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MRS launches Campaign for Better Data to evolve standards and future-proof research sector

Operations Network: Enhancing Data Integrity

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Date and time

Jul
02
2025

Wednesday
15:00–17:00

Location

MRS London

Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements ahead of the event

1hr
CPD

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Speakers

Join us for an insightful event where we delve into the Global Data Quality Pledge and MRS Campaign for Better Data, all aimed at elevating the standards of data quality across the industry. Explore the various challenges Operations organisations face in maintaining high data quality and how they are tackling these challenges. Discover the practical tools and strategies they have designed to help their organisations improve the integrity of their data.

Speakers:

Debrah Harding: Managing Director at MRS, will provide an overview of the Global Data Quality Initiative and MRS Campaign for Better Data
Industry Experts will share their insights and experiences in addressing data quality challenges

Rebecca Cole, Colbalt Sky
Joanna Price, Kantar
Liz Diez, Acumen Fieldwork
Chris Stevens, Consultant (formally Kantar)

This event will be held in the 4th floor training suite at MRS, 15 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0JR. A map is available below.

Registration opens at 2.45pm. Please arrive in time for the meeting to start at 3pm. You are then invited to stay and enjoy drinks and networking afterwards.

These events are free to Company Partner Employees, but space is limited so book your place today.

Venue

MRS
The Old Trading House, 15 Northburgh Street,London,EC1V 0JR

Rebecca Cole

Rebecca Cole is Managing Director of Cobalt Sky, an award-winning market research operations company specialising in online data collection and data processing. She joined Cobalt Sky as a graduate in 2006 and is a highly experienced web scripter and quantum programmer. As well as being on the main board of the MRS, Rebecca chairs the MRS Representation in Research steering group and has spent over 10 years on the board of the Association for Survey Computing (ASC) which she now co-chairs.

Joanna Price

Jo Price is the Research Methods Consultant at Kantar Insights UK. Jo has 25+ years’ experience as a Research Operations expert and has a specialist focus on understanding how best practice sample & survey design influences high quality data.

Debrah Harding - Managing Director

Debrah is responsible for all MRS operations and leads the Society’s standards, policy and public affairs activities. Debrah graduated from Southampton University in the early 90’s with an honours degree in Geography.
She first worked in accountancy and then moved to the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) in 1994. After working in auditing and compliance for ABC, she joined the management of MRS in 1999 to establish a new Standards and Policy department.
Debrah is the co-author (with Peter Jackson) of the book, Quality in Market Research: from Theory to Practice and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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