Here is another opportunity to meet our members & learn what theyre doing. Note the change in starting time: refreshments at 6 pm & program at 6:30.

1. John Rosenfelder
Title: Business Intelligence in Music (or "How I Learned to Love Data & Stop Worrying about the Future")

John is principal of Earbender Analytics, providing data solutions for music companies.

Absract: This talk provides an overview of how data visualization is used to analyze & communicate artist & audience development insights in the streaming music business.

2. Cameron Yick
Title: Visualizing, Fast & Slow

Cameron is a software engineer, data visualization at Enigma.

Abstract: Effective software provides instant feedback. Frustrating software makes you wait. Ill take you on a tour of tools from the frontend development world that can make building data visualizations fast & enjoyable!

3. Ganes Kesari
Title: Conversational AI: Data Story-telling for a Speech-driven World

Ganes is the Co-founder & Head of Analytics & Design Innovation at Gramener, a Data science company.

Abstract: Data visualization through screen-based interfaces have matured, but their dominance as the primary interface for insights is now being challenged by conversational AI. This talk will provide an overview of this fast-developing trend & lay out the building blocks of designing a conversation-driven, story-telling interface. This concept will be demonstrated with application to a business example using Amazon's Echo.

4. Philipp Kats
Title: Vega: Declarative Approach to Visual Storytelling

Philipp is a data scientist at StreetEasy.

Abstract: Vega is a family of visualization tools anchored around the notion of visualization grammar the idea of separating the mere logic (grammar) of a chart from its content & appearance. At StreetEasy, we rely on Vega to help visualize our research projects on our blog. In this presentation, I'll showcase the pros & cons of using Vegas approach for high-quality, data-driven storytelling & how it can be implemented in organization workflow.

Thanks to the New School for hosting us & to OReilly for sponsoring the refreshments. OReilly will be holding several conferences in New York.

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