If you’re in Cannes next week, get a seat at our breakfast chat with Justin, Luke, and Domenic Venuto from Horizon Media.
What do the Library of Alexandria, meat grading, and sex trafficking investigations have in common? Data… and the stories we tell with it.
In this special pre-Cannes conversation, we sat down with Justin Evans, author of The Little Book of Data, and Luke McGinnis, CEO of Above Data, for a moving and wide-ranging discussion on the art, utility, and humanity of data. The session weaves together history, storytelling, and modern AI infrastructure in surprising ways.
What you’ll learn:
Why data is as much a creative discipline as a technical one
How metadata gave birth to the first library—and still powers AI today
What bankers taught Justin about cutting through “data bullying”
How companies can avoid GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) by treating data prep as a competitive advantage
Stories from the front lines—how data is used to rescue trafficking victims, battle pandemics, and fight loneliness
Whether you’re an executive, analyst, or just data-curious, this is one of the most human conversations you’ll hear about what data really means. Yes, data is important, but stories are what people remember. Data tells stories.
The data is the story and the story is in the data.
Enjoy!
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