Our Events at A Glance
June 2025
Through a career that has covered both the public and private sector, this talk will describe 4 very different data visualisation projects that have each taught me different things about the power of presenting data.
Alan Smith is the Head of Visual and Data Journalism at the Financial Times. He leads the FT’s newsroom team of data reporters and visual journalists. A data visualisation specialist, his TEDx talk Why You Should Love Statistics was featured on TED.com in 2017. Alan is the author of How Charts Work, a handbook on designing with data using the FT’s principles. He is also Honorary Professor of Practice at UCL’s Social Data Institute.
Before he joined the FT, he was head of digital content at the UK Office for National Statistics where he was awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to official statistics.
Tuesday 24/06/2025 5:15pm
May 2025
In this focused session, data quality thought leader, Dan Myers will provide an overview of how to leverage the power of DAMA’s Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) to create or improve your organization’s Data Quality function.
As a CDMP, and data quality and data governance practitioner for over 15 years, Dan Myers will apply his hand-on experience to recommendations on how to maximize your organizational start-up using the DMBOK. Specifically, he will identify key sections of the Data Quality domain (chapter) and how other domains reinforce your data quality function.
Mr. Myers is the founder of DQMatters which offers data quality training and consulting to organizations seeking to improve business outcomes leveraging their data. Dan has experience consulting clients and developing data management programs in the following industries: Retail/B2B Sales, Insurance, Loan Origination & Non-performing Loan Management, Health Care and state governments.
Mr. Myers is the founder of the Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality (CDDQ) and has been a thought leader in the Data Quality space for over 10 years.
Tuesday 27/05/2025 5:15pm
June 2025
You’re invited to the first in-person networking event for data professionals in Malta, organised by the local DAMA chapter, DAMA Malta Valletta.
This informal meetup is a chance to connect with others working in data—whether you’re in engineering, governance, analytics, or strategy. Join us for drinks and conversations at MeLounge, Spinola, St. Julian’s, and help us kick off a new community for data people in Malta.
Thursday 05/06/2025 5:30pm