The Data Lab
12-13 May 2025
The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
Thank you for joining us in 2025!
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!
Catch up with DataFest 2025!
Watch back all the action from DataFest 2025 over on The Data Lab Community!
2025 Speakers
Zoe Kleinman
Technology Editor
BBC
Colin Jarvis
Head of Forward Deployed Engineering
OpenAI
Orlando Machado
Chief Data & AI Officer
Lego
Duncan Clark
Head of Europe
Canva
Eleanor Drage
Research Fellow
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Daniel Hulme
Chief AI Officer
WPP
Rachel Curtis
CEO & Co-founder
Inicio AI
Ross McNairn
CEO & Founder
Wordsmith AI
Iain Mackie
CEO & Co-founder
Malted AI
Stephanie Earp
Head of AI
Space Intelligence
Hadi Larijani
Director for SMART Technology Research Centre
Glasgow Caledonian University
Corine van der Schans
AI Policy and Delivery Team Leader
The Scottish Government
Mark Byrne
Managing Director, Applied Intelligence Accenture
Anneli Ritari-Stewart
Head of Digital Marketing
Royal London
Hazel Jane
Founder
Life Rites
Heather Thomson
CEO
The Data Lab
It genuinely was one of the best events I have been to for a long time.
- Liz Whitefield, Hippo Data
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