Good day to you listener, we have the second episode of our Technology Series recorded and ready for you to listen to. Sit back and ponder, as we bring you a handful of interviews recorded at this years Industrial Data Summit, which took place on Thursday 28th April at Villa Park in Birmingham. 

We hear from four keynote speakers from the event - Harry Minns, Systems and Data Controller at Williams Racing discusses how data management and analytics can drive performance, giving examples from Formula 1. 

Jon Stammers, Theme Lead for Connectivity and AI within the AMRC's Integrated Manufacturing Group, talks about data-centric manufacturing and some of the benefits but also the challenges that manufacturers can have moving to that approach. 

Mircea Oprisan is Director of Advanced Analytics at Mars, he touches on an overreliance on technology when it comes to managing data. It’s critical, in his opinion to understand what the performance challenge is first before thinking about the data and technologies to implement. 

And lastly, Marla Nelson Head of Data Driven Transformation and Culture at Jaguar Land Rover, spoke on the topic of organisational structure and buy-in for data strategy. 

In between these interviews, Conference Production Manager Ashley Oulton joins Tom and Joe from the editorial team in the studio.