How to use data to improve services

Wednesday 29 June 2022

3:00 – 3:40 PM London (BST)

It is now a well worn cliché that data is the new oil. Like oil, which must be refined, processed, stored and then sold, data is of little use in its raw state.

To make data valuable there are five stages

o Capture
o Ownership
o Storage
o Analysis
o Application

And there are three sets of data skills…three newish professions the companies need

• Engineers
• Scientists
• Analysts

Roger Parry will share examples of use of data such as making Uber rides safer and making computer graphics more lifelike.

Roger Parry

Chair/NED @ Uber | YouGov | Oxford Metrics