Time 
8:30Registration (Education Reception) and Breakfast
10:00Welcome
Philip Male
10:30What Makes A Great Data Scientist?
Peter Robertshaw, Director of Marketing, SAS UK and Ireland
11:00Break
11:30Bridging The Analytical Talent Gap
Dr. Cat Truxillo, Head of Analytical Education, SAS HQ, Cary NC, USA
12:30Lunch
14:00
Breakout Session – Platform for Business Analytics
  • Best Practices for Analytical Strategy, John Spooner, Principle Analytics Specialist, SAS UK and Ireland
  • The Value of Models
  • Location, Location, Location - Using Geodemographic Indicators within Business and Consumer Utlilities: Rebecca Coram, British Gas
Breakout Session – Integrated Marketing Management
  • Modelling Caravan Churn: Kat Miller and Emma Miller of Haven Holidays
  • Testing your Marketing Campaigns: Vanessa Porter, Customer Loyalty Executive, SAS UK and Ireland
  • Interactive session with Cranfield School of Management: Dr Hugh Wilson and Dr. Emma MacDonald
Breakout Session – Hadoop
  • An overview of Hadoop by Hortonworks
  • Filtering the Data Lake, Doug Green, SAS UK and Ireland
  • Using PROC IMSTAT and IMSTAT with Hadoop, Warren Ireson (Principal Solutions Implementation Consultant) and Peter Pugh-Jones (Technology Specialist), SAS UK and Ireland
Breakout Session – Fraud
  • Detecting Fraud using Social Network Analysis - A Practical Masterclass: John Elmer, Fraud Centre of Excellence, SAS UK and Ireland
  • Detecting fraud at the Belgian Tax Office: Jerome Bryssinck, Director of Fraud Solutions, SAS EMEA and AP
Breakout Session – SAS Visual Analytics
  • Using SAS Visual Analytics to Create a Dashboard for SAS Administrators, Michelle Homes, Business Development Manager, Metacoda
  • A Visual Revolution at Assurant Solutions with SAS Visual Analytics, Elena Muriel (Amadeus) with Assurant Solutions
  • SAS Visual Analytics, a roundtable discussion
Breakout Session – SAS Administration / Hints and Tips
  • Best Practice using the SAS Audit & Performance Tool: Alessio Tomasino, Principal Infrastructure Support Consultant, SAS UK and Ireland
  • Best Practices for SAS Grid and LSF Deployments: Andy Gadsby, Customer Loyalty Team, SAS UK and Ireland
  • Best practice for creation and maintenance of a SAS infrastructure. Paul Thomas, SAS expert and owner of ASUP Ltd.
16:00
Breakout Session – Platform for Business Analytics Repeat

Breakout Session – Integrated Marketing Management Repeat

Breakout Session – Hadoop Repeat

Breakout Session - Fraud Repeat

Breakout Session – SAS Visual Analytics Repeat

Breakout Session – SAS Administration / Hints and Tips Repeat
17:30
Football and BBQ
Nigeria vs. Argentina
Time
8:30Registration (Education Reception) and Breakfast
10:00Welcome
10:30The Power to Row: building a winning team using analytics
Kat Ching and Dr. Mark Homer
11:00Break
11:30The Importance of People in the Analytics Process
Matt Baxter, HSBC
12:00Technology for Data Science
John Easton, IBM Distinguished Engineer
12:30Lunch
14:00
Breakout Session - Commercial Industries
  • Demand driven forecasting and inventory management: James Marshall (SAS) and Tescos
  • Size does matter, big data and the British Retail Survey: Prof. Philip Treleaven
Breakout Session - Banking
  • SAS Grid Technologies: Andrew Gadsby, Customer Loyalty Team, SAS United Kingdom and Ireland
  • Macroeconometric Retail Stress Test using PH Cox Models: Jorge Ribeiro, Vice President of Credit Risk Models, Barclays and author of 'Introduction to Credit Risk Modelling using SAS/STAT Step-by-Step'
Breakout Session - Getting even more from SAS technology
  • Developing Web Applications with SAS Stored Processes: Phil Mason
  • Data-Driven Scheduling: Shane Flynn, SAS and Partnership
Breakout Session - Insurance
  • The Importance of Data Quality: Nigel Light, Business Intelligence Consultant, Ecclesiastical Insurance
  • What's New in Insurance? Simon Kirby, Risk Solution Specialist, SAS United Kingdom and Ireland
15:00
Break
15:30
Breakout Session - Commercial Industries
  • Using SAS Visual Analytics to Maximise Results for the Travel Industry: Saran Subramanian (Head of Analytics) and Simon Chapman (Senior Analyst), Thomas Cook
Breakout Session - Banking
  • Risk Aggregation: Vince Kilcoyne, Capital Markets Specialist, SAS United Kingdom & Ireland
  • My Top Recommendations when using Segmentation: Dr. Cat Truxillo, Head of Analytics Education, SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA
Breakout Session - Getting even more from SAS technology
  • Converting SAS/GRAPH plots to ODS graphics: Phil Holland, Holland Numerics
Breakout Session - Insurance
  • Economies of Scale in Data Delivery: Jason Cabral, Zenith Insurance and Guy Garrett, Achieve Intelligence
  • The Mobile Wallet: Tim Vaughan, SAS United Kingdom and Ireland
16:30
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