About us
🎉 The Victoria Data Society is a registered non-profit society dedicated to providing opportunities for data professionals (and aspiring data professionals) to connect, grow, and learn from one another! 📚✨
💥 We’re not just a society, but we’re a super-active, friendly, and welcoming community 💛 with monthly events 🎤🎓🤝 designed to help you level up your data journey, meet awesome humans, and have fun doing it! 🎈🌟
Whether you're a 🔍 data analyst, ⚙️ data engineer, 🧱 database architect, 🤖 data scientist, 👨💻 developer, 📊 data management pro, or just curious about careers in data 🎯 we invite you to connect and be part of something exciting! 🚀💬
Join us and bring your data curiosity, your big questions, and your best vibes! 💡🧠
For more information visit our website:
https://victoriadatasociety.ca
Follow us on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/victoria-data-society
Upcoming events
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Data Talk - From Startup to a Data Driven Organization
Charter, 2614 Sooke Rd, 4th floor, Victoria, BC, CA🕘 Schedule:
5:00 PM – Registration, networking and pizza
5:30 PM – Data Talk - From Startup to a Data Driven Organisation. presentation
6:30 PM – Networking📊 Data Talk - From Startup to a Data Driven Organization.
For many companies both big and small, building a genuine data-driven culture is a massive hurdle. It requires moving past people viewing numbers merely as a metric to avoid getting in trouble, and shifting toward using data as the foundation for strategic planning, decision-making, and long-term success. In this session, Travis LaVallee walks us through the real-world journey of shifting an organization from "I know my business" gut feelings and out-of-date, fragmented figures to proactive, accurate, and meaningful insights.Travis LaVallee, from Charter, brings deep operational insight into the messy reality of transforming disparate data into an organization's most trusted asset.
🎯 Why Attend?
Whether you're a data professional, business leader, or simply curious about driving organizational change through data, this session will help you:- How to build leadership buy-in that goes deeper than high-level corporate approval 🤝
- Practical, nuanced approaches to driving real value from data initiative investments 💡
- Connect with fellow data enthusiasts 🤝
- Enjoy great conversations over pizza and refreshments 🍕🥤
💲Cost
- Free for Victoria Data Society members.
- $10 cover charge for non-members (pay at the door).
⭐ Become a member and attend this and other Data Talks for free for the year.
📍Venue
2614 Sooke Road, 4th floor Victoria BC, V9B 1Y2We can't wait to see you there!
Victoria Data Society 🌿11 attendees
From Dial-Up to AI: 25+ Years of Building Victoria Tech
CGI Offices - Basement Level Meeting Room, 1175 Douglas St, Basement, Victoria, BC, CA🎯 Join a panel of technology leaders who have been part of Victoria's tech scene for more than 25 years. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience, they'll share stories, lessons learned, and reflections on how the local technology ecosystem has evolved, from its early growth years to today's AI-driven era. Together, we'll explore the milestones, challenges, and opportunities that have shaped Victoria's tech community, and discuss what the future may hold for the next generation of innovators.
Moderator: Anu Jolliffe
Panelists: TBA⏰Agenda:
18:00 - Doors Open
18:30 - Panel Starts
19:30 - Panel Ends
20:00 - Doors ClosePresented as part of Victoria Tech Week, this free, public event is hosted by CGI & Victoria Data Society.
Check out Where's Anu for more tech-adjacent events.
19 attendees
Past events
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