Edinburgh Data Science + AI September Meetup

Edinburgh's community meetup for people working in or interested in Data Science and AI. We're a friendly bunch of professionals, academics, students and others who enjoy meeting over drinks and pizza and listening to insightful talks.

We will be generously hosted by CreateFuture at the Old Stamp Office (next to Waverley Station) from 6pm on Thursday 18th September.

Food at the event is once again very kindly supported by Neuron. Neuron's mission is to help businesses transition from finite human labour to infinite agentic systems.

Our keynote speaker will be Julie Ripplinger, Lead Data Scientist and Technical Lead at Pivigo. She will talk to us about Why good code fails to make an impact: Measuring what matters

We are also in the process of confirming a short talk, most likely about tools for building AI Agents!

Schedule:
6pm - 7pm - Networking with pizza and drinks
7pm - 8.15pm - Talks with Q&A
8.15pm onwards - Continued networking

CreateFuture is an accessible venue, if you have any questions about accessibility please get in touch.

If you have a shoutout / you are hiring please let us know!

Speaker Bios:
Julie Ripplinger, Lead Data Scientist and Technical Lead at Pivigo
Julie has a background spanning both academia and industry, with 15+ years of experience in developing data- and AI-driven solutions across diverse sectors including environment, logistics, housing, energy and more. Lately Julie’s focus has been on architecting and leading predictive and generative AI projects, overseeing teams through the project lifecycle from problem definition to model deployment, all while maintaining a commitment to delivering end-user-focused solutions.