Las Vegas|October 28 - 30, 2008

CONFERENCE MATERIALS NOW AVAILABLE
Thank you to all of the attendees and presenters and who made The Series – Las Vegas a huge success. We hope everyone had a unique learning and networking experience.

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As promised, we’ve posted select conference materials for your convenience.* Select a clip from the list at the right to view the general session presentations you may have missed, and download the papers and presentation slides below you would like to study further.

*Presentations provided with speaker's permission to conference registrants only.

GENERAL SESSION PRESENTATIONS

The Balancing Act
Jim Davis, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of SAS.

CEO Panel Discussion: Innovation – The Currency of Competition
Moderated by Thomas H. Davenport, President's Distinguished Professor, Babson College. Panelists include Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM; and Jim Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of SAS.

Innovation in Action
Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director, TCG Advisors Venture Partner, and Mohr Davidow Ventures; and Tim Brown, President and CEO of IDEO, a world leader in design and innovation.

The Numbers Don't Lie: Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Analysis to Improve Your Business Results
Jeffrey Ma, the number-crunching MIT whiz kid who took Vegas by storm and inspired the hit movie 21.



BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Sessions are organized by date. Click on a session title to view and download the presentation.

Sessions: Wednesday, Oct. 29
Carnival Cruises Along with the Power of Customer Analytics
Driving Greater Intelligence Through Integration
Leading and Succeeding with Analytics


Sessions: Thursday, Oct. 30
Accelerating Merchandising with the Consumer in Mind Through Global Merchandising Processes
Fraud as Part of an Enterprise Risk Management Strategy
Looking Beyond Slots and Cards for Data
The Big Bang in Business Intelligence
The Other 21 People on the Team: Where Are Your Advanced Modeling Techniques Most Likely to Fail?
Triangulating Customer Retention Efforts