Big Data in Business

At the site of the IT Park in Kazan, the workshop conference “BizData: Data-Analytic Thinking in Business” took place. Its co-organizer and key speaker was Dr. Alexander Koshkarov, Chief of the Laboratory of Bid Data & Digital Technologies of Astrakhan State University.

The event gathered over 70 participants – young entrepreneurs, students, founders and owners of business (Visiology, Lingualeo), and analysts of Russian companies.

During the Conference, its participants learnt about the advantages and importance of data-analytic thinking for business in the digital era, as well as about the development of analytical corporate culture. The invited speakers presented business cases, whose key tasks were tackled by collecting and analyzing data (as the base of decision-making).

The Laboratory of Bid Data & Digital Technologies of ASU gained new professional contacts; the materials it obtained shall be the base of new courses and seminars for students of ASU, young entrepreneurs, and trainees of business courses that our University delivers.