R Conference Round-Up!

(Please, ensure that register to this event at our Eventbrite page https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/r-conference-round-up-tickets-55980965575 , Meetup registration alone won't be valid!).

There are several R conferences each year where the latest and greatest work and R is presented. Join us on Thursday 21st Feb to hear about what goes on at these conferences and how you can present your work at the next one!

iwoca: iwoca is the fast, flexible source of business finance for all UK businesses. That includes retailers, restaurants, hotels, service providers and more. Businesses use iwoca for all sorts of different purposes, from bridging short-term cashflow gaps to investing in stock opportunities. An R Lady from iwoca will give us an insight into how R is a central part of their workflow.

Hannah Frick: Earlier this year Hannah from R-Ladies London attended rstudio::conf in Austin, Texas. rstudio::conf is a conference dedicated to all things R and RStudio, join us to hear Hannah's tales and the freshest R news, hot off the press!

R Ladies London Organisers: UseR! conference is another major R conference, this year it will be held in Toulouse, France (July 9-12), the deadline for abstracts is March 1st. Get top tips on getting your abstract accepted from R Ladies who have previously given workshops and spoken at UseR! conferences.

Agenda:

6:30pm - Doors open (food and drinks won't last forever!)

7:00pm - Speaker from iwoca - How iwoca uses R

7:30ish pm - Hannah Frick - rstudio::conf

8:00ish pm - R Ladies - Getting to UseR!

We would like to say thanks to our sponsor tech recruitment agency RedCat Digital and to our hosts business finance providers iwoca. Together with them, we are pleased to promote diversity and create a community of minority genders in the data space!