In this conversation, senior community leaders Robin Sutara, Field CDO at Databricks, Manca Vitorino, Director of Data Ecosystem at LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Roisin McCarthy, Founder of Women in Data®, share powerful career advice, reflect on how community has shaped their journeys, and discuss their vision for the future of the Data & AI sector. Together they touch on:

• Finding the right time to make a career move
• The difference allies and mentors can make
• Why representation and role models matter
• How community builds confidence and helps us fight imposter syndrome

🎉Celebrate Women in Data®'s 11th Birthday at our Manchester meet-up, featuring Royal London and Microsoft 🎉

Enjoy networking, a career-focused panel, insights into intelligent underwriting, and a keynote from Microsoft's Dr Mollie Ward (AI Solution Engineer).

This event offers connection, learning, and empowerment.

Agenda Highlights:

💬 14:00–14:30 | Networking & Refreshments
Connect with fellow attendees over drinks and light bites. Your chance to meet peers, mentors, and future collaborators.

🧭 14:30–14:55 | Panel Discussion: Navigating a Career in Data (Royal London)
Hear from the Royal London team as they share personal stories, career tips, and helpful insights on how to thrive in today's data industry.

📊 14:55–15:30 | The Intelligent Underwriter: Balancing Insight and Automation (Royal London)
Discover how Royal London is transforming underwriting through data-driven decision-making and automation, while maintaining critical human insight.

🤖 15:30–16:15 | Microsoft Keynote: Dr Mollie Ward (AI Solution Engineer)
Be inspired by Dr Mollie Ward, with her PhD in Computational Neuroscience, this will be a unique and not-to-be missed opportunity to learn how AI is reshaping industries and how women are leading the charge from an expert interdisciplinary voice.

☕ 16:15–17:00 | Closing Refreshments
Unwind and reflect on the day's discussions with informal networking and refreshments.

What you can look forward to:

• Practical career advice from the Women in Data® community
• Insights into real-world applications of AI and automation
• Inspiration from leading voices in tech and finance
• New connections with professionals across industries

Expand your network. Elevate your career. Empower your journey.

Join us for a dynamic virtual networking event designed exclusively for Women in Data® members. Connect with inspiring, like-minded professionals in a welcoming online space built for meaningful conversations and collaboration.

Learn practical tips to strengthen your virtual networking skills, gain fresh career insights, and walk away with connections that can open new doors. This FREE session is your opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive alongside a supportive community of women shaping the future of data.

Whether you’re here to explore new opportunities, exchange ideas, or simply expand your circle, this is the place to be.

Join us for an inspiring virtual panel exploring how Sainsbury’s is championing diversity and inclusion as a catalyst for innovation and performance.

Our panellists will share stories of exceptional data talent across disciplines, from engineering and analytics to data science and AI. We will showcase inclusive leadership, career development programmes, and cross-functional collaboration.

Discover how initiatives like the LEAP programme, women-led bootcamps, and neurodiverse hiring practices are breaking barriers and nurturing potential. With insights from leaders driving scalable, ethical AI and customer-centric analytics, this session will showcase how a culture of belonging empowers colleagues, sparks creativity, and shapes the future of retail.

Join us for an inspiring in-person session celebrating the outstanding work of Women in Data® partners across the Midlands. This event will bring together data professionals, leaders, and innovators to connect, share knowledge, and explore how data can be harnessed for positive impact.

Our goal is to empower individuals and organisations to use data efficiently, effectively, and responsibly—driving informed decision-making that puts customers first and unlocks data’s potential as a force for good.

Through engaging discussions and partner showcases, attendees will:

• Gain a clear understanding of the peaks and pitfalls of data transformation projects, learning from real-world experiences.
• Discover how data underpins the support provided to vulnerable customers in the energy industry, helping ensure fair and inclusive service.
• Gain insight into how the energy sector is evolving on the journey to net zero, and how data provides the evidence and intelligence needed to measure progress and impact.

The session will also spotlight learning and development opportunities available to local data professionals, highlighting how partners can invest in the region’s growing talent and strengthen the vibrant data community.

✨ Connect. Learn. Inspire. Harness the power of data for good.

Join us for an enlightening evening, together with Snowflake and AWS, focused on the critical topic of AI Ethics and its impact on shaping our technological future. This event brings together industry experts and thought leaders to explore the responsible development and implementation of AI technologies.

What to Expect

Gain insights into ethical considerations in AI development
Learn from industry experts about responsible AI practices
Engage in meaningful discussions about AI's future
Network with professionals in the field
Connect with the AWS Cloud Women community

Who Should Attend

Technology professionals
AI/ML practitioners
Business leaders
Ethics professionals
Anyone interested in the future of AI

🎉 Join Women in Data® and Intuita for a birthday celebration 🎉

On Wednesday 26th November Intuita Consulting will be hosting annual winter drinks for their clients and friends in the industry and would be delighted to include all those celebrating Women in Data® turning 11 years old!   

Join them for drinks and festive nibbles at an evening of relaxed networking with fellow data folk. 

🎉 WiD Week Leeds Meetup: Women in Data® celebration with ASDA  🎉

Come and join us at ASDA House in Leeds as we celebrate our 11th birthday! This special WiD Week event, hosted in partnership with ASDA, offers a dedicated morning of learning, development, and networking with refreshments. Connect with fellow data professionals, gain fresh insights, and be part of our vibrant community driving change and innovation.

Having completed this session, you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to:

● Develop and Implement a Data Monetization Model that successfully transitions proprietary information into a valuable, revenue-generating subscription product.
● Identify Strategic Product Differentiation by leveraging unique insights, for example carbon emissions information.
● Measure and Prove Stakeholder ROI by demonstrating how consistent, up-to-date data enables suppliers and customers to optimise their business.
● Drive Internal Efficiency by utilizing data portals to help teams increase efficiency, reduce manual reporting, and make data-led decisions to improve category and supplier performance.
● Position Data as a Competitive Advantage, moving beyond simply selling products to selling insights.

What’s Northstar?

Northstar is Snowflake's hands-on builder education program which takes developers through real Snowflake use cases, equipping them with training, badges and experience.

Agenda

The upcoming Northstar will focus on Agentic AI. Attendees will learn how to design and deploy intelligent data agents using Snowflake Cortex. These agents are capable of finding, understanding and making decisions on structured and unstructured data using Cortex Analyst and Cortex Search. dbt Labs is sponsoring and will provide a 30-minute demo to complement the core session. Attendees will walk away with a Northstar Agentic AI badge upon completion of the lab.

Prerequisites: 

A working knowledge of SQL, Python, data engineering and machine learning concepts.

A Snowflake account (we’ll create a free trial account during the lab)

Access to GitHub

Expand your network. Elevate your career. Empower your journey.

Join us for a dynamic virtual networking event designed exclusively for Women in Data® members. Connect with inspiring, like-minded professionals in a welcoming online space built for meaningful conversations and collaboration.

Learn practical tips to strengthen your virtual networking skills, gain fresh career insights, and walk away with connections that can open new doors. This FREE session is your opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive alongside a supportive community of women shaping the future of data.

Whether you’re here to explore new opportunities, exchange ideas, or simply expand your circle, this is the place to be.

The path from a successful Generative AI proof-of-concept (POC) to a reliable, scalable production system is complex and often fraught with unexpected challenges. This session will provide a focused discussion on the critical, often-overlooked stages of the GenAI lifecycle that determine long-term success. We will explore the common pitfalls faced when transitioning from a small-scale prototype to an enterprise application, focusing specifically on three pillars:

1. Production Challenges: Addressing key roadblocks such as optimizing for low-latency, ensuring data controls/lineage and governance in RAG pipelines, and selecting the right deployment architecture (e.g., self-hosted vs. API-based vs hybrid).
2. Large-Scale Evaluation: Deep-diving into evaluation strategies beyond basic accuracy, including robust red-teaming, human-in-the-loop validation, and establishing quantitative metrics for model grounding and correctness across diverse use cases.
3. Real-time Monitoring (MLOps): Establishing effective monitoring frameworks for performance drift, cost management, token usage, and mitigating unexpected behavior, ensuring your GenAI application remains effective and responsible over time.

Join us to gain the practical, technical, and strategic knowledge necessary to confidently shepherd your GenAI projects from experimental success to real-world impact.

Discover more about the Women in Data® x HSBC partnership.

Implement a framework around supporting data teams in their career, create immersive learning experiences that engage their audience and increase data literacy and inspire content to create a mindset of curiosity and excitement around data.