About

Join us in London for our SatRdays event!

Hosted at King's College London, UK, this one-day event will feature talks on all things R!

SatRdays events are for everyone with an interest in R, whether you're a seasoned pro or just getting started.

Find us at Bush House, 30 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4BG.

You can now also join virtually!

Registration

Prices (inc. VAT):
  • Early bird: £70
  • General Admission: £90
  • Student Admission: £70
  • Online only: £35

Schedule

Time Speaker
09:00 Registration
09:30 Welcome
09:45 Julia Silge
10:30 Michael Stevens & Botan Ağın
10:55 Break
11:25 Russ Hyde
11:50 Ella Kaye & Heather Turner
12:15 Lunch
13:20 Welcome from CUSP London
13:30 Andrew Collier (presenting) & Bianca Peterson
13:55 Jack Davison
14:20 Break
14:50 Vyara Apostolova & Laura Cole
15:15 Oli Hawkins
15:50 Closing remarks
16:00 Finish
Download conference program (PDF)

Speakers

Keynote Speakers

  • Julia Silge headshot Julia Silge is a data scientist and software engineer at Posit PBC (formerly RStudio) where she works on open source modeling and MLOps tools. She is an author, an international keynote speaker, and a real-world practitioner focusing on data analysis and machine learning. Julia loves text analysis, making beautiful charts, and communicating about technical topics with diverse audiences.
    Julia Silge
    What is "production" anyway? MLOps for the curious
  • Oliver Hawkins headshot Oliver Hawkins works as an editorial data scientist for the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times. He has previously worked as a statistical researcher and a data scientist for the House of Commons Library, and as a data journalist for the BBC. He is interested in statistics, machine learning and data visualisation.
    Oliver Hawkins
    Why R is good for journalism

Contributed Talks

  • Botan Ağın headshot
    Botan Ağın
    AutRmatic reporting: billions of internet measurements, hundreds of reports and one repository to rule them all*
  • Vyara Apostolova headshot
    Vyara Apostolova
    ScRutinising government spending**
  • Laura Cole headshot
    Laura Cole
    ScRutinising government spending**
  • Andrew Collier headshot
    Andrew Collier
    Sidekicks of the Tidyverse
  • Jack Davison headshot
    Jack Davison
    “Put it on a map!” – Developments in Air Quality Data Analysis
  • Russ Hyde headshot
    Russ Hyde
    Does code quality even matter in data science?
  • Ella Kaye headshot
    Ella Kaye
    Sustainability and EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) in the R Project***
  • Michael Stevens headshot
    Michael Stevens
    AutRmatic reporting: billions of internet measurements, hundreds of reports and one repository to rule them all*
  • Heather Turner headshot
    Heather Turner
    Sustainability and EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) in the R Project***

* Joint talk with Botan Ağın and Michael Stevens

** Joint talk with Vyara Apostolova and Laura Cole

*** Joint talk with Ella Kaye and Heather Turner

Committee

Photo of Clarissa Barrat
Clarissa Barratt
Photo of Tim Brock
Tim Brock
Photo of Colin Gillespie
Colin Gillespie
Photo of Emma Vestesson
Emma Vestesson

Venue

King’s Bush House buildings provide a home for many of their academic departments, as well as state-of-the-art learning and social spaces and enhanced student facilities. These buildings include lecture theatres, teaching rooms, a 395-seat auditorium, and The Exchange, an open, collaborative space designed for events and exhibitions.

Photograph of Bush House

Bush House is a Grade II listed building at the southern end of Kingsway between Aldwych and the Strand. Located around a 10 minute walk from Covent Garden, Trafalgar Square and many other London landmarks, there are plenty of transport options for you to choose from!

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Code of Conduct

SatRdays will follow the code of conduct as laid out by the R Consortium.