This year’s hedgeweekLIVE Technology Summit concluded with deep-level discussions of how hedge fund managers running a range of strategies are grappling with the rapid pace of change in data science and how the “explosion” in data volume can be managed more effectively. Kicking off day two, the data management and analytics panel addressed how the increased volume of data is reshaping the investment process. Speakers also mulled the value of datasets in generating returns over the longer-term, and whether such alpha is ultimately ephemeral and short-term.