Here is some information on our upcoming
User Conference, Insightful Impact, 2007:
IMPACT 2007
Insightful's 10th Annual User's Conference
http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/default.asp
October 10-11, 2007
Tropicana Hotel; Atlantic City, NJ
Enjoy half-off registration
and bring a colleague at no charge!
Half-off conference pricing:
* Commercial/Government: $345
* Academic: $170
* Student: $85
Discount code for half-off the conference
registration is: Halfoff
Discount code for free colleague is: Alt01dz
Register now: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=133433
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Unique Training Events - Only Available at
this Conference
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* What's New in S-PLUS®
Enterprise
Developer
http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/schedule/training.asp#splus8
This one day course is especially designed
for the experienced programmer as a Jump Start for new features and functions!
* Advanced Time Series Methods in S-PLUS and
S+FinMetrics®
for Modeling Financial Data
http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/schedule/training.asp#zivot
Don't miss this chance to learn about S+FinMetrics 3.0 from one of our major contributors, Dr. Eric Zivot
* Advanced Modeling Survival Data: Extending
the Cox Model
http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/schedule/training.asp#therneau_adv
Recognized expert Dr. Terry Therneau has
agreed to deliver this course!
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Featuring Keynotes From:
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Aaron Brown, Author of the Poker Face of
Wall Street: http://www.eraider.com/
From Publishers Weekly:If you're looking for
tips on becoming a better poker player, you've probably come to the wrong
place. Brown does cover the game's basics and shares plenty of stories from his
early card-playing days, which include Harvard games with the likes of Scott
Turow. But he has much bigger stakes to discuss in this upbeat and entertaining
guide. Drawing on his background at Morgan Stanley (where he's an executive
director) and other financial institutions, Brown proposes that "finance can
only be understood as a gambling game" and vice versa—and though the
material can be rough going for those without some investment training, he's
very convincing once all the cards are laid out...(Apr.) Copyright © Reed
Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Dr. Thomas Davenport, author of Competing on
Analytics, The New Science of Winning: http://www.tomdavenport.com/
Companies have long used business
intelligence for specific applications, but these initiatives were too narrow
to affect corporate performance. Now, leading firms are basing their
competitive strategies on the sophisticated analysis of business data. Instead
of a single application, they are building broad capabilities for
enterprise-level business analytics and intelligence. Their capability goes
well beyond data and technology to address the processes, skills and cultures
of their organizations. These strategies are driven by senior executives who
insist on fact-based decisions. Davenport
will describe his recent research on firms that compete on the basis of their
analytical prowess and will provide guidelines for adopting similar approaches.
"Competing on Analytics," a much anticipated article on this topic
was published in the January 2006 Harvard Business Review decision-making
issue, followed by a Harvard Business School Press book.
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Douglas Niemann, Head, Investment and Financial
Risk Zurich Financial Services: http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/speakers/Douglas_Niemann.asp
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Dr. Harry Southworth, Statistical Science
Director, AstraZeneca: http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/speakers/Harry_Southworth.asp
For a full conference agenda, including
speakers, topics, and training, visit our conference website: http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/default.asp
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Registration and Conference Details
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Sign up now to receive the half-price
discount! Full details, including speaker bios and abstracts, as well as the
detailed Conference agenda, are now online.
Register Online: http://www.regonline.com/impact2007
Conference Details: http://www.insightful.com/news_events/impact2007/default.asp
To contact us for more information, send an
email to impact2007@insightful.com
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WA 98109
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