"Big Data & High Performance Analytics Forum"

How Big Data can be used to drive Better Decisions?

Summary

Welcome to the "Big Data and High Performance Analytics" Conference.
We are excited to present to you the first independent multi-industry forum dedicated to Big Data and Business Analytics in the Middle East, bringing together professionals from different industries from all the regions of the Gulf.
At the Conference, you will be able to listen to leading best-practice case studies, share your experience, exchange your thoughts and meet other professionals from the same or different industries, aiming at enhancing their skills on Big Data Management. We are expecting you at Fairmont Hotel on Sunday the 28th of April 2013.

This is a Private Event with high caliber professionals participating.
Limited seats apply.

Aamer Ahmed Executive Director, SkyComputing Consortium

Panel I:

How Big Data & Business Analytics
can be used to Drive Better Decisions?

Madsen Mark Founder, Third Nature, Inc. U.S.A. Berengueres Ing Jose Ph.D Assistant Professor UAE University - Director UAE Medialab Rahman Abdul Atif Knowledge Manager Coordinator

Panel II:

Best Practices in Business Analytics by Industry Leaders

Altaf Muhammad Enterprise Data Warehouse Lead, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Belhouari Adil A. Vice President, Analytics & Data mining - Riyad Bank Zagorsky Victoria Consumer Insights Manager, Citibank UAE   Rebaie Ali Independent BI/BigData Analyst. Director of Data Science at Datoscala Coordinator

Panel III:

Apply Analytics to Improve Business Performance

Tsiptsis Konstantinos CRM & Customer Intelligence Head at Eurobank Author of the book: "Data Mining Techniques in CRM" Samara Mohannad Group Strategy Director - Business Development, Etisalat Group Ahlemeyer-Stubbe Andrea Director Strategic Analytics at Draftfcb München, Germany   Rahman Abdul Atif Knowledge Manager Coordinator

Key Note Speaker

• "Driving Big Value from the Big Data Operations Architecture" Aamer Ahmed

Panel I:

"How Big Data & Business Analytics can be used to Drive Better Decisions?"

Coordinator: Rahman Abdul Atif

• "Big data and the nature of business decisions" Madsen Mark
• What Do Major Banks, Intelligence Agencies, and Oil Companies all have in Common? Speaker to be announced
• "Predicting Value Customers in Airline Miles Loyalty Programs" Berengueres Ing Jose Ph.D

Panel II:

"Best Practices in Business Analytics by Industry Leaders"

Coordinator: Rebaie Ali

• "Data Analysis: Road from reactive to proactive strategy" Altaf Muhammad
• "Banking Intelligence: applied Analytics to drive the link between Big Data and Decision Making Process" Belhouari Adil
• "Big Data Best Practices: Harness Big Data for Deeper Customer Insight to Drive Profitability and Growth" Zagorsky Victoria

Panel III:

"Apply Analytics to Improve Business Performance"

Coordinator: Rahman Abdul Atif

• "Customer segmentation & advanced social network analysis for getting the maximum of your customer base" Tsiptsis Konstantinos
• "Telecom providers’ perspective of Big Data" Samara Mohannad
• "Technology, Social CRM and BIG Data: How Tourism benefits!" Ahlemeyer-Stubbe Andrea