Presentation from the Brussels Data Science Community at Sasforum 2014 in Louvain-La-Neuve. The Brussels Data Science Community We are the latest ‘HOT’ #European #Datascience #startup based in #Brussels. The Brussels Data Science Community, is the European voice for data scientists with a conscience. If you have a desire to stay at the forefront of technological innovation & positive social change, join us. Our GOAL: “Our ultimate goal is to make the difference by applying our science and knowledge on social & public challenges.” . We are a community of data scientists with a conscience eager to share, learn and have fun with technological innovation & positive social change. Our members all want to contribute with their professional skills to make a positive impact on our local community or in the world, they are all aware that data based decision making is key to boost the performances of our organisations. We are an open community and everybody with an interest in data and business is welcome. Our members are University professors, managers in public or private organisations, leaders of NGO’s, Phd students, analytic consultants, technical bigdata experts … Our core values are: Independence Transparency Accountability Participation Openness Diversity / Inclusion Good Governance Social Responsibility Professional Management Our mission is to breach the knowledge gap concerning data sciences in Europe by creating an analytics talent hub in Brussels. We are an open community committed to offer a forum for the exchange of ideas, information and experience among those with a professional interest in science and technology of data, information and knowledge in ways that promote personal excellence and taking social responsibility. We are promoting a vibrant and knowledgeable conscious community through multipurpose sharing platforms – through trainings, meetings, DS programs and projects. The community is dedicated to improving the knowledge, experience and well-being of our respective and surrounding communities. Our activities are geared around breaching that gap between what the industry need and what the academic institutions has to offer. We focus on knowledge sharing by organising monthly meetups and training sessions. We also provide the possibility for datascientists to work on real ‘Data for Good’-projects where our members offer their help to NGO’s, public intitutions and Startups to gain value out of their data . Contact: Philippe Van Impe pvanimpe@gmail.com +32 477 23 78 42 Our Communication channels are: Sign up for our meetings on www.meetup.com/Brussels-Data-Science-Meetup/ Follow our community on Twitter: @DataScienceBe Join our group now onLinkedin: http://goo.gl/UtLRdH Check out the job postings on our Linkedin group: http://goo.gl/jJMYQP Follow Google+ community: http://goo.gl/ySWvhj And we have a facebook page !

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DOING DATA FOR GOOD MAKES YOU BETTER
IMPROVE YOUR ANALYTICS SKILLS BY DOING HANDS-ON DATA4GOOD PROJECTS
Philippe Van Impe
October 9th, 2014
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DATA SCIENCE ? DEFINITION
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DATA SCIENCE ? DEFINITION
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EASY MANY SKILLS ARE REQUIRED

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COMMUNITY OF
BI - ANALYTICS - BIG DATA – STATISTICS – DATA SCIENCE
FANS
Our GOAL:
“Our ultimate goal is to make the difference by applying our
science and knowledge on social & public challenges.”

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MISSION DRIVEN BY DOING DATA FOR GOOD PROJECTS
• We are an open community committed to offer
a forum for the exchange of ideas, information
and experience among those with a
professional interest in science and technology
of data, information and knowledge in ways
that promote personal excellence and taking
social responsibility.
• We are promoting a vibrant and knowledgeable
conscious community through multipurpose
sharing platforms - through trainings,
meetings, DS programs and projects.
• The community is dedicated to improving the
knowledge, experience and well-being of our
respective and surrounding communities.
Mission Statement
Data for Good is at the core of
our community for 3 main reasons:
• We are passionate by the power of
data and the social impact it can
have
• We want to learn by mixing our
skills around concrete projects
• We have a common goal driving
positive energies and creating
networking opportunities
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WE ARE … ANALYTICS FANS WITH A CONSCIENCE
Join us if you are:
• A business or NGO with data you don’t use to become more efficient
• An academic scholar in search of challenging projects
• A professional looking to stay at the forefront of technological
innovation & positive social change
We are:
DataScience, BigData, Analytics Networking organisation based in Brussels
Permanent education & learning centre for data scientists
We do data projects for Good
Independent & certainly not commercial, we do it for Fun
We are non-profit, academic and business oriented
We are open to all data related meetup groups and want to cooperate with them
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CORE VALUES ARE ALL ABOUT TRUST
Independence – Transparency - Accountability - Participation - Openness - Diversity /
Inclusion - Good Governance - Social Responsibility - Professional Management
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WHAT WE DO WE DO FOR GOOD
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SUPPORTED BY ORGANISATIONS & PEOPLE IN EUROPE
• Europe – because we support innovative startups
• Regio – because we support innovative startups
• Academics – because we have projects for them to work on
• Companies – because they believe in the value of data and need our help
• Junior professionals – Love challenges
• Xperts – Love to share, amazed by the energy of our junior members
• NGO – Can rely on our DataScience teams to deliver specifice projects
• Major other meetups like bigdata.be, R, datakindUK, ...
• Professional Press – We have real live stories
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SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST A TRIPPLE HELIX
• Government:
Academics:
• NGO
• Private companies
• Consulting companies
• Software Vendors

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PIPELINE WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT
• Fun and network opportunities
• Life time learning track – Moocs & live training sessions
• Data Science & Big Data Lab
• Lots of Hands-On sessions
• Knowledge hub
• Projects, lots of project ( private, public, NGO )
• DataScience Services for startups (iMind, StartIT, Flanders DC )
• Service Club – Doing Data for Good
• Recruitment platform
• Challenges
• More presence and press coverage
• Joined presentations with other communities
• Possibility for the business to partner with us and to sponsor
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JOIN US AND GIVE 100% FOR GOOD
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CONTACT
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@pvanimpe
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Twitter Contest – Tweet to win prizes!SAS Forum
A. Only analytics fans who want to learn from their peers to use analytics to do a better job can join.
B. Only business professionals who want to share their business challenges with the community during
Hands-On sessions can join.
C. Everyone can join the datascience tribe in order to network, share, learn, have fun and do Data4Good
5. Who can join the Brussels Data Science Community?
Tweet your answer:
Example: @spicyanalytics 5C
Prizes to win:
1st prize: a ticket for Analytics 2015
2nd prize: a book of Prof Bart Baesens: “Analytics in a big
data world”
3rd to 30th prize: chocolates with pepper
Winners will be contacted post-Forum !
Start of your tweet Question # Your answer
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