• What we’ll do
Analytics>Forward is happening again! Based on the bar camp-style conferences, the program will be set the day of the conference based on all of the exciting pitches you’ll hear first thing in the morning. Bring your 50-minute talk and a stack of business cards for a day of mathy fun with all of your favorite analysts. Your registration buys breakfast, lunch (provided by IBM) and coffee all day!
• What to bring
Business cards, a 50-minute talk if you want to pitch a presentation, and your winning personality.
• Important to know
Analytics>Forward is a community event. Any attendee who wants to speak can doing a 1-minute pitch for a 50-minute talk. Once all the pitches have been heard, all of the attendees vote for their favorites, and the top vote-getters are assigned time slots. Every year, we’ve had great talks from some amazing speakers. If you’ve never tried a bar camp-style conference before, Analytics>Forward will win you over!
• Just announced! Keynote speaker Jordan Meyer. Jordan is a data scientist at DataRobot and recently was on the winning team in the Kaggle.com Zillow Prize contest.