PRESENTACIÓN DEL

BIG DATA COE

Sr. Marc Torrent

Director

Big Data Center of Excellencewww.bigdatabcn.com

@CoEBigData

“Promoting the Data Culture”

Marc Torrent, PhDDirector Big Data CoE Barcelona

Big Data Congress’17

770.000Gap between demand and supply of data workers in 2020 assuming a baseline growth scenario.

(420.000 in 2016)

01. THE BIG DATA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE BARCELONA

Collaborating entities

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Mission

Vision

•Promote the “Data Culture” in private and public organizations in Catalonia.

Launched February 2015

•Become a relevant innovation pillar in a reference Data Driven European Ecosystem.

02. 3 PILLARS OF ACTIONv

Talent & Knowledge

Technology Transfer

Ecosystem

03. TALENT & KNOWLEDGEv

Meetings with

ProfessorsMaster Degrees Seminars

Job Board Student Awards

03. TALENT & KNOWLEDGEv

The Big Data Working Group

FormacióProfessional

04. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERv

SME & Innovation Projects

*not exhaustive *funding until Dec’18

04. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERv

Large and Transversal Projects

Big Data IoT: Tourism in Action Big Data on the Retail Value Chain

04. ECOSYSTEMv

European Networks

+150 members Only 5 awarded!http://www.bdva.eu

Exchange of best practices and success cases and collaboration in R&D initiativeshttp://www.big-data-networks.eu

+55 centres

04. ECOSYSTEMv

Events

Speakers in >50 data-related events• Mobile World Congress• Science|Business: Innovation 4Growth• UNESCO “Culture, Tourism, Development”• SmartcityExpo• FestiBITY• Diada de les Telecomunicacions• Vic, Lleida, Tarragona, Mataró, …

Sectorial Workshops

Retail Tourism Public Admin

Big Data Congress

+600 attendees / edition

Average Satisfaction: 8/10

97% would recommend the congress

+100 impacts on national media / edition

Yearly meeting point of Big DataProfessionals in Barcelona

04. ECOSYSTEMv

A space where relevant people in the field of Big Data &Analytics in Catalonia can share and debate aboutexperiences and challenges in a trusted atmosphere withthe aim of boosting the benefits that organizations andsociety can obtain in the new data economy.

1.- How to create and maintain a high performance Data Team2.- How to foster a Data Culture in organizations3.- Machine Learning / Deep learning: opportunities ahead

*Launched Sept’17 *to be Launched Oct’17

05. PROMOTING SYNERGIESv

Public Administra-

tions

Congress & Events

Universities

Community Based

Activities

User Companies

Tech Companies

Other Organiza-

tions

(*not exhaustive)

Thank you!