Agenda At-a-Glance
Wednesday, September 21

Full Schedule Mon, Sep 19 Tue, Sep 20 Wed, Sep 21 Thu, Sep 22
Wednesday, 9/21/2016
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Understanding How to Make Spark Fly: The Things We Learned While Building a Spark-driven App Lilia Gutnik, Paxata
Shachar Harussi, Paxata
Intermediate
Big Data
Data Warehousing in 2016 and Beyond Kent Graziano, Snowflake Computing
Intermediate
Big Data
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Implementing Predictive Models: Making Insights Actionable Hillary Bliss, Protiviti
Introductory
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Enterprise Data Strategy: Promoting Cultural Adoption Through Incremental Capability Enablement George Yuhasz, M&T Bank
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Sponsored Perspectives 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Smart Data Lakes: Revolutionizing Enterprise Analytics Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics
Barry Zane, Cambridge Semantics
Business/Strategic
Data Lakes
Smart Data (Cognitive, Deep Learning, Machine Learning)
Agile Data Warehousing Michael Tantrum, WhereScape
Introductory
Agile Data
Conference Sessions 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Data Science Ecosystem: Succeeding with a Business-run Data Enablement Group A.J. Ferrara, General Motors Corporation
Intermediate
Agile Data
Data Science
Designing your Data-Driven Organization through Data Curation Stephanie McReynolds, Alation
Introductory
Big Data
Entry Points for Advanced Analytics Janet E Forbes, T4G
Danielle E Leighton, T4G
Business/Strategic
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Data Strategy
The University of Washington's Strategic Plan for Enterprise Data & Analytics: A Year in the Making Robert McDade, University of Washington
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Coffee Break 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Keynote 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Why Anticipatory is the Future of Analytics Nipa Basu, Dun & Bradstreet
Business/Strategic
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Keynote 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Small Data - Big Impact Peter Cochrane, Cochrane Associates
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Lunch and Roundtable Discussions 12:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Governance for Analytics Anthony J. Algmin, Uturn Data Solutions
Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
Business/Strategic
Governance and Quality
Small Data/Personal Data Peter Cochrane, Cochrane Associates
Business/Strategic
Industry Trends
Innovation
Predictive and Anticipatory Analytics Business/Strategic
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Industry Trends
Conference Sessions 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Driven to Success - How to Get the Business to Adopt Business-Driven Analytics Anthony J. Algmin, Uturn Data Solutions
Kasu Sista, Consilink
Intermediate
Advanced Data Analysis Techniques
Innovation
Data Analytics - CoE Savvy Katham, The Hartford
Intermediate
Organizational Structure and Roles
Comparative Reference as the Key to Data Portrayal and Understanding John R Miglautsch, Miglautsch Marketing
Business/Strategic
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Knowledge Graphs for a Connected World Benjamin Nussbaum, AtomRain
Introductory
Smart Data (Cognitive, Deep Learning, Machine Learning)
Conference Sessions 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The 30-Day Analytics Sprint Judith Ann Thompkins, Resolvit
Business/Strategic
Agile Data
Innovative Options for the Analytics Architecture of 2020 Luminita Vollmer, Thrivent Financial
Business/Strategic
Data Architecture
New Data Management Technologies
Healthcare Analytics and Data Strategy Kevin Schofield, ADRM Software, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Coffee Break & Exhibits Open 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Conference Session - Panel Discussion 03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Governance Strategies for Succeeding with Analytics Anthony J. Algmin, Uturn Data Solutions
John Akred, Silicon Valley Data Science
Kasu Sista, Consilink
Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
Business/Strategic
Data Science
Data Strategy
Improving Data Management Practices