Motion · S5M-16758 · 3 Apr 2019
DataFest19
Lodged by Alexander Burnett (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party)
Standard Motion 19 supporters
The motion
That the Parliament congratulates the Data Lab on organising DataFest19, which, it understands, was the UK’s first two-week festival of data innovation; understands that the event, which was held in March 2019, saw more than 4,000 participants at 62 events across eight towns and cities; notes that it focused on people working with data together, by highlighting the impact of collaboration; welcomes its two-day international conference in Edinburgh, DataSummit, which attracted over 500 attendees; believes that this had an impressive line-up of speakers, including the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, Christopher Wylie; understands that the country’s largest data talent showcase, Data Talent, attracted 350 aspiring data science and engineering students to Glasgow to meet employers from some of the country’s leading organisations; acknowledges the festival’s outreach to younger people through the StatWars challenge and Women in Data Science fringe events, and believes that DataFest19 was a superb event and an ideal international showcase for Scotland’s burgeoning and talented data science community.
Supporters (19)
- Michelle Ballantyne 3 Apr 2019
- Bill Bowman 3 Apr 2019
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 3 Apr 2019
- Peter Chapman 3 Apr 2019
- Maurice Corry 3 Apr 2019
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 3 Apr 2019
- Jamie Greene 3 Apr 2019
- Alison Harris 3 Apr 2019
- Gordon Lindhurst 3 Apr 2019
- Dean Lockhart 3 Apr 2019
- Richard Lyle 3 Apr 2019
- Tom Mason 3 Apr 2019
- Margaret Mitchell 3 Apr 2019
- Liz Smith 3 Apr 2019
- Alexander Stewart 3 Apr 2019
- Annie Wells 3 Apr 2019
- Jeremy Balfour 4 Apr 2019
- Maurice Golden 4 Apr 2019
- Brian Whittle 4 Apr 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.