Speed DATAing
27 January 2026

23 attendees

Speed DATAing

Description

Speed DATAing is a fast-paced, friendly networking event designed to kick off the year by connecting people who share a passion for data 📊✨

Speakers and topics

Speed DATAing by Women & Future Skills Dundee

Bianca Peel, Founder, NomadAlba

Katarina Svistseva, Founder, The Data Gals

Speed DATAing is a fast-paced, friendly networking event designed to kick off the year by connecting people who share a passion for data 📊✨

Whether you’re a student, early-career professional, career-switcher, or an experienced data practitioner, this event is all about meaningful connections—quickly. Through a series of short, structured conversations, you’ll meet others who are exploring data science, analytics, engineering, AI, and related fields 🤝

This isn’t just networking for networking’s sake. Speed DATAing focuses on three things:

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Community: Meet like-minded people who are learning, building, and working in data 💼 Employability: Share and receive support around internships, job searching, CV reviews, portfolios, interviews, and career direction 🧠 Mentorship: Connect with people who are happy to listen, offer guidance, and share real-world experience Come to grow your network, get unstuck, offer help, or simply meet people who “get” your interest in data 🚀 You’ll leave with new contacts, fresh perspectives, and hopefully a few future collaborators or mentors.

No pressure. No awkward small talk. Just meaningful conversations—at speed ⚡

Speaker bios

Bianca Peel

Bianca is a distinguished learning designer, of innovative, inclusive digital skills and human-skills curricula that blend technical and STEAM literacies with creativity, critical thinking, communication, and adaptability, an educationalist, and holistic human-skills consultant with over 20 years’ experience in education and professional development. She leads NomadAlba Ltd, BPCE and NitA (Nature is the Artist), where she delivers values-driven, empathy-centred learning and leadership programmes grounded in creative pedagogy, trauma-informed practice, and social-emotional learning as well as creative arts therapy sessions and gatherings.

Katarina Svistseva

Kat is an award-winning, inclusive Data & AI recruitment consultant and community builder, focused on diversity, belonging, and meaningful careers in data. She is the SWiT 2025 Inclusive Recruiter & Mentor of the Year. Through The Data Gals, Kat supports women and underrepresented groups to access opportunities, mentorship, and networks within the data industry