LondonR Meetup - Nov 2024

------ Welcome, London R Users! ------
Welcome back! We can't wait to close the year with some great R talks :)

As before, the event will be brought to you by Datacove. We are a Data and Analytics Consultancy Team based in Brighton, working across Customer Analytics, Shiny and Reporting, Marketing Analytics and Process Automation.

We will be supported by the generous team at LSBU, organised by Valerio Ficcadenti from the Business School. Hosted by Jeremy Horne from Datacove.

------ Talk One ------
For our first talk, we are thrilled to be hosting Hannah Frick, Software Engineer at Posit.

As the author of Tidymodels, Hannah will be sharing 'What's New with Tidymodels?'. The `tidymodels` package in R is a collection of packages designed to streamline machine learning and modeling using a tidy and consistent framework. It integrates tools for model specification, data preprocessing, resampling, tuning, and evaluation. Key components include `parsnip` for fitting models with a unified syntax and `recipes` for flexible data preprocessing.

------ Talk Two ------
Datacove's own, Jeremy Horne, will be bringing us a quick but insightful talk to end the evening. As a man who has attended all 10 EARL Conferences - we're excited to hear his takeaways!

This talk will bring you a brief overview of the highlights and summaries from #EARLCONF 2024. Wanted to come but didn't make it? Look no further! The talk will feature Hadley Wickham, Author of the Tidyverse's insights on 'R in Production'. Takeaways from our workshops, plus, bonus tips from companies such as Vodafone, Natural England, Amazon, Microsoft and more.

------ General Information ------
Now, refreshments! Drinks and pizza will be served from 6pm. Talks will commence at 6:30pm/6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8:30pm.

The conversation will continue after the event at a local pub TBC – obviously!

Please feel free to register guests and spread the word. We look forward to seeing you all again!