In-person learning and networking experience for data practitioners in the news
Meet us again at the Data Science Day 2025The Data Science Day is the annual in-person gathering of the Data Science Expert Group, WAN-IFRA’s international community of practice for data practitioners in digital news: data analysts, scientists, engineers and chief data officers.
The Data Science Day is a unique peer-to-peer platform to have immersive conversations that count; get alerted to emerging trends in data science, learn from successes and failures, share new tools, link and connect ideas, and harvest ways to perform better and speed up your day-to-day work.
The programme is a collaborative effort by the Data Science Expert group members. It features guest speakers sharing insightful stories of practical use cases, hands-on workshops and thematic round table discussions.
➽ Keynotes and Use Cases
➽ Hands-on workshops
➽ Round table discussions
➽ Social event & Networking
“Perfect mix of attendees. Mingle with them was very interesting!”
“How do you know what is world-class? Go to events like these to find out!”
“Very useful topics, use cases, illustrations, presentations & testimonies”
“Incredible networking, interesting topics and conversations at the round tables.”
“Very relaxed atmosphere (i.e. low barrier to getting in touch with people) and realizing that a lot of media houses have a lot of challenges in common.”
“Inspirational presentations and generous sharing of learnings, KPI strategies and architecture/team setup from all the participants.”
“We shared many insights back to our teams“
“Many inspiring discussions and useful contacts during the event on top of the overall high-level of the presentations”
“Great opportunities to get the latest from data teams at European newspapers and meet the people doing it”
“Great participants, fantastic networking, insightful sessions”
“Even though we come from different surroundings and predispositions, all the major and not-so-major media companies in Europa (and the world) have many of the same challenges – and often, the solutions could be the same. This is why these meetings are so important!”
“It’s great to have a forum fully dedicated to data science in publishing. It was very inspiring!”
“it’s a one-of-a-kind opportunity to share and discuss topics and challenges unique to DS community in the publishing industry”
“High level of knowledge, interesting presentations, extraordinary source for ideas”
“Energy, networking, good ideas, great expertise”
“It’s an industry get-together where you can network and learn about current projects in publishing houses from all over the world.”
“it’s an event from and by peers. It is super “un-salesy”, and you will meet people with similar problems like you.”
“Speaking with similar profiles at different companies to benchmark your work or occasionally getting inspired.”
“Good combination of high-level international Cases with a deeper technical level + great networking.”
“The network is very valuable, and the power of the shared knowledge is immense. We all deal with similar challenges and problems, so it’s great to meet people we can discuss that with and potentially come up with some solutions we can try back at home.”
“Valuable exchange with colleagues who face similar problems.”
“Get ideas, become inspired!”
“It was interesting to see what other data people do, what initiatives they have, what they struggle with. All in all, it was very inspiring”
