Event Title:

Organization:

  Business

  San Jose

Start Date:

  5/29/2013

End Date:

  5/29/2013

Start Time:

  6:00 PM

End Time:

  9:00 PM

Event Info: 

  "Big data is indeed a big deal" - John Holdren, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

GABA has asked four expert panelists to share their picks for the next Big Data breakthrough areas, and also discuss where they are seeing more hype than value. We're hoping for a controversial scorecard and lively discussion to start out this session.

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW calls data science "the sexiest job in the 21st century," and by most accounts this hot new field promises to revolutionize industries from business to government, health care to academia.

The panelists will discuss three major related aspects of the Big Data revolution:
Analytics: the key to Big Data's value and use is in the analytic process, asking the right questions, framing the discovery process, making correlations and presenting visual results
Data Quality: How to achieve it, how much is it worth, what are the risks and costs?
Where to start and what does it take? How does a business or initiative effectively start using Big Data?

Speakers:
Scott Kurth, Accenture
Ragnar Kruse, CEO & Co-Founder at smaato
David Sonnenschein, Vice President, Strategic Business Development, SAP Labs, Inc.
Michael Zeller, CEO & Co-Founder at Zementis

Moderator:
Maureen Vavra, Partner at StrataFusion

Agenda:
6:00 - 7:00 pm Registration and Networking Reception
7:00 - 8:30 pm Program
8:30 - 9:00 pm Networking

Complimentary appetizers, beer, wine and soft drinks will be served.

http://www.gaba-network.org

Location:

  SAP, Palo Alto

Room:

Address:

  3410 Hillview Avenue, Building 1

Phone:

  650-386-5015

City:

  Palo Alto

State/Province:

  CA