Dear Friends,
As you probably saw in last month's newsletter, the BIWA User Community and Oracle Spatial & Graph SIG have been busy at work revamping our flagship event for you!
We've renamed/rebranded the conference, moved it to a different date, and modified speaking tracks and topics to reflect our expanded focus.
The news about changes for the Analytics and Data Summit continues this month, with new BIWA Board and event committee appointments listed below.
Don't hesitate to reply to this email if you have questions, additional suggestions, or want to sponsor or volunteer.
And, most importantly, we hope you enjoy this busy holiday season with your loved ones!
Thanks - and Happy Holidays,
The Analytics and Data Summit Conference Committee
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Introducing the Analytics and Data Summit...
New Name and Date,
Same Great Technical Content!
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As we
announced last month
, the BIWA User Community is excited to announce a new name and brand identity for
our flagship event. The BIWA Summit, is now called the Analytics and Data Summit! This reflects the event's expanded focus and the evolution of the analytics, business intelligence (BI), big data, machine learning, and spatial and graph solution markets.
We also announced in another press release last month that the event, historically held in January each year, has been moved to March 20-22, 2018, at the Oracle Conference Center in Redwood Shores, CA.
Want to learn more? Check out BIWA Community Board VP Dan Vlamis of Vlamis Software Solutions discussing the change in this video from Oracle OpenWorld earlier this year.
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Speaker Deadline Extended to
Friday, December 22, 2017!
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The Analytics and Data Summit team is seeking speaking applications related to the following topics: adaptive intelligence; analytics; big data; cloud; data warehousing; data integration and governance (ETL); Internet of Things (IoT); spatial and graph; machine learning; and "anything else 'cool' using these Oracle technologies in 'novel and interesting' ways."
Proposals that cover multiple areas are acceptable and highly encouraged. The content committee strongly encourages technical/how-to sessions, strategic guidance sessions, and real-world customer case studies, all using Oracle technologies.
Primary speakers receive a free pass to the event!
To reflect the later conference date,
the content submission deadline is now
Friday, December 22, 2017.
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How to Sponsor the Analytics and Data Summit
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Sponsorship opportunities are still available for the Analytics and Data Summit!
Sponsorship opportunities are offered as mix and match items rather than packages. We offer a range of sponsorship levels from $1,000 to $7,500 for you to tailor to your messaging needs.
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BIWA User Community Announces
New Board Members for User Community and Analytics and Data Summit
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BIWA User Community appointed three new members to its Board of Directors and to the conference board for the newly-renamed BIWA Summit, now called the Analytics and Data Summit. New board members include: Peter Koutroubis, SVP Operations,
ERPA
; Kirby Lunger, Partner and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at
Performance Architects, Inc
; and Jay Mason, Associate Partner, Analytics, IoT & Cybersecurity,
M&S Consulting
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Additional BIWA User Community Board members during the 2017-2018 term include: Shyam Varan Nath, President of BIWA User Community and GE Director - IoT; Dan Vlamis, Vice President of BIWA User Community and President, Vlamis Software Solutions, Inc.; Matt Vranicar, Treasurer, BIWA User Community and President & CEO, DataRoad Technologies LLC; Pravin Patil, Managing Partner, Co-Founder at Kapstone LLC; Sunil Ranka, AI and Data Analytics Practice Director, Jade Global; Jeff Schaer, Principal, JS Business Intelligence; and Richard Solari, Director and Oracle Business Intelligence/Analytics Practice Lead, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Oracle Board Advisors include: Charlie Berger, Senior Director of Product Management, Machine Learning, AI and Cognitive Analytics and Mark Hornick, Director, Oracle Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning.
In addition to the BIWA User Community Board members above, 2018 conference committee members include: Emily Cikovsky, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Analytics, Oracle Corporation; Rich Clayton, Vice President, Product Strategy, Big Data Analytics, Oracle Corporation; Ruslan Dautkhanov, Oracle DBA, Principal, DB Schenker; Jean Ihm, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Spatial & Graph, Oracle Corporation; Brandon Jones, Consultant, M&S Consulting; Jake Krakauer, Product Marketing Lead, Oracle Analytics, Oracle Corporation; Tracy McLane, GIS Corporate Manager, Bechtel Corporation; Carol Palmer, Principal Product Manager, Oracle Spatial & Graph, Oracle Corporation; Cathye Pendley, VP Consulting Services, Vlamis Software Solutions; Lauren Shelton, Consultant, M&S Consulting; and Wayne Van Sluys, Senior Consultant, InterRel Corporation.
Full press release details are available here.
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We are actively seeking volunteers in the following areas:
- Education and learning (webinars, newsletter articles, etc.)
- Conference recruitment and registration (recruiting speakers and attendees)
- Communications
- Membership
- Conference logistics
Want to get involved?
Send us a note and a member of the conference committee will get in touch to discuss next steps.
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About The BIWA
User Community
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Founded in 2006 as a special interest group (SIG) of the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG), the
BIWA User Community is a worldwide body of Oracle professionals who are interested in business intelligence (BI), data warehousing, and analytics, as well as related topics such as cloud, machine learning, spatial and graph, SQL, R, Spark, Hadoop, and similar critically important and emerging technologies.
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About Oracle
Spatial & Graph SIG
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The North American Oracle Spatial and Graph SIG was formed a special interest group (SIG) of the Independent Oracle User Group (IOUG) to bring together the family of Oracle spatial and graph professionals to promote interaction and communication that can drive the market for spatial technology and data in the enterprise. The SIG aims to create a forum for the exchange of technical information and best practices, to encourage community members' participation in industry events, and to foster strategic and technical collaboration between the community and Oracle.
For more information about the Oracle Spatial and Graph SIG, visit our
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