A massive thanks to everyone who attended DataFest 2025!
Your energy, insights, and enthusiasm helped make the event a truly memorable and inspiring experience.
Whether you joined us in person or tuned in to the livestream, we appreciate you taking the time to engage and connect with Scotland’s data & AI community — from thought-provoking key note sessions to lively interactive discussions, it was brilliant to see so many of you taking part and joining in the conversation.
An extra special thank you to our speakers, partners and friends who contributed to the success of this year’s conference. We look forward to continuing the conversation and hope to see you again next year for DataFest 2026!
Watch back all the action from DataFest 2025 over on The Data Lab Community!
Technology Editor
BBC
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
OpenAI
Chief Data & AI Officer
Lego
Head of Europe
Canva
Research Fellow
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Chief AI Officer
WPP
CEO & Co-founder
Inicio AI
CEO & Founder
Wordsmith AI
CEO & Co-founder
Malted AI
Head of AI
Space Intelligence
Director for SMART Technology Research Centre
Glasgow Caledonian University
AI Policy and Delivery Team Leader
The Scottish Government
Managing Director, Applied Intelligence Accenture
Head of Digital Marketing
Royal London
Founder
Life Rites
CEO
The Data Lab
- Liz Whitefield, Hippo Data
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