2nd Big Data Business Forum

November 13 - 15, 2013

San Francisco, CA


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2013 Confirmed Speakers:
Sameer Chopra
Sameer Chopra
Vice President of Advanced Analytics
Orbitz
Steve Raymond
Steve Raymond
VP, Multimedia Analytics
USA Today Sports Media Group
Ravi Prasad
Ravi Prasad
Head, Analytics, Strategy and Innovation
Liberty Mutual
Deepak Agarwal
Deepak Agarwal
Director, Relevance Science
LinkedIn
Pavandeep Kalra
Pavandeep Kalra
Head of Product Management & Strategy, Data & Analytics
Nokia
Dana Zuber
Dana Zuber
Enterprise Data & Analytics Group
Wells Fargo Bank
Derek Steer
Derek Steer
Senior Product Intelligence Manager
Yammer
Ivan Yuen
Ivan Yuen
CTO & Co-Founder
Wattpad
Greg Girard
Greg Girard
Program Director, Merchandise Strategies
IDC Retail Insights
John M. Coe
John M. Coe
President
The Sales & Marketing Institute
Natasha Balac
Natasha Balac
Ph.D., Director
Predictive Analytics Center of Excellence San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California San Diego
Kira Chuchom
Kira Chuchom
Data Governance
Data Management Organization, Microsoft
Rahul Todkar
Rahul Todkar
Head Of Marketing Analytics
Intuit, Inc.
Jim Smith
Jim Smith
General Partner
Mohr Davidow
Raghunath Nambiar
Raghunath Nambiar
Distinguished Engineer
Cisco Systems
Alison Shaffer
Alison Shaffer
Director Data Strategy
Dell
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Cloudera
2012 Sponsors
1010Data
Alteryx, Inc.
Autonomy
Cetas Analytics
ClearStory Data
Factual
LexisNexis HPCC Systems
LucidWorks
Syncsort
Teradata
Voltage Security®, Inc.
Media Partners
2013 Media Partners
Data Science Central
Data Center Journal
Mind Commerce
Customer Management IQ
Social Media Partner
Data Mining, Statistics, Big Data, and Data Visualization

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Welcome to the 2nd Annual Big Data Business Forum

Optimizing Big Data Analytics to Propel Business Results

Welcome to the 2nd Annual Big Data Business Forum, the industry preferred platform that arms you with the tools to cut through the hype and uncover the real business value of your big data investments. We understand that central to the success of a Big Data strategy is the collaboration and coordination between key stakeholders in an organization. This year's event offers a unique three day program that brings together top technologists, analysts and business executives under one roof to share best practices through practical and proven Fortune 500 case studies. Leave with the skills and insights needed to accelerate the path from analytics and insights to action.


The Big Data Business Forum has been designed to provide you with what you need no matter where you are in the journey! With an underlying theme of Value! Value! Value!


Have you noticed we’re getting bigger and better?

What to expect this year!

  • Network with +180 big data analysts, technologists and top level business executives
  • 6 + hours of creative networking & one-on-one meeting opportunities
  • More focus on easy to use applications for interacting and visualizing big data for non "data scientists"
  • Over 35 user case studies from leading organizations! Less of the ‘what is’ and more of the ‘how to’!
  • +25 hours of interactive presentations - We have invited only the best speakers in this space!
  • More tracks and more specialized content! This year we have added a focus day, 3 workshops, 5 panels and a hackathon
  • Find out the latest in innovative and emerging solutions at our exhibition & innovators panel

360 Degree View of Agenda:

Day One: Pre-Conference Workshop & Focus Day:

  • Track One - 3 Interactive Workshops:
    Workshop A: Big Data And Analytics Crash Course
    Workshop B: Applying Predictive Analytics For Proactive Decision-Making
    Workshop C: Developing The Ability And Capability For High-Performance Data Processing

  • Track Two – Focus Day: Application Of Big Data And Analytics For Key Customer Insights

Day Two & Three: Main Conference Days:

  • Track One: C-suite Executive Exchange
  • Track Two: Analytics User Case Studies
  • Track Three: Big Data Hackathon

THE BIG DATA event FOR ALL Stakeholders

  • Technologists
    • Engineer a new IT business model
    • Evaluating solutions: What you need, what you don't
    • Becoming a big data change agent
    • Partnering with marketing to ensure business usability
    • Integrating Hadoop with your data infrastructure
  • Analysts
    • R for predictive modelings
    • BI from both sides: Aligning business & IT
    • Integrating attitudinal, behavioral & unstructured data for new insights
    • Becoming a data scientist
    • Narrowing the scope to avoid getting lost in a sea of data
  • Business Leaders
    • Turning the data explosion into informed decisions
    • Transforming marketers into data-driven decision makers
    • The role of big data in the customer journey
    • Next general mobile analytics
    • Making sense of social analytics

Why has The Big Data Business Forum become the preferred stage of leading organizations?

  • Case-studies from corporate practitioners who are already succeeding using analytics as a platform for growth.
  • Customizable learning – personalize your experience by choosing between three unique tracks – Infrastructure & Technology // Analytics & Business Insights // Strategic Business & Results
  • Cross-industry speakers – Listen to a diverse group of speakers.
  • Skills-based workshops – to ensure you dive deep on methodologies and tools.
  • Get a year’s worth of technology vendor research done in a matter of three days.