Agenda Overview – PAW for Government –October 13 – 16, 2015
| Day 1: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | ||||
| 7:30-8:30am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST Room: Constitution Foyer |
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| 8:30-8:45am |
WELCOME REMARKS Room: Constitution B |
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| 8:45-9:30am |
KEYNOTE Harnessing the Data Revolution for International Development Dr. Mark Peterson, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Room: Constitution B |
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| 9:30-10:00am | Diamond Sponsor Presentation Solving the Previously Impossible  Room: Constitution B |
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| 10:00-10:30am | BREAK Room: Constitution E |
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| Track 1 Room: Constitution A |
Track 2 Room: Constitution B |
Mini Course Technical Track Limited seating available Room: Wilson |
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| 10:30-11:15am | ||||
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Insider Threat Panel Moderator: Fred Walker, NSA Jeff Maille, NGA Patty Larsen, National Insider Threat Task Force Steve McIntosh, Defense Intelligence Agency |
The Changing Face of Analytics at Federal Agencies: A View from the IRS Jeff Butler, IRS | Data Munging/Wrangling with R | ||
| 11:20am-12:05pm | ||||
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From Wisdom to Insight: Driving Strategic Decision Making with Predictive Analytics Colonel Bobby Saxon, Department of the Army |
Case Study: Predicting the Outcome of Employee Benefit Security Administration Retirement Plan Investigations Keith Bergstresser, Employee Benefits Security Administration | Theory-Driven Modeling | ||
| 12:05-1:00pm | LUNCH Room: Constitution E |
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| 1:00-1:45pm | KEYNOTE Follow the Money: Harnessing the Power of Advanced Analytics to Combat Financially Motivated Crimes Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Room: Constitution B |
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| 1:45-2:30pm | PLENARY SESSION Top Five Technical Tricks to Try when Trapped Dr. John Elder, CEO & Founder, Elder Research, Inc. Room: Constitution B |
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| 2:30-2:45pm | BREAK Room: Constitution E |
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| Track 1 Room: Constitution A |
Track 2 Room: Constitution B |
Mini Course Technical Track Limited seating available Room: Wilson |
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| 2:45-3:30pm | ||||
| Open Data in Government Moderator: Daniel Castro, Center for Data Innovation Panelist: Dan Morgan, Department of Transportation Victoria Lewis, Montgomery County, MD. |
Analytics in Auditing: Putting the Passion Back in the Process! Bryan Jones, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General | Beyond SQL: Introduction to Graph Databases | ||
| 3:35-4:20pm | ||||
| Building Sustainable Automation and Predictive Systems
Dr. Maria Milosavljevic, AUSTRAC |
Evaluating the Alignment of Grant Resources and Community Need Using Bayesian Spatial Probit Models: A Case Study of Americorps Robin Ghertner, Office of Human Services & US Department of Health and Human Services | Improving Predictive Accuracy with Ensembles | ||
| 4:25-5:10pm | ||||
| How Does Policing Dosage Reduce Crime? A Predictive Policing Case Study Jeff Brantingham, PredPol Jeff Nolte, Rampart Area |
The Application of Predictive Analytics to Juvenile Justice: The Florida Experience Ira M. Schwartz, Algorhythm | Analyzing Semi-Structured Data at Volume in the Cloud | ||
| 5:10-6:10pm | NETWORKING RECEPTION Room: Constitution E |
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| Day 2: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 | |||
| 7:30-9:00am | REGISTRATION & BREAKFAST Room: Constitution Foyer |
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| 9:00-9:15am |
WELCOME REMARKS Room: Constitution B |
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| 9:15-10:00am |
KEYNOTE Reforming Government: Where is the Public Servant to Start? Catherine Templeton, South Carolina Dept of Health and Environmental Control & South Carolina Secretary of Labor Room: Constitution B |
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| 10:00-10:30am | BREAK Room: Constitution E |
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| Track 1 Room: Constitution A |
Track 2 Room: Constitution B |
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| 10:30-11:15am | |||
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Academia Panel Moderator: Larry Koskinen, Dept of Housing and Urban Development; Dr. Jennifer Bachner, Johns Hopkins University; Dr. Aric LaBarr, North Carolina State University; Dr. Ariela Sofer, Volegenau School of Engineering, George Mason University |
IRS Preparer-Level Treatment Tests Karen Masken, IRS |
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| 11:20am-12:05pm | |||
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Mining the Voter File Benjamin Uminsky, Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk's Office |
Location Analytics Elise Pittman & Duane Vasquez, US Postal Service Office of Inspector General |
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| 12:05-1:00pm | LUNCH Room: Constitution E |
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| 1:00-1:45pm | KEYNOTE Actionable Data is the Key to Improving Population Health: A CDC Perspective Dr. Chesley Richards, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Room: Constitution B |
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| 1:45-2:30pm | PLENARY SESSION From Analytics to Impact Caryl N. Brzymialkiewicz, Ph.D., Department of Health and Human Services OIG Room: Constitution B |
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| 2:30-3:15pm | BREAK Room: Constitution E |
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| Track 1 Room: Constitution A |
Track 2 Room: Constitution B |
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| 3:15-4:00pm | |||
| Data Strategy 2.0: Focus on the Roadmap and Implementation Lewis Broome, Data Blueprint |
Predictive Analytics for Population Health Management Ken Yale, ActiveHealth Management |
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| 4:00-4:45pm | |||
| Un-Sensored: Analytics for Lower-Tech Facilities Nitin Bangera & Swapnil Rajiwade, Booz Allen Hamilton Tim Harvey, National Park Service |
Moving Data Analytics from Proof to Production Dave Vennergrund, Salient Federal Solutions Stephen Dennis, DHS Science and Technology Directorate |
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| 4:50-5:00pm | Closing Remarks Room: Constitution B |
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| Post-Conference Workshop: Thursday, October 15, 2015 | |
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The Best and the Worst of Predictive Analytics: Predictive Modeling Methods and Common Data Mining Mistakes Dr. John Elder, Elder Research, Inc. |
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| Post-Conference Workshop: Friday, October 16, 2015 | |
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Making Text Mining Work: Practical Methods and Solutions Dr. Andrew Fast, Elder Research Inc. |
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