Following the huge success of the Glasgow launch for Talent40, we are hosting the launch all over again in Edinburgh!
Speakers
It’s our pleasure to introduce…
Ivan McKee MSP
Ivan's career has involved a number of senior roles in manufacturing and business, managing companies in the UK as well as Poland, Finland, Croatia and Bosnia. Early in his career, Ivan spent two years with VSO in Bangladesh. He is currently a trustee of the charity CEI, which supports education and health projects in Bangladesh. Ivan has been MSP for Glasgow Provan since May 2016. Brought up in Glasgow, he studied at the University of Strathclyde and the University of Newcastle.
Elizabeth Hollinger
Elizabeth is the head of Analytics and BI for Aggreko, and leads a team of data engineers, data scientists, analysts and developers who use data to drive value across their global business, She has spent the last 12 years working in a variety of industries, helping them use their data to solve business problems, she has a passion for helping people understand the value of data and loves to communicate complex ideas in a simple way to enable effective insight-driven decision making.
Damian Anderson
After overcoming many obstacles, Damien is working towards a future that he would like to see through his PhD studies. His work is focused on the development of new AI techniques in video games which may give us a glimpse into what the future of AI holds.
Rob Huggins
As Director of Academy & Client Services at MBN Solutions, Rob has spent his career at the sharp end of Talent Acquisition practice for the Data & Technology sectors. Working as Delivery Partner for The Data Lab's MSc. Placement Programme, Rob designed and deployed the highly successful Employability framework that has seen over 200 aspirant Data practitioners placed into Scottish organisations over the last 3 years. In addition to sitting on The University of Glasgow's School of Maths & Stats Industrial Advisory Board and acting as Talent Lead for DMA Scotland, Rob was recently recognised by Data IQ as one of their most influential Data and Analytics practitioners in UK organisations.
Agenda
Thursday 23rd January 2019, 6pm - 9pm
Deloitte, 20 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, EH1 2DB
18.00 - 18.30
Registration
Networking & Refreshments
18.30 - 18.40
Welcome
Ivan McKee MSP
Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation
Scottish Government
18.40 - 18.50
Intro to Talent4Point0
Elizabeth Hollinger
Head of Analytics and BI
Aggreko
18.50 - 19.35
My Journey
Damian Anderson
PhD Student
University of Strathclyde
19.35 - 20.10
Q&A (Online + Audience Questions)
Talent4Point0 Team
20.10 - 20.15
Close
Rob Huggins
Director of Academy and Client Services
MBN Solutions
20.15 - 21.00
Networking & Refreshments