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Welcome to our Big Data LDN Hub

We're ready for two (mildly hectic!) days of booth chats, sessions, networking, and some more booth chats - find us at Booth P70!
 
We're sponsoring Data After Hours and are also hosting an executive workshop, Monetising your data asset: Built on Databricks. 
 
This will focus on the gap between having a data platform and creating commercial value from it - read more about it here or click the button below to register your interest.
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Our Itinerary

Wednesday 23rd September

9am-6pm

The start of the fun! We'll be at Booth P70 all day - come and ask questions, or try your hand at our infamous clAAw machine!

5pm

Happy hour time! We'll still be at our booth, with drinks in hand - join us for a chat.

6pm-8pm

We'll be hosting the Databricks Meetup on site at BDL - watch this space for more details.

7pm-11pm

Data After Hours - we're sponsoring the Databricks after party! Join us for some drinks on the roof terrace of the Olympia.

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Thursday 24th September

9am-5:30pm

BDL Day 2 - we'll be on the booth all day as usual.

2-3:30pm

Our executive workshop - Monetising your data asset: Built on Databricks. 

Hosted by Ust Oldfield and Simon Whiteley.

Location TBC.

5:30pm

Head home, having done 20,000 steps each day. Time for a cuppa.

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Our Session:

Platforms Don't Make Money. Products Do. The Missing Link in Data Monetisation

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Ust OldfieldField Chief Data Officer

 24th September | 11:20 - 11:50 |  Keynote X Theatre  
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While data is widely recognised as a strategic asset, the reality is that platforms alone do not create revenue.

Products do.

Drawing on examples from across industry, using the Built-On Databricks model, we examine how organisations can move beyond implementing technology and begin packaging their expertise, insights and intellectual property into repeatable, scalable products that customers – both internally and externally are willing to use or buy.

  • Learn the key barriers preventing organisations from monetising data and AI.
  • Discover how leading organisations are turning repeatable expertise into scalable products and revenue-generating intellectual property.
  • Explore the Built-On Databricks approach as a practical example of moving from platform implementation to product innovation.
  • Gain a framework for evaluating whether an idea is a true product opportunity.
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Executive Workshop - Monetising your data asset: Built on Databricks

24th September | 14:00-15:30 | Location TBC

Limited spaces available!

Expanding on the session, this executive workshop focuses on the gap between having a data platform and creating commercial value from it. This gap is something more businesses should be capitalising - and the challenge usually isn't the technology, but how to identify and package expertise, insights, and intellectual property into repeatable, scalable products that people are willing to use, adopt, or buy. 

This exclusive workshop will explore how leading organisations are moving beyond platform implementation and using the Built on Databricks approach to create data-driven products that generate value at scale.

Through practical discussion, industry examples and a proven framework, we'll examine what separates successful data monetisation strategies from costly platform investments that fail to deliver a return.

What We'll Cover
  • Why data should be treated as a strategic asset, not just a technology initiative
  • The Built on Databricks model and how organisations are turning platform investments into products
  • How leading businesses are transforming repeatable expertise into scalable intellectual property
  • What successful data monetisation looks like in practice through a real-world use case
  • A practical framework for assessing whether an idea has genuine product and commercial potential

Hosted by:

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Ust Oldfield | Field Chief Data Officer

 

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Simon Whiteley | Chief Technical Officer & Co-Founder

Meet the Team

This is who you'll see on our booth, and who you can book meetings with during the event. 

 

Terry McCann
Terry McCann
Co-Founder, CEO
Terry McCann
Co-Founder, CEO

Data scientist turned data leader, Terry founded Advancing with Simon, fuelled on coffee and an ambition. 

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Simon Whiteley
Co-Founder, CTO
Simon Whiteley
Co-Founder, CTO

Long-time engineering leader, Databricks MVP, community speaker, and the face of the Advancing YouTube.  

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Dr Gavita Regunath
Chief AI Officer
Dr Gavita Regunath
Chief AI Officer

Databricks and Microsoft MVP, Gavi is known for turning advanced research into practical AI solutions.  

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Ust Oldfield
Field Chief Data Officer
Ust Oldfield
Field Chief Data Officer

Databricks Champion and published author, Ust specialises in data strategy and data products. 

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Marc Garraway
COO
Marc Garraway
COO

Marc ensures the business runs at its best, with his extensive operational expertise.

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Falek Miah
Chief Architect
Falek Miah
Chief Architect

Resident expert in modern data platforms, cloud architecture and enterprise-scale solutions.

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Tom Miller
Head of GTM
Tom Miller
Head of GTM

Relationship‑driven leader, recognised for helping clients succeed and teams win together.

David Stuckey
David Stuckey
Strategic Account Director
David Stuckey
Strategic Account Director

Strategic account director and FS SME driving data-led growth, partnerships, and client success.

James Lowson
James Lowson
Senior Account Exec
James Lowson
Senior Account Exec

Passionate about helping clients cut through the noise and find solutions that actually move the needle.

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Chief Architect
Cem
Chief Architect

Resident expert in modern data platforms, cloud architecture and enterprise-scale solutions.

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Head of GTM
Lucas
Head of GTM

Relationship‑driven leader, recognised for helping clients succeed and teams win together.

Emma
Strategic Account Director
Emma
Strategic Account Director

Strategic account director and FS SME driving data-led growth, partnerships, and client success.

Why stop by our stand?

Everyone's talking about AI. Everyone's modernising their data platform. If you're investing in data, AI and Databricks, the question isn't how do we build it?

It's: What are we actually getting back?

At Big Data LDN, we're sharing how organisations are turning data, expertise and AI capabilities into repeatable products, scalable IP and new sources of value using the Built on Databricks approach.

 

Come and talk to us about:

  • How to get more value from the data and AI capabilities you've already built 
  • Turning expertise and intellectual property into scalable products and revenue-generating assets
  • Modern data, AI and Databricks strategies that accelerate time-to-value and reduce delivery risk
  • Building practical AI solutions that move beyond proof of concepts and deliver measurable outcomes
  • Real-world examples of organisations moving from platform thinking to product thinking
  • How our accelerators, frameworks and specialist expertise can help you move faster, whether you're modernising your data estate, scaling AI, or creating new products and services

No buzzwords. No generic advice. Just honest conversations with people who build this stuff every day. Booth P70.

Logistics & Practicality

Everything you need to know about BDL logistics - all (mostly) in one place. 

Big Data LDN is on the 23rd and 24th September 2026, at the Olympia London.

The nearest tube stations are:

  • Barons Court (Piccadilly & District line) - 8-min walk

  • Hammersmith (Piccadilly & District line) - 10-min walk

 

Big Data LDN have a hotel finder on their website, including walking distances to the venue. Group bookings (9+) also get discounted rates. 

Check out the full agenda on the BDL website! 

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