This past week I had the incredible opportunity to fly halfway around the world from North Carolina, United States to Belgrade, Serbia to give a keynote at Europe’s largest Data Science Conference, DSC Europe. With 3500+ attendees and 3 days packed with exciting talks, DSC Europe was the place to be the third week in November. But it wasn’t the large numbers of attendees or the fabulous venue (Metropol Palace Hotel) that impressed me the most about Data Science Conference - it was the curated moments of shared learnings and new perspectives. I have been to many conferences (see my