Celebrating Five Years of Danish Data Science

Summer Celebration 2026

Join the DDSA community for an afternoon and evening of celebration, reflection, and forward-looking conversations about the future of data science in Denmark.
Marking five years of DDSA, the Summer Celebration brings together Fellows, grant recipients, collaborators, and members of the wider Danish data science community. The programme features reflections on key milestones, inspiring stories from DDSA Fellows, the 2026 Fellows Award Ceremony, and discussions on the opportunities and challenges that will shape the next chapter of Danish data science. The day concludes with a reception, dinner, and networking in the unique surroundings of Brandts Kunstmuseum in Odense.

Official PRogram

Venue: Brandts Kunstmuseum, Amfipladsen 7, 5000 Odense

MON
24
AUG

Registration

14:00 - 15:00

Register, network and explore Brandt Kunstmuseum.

Formal Programme

15:00 - 17:00
Welcome and 5 (Past) Years in 5 Minutes

Marie Helene Andersson

Data Science Pathways: Four Case Studies from DDSA Fellows

Madeleine Wyburd (Postdoc 2024)
Sebastian Loeschke (PhD 2023)
Kate Escobar (PhD 2025)
Constanza Fierro (Postdoc 2025)

2026 DDSA Fellows Award Ceremony

Kåre Lehmann Nielsen

Data Science Time Machine – Panel discussion

Jes Frellsen
Anastassia Vybornova 
Carsten Utoft Niemann 
Sine Just

5 (next) years in 5 minutes and wrap up

Marie Helene Andersson

Networking Reception

17:00 - 19:00

Network, connect and explore Brandt Kunstmuseum.

DDSA 2026 Fellows will be taken for a photosession.

Speakers

Marie Helene Andersson

Marie Helene Andersson

Director at Danish Data Science Academy

Madeleine Wyburd

Madeleine Wyburd

Postdoc Fellows 2024

Sebastian Loeschke

Sebastian Loeschke

PhD Fellows 2023

Kate Escobar

Kate Escobar

PhD Fellows 2025

Constanza Fierro

Constanza Fierro

Postdoc Fellows 2025

Kåre Lehmann Nielsen

Kåre Lehmann Nielsen

Chair of the Fellowship Evaluation Comittee (FEC) & Professor Department of Chemistry and Bioscience

Jes Frellesen

Jes Frellesen

Chair of the Education & Networking Committee (ENC) & Associate Professor Technical University of Denmark

Anastassia Vybornova

Anastassia Vybornova

Chair of the Young Academy Panel (YAP) & Postdoc University of Copenhagen

Carsten Utoft Niemann

Carsten Utoft Niemann

Board of Directors member & Clinical Associate Professor and Head of CLL Lab

Sine Just

Sine Just

Board of Directors member & Professor, Department of Communication and Arts Artificial Intelligence and Datafied Communication (AIDa)

Official PRogram

Venue: Odeon, Odeons Kvarter 1, 5000 Odense

Tue
25
AUG

DDSa Governing body Workshop

09:00 - 12:00

Welcome

How can we create the most dynamic DDSA governing bodies?

Parallel Breakout Sessions and Groupwork

Gallery Walk

Wrap Up

Lunch

DDSa Fellows Meetup

09:00 - 12:00

Welcome

How to: Communicate Your Research! 

1-Minute-Mad-Powerpoint-“Karaoke”.

How to: Establish Collaboration.

Wrap up

Lunch

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