Premiership Suite - 1880
Tuesday 21st April
Practical guidance for local authorities (and others) on which, when and how to use address matching tools
Chair: Jonathan Saunders, Head of Data Insights, GeoPlace
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The 80:20 rule
Jonathan Saunders, Head of Data Insights, GeoPlace
Jon will outline good practice in address data matching, no matter if it’s a handful of UPRNs thousands or even millions of records. He will examine key considerations such as format, structure, truthing, parent and child matching, and most importantly how you know you have the right UPRN on the right record. Bring along a sample of your own data for expert help on the day.
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The local authority perspective
Joseph Leach, Data Architect, Tower Hamlets - Mia Polovina, Data Science, Insight & Performance Lead, Lewisham - Cliff Chavhundura, Spatial Data Analyst, Hackney - Marta Villalobos, Senior Data Analyst, London Borough of Hackney
Three local authority data scientists and analysts will compare and contrast the leading open-source addressing matching and data-cleaning solutions freely available to the public sector, ASSIGN, AIMS, Splink and OS Places, and outline practical applications, including the development of processes that utilise data-matching APIs.
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Let’s hear from you, Q&A with the panel
• Joseph Leach, Data Architect, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• Cliff Chavhundura, Spatial Data Analyst, London Borough of Hackney
• Mia Polovina, Data Science, Insight & Performance Lead, Lewisham Council
• Marta Villalobos, Senior Data Analyst, London Borough of Hackney
• Nick Griffiths, Executive Director of Infomatics, GeoPlace
Speakers
Jonathan Saunders
Joseph Leach
Mia Polovina
Nick Griffiths
Cliff Chavhundura
Marta Villalobos