Tim Rains, Geospatial Data Scientist; Matthew Garrod, Data Scientist & Sachin Devarajappa, Big Data Specialist at BT Group and learn how they leverage the power of h3 to build scalable solutions and faster processing compared to spatial-sql.

To learn more about spatial indexes check out: https://carto.com/solutions/spatial-indexes

Georgios, Lead Data Scientist at Choreograph talks about the current advertising industry. Industry experts have been using cookies for over 20 years to track and profile consumers on the internet. With 3rd party cookies going away, marketers need an alternative to continue to provide targeted messaging.

Geospatial targeting is a strong alternative to cookie-based targeting – it allows brands to learn consumer behavior and reach audiences in a relevant, yet privacy-compliant manner.

To learn more about geomarketing check out : https://carto.com/solutions/geomarketing

Raquel Carvalho,Director, Partner Development at NIQ; Clifford McDowel,Founder & CEO at Doorda; Phil Cooper, Global Geospatial Lead at Amazon Web Services; and Justin Meynell, Client Director at Experian, discuss some of the new types of data that Spatial Data Scientists are turning to create innovative spatial models for their companies and examine how recent advances in technology and ai are changing the way we access data.

Javier de la Torre, Founder and CSO of CARTO, kicks off the Spatial Data Science Conference 2023 highlighting the nuances in geospatial current era of artificial intelligence. He demonstrates several uses such as using GPT4 to generate OpenStreetMap SQL queries to grab data and perform analysis, creating GIS systems based on prompts and more.

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