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Indellient joined over 4,000 innovators, speakers, exhibitors and data enthusiasts at the Big Data Toronto 2017 conference held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 20 – 21st.
In its second year now, the conference was a great avenue for us to soak up all the new and significant data trends impacting our present, and couldn’t have come at a better time as we continue to emphasize our data and analytics capabilities which we showcased at this year’s Insurance Analytics Canada Summit one week later.
See what we took away from the show below.
The Basis for Competition is Your Data
53% of Canadian enterprises are currently creating a big data strategy or would like to and only 16% of Canadian organizations have staff in place that are able to work on Big Data projects.
Now more than ever, data and insights shouldn’t be for a privileged few, and events like this ensure that valuable information gets into the hands of many. After all, data is the new resource and impacts businesses, consumers, governments and the general public.
Big Data, Big Opportunity
There is a ton of data being created every second and this potential will only grow larger in the years to come. According to Deloitte, companies that can ask the right question, do the right analysis, and take the right actions are seeing huge returns. In fact, 85% of data mature organizations exceeded their corporate goals.
Tip: To keep up with data projects and stay in control, start with small projects, validate it and keep going.
Here are some memorable moments from the conference:
New photos! Luming Wang, Head Of Deep Learning at Uber gave our opening keynote at Big Data Toronto 2017. #BigDataTO pic.twitter.com/kLbMZRjBdQ
— Big Data Toronto (@BigDataTO) June 29, 2017
#BigDataTO "Danger of AI is not that it will take it over the world, it's when you train the models with low quality data" @BigData_paulz
— Natalia Mykhaylova (@natamyk) June 20, 2017
Fans don't just become fans on Gameday – #Data #technology is changing how sports fans interact with their teams 24/7 – 365 #BigDataTO pic.twitter.com/jWrC0kwd5z
— Big Data Toronto (@BigDataTO) June 21, 2017
"We are in the 2nd phase of AI: we are purely predicting outcomes" @noelwebb #BigDataTO @AI_EVENTS_ pic.twitter.com/yHiTnjJxap
— Clémence Simmelide (@ClemSimmelide) June 21, 2017
The #Data standards for a #SmartCity#BIM #DataScience #IoT #GIS #AssetManagement #AEC #Smartbuilding #IFC #smartcities #BigDataTO #TEXcited pic.twitter.com/6BwkQ1DAPZ
— Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) June 21, 2017
In healthcare, myth that seniors don't use tech – 50% @QoCHealth clients come with smart phones, the other are ready to learn. #BigDataTO
— Ada Tsang (@adatsangTO) June 20, 2017
"19,000 deep analytics jobs are in demand. 150,000 more jobs that will require big data analytics skills." – Brad Haynes, @Cisco #BigDataTO
— Wendy (@rikayla) June 20, 2017
Know your #data journey timelines. Dr. Bener @RyersonU states 6-7 mos. to explore data and another couple mos. on model building #BigDataTO
— Katie Hulan (@kathulan) June 21, 2017
Indellient recently teamed up with one of the sponsors of the event, Dundas BI, to enhance its customer experience and data capabilities. To read about our partnership, click here.