Public Sector Data Science Summit @PSDataScience

The day has come for the Public Sector Data Science Summit 2018. Get yourself down to the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel from 8 for breakfast with the day kicking off at 09:30 - #PSData18

really good day at #psdata18 - loads of interesting presentations - over and out!

Fascinating overview of the use of data and AI in national & local government this morning at #psdata18. Ethical standards and knowledge sharing integral.

"in a multi-agency environment, there will already be people doing data science - the challenge is getting them to talk to each other" - @neillcrump at #psdata18

Enjoyed @AnthonySeldon this morning referring to himself as ‘an historian, a mere humanities person, what do I know about any of this stuff?’ I could echo but like to think I’ve learned a bit about this ‘stuff’ with so much more still to learn.#PSDATA2018 @PSDataScience #AI

Just chaired panel at #PSdataScience conference. I asked audience full of public sector #data scientists how many felt their orgs made the most of their talents. *Two* people put hands up. When public sector orgs already have a retention problem they really need to work on this!

as a data scientist in the private sector "i got sick and tired of helping people to sell more sausages and jumpers" so I joined the civil service instead... but salary levels are a problem for recruitment - @EmmaPresley at #psdata18

Panel discussion on building capability in the public sector for data science at #psdata18. 'The public sector won't make you rich, so we need to make it interesting. Sell the impact of what people can do. It's better than selling more jumpers and sausages' - Emma Presley.

"data science is not the most glamorous of professions" - @AndyWallONS tries to win over the audience :-) #psdata18

Disseminating the data science profession: #Leadership, #Capability & #ProjectManagement @PSDataScience

"data science is not just about playing with data - it's about understanding the wider context within which data sits and the ethical issues about how that data should be used" - @AndyWallONS speaking at #psdata18

based on a quick show of hands, the vast majority of the room at #psdata18 say they are data scientists working in the public sector - I'm surprised... only because I didn't realise there were so many data scientists out there!

Time for some delicious food @PSDataScience after an insightful morning #PSData18

@Clc_Schreiber @andypowe11 @PSDataScience Loads of innovation and AI stuff going on at @ESFAdigital and @DfEDigital in a great diverse environment!

The morning continues with an exciting session from Sir Anthony Seldon, Vice Chancellor at The University of Buckingham - How AI Will Transform Education #PSDATA18

Very busy room @PSDataScience after the first few sessions! #PSData18

"There; will never be a single warehouse for all of London's data" - Paul Hodgson. We need to connect systems so we can share the right information and metadata when appropriate. #psdata18

#Robotics currently-taking bits of jobs, not jobs,taking tasks not roles -so need to focus on redeployment of time not people says James Merrick-Jones- Cabinet Office but big Qs need to be asked re #futureworkforce #PSDATA2018 @PSDataScience in response to #scifi #fearofrobots Q

A busy morning here at the Public Sector Data Science Summit #PSData18