Predictive Analytics World Conference: Agenda At a Glance

Pre-Conference Workshop: Sunday, October 23, 2016
Three hour Workshop • Room 1A02 R Bootcamp: For Newcomers to R Max Kuhn, Pfizer	Full-day Workshop • Room 1A03 Big Data: Proven Methods You Need to Extract Big Value Vladimir Barash, Graphika

Pre-Conference Workshop: Monday, October 24, 2016
Full-day Workshop • Room 1A23 R for Predictive Modeling: A Hands-On Introduction Max Kuhn, Pfizer	Full-day Workshop • Room 1A24 Advanced Methods Hands-on: Predictive Modeling Techniques Dean Abbott, Abbott Analytics, Inc Sponsored by:

Day 1: Tuesday, October 25, 2016 (PAW Business runs in parallel on this day - dual registration required) Conference Moderator: Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc All sessions will take place in Room 1A24
8:00-8:45am	Registration & Networking Breakfast Room: Exhibit Area 1A
8:45-8:50am	Welcome from the Event Master-of-Ceremonies Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc
8:50-9:40am	KEYNOTE Case Study: Barclays Big Data Analytics Front-to-Back: Application Case Studies in Financial Services in the Back and Front offices Usama Fayyad, Barclays
9:40-10:00am	Diamond Sponsor Presentation 4 Ways the Financial Services Industry Can Unlock the Possibilities of Big Data Eric Hoffman, EastBanc Technologies
10:00-10:30am	Exhibits & Morning Coffee Break Room: Exhibit Area 1A
10:30-11:15am
	Expert Panel Gaining Traction: How to Establish Buy-In for Predictive Analytics Moderator: Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc Panelists: Anasse Bari, NYU Wolf Ruzicka, EastBanc Technologies Sri Raghavan, Teradata Aster
11:20am-12:05pm	Stress Testing, Cross-Enterprise Applications
	Predictive Analytics for Stress Testing - Industry Challenges Sanjay Gupta, PNC Bank Namit Sureka, EXL Analytics
12:05-1:50pm	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall Room: Exhibit Area 1A
1:50-2:35pm	KEYNOTE Accelerating Analytics Maturity in the Financial Services Industry Bin Mu, MetLife
2:40-3:25pm	Risk Management
	Case Study: Paychex Risk Management Algorithms - Paving the Way to Value Creation Frank Fiorille, Paychex
3:25-3:55pm	Exhibits & Afternoon Break Room: Exhibit Area 1A
3:55-4:40pm	Algorithmic Trading and Beyond
	What Data Scientists Can Learn from Quants Michael Li, The Data Incubator
4:45-5:30pm	Best Practices
	Q&A: Ask Dean and Steve Anything (about Best Practices) Dean Abbott, SmarterHQ Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc
5:30-7:00pm	Networking Reception Room: Exhibit Area 1A

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Day 2: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 (PAW Business runs in parallel on this day - dual registration required) (The Predictive Analytics Times Executive Breakfast also runs in parallel on this day) Conference Moderator: Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc All sessions will take place in Room 1A24
8:00-8:45am	Registration & Networking Breakfast Room: Exhibit Area 1A
9:00-9:05am	Welcome from the Event Master-of-Ceremonies Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc
9:05-9:55am	KEYNOTE Case Study: FICO Fraud Screening for 2/3rds of All Card Transactions: A Consortium and Its Data Scott Zoldi, FICO
10:00-10:45am	Cross-Enterprise Applications
	Case Study:Bizfi Leveraging Predictive Analytics on the Path to Fintech Success Steven Ramirez, Beyond the Arc Tomo Matsuo, Bizfi
10:45-11:15am	Exhibits & Morning Coffee Break Room: Exhibit Area 1A
11:15am-12:00pm	Predictive Investing (VC)
	Case Study: Microsoft Strategy Predicting Startup Success: Finding the Unicorns among Wildebeests Mukund Mohan, Microsoft Strategy
12:00-1:15pm	Lunch in the Exhibit Hall Room: Exhibit Area 1A
	Analytical Methods
1:15-2:00pm	SPECIAL FEATURED SESSION Luck, Skill, or Torture? How Target Shuffling Can Tell if What Your Data Says is Real John Elder, Elder Research, Inc.
2:00-2:10pm	Sponsor Presentation Rapid Execution of Enterprise Scale Machine Learning with Mortgage Data and the R Language Roger Fried, Teradata
2:15-3:00pm
	Applications in Finance
	Case Study: OCBC Bank (Singapore) Challenging the Dogma: Predictive Analytics Problems Poorly Tackled by Theoretical Finance Marcelo Labre, OCBC Bank
3:00-3:30pm	Exhibits & Afternoon Break Room: Exhibit Area 1A
3:30-4:15pm	Price Prediction
	Case Study: Hopper Buy or Wait? Consumer-Friendly Airfare Prediction or How the Bunny Saves You Money Patrick Surry, Hopper
4:20-5:05pm	Risk Management
	Case Study: GE Capital Importance of Model Risk Management in Financial Institutions Hevel Jean-Baptiste, GE Capital

Post-Conference Workshop: Thursday, October 27, 2016
Full-day Workshop • Room 1A23 The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods and Common Data Mining Mistakes Dr. John Elder, Elder Research, Inc.	Full-day Workshop • Room 1A24 Supercharging Prediction with Ensemble Models Dean Abbott, Abbott Analytics Sponsored by:	Full-day Workshop • Room 1A11 Hadoop for Predictive Analytics: Hands-On Lab James Casaletto, MapR Technologies

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