Picture this – you’ve created a data strategy, the business is bought into the vision and now you have to deliver on your promise. The pressure is on to deliver value through data, and fast!

To create a data-driven organisation, data must be considered a key business priority with real engagement across all levels of the organisation. A data strategy is at the heart of driving the change and engagement needed to reach your organisation’s data goals.

Claire England will share her first-hand account of data delivery, from building a modern data team, selecting a partner, maintaining business buy-in and developing a data-delivery operating model to get data in the hands of the business as fast as possible!

Speakers: Claire England, Head of Data & Analytics, Orbit Group

With experience in a wide range of data, performance and management roles over the past 10 years, Claire England now leads Orbit’s central data function and is responsible for the creation and implementation of Orbit’s data strategy.

In a ‘warts and all’ overview, Notting Hill Genesis will detail its strategy and journey towards building a data management culture, why it was needed and the benefits achieved so far.

We will cover our initial model and why it was chosen, the resulting framework built around it and how engagement and ownership were developed with the business so that they were left looking after their own data.

This session will also look at what we’ve learned, our current challenges and the changes made along the way, as well as our programme’s successes and next steps.

Speakers: Shae McCalla, Head of Data Governance & Performance, Notting Hill Genesis

Shae joined Notting Hill Genesis in 2012 and has driven forward NHG’s approach to managing and safeguarding its data assets. Her work has supported a growing culture of responsibility and awareness of the importance of good data management.

As one of the UK’s largest housing providers, L&Q will explain why data matters for informed decisions, better service delivery and greater transparency and accountability.

Discover how L&Q moved to a Microsoft Azure-based enterprise data platform, with a centralised data repository (its ‘trusted zone’) for a golden record of its data, all accessible and manageable from multiple sources across its extended operations.

Speaker: Gaurav Suri, Lead Data Engineer, L&Q

As lead data engineer with L&Q, Gaurav Suri is an experienced Microsoft Azure Solution Associate specialising in data warehousing and business intelligence. With over a decade of expertise, he excels in data management, modelling, integration and ETL development, delivering impactful Azure-based data solutions.

We’ve cracked looking after our data so nothing bad happens but, how do we shift the dial to make sure good things happen? Improving data quality, ownership, value and insight.

Speakers: Simon Parker, Director of IS, Home Group and Faustina Tolosa, Data Quality Specialist, Home Group

Simon Parker is an energetic IT & change director with over 20 years’ experience in senior roles across multiple sectors, working in the UK and internationally. Home Group is his foray into social housing. Given the choice, he’d rather be dancing.

Faustina is an enthusiastic data specialist who puts a real focus on business outcomes. With a background in linguistics and translation, she approaches data with a unique perspective and is passionate about driving positive change.

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Speakers: Rachael Taylor, Group Director of Finance, ICT & Risk, 3C Consultants and Nicky Hawkins, Head of Data, 3C Consultants

Switchee will showcase how data can unlock a deeper understanding of housing portfolios. From understanding property health to supporting vulnerable tenants, we’ll discuss how using data for good is revolutionising the social housing sector.

Speaker: Ben Morris, Data lead, Switchee