PyData Leeds: Leeds Digital Fest '25

PyData Leeds: Leeds Digital Fest ’25

PyData Leeds, for the third time, is coming to Leeds Digital Festival!

Date: Tuesday 23rd September 2025
Time: 17:30
Location: Parallax Offices, The Elbow Rooms, 64 Call Lane, Leeds, LS1 6DT

PyData is a global meet-up of Data and Software Engineering enthusiasts who want to connect, network and learn.
Leeds has a thriving and growing eco-system of technology businesses and people.
The Digital Festival is an open, collaborative celebration of digital culture in all its forms.

A perfect match, right?

Agenda
17:30: Networking and Refreshments
18:00: Welcome & Icebreaker
18:15: MVP – Minimal Viable Prompting Game Day
19:30: Wrap-up & Drinks

MVP – Minimal Viable Prompting Game Day

Why come along?

Put your prompt‑writing skills to the test in a friendly, fast‑paced contest. You’ll work with a ring‑fenced large language model (LLM) and a shared dataset, racing to surface the right answers as the questions get tougher. Think of it as a pub quiz for data folk – but the questions are answered with code‑like prompts rather than pens.

How it works

Quick briefing – we’ll show you the dataset, the rules and a few prompt‑engineering tips.
Answer the questions – each round ups the difficulty, challenging you to refine, chain or re‑use prompts in inventive ways.
Leaderboard & prizes – points for accuracy and ingenuity. Top spot takes home bragging rights and a tidy prize.

Who should attend?

Anyone curious about the real world use of AI – whether you wrangle data daily or you’ve only just discovered ChatGPT. Basic SQL will help, but isn’t essential.

What to bring

• A laptop is ideal (tablet or phone at a push).
• Your ticket and your competitive spirit.

If you have been before, we look forward to seeing you again and if you're coming along for the first time, we're excited to meet you and for you to join the Leeds PyData Community.

Connect with us on Meetup, Discord or Twitter.

PyData Leeds is a strictly professional event, as such professional behaviour is expected.

PyData Leeds is a chapter of PyData, an educational program of NumFOCUS and thus abides by the NumFOCUS Code of Conduct - https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct.html