Soft Skills for Data Scientists

Date: Thursday, September 30, 2021

Time: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM SAST

Speaker: Cobus Oosthuizen

Title: Neuro-Communication: presenting yourself confidently in the workplace

Synopsis: What do you believe about your communication abilities? Are you a people person or not? This session will explore how you have developed thinking patterns about your communication abilities (drawing on neuroscience) and then help you to build better, more effective patterns when it comes to presenting yourself and engaging others in conversation. After the session, you will feel confident in your ability to shine in an interview and/or any public speaking events, as well as inspired to become a brilliant networker and communicator with colleagues new and old.

Panel Discussion

Title: “In the mind of data science interviewers: what are they looking for?”

Moderator: Kelly Lu - Senior Business Solutions Manager: Advanced Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Panellists:

Matthew Bernath - Head of Data Analytics at Rand Merchant Bank || Host of the Financial Modelling Podcast and the RMB Data Analytics Podcast || Co-Founder of the Financial Modelling Summit

Warren Murray - Principal Business Solutions Manager, Business Value, SAS EMEA

David Cosgrave - Customer Success Director: MEA at SAS