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August 31st 2010

Predictive Analytics World London Nov 15-16: Agenda Overview

The conference program for PAW London, November 15-16, has been posted: http://www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/london/2010/

View the agenda at a glance: http://www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/london/2010/agenda_overview.php

Predictive Analytics World is also coming to:

October 19-20, 2010 – Washington, DC
March 14-15, 2011 – San Francisco, CA

Here’s an overview of the agenda for PAW London, Nov 15-16:

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Predictive Analytics World (pawcon.com) is the business-focused event for predictive analytics professionals, managers and commercial practitioners, covering today’s commercial deployment of predictive analytics, across industries and across software vendors. The conference delivers case studies, expertise and resources to achieve two objectives:

1) Bigger wins: Strengthen the business impact delivered by predictive analytics

2) Broader capabilities: Establish new opportunities with predictive analytics

PAW’s program is packed with the top predictive analytics experts, practitioners, authors and business thought leaders, including keynote speakers Dr. John Elder and Dr. Eric Siegel.

Case Studies: How the Leading Enterprises Do It

Predictive Analytics World focuses on concrete examples of deployed predictive analytics. The leading enterprises have signed up to tell their stories, so you can hear from the horse’s mouth precisely how Fortune 500 analytics competitors and other top practitioners deploy predictive modeling, and what kind of business impact it delivers.

PAW LONDON, UK:

PAW London 2010 will feature over 17 speakers from 10 countries with case studies from leading enterprises in e-commerce, finance, healthcare, retail, and telecom such as Canadian Automobile Association, Chessmetrics, e-Dialog, Hamburger Sparkasse, Jeevansathi.com (India’s 2nd-largest matrimony portal), Life Line Screening, Lloyds TSB, Naukri.com (India’s number 1 job portal), Overtoom, SABMiller, T-Mobile, Univ. of Melbourne, US Bank and Vodafone, plus special examples from Anheuser-Busch, Disney, HP, HSBC, Pfizer, U.S. SSA, WestWind Foundation and others.

PAW London’s agenda covers hot topics and advanced methods such as risk management, uplift (incremental lift) modelling, open source analytics, and crowdsourcing data mining. Case study presentations cover campaign targeting, churn modeling, next-best-offer, selecting marketing channels, global analytics deployment, email marketing, HR candidate search, and other innovative applications that benefit organizations in new and creative ways.

View the agenda at-a-glance for PAW London: www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/london/2010

AND MORE. Join PAW and access the best keynotes, sessions, workshop, exposition, expert panel, networking coffee breaks, reception, birds-of-a-feather lunches, brand-name enterprise leaders, and industry heavyweights in the business.

RAVE REVIEWS:

“Hands down, best applied, analytics conference I have ever attended. Great exposure to cutting-edge predictive techniques and I was able to turn around and apply some of those learnings to my work immediately. I’ve never been able to say that after any conference I’ve attended before!”

Jon Francis
Senior Statistician
T-Mobile

Read more: Articles and blog entries about PAW can be found at www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/pressroom.php

Be sure to register by Sept. 30 for PAW London’s Early Bird rate (save £200):
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/london/register.php

What is predictive analytics? See the Predictive Analytics Guide:
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/predictive_analytics.php

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Washington DC – London – San Francisco

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July 30th 2010

PAW London – Save-the-Date for Nov 15-16, and Call-for-Speakers

Announcing two new PAW events – mark your calendars!

While the next upcoming Predictive Analytics World is October 19-20, 2010, in Washington DC, we’re now accepting proposals to speak at the two PAW events scheduled thereafter.

Accepting speaker proposals for:

PAW – November 15-16, 2010 in London, UK

Park Plaza Victoria London
Speaker proposals deadline: August 13, 2010 (Due soon!)

PAW – March 14-15, 2011 in San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Speaker proposals deadline: October 8, 2010

It’s an exciting time for PAW and predictive analytics in general, as reflected by a steadfast increase in interest in both attending and speaking at the conference.

Join PAW to share how predictive analytics delivers a business impact for your organization. Here is the opportunity to present your work deploying predictive analytics, predictive modeling, product recommendations, response modeling, churn modeling, behavior-based content/ad selection, customer segmentation, fraud detection or other incarnations of predictive analytics.

The PAW call-for-speakers has been updated – if you are considering submitting, please give it a complete read-through. If you are a software vendor, be sure to note the restriction on vendor sessions.

If you wish to receive periodic call-for-speakers notifications regarding Predictive Analytics World, email chair@predictiveanalyticsworld.com with the subject line “call-for-speakers notifications”.

Click here for details about Predictive Analytics World

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July 21st 2010

Expert Panel at PAW Oct 19-20 in DC: “Predictive Analytics Hits the Mainstream”

Here’s the expert panel coming to Predictive Analytics World, October 19-20, 2010 in Washington DC. It promises to be revealing and central.

Expert Panel: “Kaboom! Predictive Analytics Hits the Mainstream”

(October 20, 2010 – Day 2 of the conference)

Predictive analytics has taken off, across industry sectors and across applications in marketing, fraud detection, credit scoring and beyond. Where exactly are we in the process of crossing the chasm toward pervasive deployment, and how can we ensure progress keeps up the pace and stays on target?

This expert panel will address:

  • How much of predictive analytics’ potential has been fully realized?
  • Where are the outstanding opportunities with greatest potential?
  • What are the greatest challenges faced by the industry in achieving wide scale adoption?
  • How are these challenges best overcome?

Panelist: David Duling, Research and Development Director, SAS

Panelist: Usama Fayyad, Ph.D., CEO, Open Insights

Panelist: Jason Verlen, Director, SPSS Product Strategy & Management, IBM Software Group

Panel moderator: Eric Siegel, Ph.D., Program Chair, Predictive Analytics World

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July 1st 2010

Predictive Analytics World Agenda Overview – Oct 19-20 in DC

Conference: Predictive Analytics World Agenda Overview

Predictive Analytics World’s conference program for October 19-20 2010, Washington, DC is another deep exploration of leading-edge methods and hot topics. Highlights include:

Business Value

Response & Cross-Sell

Social Data (including Fraud Detection)

Text Mining (including Fraud Detection)

Survey Analysis

Customer Value

Segmentation

Healthcare

Sales Force Optimization

Privacy

Catalog Retailer

PAW Attendee Statement:

“I came to PAW because it provides case studies relevant to my industry. It has lived up to the expectation and I think it’s the best analytics conference I’ve ever attended!”

Shaohua Zhang
Senior Data Mining Analyst
Rogers Telecommunications

Be sure to register by Sept. 10th for the Super Early Bird rate (a $200 saving):

Register Now

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June 21st 2010

People Rave About Predictive Analytics World

Here’s what attendees have to say about Predictive Analytics World, coming next to Washington DC, Oct 19-20, 2010:

“Hands down, best applied, analytics conference I have ever attended. Great exposure to cutting-edge predictive techniques and I was able to turn around and apply some of those learnings to my work immediately. I’ve never been able to say that after any conference I’ve attended before!”

Jon Francis
Senior Statistician
T-Mobile


“This event brought together all people involved with predictive analytics: analysts, consultants, corporate clients, software and hardware vendors. All participants shared their views on what is hot in Predictive Analytics World, both through thought-stimulating talks and rich, prolific networking. With its focus on innovation in methodology, applications and implementation, the event met the highest expectations and provided a rewarding experience for all participants.”

Marianna Dizik
Statistician
Google Inc.


“I came to PAW because it provides case studies relevant to my industry. It has lived up to the expectation and I think it’s the best analytics conference I’ve ever attended!”

Shaohua Zhang
Senior Data Mining Analyst
Rogers Telecommunications


“For someone with very little knowledge of data mining/predictive analytics coming into the conference, PAW was of immense value to understand the direction the industry is headed and the value-add with using these techniques.”

Vinod Damodaran
VP Engineering
Information Resource Inc (IRI)

Click here for many more statements of testimony about PAW

For more information, see:
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com

For a complete overview of the conference agenda, see:
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/sanfrancisco/2010/agenda_overview.php

Be sure to register by September 10th for the Early Bird rate (save $200):
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/register.php

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June 10th 2010

PAW Special Plenary Sessions, Oct 19-20, Washington, DC

Check out these special plenary sessions from industry heavyweights at Predictive Analytics World, October 19-20, Washington, DC.

Dr. Usama Fayyad
Usama Fayyad, Ph.D.
CEO, Open Insights
Former Chief Data Officer, Yahoo!
Search Marketing and Predictive Analytics: SEM, SEO and On-line Marketing Case Studies

John F. Elder, Ph.D.
CEO and Founder,
Elder Research, Inc.
Text Mining: Lessons Learned
special plenary sessions from industry heavy-weights:

Dr. Usama Fayyad
Usama Fayyad, Ph.D.
CEO, Open Insights
Former Chief Data Officer, Yahoo!
Search Marketing and Predictive Analytics: SEM, SEO and On-line Marketing Case Studies

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May 23rd 2010

Predictive Analytics World Agenda Announced for Oct 19-20 in DC

Announcing Predictive Analytics World’s conference program for October 19-20 2010, Washington, DC. The PAW call-for-speakers received an overwhelming response, and the cream of the crop are lined up to speak.

View the complete agenda at a glance

Register by June 7th for the Super Early Bird and save $400

PAW’s case studies are compelling, revealing, and instructional. October’s program includes predictive analytics case studies from 1-800-FLOWERS, CIBC, Corporate Executive Board, Forrester, Ingram Micro, LifeLine, MetLife, Miles Kimball, Monster, Paychex, PayPal (eBay), SunTrust, Target, UPMC Health Plan, Xerox, and Yahoo!, plus special examples from the U.S. government agencies CBP, NCMI, NGIC, NSA, and SSA.

PAW’s agenda this October ups the ante, covering hot topics and advanced methods such as social data, text mining, search marketing, risk management, survey analysis, consumer privacy, sales force optimization and other innovative applications that benefit organizations in new and creative ways.

Join PAW and access the best keynotes, sessions, exposition, workshops, expert panel, live demos, networking coffee breaks, reception, birds-of-a-feather lunches, leading brand-name enterprise leaders, and industry heavyweights in the business.

“Hands down, best applied, analytics conference I have ever attended. Great exposure to cutting-edge predictive techniques and I was able to turn around and apply some of those learnings to my work immediately. I’ve never been able to say that after any conference I’ve attended before!”

- Jon Francis, Senior Statistician, T-Mobile

Click here for more information about Predictive Analytics World

Be sure to register by June 7th for the Super Early Bird rate (save $400)

Click here to sign up for the PAW group on LinkedIn

Click here for a complete overview of the conference agenda

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May 20th 2010

Predictive Analytics Workshop in Singapore, July 26-27

Predictive Analytics

Training Program: Predictive Analytics – What Really Works

Dates: 26-27 July 2010

Venue: M Hotel, Singapore

Course Leader: Eric Siegel, Ph.D.

To find out more about this two-day course, click here for a complete overview of the training agenda.

Qualify for US$200 early bird discount if you register before 25h June 2010.

Contact Information:
Lance Sum (Marketing Manager)
Tel. No: +65 6391 2530
Fax. No: +65 6392 3592
Email: lance@magenta-global.com.sg

http://www.magenta-global.com.sg/contactmagenta.php

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May 16th 2010

Keynotes Announced for PAW, October in DC

Predictive Analytics World, October 19-20 2011, Washington DC, will feature the following keynote speakers – stay tuned for the full program.

Piyanka Jain, Senior Manager, Global Product Analytics, Paypal
Putting Predictive Analytics into Context: The Analytics Value Chain

Andrew Pole, Senior Manager, Guest Analytics, Target
How Target Gets the Most out of Its Guest Data to Improve Marketing ROI

Eric Siegel, Ph.D., Conference Chair, Predictive Analytics World

Plus, these special plenary sessions from industry heavy-weights:

Usama Fayyad Ph.D.,
CEO, Open Insights
Former Chief Data Officer, Yahoo!

Search Marketing and Predictive Analytics: SEM, SEO and On-line Marketing Case Studies

John F. Elder Ph.D.,
CEO and Founder,
Elder Research, Inc.

Text Mining: Lessons Learned

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April 26th 2010

Participate in the 2010 Rexer Analytics Data Mining Survey

Come one, come all and add your perspective to the 2010 Rexer Analytics Data Mining Survey.

To participate, please click on the link below and enter the access code in the space provided.  The survey should take approximately 20 minutes to complete.

Survey Link: www.RexerAnalytics.com/Data-Miner-Survey-2010-Intro2.html
Access Code:  RS2987

Also gain immediate access to the most recent survey report:

Now updated as of March 2010: The Rexer Analytics 2009 Data Miner Survey

We are excited to offer a 48 page executive summary of the Rexer Analytics 2009 Data Miner Survey. From the most popular software tools to which verticals have embraced modeling – the Rexer Analytics 2009 Data Miner Survey report is truly a valuable resource.

Click here for immediate access to the survey

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