

What we’re about
We are a socialising, networking, and skill-sharing community for anyone working with data in Brighton. The goal of the meetup is to bring locals together, share experiences and war stories, increase awareness of local opportunities and to give or receive support with data related challenges.
We meet bimonthly on the last Wednesday of the odd-numbered months. We offer a mix of presentations and informal chats. Our meetings are hybrid, meaning we meet in person and stream the events online for remote attendees.
A selection of recordings from previous meetings can be found on our Youtube channel and/or on Silicon Brighton's Youtube channel.
In addition to organising events, we manage a #slack workspace to continue the conversation. Whether you can attend our meetings or not, we encourage all group members and local data professionals to join us on #slack. Email Oskar to ask for an invite.
The Brighton Data Forum is proud to be sponsored by the Silicon Brighton tech community. Silicon Brighton is a community-led initiative to support digital growth in the region. They work hand-in-hand with the local tech community to provide individuals with free opportunities for networking, training, up-skilling and development; helping people to take their careers and businesses forward. Find out more here.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- 2025-09-24 brighton data forum: lightning talksBarclays Eagle Labs Brighton, Brighton
Welcome to the Brighton data forum!
This month, in place of a speaker presentation, we will have a number of speedy (~5 min) lightning talks from the membership.The schedule is still work in progress, but currently looks like the following:
- 18:00 - refreshments and networking
- 18:30 - talks (subject to change):
Olawale Abimbola: Thoughts on large language models
Morgan McCarthy: Delivering Data Transformation
Anjani Sharma: Agentic AI solutions for small-medium businesses
Steve Hooley: Plotly Studio: an AI-wizard does data viz
Chinedu Chukwumeka Mazi: NHS Paperwork Automation Agent
Ash Oldershaw: From Influx to BigQuery
Vadim Epstein: Generative AI in the creative sector
Oskar Holm: A refresher on ensemble methods in data science
There are still a couple of unfilled speaking slots, so if you have an idea/tip/trick/hack or a microtopic of interest, please contact skarinn@yahoo.com about getting added to the list.
Either way, I encourage you to come and learn about these topics from our enthusiastic speakers.
The Brighton data forum is sponsored by Rittman Analytics and supported by Silicon Brighton.