About DataFest Tbilisi
DataFest Tbilisi 2025 will be the 9th edition of the annual data community conference in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The festival explores the latest trends, insights, and technologies shaping the present and future of data, all within the vibrant atmosphere of Tbilisi, Georgia’s capital city.
Topics
Technologies
Society
Startups & Businesses
Art
Topics
Technologies
Society
Startups & Businesses
Art
Speakers
Gega Darakhvelidze
Applied AI Engineer at Mistral AI
Rasmus Jones
Machine Learning Engineer at Financial News Systems
Anastasia Kvinikadze
Director of Engineering at Impel
George Sabadze
Data Head at Veli.Store
Gua Tabidze
Lecturer at Commschool
Tamar Oniani
Program Director at GYLA
Ana Garza Ochoa
Digital Media Lead at RNW Media
Moseti Nyamwange
Media Expert at RNW Media
Scott Reiser
Digital Transformation Advisor at KPMG Caucasus and Central Asia
Mariam Siradze
Data Engineer at TNET
Julia Haas
Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Katya Mamyan
Data Journalist at Infocom
Marie Lou Papazian
Founding CEO of TUMO Center for Creative Technologies
Lika Ambrosishvili
Researcher in Human–Computer Interaction
Ketevan Potova
AI engineer at EPAM Georgia
Shota Giorgobiani
Co-Founder and CEO at Optio
Lado Jiqia
Engineering Manager at Tipalti
Saba Gventsadze
Software Engineer at Theneo
Nino Gorgadze
Director at IPMA Georgia
Fatos Ismali
Chief AI Architect at Microsoft
Ben Auffarth
Chief Data Officer at Chelsea AI Ventures
Sandro Gvindadze
Journalist at BBC Monitoring
Alexsai Srourali
CEO at SocialLab
Gigi Giorgadze
Co-Founder and CEO of the Georgian AI Association (GAIA)
Ivana Bartoletti
Vice President & Global Chief Privacy and AI Governance Officer at Wipro
Archil Kobaladze
Data Analytic Group Lead at Bank of Georgia
Yana Chshyogoleva
Co-Founder at AutoDraft
Ketevan Aghoshashvili
Partner/Executive Director at IBCCS TAX Georgia
Irakli Kerdikoshvili
Head of Digital Platforms & Channels at Silknet
Gvantsa Mchedlidze
Senior Data Scientist at Ozorix
Davide Eynard
Staff MLE and Researcher at Mozilla.ai
Tarry Singh
CEO at DK AI Holding
Arnaud Richter
Chief Digital Officer & data artist
Iris Muis
Team Leader at Data School of Utrecht University
Nazeli Ter-Petrosyan
Founding member & AI Researcher at Wearify
Anano Jaoshvili
Analytical Project Lead at Bank of Georgia
Mikheil Nadareishvili
Chief Analytics Officer at Bank of Georgia
Dominika Čupková
Founder at Institute of Machine Unlearning
Nikoloz Jangisherashvili
Senior Data Scientist at Bank of Georgia
Anastasiia Morozova
Head of Data and Research at Frontstory.pl / VSquare.org
Shota Natenadze
Co-founder at Tbilisi AI Meetups
Shota Elkanishvili
Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest
Ana Kopadze
AI Creator & Storyteller
Gor Apitsaryan
Product Designer at Tradingview
Luka Mdivani
Software Engineer at GitHub
George Kvinikadze
Data Scientist and Chevening Scholar
Gurami Keretchashvili
Artificial Intelligence Engineer at SLB
Colin van Noordt
Special Guest Lecturer at KU Leuven University
Natalia Żaba
Trainer at Google News Initiative
Tomomi Tanaka, Ph.D
Founder at Safety by Design Lab
Andrej Petrovski
Director at SHARE Foundation
Irina Vidal Migallón
Head of AI Engineering at Mozilla.ai
Raz Besaleli
ML Systems Engineer at Mozilla.ai
Yuliia Dukach, PhD
Head of Disinformation Investigations at OpenMinds
Tiziana Alocci
Data Artist & Founder at NECESSITY.INK
Glyn Thomas
Co-Founder & Digital Strategist at We Could Even
