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Enabling effective implementation of smart: how open should data be?

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Event
  • Session
  • Wednesday, 23 May 2018
  • 13:23 - 13:23
  • Duration: 15 mins
  • Publication date: 06 Jun 2018
  • Location: Network Theatre, NEC, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Part of event Utility week Live 2018

About the session

The digitalisation of networks and assets is making huge volumes of data available to operators which, with the help of analytics could enable transformations in efficiency, performance and cost reductions. This seminar will explore what good looks like for the operation of a digital, data-driven network and consider key aspects of how to achieve the most value from data available from networks today.

Keywords:
  • big data
  • decarbonisation
  • ecosystem
  • energy
  • energy grid
  • energy storage
  • energy system
  • energy user
  • low carbon
  • open data
  • renewable
  • storage

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Speakers

  • David Beardmore

    David Beardmore

    Open Data Institute, Commercial director

    David leads the ODI’s commercial, business development and marketing activities.His 20+ years in data-driven insight and marketing have seen him work with many leading brands in multiple sectors and countries. In addition to working for some of the largest players in the data world such as Experian, Callcredit and Telefonica, David also ran his own boutique data insight business, Thinkdata, for 5 years before its acquisition by Bertelsmann.David’s work is characterised by passion, pragmatism and a fierce determination to deliver measurable value to clients. He also loves to challenge the status quo in order to find better ways of doing things.Originally a classically trained musician, David has a Masters from Cambridge and an MBA in Marketing. Ever the optimist, he continues to hold a season ticket at Nottingham Forest.
  • David Beardmore

    David Beardmore

    Open Data Institute, Commercial director

    David leads the ODI’s commercial, business development and marketing activities.His 20+ years in data-driven insight and marketing have seen him work with many leading brands in multiple sectors and countries. In addition to working for some of the largest players in the data world such as Experian, Callcredit and Telefonica, David also ran his own boutique data insight business, Thinkdata, for 5 years before its acquisition by Bertelsmann.David’s work is characterised by passion, pragmatism and a fierce determination to deliver measurable value to clients. He also loves to challenge the status quo in order to find better ways of doing things.Originally a classically trained musician, David has a Masters from Cambridge and an MBA in Marketing. Ever the optimist, he continues to hold a season ticket at Nottingham Forest.
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