[R-SIG-Finance] [R-sig-finance] Announcing: Predictive Analytics World, Oct. 20-21 in Washington DC

[EliseJ]

Hi everyone,

I wanted to make sure you know about the next Predictive Analytics World
conference, Oct. 20-21 in Washington DC (www.pawcon.com).  

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Predictive Analytics World 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 October 2009 program is packed with the top predictive analytics
experts, practitioners, authors and business thought leaders, including
keynote speakers Stephen Baker (author of The Numerati and Senior writer at
BusinessWeek), Usama Fayyad, Ph.D. (CEO, Open Insights and formerly Yahoo!'s
Chief Data Officer and Executive Vice President), and Program Chair Eric
Siegel, Ph.D. (President of Prediction Impact and former Columbia University
professor).


Case Studies: How the Leading Enterprises Do It

Predictive Analytics World focuses on concrete examples of deployed
predictive analytics. 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.

And the leading enterprises have responded, signing up to tell their
stories. PAW-09 will have 25 sessions across two tracks, so you can witness
how predictive analytics is applied at Aflac, Amway, Citizens Bank, The
Coca-Cola Company, Financial Times, Hewlett-Packard, Infinity Insurance,
IRS, Lifeline Screening, National Center for Dropout Prevention, The
National Rifle Association, The New York Times, Optus (Australian telecom),
PREMIER Bankcard, Reed Elsevier, Sprint-Nextel, Sunrise Communications
(Switzerland), Target, US Bank, U.S. Department of Defense, Walden
University, Zurich -- plus special examples from Anheuser-Busch, Disney,
HSBC, Pfizer, Social Security Administration, WestWind Foundation and
others.


Workshops

Three pre- and post-event workshops complement the core conference program:

"The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods
and Common Data Mining Mistakes"
Instructor: John F. Elder, Ph.D., CEO and Founder, Elder Research, Inc.
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/dc/2009/predictive_modeling_methods.php

"Hands-On Predictive Analytics"
Instructor: Dean Abbott, President, Abbott Analytics
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/dc/2009/handson_predictive_analytics.php

"Putting Predictive Analytics to Work"
Instructor: James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/dc/2009/predictive_analytics_work.php


Cross-Industry Applications

Predictive Analytics World is the only conference of its kind, delivering
vendor-neutral sessions across verticals such as banking, financial
services, e-commerce, education, government, healthcare, high technology,
insurance, non-profits, publishing, retail and telecommunications.

And PAW covers the gamut of commercial applications of predictive analytics,
including response modeling, customer retention with churn modeling, product
recommendations, fraud detection, online marketing optimization,
behavior-based advertising, insurance pricing, sales forecasting, text
mining and credit scoring.

Why bring together such a wide range of endeavors? No matter how you use
predictive analytics, the story is the same: Predictively scoring customers
optimizes business performance. Predictive analytics initiatives across
industries leverage the same core predictive modeling technology, share
similar project overhead and data requirements, and face common process
challenges and analytical hurdles.


Rave Reviews

February's inaugural Predictive Analytics World was an acclaimed success,
with over 200 attendees from 12 countries witnessing case studies from over
20 named companies that represent 11 industries. Excitement and buzz ran
high as participants learned how to improve efficiency and optimize across
more than 10 business applications of predictive analytics.

"Predictive Analytics World was probably the best analytics conference I
have attended, from a knowledge point of view, in a long time...[and] turned
into my new must-go-to conference."

      Dennis R. Mortensen
      Director of Data Insights
      Yahoo!

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


Vendors.

* Meet the vendors and learn about their solutions, software and services
* Discover the best predictive analytics vendors available to serve your
needs
* Learn what they do and see how they compare

Colleagues.

* Mingle, network and hang out with your best and brightest colleagues
* Exchange experiences over lunch, breaks and the conference reception,
connecting with those professionals who face the same challenges as you


For more information, see:
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com

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

If you'd like our informative event updates, sign up at:
www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/notifications.php

To sign up for the PAW group on LinkedIn, see:
www.linkedin.com/e/gis/1005097

For inquiries, e-mail us at registration at predictiveanalyticsworld.com or
call (866) 223-2579.


Let us know if you have any questions!

Thanks  --Elise Johnson, Predictive Analytics World

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