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Super-early bird price for Predictive Analytics World San Francisco

November 19, 2010

The next Predictive Analytics World is going to be in San Francisco in March next year (March 14-15 at the Marriott Marquis). This is one of my favorite events and I will be giving a workshop and speaking. You can take advantage of the super early bird rate and save $200. This low rate [...]

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The International Institute for Analytics

November 17, 2010

I have not really introduced the International Institute for Analytics on the blog yet and, as I am a Faculty member, I thought I should rectify that.
The International Institute for Analytics is dedicated to the advancement of analytics in everyday business practices and aims to bring together the world’s leading analytics practitioners [...]

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The next step to business insight – a video on analytics

November 17, 2010

I recently presented with ParAccel at the IE Group’s Predictive Analytics Summit in San Francisco. My topic was “The next step to business insight” and you can see the slides and video here.

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Speaking at the CIO Network’s Leadership Forum in San Francisco

November 16, 2010

[ December 7, 2010; 9:30 am to 10:30 am. ] I am going to be speaking at the CIO Network’s Leadership Forum in San Francisco. I will be on stage with Bill Lewis, head of BI and analytics at The Gap talking about bringing analytics to bear in operations. The format will be a discussion with questions from the invite-only audience of CIOs. I will [...]

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Opportunities to meet me this fall

October 12, 2010

Show season kicked off today with RulesFest in San Jose. Great audience and good attendance for this technical show on business rules and related technology where I presented on Decision Services need more than rules. With that out of the way my schedule gets busy for a few weeks.
Next week I am giving a workshop [...]

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Speaking at IBM Business Analytics Forum 2010

October 12, 2010

[ October 27, 2010; 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. ] I am going to be speaking at IBM’s Information on Demand/Business Analytics Forum in Las Vegas. I will be on stage with Deepak Advani, who heads up the SPSS business analytics business, during the SPSS keynote on Wednesday. The keynote will focus on predictive analytics and on Decision Management – both the approach and the [...]

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Lots of decision management events this fall

September 7, 2010

The fall event sequence is starting and early bird discounts are expiring so it’s time to plan your fall

Webinar – Simplifying over-complex processes September 9, 10am Pacific
Webinar – Delivering customer centricity across multiple channels, multiple platforms September 23, 10am Pacific
Webinar – Implementing analytics? You need business rules October 7, 10am Pacific
RulesFest October [...]

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Fall events to learn more about decision management

July 27, 2010

Syndicated from ebizQ
I am speaking or giving workshops at three events this fall and all three represent good opportunities for you to learn more about decision management:
First up is RuleFest 2010 in San Jose October 11-14. I am speaking on October 12 10:00 am to 10:50 on “Decision Services Need More Than Rules”. Rules Fest bills [...]

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Speaking at RulesFest 2010

July 27, 2010

[ October 12, 2010; 10:00 am to 10:50 am. 10:00 am to 10:50 am. ]

I am going to be speaking at Rules Fest 2010 – the International Conference on Reasoning Technologies. I am speaking on Tuesday October 12, 10:00am on “Decision Services Need More Than Rules”. The conference is October 11-14 at the Dolce Hayes Mansion Resort, San Jose, CA. Rules Fest bills itself as the world’s only [...]

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Speaking at Business Rules Forum 2010

June 30, 2010

[ October 21, 2010; 6:00 am to 7:00 am. ] I am giving a keynote at the Business Rules Forum called “Decisions have 3 Bs”
Business Process, Business Rules, Business Intelligence. Three “B”s that drive IT investment. Often considered separate domains, separate sets of technologies, each B has its own center of excellence, its own methodology, its own experts. But this Balkanization pushes apart technologies that [...]

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Workshop at Predictive Analytics World/Business Rules Forum

June 30, 2010

[ October 18, 2010; ] I am giving a workshop between Predictive Analytics World and Business Rules Forum called “Driving Enterprise Decisions with Business Analytics and Business Rules”.
Putting business analytics to work is top of mind for organizations like yours. Business agility and operational responsiveness are more important than ever. There is a real opportunity to use analytics [...]

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Business rules forum – register now!

June 28, 2010

There are just a few days left to secure the Super Early Bird Price for the 13th International Business Rules Forum 2010 so register here. Join me October 17-21 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center in Alexandria, VA. This year your Business Rules Forum pass gives you access to three conferences [...]

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Speaking in Paris, July 1

June 22, 2010

[ July 1, 2010; ] I am presenting at an IBM event in Paris on the role of decisions and decision management in building more intelligent business processes. Here’s the description of the event (in French):
Une nouvelle faco de traviller
Tedaes Logicielles, Edition Speciale Agilitite
July 1 IBM Forum de Bois-Colombes
More details
Besides the morning keynote I am also presenting at a more [...]

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Speaking at the Bay Area Metrics User Group

May 25, 2010

[ June 2, 2010; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] I am speaking at the Bay Area Metrics User Group (MUG) and Metrics Special Interest Group (MSIG) meeting on Performance Management & Agility – Wednesday June 2 3, 6-8pm.
Significant investments have been made in performance management systems that purport to enable organizations to manage better [...]

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Presentation to the SDForum Business Intelligence SIG

March 26, 2010

[ April 20, 2010; 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] I am speaking on Performance Management and Agility at the SDForum – Business Intelligence SIG in Palo Alto:

The need to balance performance monitoring and decision management to maximize both awareness and agility.
How Decision Management transforms your investment in instrumentation into an investment in agility.
How Agility translates to direct impact on your key business priorities-cost competitiveness, [...]

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Coming soon – Predictive Analytics World

February 2, 2010

Syndicated from BeyeNetwork
Predictive Analytics World, February 16-17, 2010 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco is turning into the biggest yet. I am going to be speaking on analytic journeys and giving a workshop on putting predictive analytics to work and there are some great keynotes from Andreas Weigen (ex-amazon.com), Kim Larsen (Charles Schwab) and [...]

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Speaking at the IBM CIO Leadership Exchange

January 15, 2010

[ March 9, 2010 to March 10, 2010. ] I am speaking at the 2010 CIO Leadership Exchange, hosted by IBM Chairman, President and CEO, Sam Palmisano. The forum has been designed around the theme of “Leadership for a Smarter Planet” and will explore how CIOs are tapping business analytics, systems and infrastructures, and new IT value models. The program will provide access to [...]

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Predictive Analytics World – Early Bird expiring

January 14, 2010

Quick note to let you know that the early bird pricing for Predictive Analytics World expires this week so it’s time to register. You can also use my discount code – SPEAKPAW010 – to get a 15% discount. I am running a workshop the day before (you should be there) and speaking/moderating on the first [...]

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Speaking at CT Business Rules User Group 12/17/09

December 9, 2009

[ December 17, 2009; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] I am presenting on Decision Management – putting rules and analytics to work at the Connecticut Business Rules User Group on Thursday December 17th at 5:30. This event is open to the public and is free. Registration is required – email president@hartford.theiiba.org. The schedule is:

Doors open at 5:30PM for registration and networking
Meeting Intro: [...]

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Speaking at Predictive Analytics World 2010

November 21, 2009

[ February 15, 2010 to February 16, 2010. ] The spring Predictive Analytics World 2010 is coming to San Francisco in February and the agenda is now published at PredictiveAnalyticsWorld.com.  I am giving a tutorial (Putting Predictive Analytics to Work) the day before the conference and speaking on the first day (Analytic journeys). If you are interested, use the code SPEAKPAW010 to get a [...]

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