Full Mega-PAW 7-Track Agenda
Predictive Analytics World
June 3-7, 2018 – Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
This page shows the full 7-track agenda for the five co-located conferences at Mega-PAW. Mega Pass registration is required for full access. To view the agenda for one individual conference, click here: PAW Business, PAW Financial, PAW Healthcare, PAW Manufacturing, or Deep Learning World.
Session Levels:
Blue circle sessions are for All Levels
Red triangle sessions are Expert/Practitioner Level
Workshops - Sunday, June 3rd, 2018
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This one day workshop reviews major big data success stories that have transformed businesses and created new markets. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Two and a half hour evening workshop:
This 2.5 hour workshop launches your tenure as a user of R, the well-known open-source platform for data analysis. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Workshops - Monday, June 4th, 2018
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This one-day session surveys standard and advanced methods for predictive modeling (aka machine learning). Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Gain experience driving R for predictive modeling across real examples and data sets. Survey the pertinent modeling packages. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Dive in hands-on with crucial data prep steps, including cleaning, missing value imputation, feature creation/selection, and sampling. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This one-day introductory workshop dives deep. You will explore deep neural classification, LSTM time series analysis, convolutional image classification, advanced data clustering, bandit algorithms, and reinforcement learning. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Predictive Analytics World - Las Vegas - Day 1 - Tuesday, June 5th, 2018





10:30 - 10:50 am
10:55 - 11:15 am
11:20 - 11:40 am
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
11:20 am - 12:05 pm
11:20 - 11:40 am
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
11:20 - 11:40 am
11:45 am - 12:05 pm





2:40 - 3:00 pm
3:05 – 3:25 pm
2:40 - 3:00 pm
3:05 – 3:25 pm
3:55 - 4:15 pm
4:20 – 4:40 pm
3:55 - 4:15 pm
4:20 – 4:40 pm

5:30 PM to 5:50 PM


Predictive Analytics World - Las Vegas - Day 2 - Wednesday, June 6th, 2018



10:05 - 10:25 am
10:30 – 10:50 am
11:20 - 11:40 am
11:45 am – 12:05 pm
11:20 - 11:40 am
11:45 am – 12:05 pm






2:15 - 2:35 pm
2:40 – 3:00 pm
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Workshops - Thursday, June 7th, 2018
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This one-day session reveals the subtle mistakes analytics practitioners often make when facing a new challenge (the “deadly dozen”), and clearly explains the advanced methods seasoned experts use to avoid those pitfalls and build accurate and reliable models. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This workshop dives into the key ensemble approaches, including Bagging, Random Forests, and Stochastic Gradient Boosting. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
This workshop demonstrates how to build uplift models (aka net lift models) that optimize the incremental impact of marketing campaigns, covering the pros and cons of various core analytical approaches. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.
Full-day: 8:30am – 4:30pm
Gain the power to extract signals from big data on your own, without relying on data engineers and Hadoop specialists. Click workshop title above for the fully detailed description.