Interesting piece
Sounds like an interesting event. I have been a bit tired of the "big data" and "data mining will solve all your problems" hype. A more realistic discussion on aims, possibilities, difficulties, and limitations, that is very good news.
We have been doing some fairly big data work (in astronomical data sets and remote sensing), but until now did not use the term "big data". If people start using the term sensibly, I might start using it.