Data Science Festival - Manchester

Event details
📆 Date: Tuesday 12th August 2025
⏰ Time: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm BST
💡 Topic: Globality vs Locality: Capturing Information at Different Scales in Retail Graph Networks
🗣️ Speakers: Greg Kantor from dunnhumby

In today’s dynamic world of retail data science, uncovering patterns in transactional data is key to understanding customer behaviour. Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are emerging as a game-changing approach—offering a fresh lens to model the intricate web of relationships hidden in this data. But while the potential is immense, capturing rich, meaningful information at scale remains a major hurdle.

In this talk, we’ll take you on a journey through how GNNs interpret transactional data differently from traditional methods—revealing a compelling interplay between local patterns and global structures within graph networks. We’ll explore how these multi-scale insights can enrich our models, helping us better reflect the underlying complexity of retail behaviour—and perhaps even reach beyond it.

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Join us on Wednesday 17th September 2025, for our first ever DSF Career Day, at our London home CodeNode, for one day only! 🌟

Tickets are open now, so make sure to get yours. All who get their tickets will get to attend this event for free 🎟️

This is a brand new, free, in-person event designed to connect aspiring professionals with inclusive employers, practical insights, and real opportunities. Whether you are stepping into your first role, pivoting into tech, returning to work after a career break, or exploring something completely new, this day is built for you!

Come along to get direct access to 30+ inclusive companies hiring right now, sit in inspiring panel discussions from industry experts in a community-led, drop-in space where networking is always encouraged.

We believe everyone deserves access to opportunity, community, and a sense of belonging in the workplace. DSF Career Day is all about opening doors, sparking confidence, and helping you thrive, no matter where you are on your career journey!

⏰ Event time: 12:00 PM - 18:00 PM

📍Venue address: CodeNode, 10 South Pl, London, EC2M 7EB

🚊Nearest tube station: Moorgate or Liverpool Street

You can find out all about the panel discussions here.

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Event details:

🎟️ Please bring your ticket (a paper copy or on your phone) to the event to check in with your QR code. Tickets are non-transferable.

☕️ There is no breakfast or lunch at the venue; however, there is tea, coffee, and water provided throughout the day. Soft drinks and alcohol can be purchased from SpaceBar at CodeNode.

⌚️ Doors will open at 12 PM sharp and attendee registration will begin at this time on Wednesday 17th September 2025. Panel discussions will begin at 12:30 PM.

🤝 There will be networking at the Spacebar from 17:00 - 18:00 PM so come and say hello!

FAQ will be live in July 2025. Please take some time to review this ahead of the event.

We can't wait to see you back in person! 👋

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Join us on Saturday, 22nd November 2025, for our 12th Festival, at our London home, CodeNode, for one day only!

Enter the ticket ballot to be in with a chance of attending. 600 lucky people will get to attend this event for free 🎟️

40 speakers, 4 stream rooms, 10 partners, lunch, swag bags, and an entire day to learn, mingle, and be inspired!

Event time: 08:15 AM - 18:00 PM

Venue address: CodeNode, 10 South Pl, London, EC2M 7EB

Nearest tube station: Moorgate or Liverpool Street

Schedule and speaker details are updated weekly on the website.

Please note this event will not be streamed, so please ensure you apply for a ballot ticket to watch these sessions live.

Ticketing: Due to the popularity of Data Science Festival events, we are now allocating event tickets via a random ballot. Registering enters you into the ticket ballot for DSF Game On on Saturday, 22nd November 2025. The ballot will be drawn throughout October 2025. If you have not received a ticket by November 13th 2025, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful in getting a ticket. Those who are randomly selected will then be emailed tickets for the event. Please read how the ticketing works in full here.

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We can't wait to see you back in person! 👋

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