Agenda Overview – PAW for Government – September 18 – 19, 2013
| Pre-Conference Workshop: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 |
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Making Text Mining Work: Practical Methods and Solutions Dr. Andrew Fast, Chief Scientist, Elder Research Inc. |
| Day 1: Wednesday, September 18, 2013 | ||
| 7:15-8:15am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST Room: Atrium Ballroom Foyer |
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| 8:15-8:30am |
CONFERENCE CHAIR WELCOME REMARKS Isaiah Goodall, Program Chair, Predictive Analytics World for Government and Director of Business Development, Elder Research, Inc. Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 8:30-9:00am | KEYNOTE The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 9:00-9:30am | KEYNOTE The Path of the Digital Arrow David Williams, Inspector General, USPS Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 9:30-10:00am | PLENARY SESSION iShore: Using Analytics to Further the Mission Paul Gallagher, Principal, Public Sector Strategy & Operations, Deloitte Consulting Steven Surell, Enterprise Information Management Lead, Commander for Naval Installations Command (CNIC), U.S. Navy Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 10:00-10:30am | BREAK• Room: Atrium | |
| GENERAL/MANAGEMENT TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
TECHNICAL TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom A |
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| 10:30-10:35am | Track Sponsored by Moderator: Chris D'Errico, Accenture Federal Services |
Track Sponsored by  Moderator: Kirk Petrie, Deloitte FAS LLP |
| 10:35-11:20am | ||
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Overcoming Obstacles to Implementing Advanced Analytics Bryan Jones, Director, Countermeasures and Performance Evaluation (CAPE), U.S. Postal Service OIG Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio |
Risk Assessment in the Brokerage Industry Giulio Girardi, Financial Economist, Office of Quantitative Research, Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| 11:20am-12:05pm | ||
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Test and Learn: Analytics Strategy and Results at IRS Dean Silverman, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner and Director, Office of Compliance Analytics, IRS |
Text Mining Case Studies from Federal Agencies Dr. Andrew Fast, Chief Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. |
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| 12:05-1:00pm | LUNCH • Room: Atrium | Lunch & Learn High-Performance Analytics Bil Westerfield, Senior Systems Engineer, SAS Federal; Manuel Figallo, Senior Systems Engineer, SAS Federal  Room: Atrium Ballroom A |
| 1:00-1:30pm | PLENARY SESSION Lessons We Can Learn From Quantitative Stock Trading Dr. John Elder, General Chair, Predictive Analytics World for Government and CEO, Elder Research, Inc. Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
1:30-2:30pm | PLENARY PANEL Developing an Analytics Framework and Measuring Success Dean Silverman, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner and Director, Office of Compliance Analytics, IRS (Moderator), Bryan Jones, Director, Countermeasures and Performance Evaluation (CAPE), U.S. Postal Service OIG, Michael Wood, Executive Director, Recovery and Accountability Board, and Greg Elin, Chief Data Officer, FCC Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
| 2:30-3:00pm | PLENARY SESSION US Postal Service - Analytics Deliver Insight for Improved Sales Cliff Rucker, Vice President of Sales for the United States Postal Service (USPS) Jane Turnbull, Senior Manager Accenture Federal Services Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK• Room: Atrium | |
| GENERAL/MANAGEMENT TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
TECHNICAL TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom A |
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| 3:30-4:15pm | ||
| Open Data Reforms in Federal Finance, Regulation, and Beyond: An Opportunity for Analytics Hudson Hollister, Executive Director, Data Transparency Coalition |
Defense Logistics Agency Overview and System of
Integrated Metrics Analysis Model Presentation Ken Mitchell, Director, Defense Operations Research and Resource Analysis, Defense Logistics Agency Andrew Rose, Operations Research and Research Analysis, Defense Logistics Agency |
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| 4:30-5:15pm | ||
| From Instinct to Analysis: Building an Analytics Capability in the Federal Government David Saltiel, Director of Analytics, US Treasury |
Equipment Diagnostic Analysis Tool (CEDAT) and Predictive Analytics: Ensuring Tactical Electrical Power for Warfighters David Aebischer, Chief, Training Support Division, Power, Analysis, Communications, and Training (PACT) Branch, U.S. Army Dr. Suzanne Mahoney, Senior Principal Analyst, Innovative Decisions, Inc. | |
| 5:15-6:15pm | NETWORKING RECEPTION• Room: Atrium | |
| Day 2: Thursday, September 19, 2013 | ||
| 7:10-8:10am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST• Room: Atrium | |
| 8:10-8:15am |
CONFERENCE CHAIR WELCOME REMARKS Isaiah Goodall, Program Chair, Predictive Analytics World for Government and Director of Business Development, Elder Research, Inc. Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 8:15-8:45am | KEYNOTE Data Analytics for Government Oversight Mr. Gene Dodaro, U.S. Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 8:45-9:45am | PLENARY PANEL Working Horizontally: Analytics as a Bridge Shawn Kingsberry, CIO, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (Moderator) Stephen Lord, Director, Forensic Audits and Investigative Service, U.S. Government Accountability Office David Saltiel, Chief Financial Economist and Director of Analytics, Fiscal Service, Department of Treasury Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 9:45-10:15am | PLENARY SESSION Using Social Data for Public Sector Analytics Will Mayo, Business Development, Gnip Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 10:15-10:45am | BREAK • Room: Atrium | |
| GENERAL/MANAGEMENT TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
TECHNICAL TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom A |
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| 10:45-10:50am | Track Sponsored by TBA | Track Sponsored by TBA |
| 10:50-11:35am | ||
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There's No Such Thing as Big Data Gerhard Pilcher, Vice President and Senior Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. |
Predictive Analytics for Veteran Population Projection Model Lijia Guo, Chief Actuary, VA |
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| 11:35am-12:20pm | ||
| Case Study: Data to Decisions: Building Data Analytics Capability in the Department of Defense David Jakubek, Deputy Director, Information Systems, OUSD ATL |
The High ROI of Data Analytics on a Multi-Agency Data Warehouse at the State of Michigan Dick Novello, Director of Data Center Operations, State of Michigan |
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| 12:20-1:15pm | LUNCH • Room: Atrium | |
| 1:15-2:00pm | KEYNOTE Predictive Analytics in Medicare Kelly Gent, Director, Data Analytics and Control Group, Center for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 2:00-3:00pm | INDUSTRY EXPERT PANEL Gerhard Pilcher, Vice President and Senior Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. (Moderator) Bill Franks, Chief Analytics Officer, Teradata Chris D'Errico, Senior Manager, Accenture Federal Services Bharat R Rao, Director, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
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| 3:00-3:30pm | BREAK | |
| GENERAL/MANAGEMENT TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom B |
TECHNICAL TRACK Room: Atrium Ballroom A |
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| 3:30-4:15pm | ||
| Acquisition Visibility - The Key to Informed Decision-Making for DoD Mark Krzysko, Deputy Director, Enterprise Information, OSD(AT&L)/ARA |
Case Study: Obama for America Pinpointing the Persuadables: Convincing the Right Voters to Support Barack Obama Daniel Porter, Director of Statistical Modeling, Obama for America | |
| 4:20-5:00pm | ||
| NSF OIG Data Analytics for Grant Oversight Dr. Brett Baker, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, National Science Foundation OIG |
Analytic Techniques and Tools to Focus Audit Efforts at DOL OIG Stephen Fowler, Office of IT Audit, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Labor Sarah Will, Data Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. Kris Hoover, Data Scientist, Elder Research, Inc. | |
| Post-Conference Workshop: Friday, September 20, 2013 |
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The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods and Common Data Mining Mistakes Dr. John Elder, CEO & Founder, Elder Research, Inc. |
