Time
8:30	Registration (Education Reception) and Breakfast
10:00	Welcome Philip Male
10:30	What Makes A Great Data Scientist? Peter Robertshaw, Director of Marketing, SAS UK and Ireland
11:00	Break
11:30	Bridging The Analytical Talent Gap Dr. Cat Truxillo, Head of Analytical Education, SAS HQ, Cary NC, USA
12:30	Lunch
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
8:30	Registration (Education Reception) and Breakfast
10:00	Welcome
10:30	The Power to Row: building a winning team using analytics Kat Ching and Dr. Mark Homer
11:00	Break
11:30	The Importance of People in the Analytics Process Matt Baxter, HSBC
12:00	Technology for Data Science John Easton, IBM Distinguished Engineer
12:30	Lunch
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	Close