Data Science Milan: A year in a review of our community
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Data Science Milan, founded in February 2016, has grown to 493 members with various events and tech talks. The community aims to become the leading hub for data science in Milan and Northern Italy, increasing engagement through more frequent events and partnerships. Future initiatives include a dedicated newsletter, job board, startup pitches, and collaborations with other tech communities.
Data Science Milan: A year in a review of our community
- 1. Data Science Milan A year in a review 16/03/2017
- 2. Highlights (to date) ● Founded 1 year and 2 months ago (February 6th 2016) ● Members: 493 ● 6 meetup events ● 12 tech talks ● 8 speakers ● 4 youtube recordings with more than 700 views (another 2 on the way...)
- 3. Our current and previous hosts Diego Liberati CNR - Politecnico of Milan Pirelli Headquarters Bicocca Deloitte Greenhouse Tortona district
- 4. Background and Interests Survey Summary Results Survey form: http://goo.gl/forms/3xvJMX4KvO Last update: 2017/02/21 Respondents: 274 Disclaimer: The goal of this survey is to understand the background of the members of our community as well as the major interests for future events and initiatives. No any personal information will be shared, a results summary is available to the members/respondents and potential sponsors/hosts interested on making our community growing.
- 10. What’s next?
- 11. Roadmap ● We want to become the major Data Science (and related topics) hub in Milan and possibly in North Italy ● More frequent interactions, events, initiatives (ideally every month) ● Partnerships with other communities, companies and institutions ● Connect startups and digital freelancers ● Incentivize open discussions, knowledge sharing and collaboration
- 12. Upcoming initiatives ● Dedicated newsletter for promo and external events ● Website with blog posting ● Job board ● Startup pitches ● Professional freelancing network ● Hack-a-thons ● … propose yours :)
- 13. Calendar and sponsoring companies How Wall Street Tech can Speed up the World + Big Data Startups pitch 7th, April 2017 May 2017 (Bergamo) June 2017 TBD
- 14. Startup network We want to build a network for connection people and startups in the following areas: ● Data Science / Machine Learning / Deep Learning ● Analytics / Big Data ● Artificial Intelligence / Robotics ● Internet of Things / Connected World / Ubiquitous Computing ● FinTech/ InsureTech / MedTech ● Life sciences ● Blockchain / Cyber Security
- 15. Collaboration with other communities ● Milan High Tech ● Mesos DC/OS Italia ● R-Lab Milano ● Milano Chatbots ● Artificial Intelligence Italy ● Machine Learning Italy ● Python Milano ● Startup Grind Milano ● Milan Flylancers ● Milano Scala Group ● Milan Startup Founder 101 ● Lean Startup Circle Milano ● Big Data Developers in Milano ● Apache Spark & more Milano ● Milano Data Science for Social Good ● Italy - Hadoop User Group (HUG) ● ...
- 18. Sponsorship options What we need: ● Covering expenses and costs ● Hosting venue ● Professional recording ● Drinks and food ● Kind donations What we offer: ● Dedicated logo in the home and sponsor pages ● Promotion during our events ● Opportunity to distribute gadgets and material ● Access to our communication channels ● Job board ● Popularity ;)
- 21. Events organization Social Media Photographer Website developer Speakers scout Fund raiser Startup connector Ambassador - Public Relations Graphic designer Conferences “agent”
- 22. Join the crew It’s fun!!! Build your professional network Looks good on your CV ;) Enrich your hard and soft skills
- 23. Are you interested in doing a lightning talk? Send your talk proposal: https://goo.gl/forms/FyXnUioZ7b9w9nOw2
- 24. Keep in touch 24/7 Request to join at slack.datasciencemilan.org
- 26. Like, follow and share @DataScienceMi #DataScienceMilan @DataScienceMilan We are live...
- 27. Meetup page: www.datasciencemilan.org Slideshare: slideshare.datasciencemilan.org Twitter: twitter.datasciencemilan.org LinkedIn: linkedin.datasciencemilan.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DataScienceMilan/ Youtube: youtube.datasciencemilan.org Slack: slack.datasciencemilan.org or request-invite.datasciencemilan.org