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Higher Education Data Conference 2024
Wednesday 13th November

Hear from fellow HE peers and experts to learn how to get the most value from your data.

The event is free to attend and will take place at the InterContinental hotel in Edinburgh.

Option to join us for dinner the night before the event.

  • Abertay University
  • Anglia Ruskin
  • Bloomsbury Institute
  • Bournemouth University
  • Brighton
  • Cardiff Met
  • University of Chichester
  • University of Glasgow-1
  • Wrexham Glyndwyr
  • Keele
  • University of Kent
  • Leeds
  • LSHTM
  • Northampton
  • Oxford Brookes
  • Rose Bruford
  • Royal Holloway
  • Salford
  • Strathclyde
  • Suffolk
  • Surrey
  • Teesside
  • West of Scotland
  • Westminster-1

Agenda

09:30 Breakfast and registration    
10:00 Welcome and introductions Pete Sapseid
Head of Customer Success		 Ometis
10:10 Keynote: Explore a vision for the future harnessing the power of AI today Chris Lofthouse
Commercial Director		 Ometis
10:40 Our new Student Registration app: ARU have recently converted their business critical dashboard RegStats from QlikView to Qlik Sense

Introducing writeback in financial forecasting: How ARU forecast fixed asset depreciation		 Stuart Powell
Deputy Director of Finance


Mark Gittins
Business Information Manager		 Anglia Ruskin University
11:25 Using AI to predict student attrition: Bring together multiple sources of data and run through algorithms to quickly highlight students that are likely to leave their course. Dan Titchener
Qlik Consultant		 Ometis 
11:45 Refreshments break    
12:00 Data integration, quality and governance: How to bring together disparate data sources, ensure their quality and that the right people have access at the right time David Tomlins
Head of Solution Delivery		 Ometis
12:30 Moving analytics to the cloud: The reasons we're doing it and the extra benefits we expect to enjoy. Ken Burch
Head of Internal Student Reporting		 Oxford Brookes University
13:15 Lunch    
14:00 Improving the planning process:  See how write back can be used to allow changes in planning on the fly. Ryan Peachey
Qlik Consultant		 Ometis
14:20 Qlik Sense SaaS implementation – Hybrid BI provision (between QlikView and Qlik Sense)
Our implementation of Qlik Sense SaaS and journey through hybrid BI provision. Achievements, lessons learnt and next steps		 Emilia Siatrak
Deputy Director (Analytics)
Catherine Porter
Senior BI Developer		 Royal Holloway, University of London
15:05 80% of data is unstructured. learn how to use AI to quickly find data held in PDFs, blog posts, documents and more Chris Lofthouse
Commercial Director		 Ometis
15:30 Refreshments and networking    

  Agenda may be subject to change

Sample job titles of people who attended last year:

  • Director of Finance
  • Assistant Director of Finance
  • Deputy Director of Finance
  • Accountant
  • Head of Admissions
  • Head of Admissions
  • Director of Strategic Improvement
  • Director of Student Employability
  • Alumni Officer
  • Head of Planning
  • Head of Planning and Performance
  • Planning Officer
  • Institutional Research Manager
  • Head of BI
  • Data Warehouse Manager
  • Data Engineer
  • BI Data Architect
  • BI Reporting Specialist
  • Solutions Analyst

Register

Please complete the form below to confirm your place.

Postal address: 

InterContinental Edinburgh,
19-21 George Street, Edinburgh,
EH2 2PB, UK

Reservations: +44 131 225 1251
edinburghthegeorgereservations@ihg.com

Directions:

If driving, use the postcode EH2 2PB. For public transport, take the tram from the airport to St Andrew Square, which is a minute's walk from the hotel. Alternatively, Edinburgh Waverley train station is nearby, offering direct services to London King's Cross. From the station, it's a short taxi ride (about 5 minutes, £6-£8 fare) or a 10-minute walk to reach the hotel.

Whilst there's no onsite parking, guests can benefit from discounted parking rates at nearby St James's Quarter. Discounts are applied on exit by presenting ticket validated by hotel reception.

Hotel

Alternate hotel options:

There are other hotel options nearby to suit different budgets. Some of the lower cost alternatives within a mile include: