Become a speaker

The Data Science Festival is made possible by people who give up their time to share their knowledge. If you’ve been working on an exciting data science, engineering or tech project that you think would benefit the community, then get in touch! We welcome every background, level and sector. The DSF is a safe space where every idea and every person is encouraged to come as they are and present to our growing community.

Are you pushing the boundaries of tech, recently completed a successful project, learned something the hard way, defined best practices, or innovating for the future? Can you tell it in a practical, no-nonsense, sales-free way? We’d love to hear it.

In particular, we’re looking for proposals covering the below topics, but in all honesty, if it’s interesting and relevant to the community, it’s in!

• Data science & advanced analytics
• Data engineering and architecture
• Data-driven business management
• Business case studies
• Real-time applications
• Sensors, IoT & the industrial internet
• Emerging technologies
• Big data platforms and applications
• Big data and the cloud
• Law, ethics, governance
• Platform security and cybersecurity
• Visualisation & user experience

Please fill out the application below which will include everything we need from you. We will send you an email once we receive this and usually try to set up a quick call to chat with you and learn more about your session. We will then recommend where the session can be featured and what the timeline is.

Proposals will be considered for the following types of presentations:

• 10-minute flash talk as part of a panel
• 45-minute session – this is our standard time for online and in person speaking slots
• 90-minute workshops (online only)

Help us understand why your presentation is the right one for Data Science Festival. Please keep in mind that this event is by and for professionals.

• Be authentic. Your peers need original ideas in real-world scenarios, relevant examples, and knowledge transfer. Not something they could learn from a book.
• Give your proposal a simple and straightforward title.
• Include as much detail about the presentation as possible.
• If you are proposing a panel, tell us who else would be on it.
• Keep proposals free of marketing and sales.
• Keep the audience in mind: they’re experienced, and already knowledgable.
• Limit the scope: be realistic about the material you can cover in the time allowed.
• Explain why people will want to attend and what they’ll take away from it.

We are running two in person Festivals in 2023. Saturday May 20th 2023 and Saturday October 14th 2023, both at CodeNode in London, UK. This event is designed for UK-based attendees and speakers, and will be an in-person conference. 40 speakers, four speaker rooms, and 600 attendees. We also have options to speak virtually at a variety of events across the year. We hold our DSF Sandbox Sessions monthly, and we welcome applications for these events.

• Submissions for our DSF MayDay event on May 20th 2023 are now CLOSED.

• Submissions are now open for our DSF OctoberFest event on October 14th 2023 (in person – London). Last application date September 4th 2023.

• Submissions are open for DSF Sandbox Sessions and Summer School 2023. Online and in-person options. They will remain open until November 2023.