Data is Everywhere - and it's Your Responsibility

SPEAKERS

Soyini Taylor - Strategist and Architect at Sage

Ashwaq Salim - Data Scientist at Moonpig

Soji Abodunrin - Senior Product Analyst at Typeform

AGENDA

Event Start - 13:15

Event Close - 14:15

SYNOPSIS

This event will raise awareness of the role of data in everyone's life, highlight the importance of responsible data handling, connect classroom learning to real-world digital practice, promote digital responsibility and critical thinking.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Soyini Taylor

Soyini Taylor is an IT professional with over 16 years of international experience. With a strong foundation in databases, data architecture, and business architecture, she is currently at Sage as Director and BI Strategist and Architect, leading global data initiatives that drive value through insight-led solutions. Soyini also serves as Vice Chair of the BCS Data Management Specialist Group, supporting thought leadership in the UK data community.

Ashwaq Salim

Ashwaq is a Data Scientist specialising in building recommendation engines that help people discover what they need (or didn’t know they needed!)

She builds and maintains large-scale recommender systems while bringing cutting-edge research into the commercial world, bridging the gap between novel ideas and real-world impact.

Recently, Ashwaq was proud to receive the Early Career Tech Champion award, a milestone that fuels her drive to keep pushing boundaries, innovating and making tech more impactful.

She also loves sharing about her unique journey into tech but most importantly how she is excited to continue building her career and identity in the Recommender Systems industry and as a Data Scientist.

Soji Abodunrin

Soji Abodunrin is a Senior Product Analyst at Typeform, where he helps shape product strategy through data-driven insights, experimentation, and growth analytics. With over a decade of experience across fintech, consulting, and banking, he has worked with companies like Intuit, Deloitte, and Deutsche Bank - helping teams uncover insights, tell compelling stories with data, and make smarter decisions.

Outside of work, Soji regularly shares his knowledge through talks, community events, and educational outreach focused on empowering the next generation of data professionals.

We encourage teaching staff to sign up to our Get Ahead in Digital Week events on the behalf of their classes. When reserving your spaces, please ensure you let us know the number of students you anticipate participating in this session so we can supply you with their student packs.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

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THIS EVENT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT