Big Data

With Rebecca Lutton, CEO Lintol
Rebecca helps companies in their digital transformation journeys. She has a varied background in engineering having worked in medical, automotive, aerospace, defence, composite, civil and manufacturing industries. With a MEng degree in Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, a PhD in Advanced Materials & Processing, and a MSc in Internet of Things (IoT) she can address industry problems from material science to production and systems management to digital infrastructure, data analytics and OEE improvements.

Rebecca is also joined by:
James Noakes FRSA, City Innovation Broker at Belfast City Council
James works at Belfast City Council as a City Innovation Broker working on the city’s exciting smart city programme and supporting the £350m Belfast City Deal. This includes addressing environmental challenges, advancing the city's Smart District ambitions and developing the city's advanced wireless infrastructure. Prior to this, for several years, he was an Assistant Mayor/Cabinet Member for Liverpool with responsibility for city services focusing on waste, transport, infrastructure and grounds maintenance including Liverpool’s smart city programme. He oversaw £2bn in infrastructure investment and brought a range of innovative approaches to the city. James is a frequent international speaker and writer on environment, sustainability, smart city and Internet of Things issues.

Iain Fleming, NI Open Data Program Manager, Digital Shared Services Department of Finance
Open data is largely an untapped resource in Northern Ireland but has proven beneficial economic and social impacts. The open data portal has been developed as the platform to deliver open datasets to the public under the Open Data Strategy. It is the one place where a wide range of data from public sector organisations can be accessed. The data is free to anyone to copy, adapt, commercially exploit and publish.