When a handful of Philly data scientists and technologists got together to revive Data Jawn — the Philly-centric data analytics event series last held in 2015 — people’s hype rubbed off on the organizing team.

“Philly seems ripe for a conference like this,” said Joey Davidson, coorganizer of Data Jawn alongside data scientists from a handful of Philly companies like CompassRed, Stitch, Fishtown Analytics and others. After partnering with Meetup group Data Philly in a push to find a diverse lineup of participants, organizers announced the lineup of speakers, with representation from large pharma and telecommunication companies as well as small startups and nonprofits.

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