DATALYST 2025

In Partnership with Analyst Network North East and the National Innovation Centre for Data we will explore how data, accounting and finance professionals use, or can use, planning analytics, descriptive analytics, diagnostic analytics, predictive analytics and prescriptive analytics to add value, considering:

• Faster and Better Decision Making – providing Operational Insight, including Real Time
• Planning and Forecasting
• Audit and Quality
• Visualisation and Communication
• Robotics and Automation
• AI
• Data Governance, Ethics and Legalities

Full Agenda and details about the event on the official NICD webpage

See the amazing and growing line-up of thought leaders, experts and world class speakers – book now! 👇

𝙁𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜• Panel Discussion

Chair – Lauren Cassells, Financial Crime Research and Innovation Programme Lead, FinTech Scotland

Panelists: Dr Emma Black, CEO, Cascade Cash Management • Amanda Shepherd, Chief Operating Officer, Newcastle Building Society

𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜• Yara Jubran., Operations & Strategy Consultant, Durham University

𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮• Panel Discussion

Chair – Michael Izza CBE, Trustee, Moorfields Eye Charity

Panelists – Gareth James, Assurance Partner, Ernst & Young• Justin Januszewski, Chief Financial Officer, Inflo • Colin Gillespie, CTO, Jumping Rivers • Miklos Vasarhelyi, Co-Director, DRAAN Rutgers Business School • Laura Cole, Head of Modelling, UK National Audit Offic𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣• Louise Braithwaite, Data Scientist, National Innovation Centre for Data• Andrew Mason, Head of Data & Analytics, Grainger plc

𝙍𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣• Savva Shanaev, Assistant Professor, Northumbria University

𝘼𝙄• Maciej Misiura, Software Engineer (Machine Learning), Red Hat • Lisa Ewens, Senior VP of Product, Sage

𝘿𝙖𝙩𝙖 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙀𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨•Panel Discussion

Chair – Paul Watson, Director, National Innovation Centre for Data

Panelists – Christopher Bowen, Commercial Solicitor, Womble Bond Dickinson• Jessica Liang, Virgin Money, Senior Risk and Analytic Specialist• Ian Pay, Head of Data, Analytics and Tech, ICAEW• Geoff Trotter, Co-Founder and CEO, ESG Excel • Mhairi Aitken, Senior Ethics Fellow, Alan Turing Institute

All compered by multi-award winning Finance Director, Bradley Channer, Ubio.

Supported by: ACCA, Analyst Network North East , CIMA, CIPFA, ICAEW, The OR SocietyCatalyst Recruitment, National Innovation Centre for Data

We are working together to support DataKind UK