Venue
Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel
Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L2 Canada

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Event Date Wed Feb 7 EST - Thu Feb 8 EST (almost 7 years ago)
Location Toronto Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel
525 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M5G 2L2 Canada
Region Americas
Details

Big Data, Analytics, AI and Machine Learning Have the Power to Transform your Business – Don’t Be Left Behind!
Big data and analytics are must-haves for competitive, efficient organizations in 2018. AI, including machine learning, is poised to revolutionize industries. Organizations that want to maintain competitive advantage can’t afford to not be on top of these trends.

Source Strategies to:
• Create a data-driven organization
• Enhance business decision-making with analytics
• Create customer experience and product marketing
• Discover hidden efficiencies through data analysis
• Monetize big data

Who You'll Meet:
• Data Scientis/Analysts, Analytics, IT - 42%
• Business Intelligence/Analysis - 25%
• Consultanrs & Other Industry Stakeholders - 33%

Speakers

2018 Speakers:

Sol Rashidi
Chief Data & Cognitive Officer, Royal Caribbean International

Sylvie Makhzoum
Vice President Data, Analytics & Insights, Td Insurance

Sean O’brien
Director of Analytics & Research, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Dr. Eugene Wen
Vice President, Group Advanced Analytics, Manulife

Bala Gopalakrishnan
Managing Director, Data Solutions, the Weather Network

Houtsin Diep
Manager, Digital Analytics (Lead), Mcdonald's Canada

Vicky Marsolais
Director, Data and Analytics, National Programs and Strategies, Caa (Canadian Automobile Association)

Christian Rodericks
Director Analytics & Architecture, Cara Operations

Dean Mckeown
Associate Director, Administration, Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics, Queen's University

Mike Milkovich
Chief Technology Officer, Brightpeak Financial

Pramod Dogra
Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics, Shoppers Drug Mart

Selwyn Collaço
Chief Data Officer, Tmx Group

Gayle Ramsay
Vice President, Customer Analytics, Bmo Financial Group

Andrew Brown
Senior Director, Ai and Advanced Analytics Research, Cibc

Kyle Kemper
Executive Director, Blockchain Association of Canada

Cecilia Tamez
Chief Strategy Officer, Xe.com

Jean Louis Verboomen
Director, Data Science, Xe.com

Nima Safaei
Associate Director, Network Analytics, Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets

Michael Morris
Director, Sales Analytics and Incentive Programmes, Global Furniture Group

Christopher Brockbank
Chief Marketing Officer, Firma Foreign Exchange

Saad Rais
Lead Data Scientist, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care

Janet Scott
Director, Business and Community Development, Enterprise Saint John

Mirko Crevatin
Program Manager, Enterprise, Saint John

Aksel Bedikyan
(Former) Director of Business Analytics and Consumer Insights, Cirque Du Soleil

Pankaj Arora
Vp Business Planning, Analytics and Performance Enablement, Td Bank Group

Mateusz Ujma
Senior Data Scientist, Director, Group Advanced Analytics, Manulife

Manu Sud
Manager, Ministry of Energy, Government of Ontario

Albert Hoang
Senior Data Scientist, Director, Advanced Analytics, Manulife

Lorne Rothman
Sr. Data Sciences Specialist, Sas

Cindy Zhong
Sr. Data Scientist, Sas

Chetan Mathur
Chief Executive Officer, Next Pathway

Vinay Mathur
Chief Strategy Officer, Next Pathway

Justin Arbuckle
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, Data and Product Engineering, Scotiabank

Paul Tyndall
Vice President, Strategic Projects, Environics Analytics

Hamid R. Djam
Cto, Analytics, Hpc, Streaming & Iot, Dell Emc Unstructured Storage Division

Paul C. Zikopoulos
Vp of Cognitive Big Data Systems, Ibm

Joe Cooper
Eastern Canada, Financial Services, Alteryx

Gordon Uszkay
Director, Risk and Analytics, Indellient

Christopher Buchholz
Senior Strategy Consultant, Chief Analytics Office, Ibm

Steve Holder
Strategy Lead, Analytic Ecosystems, Sas

Jake Freivald
Vp of Product Marketing, Information Builders

Sponsors & Partners

2018 Sponsors:

PLATINUM:
• Information Builders

GOLD:
• IBM
• MicroStrategy
• Next Pathway
• Environics Analytics
• SAS

SILVER:
• DellEMC
• Indelligent
• CVM Data Sciences Inc.
• Alteryx

BRONZE:
• Schulich
• Vertica Aquent
• 247 Labs
• Systemsoft Technologies
• Alithya
• Dundas

COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
• Viadata.io

ASSOCIATION PARTNER:
• Canadian Electricity Association
• MRIA ARIM
• NiHi
• iRMAC

MEDIA PARTNERS:
• CIO Dive
• DOT
• MarTech World
• Media Planet