Tech Events at Altogether Otherwise, Manchester

Open Data Manchester's annual Halloween session, run with PyData Manchester: a room of data people telling each other about the times data went badly wrong. The format is short community talks - bad statistics, nonsense correlations, data mangled badly enough to cause real damage. The organisers cite an air traffic control mix-up that cost millions and a Google Maps error that led to the wrong house being demolished. Anyone can claim a slot by emailing the organisers beforehand, submit a story anonymously to be read out, or take one of the quick-fire slots held back for the night itself. Doors 18:00, talks 18:30, close 20:30, at Altogether Otherwise on Hanover Street opposite the NCP Shudehill car park. Ticketed, and a code of conduct applies. Why go: failure post-mortems told by the people who lived them teach more than another best-practice talk, and this is the one night a year Manchester's data community does it deliberately. Best for analysts, data engineers and anyone who owns a pipeline.

with Dr Gail Millin-Chalabi (GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Lead, undefined) · Dr Congbo Song (undefined, undefined)

Open Data Manchester on the datasets behind UK wildfire reporting — what is collected, what is missing, and what can honestly be concluded. Speakers confirmed on 23 September: Dr Gail Millin-Chalabi, GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Lead, on mapping wildfires from space; and Dr Congbo Song on indoor air pollution from wildfires. The organisers hope to be joined by a member of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue data team on the wildfires that affected Greater Manchester this year.

Open Data Manchester's walking exploration of the city through its open data — an unusual format that consistently produces good conversations about civic data.