Agenda
06:30pm - Doors open, food and drink served
07:00pm - Welcome
07:05pm - An opening statement from Daemon
07:10pm - Konrad Bachusz, Lead Data Engineer at Credera, "State of AI in 2024"
Konrad Bachusz has a broad range of experience in finance and data, working in various industries including accounting, government, trading, healthcare, transportation, finance, and consulting. Currently, he is a Lead Data Engineer at a global boutique consultancy called Credera. His current role involves helping enterprise clients deliver data engineering, data platforms, and AI solutions. Konrad's interest in AI stems from his background in data analytics, data science, machine learning and data engineering. Outside of work he enjoys travelling, playing his guitars and programming.
07:50pm - Break
08:00 - Lucy Thomas ML Engineer at the Natwest Group and Dr. Ariadna Blanca Romero Senior Data Scientist / AI-Machine Learning Engineer at the Natwest Group, "Enterprise Scale MLOps at NatWest"
Lucy and Ariadna will take us on NatWest Group's journey of building an MLOps platform that streamlines the entire machine learning lifecycle, and examples of using additional tools to support MLOps. This platform has boosted team productivity, reduced manual workflows for building, training, and deploying models, and enhanced security and compliance.
Lucy Thomas is a Senior AI/ML Engineer at NatWest Group, working in the Data Innovation team. Her focus at the moment is building ML solutions for conversational intelligence that are reliable and robust. Outside of work she enjoys going to the gym, swimming in the sea and reading.
Dr. Ariadna Blanca Romero is a Senior Data Scientist/AI-ML Engineer at NatWest with a background in computational material science. She is passionate about creating tools for automation that take advantage of the reproducibility of results from models and optimize the process to ensure prompt decision-making to deliver the best customer experience. Ariadna volunteers as a STEM virtual mentor for a non-profit organization helping the professional development of Latin-American students and young professionals, particularly for empowering women. She is passionate about practising yoga, cooking, and playing her electric guitar.
09:00pm - Wrap up, drinks at The Bear