28 March 2013

The upcoming Big Data and High Performance Analytics Forum in Dubai at Fairmont Hotel, Dubai UAE (Sheikh Zayed Road) on Sunday the 28th of April 2013, has been designed with the aim to offer Businesses and Organizations an immediate increase in the net-worth of their Intellectual Capital Assets. 

Speakers and Topics of the Forum  

Driving Big Value from the Big Data Operations Architecture Aamer Ahmed, Executive Director, SkyComputing Consortium, S. Arabia

Big Data and the Nature of Business Decisions Madsen Mark, Founder, Third Nature, Inc.  U.S.A.  

Technology, Social CRM and BIG Data: How Tourism benefits! Ahlemeyer-Stubbe, Andrea, Director Strategic Analytics at Draftfcb Mnchen, Germany                

Data Analysis: Road from reactive to proactive strategy Altaf Muhammad, Enterprise Data Warehouse Lead, National Bank of Abu Dhabi  

Banking Intelligence: applied Analytics to drive the link between Big Data and Decision Making Process Belhouari Adil, A. Vice President Assistant, Head of Analytics and Data mining in Banking Sector, Riyadh Bank, S. Arabia

Big Data Best Practices: Harness Big Data for Deeper Customer Insight to Drive Profitability and Growth Zagorsky Victoria,  Consumer Insights Manager at Citibank UAE

Customer segmentation & advanced social network analysis for getting the maximum of your customer base Tsiptsis Konstantinos, Author of the book: Data Mining Techniques in CRM: Inside Customer Segmentation (Wiley Publications), CRM & Customer Intelligence Head at Eurobank Greece.   

Predicting Value Customers in Airline Miles Loyalty Programs Berengueres Ing Jose Ph.D,  Assistant Professor UAE University - Director UAE Medialab

Telecom providers perspective of Big Data Samara Mohannad, Group Strategy Director - Business Development, Etisalat Group

Coordinator of the 1st and 3rd Panel: Rahman Abdul Atif, Knowledge Manager

Coordinator of the 2nd Panel:  Rebaie Ali, Independent BI/BigData Analyst. Director of Data Science at Datoscala

What will be discussed?

Some of the indicative topics that will be discussed at the forum are the following:

Some of the indicative topics that will be discussed at the forum are the following:

  • Common use cases of analytics in
    • Banks,
    • Telecoms,
    • Tourism,
    • IT,
    • Airline Industry
    • Oil Industry
  • Big Data is the next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.
  • Best practices in Business Analytics by Industry Leaders
  • Current challenges faced by Financial Organizations in Middle East
  • Having analytical capabilities and the best data, can someone create competitive advantages?
  • Are there significant risks associated with owning large data stores and what are the financial and security risks?
  • Possessing large amounts of data, especially customer data, exposes an organization to hacking and corporate espionage threats that can severely impact both business operations and public relations.
  • Customers become more and more mobile thus brand-loyalty becomes more difficult to achieve. How can a company use its Data and Business Analytic tools to increase customer loyalty?
  • Customer segmentation & advanced social network analysis for getting the maximum of your customer base.
  • How can you improve customer retention, cross-sell and up-sell using Social Network Analysis?

The forum will bring professionals from all the region of the Gulf from different industries such as Telecoms, Banking, Retail, Tourism and Energy and it will be a great place for networking. The forum will provide valuable information to the following participants such as    CEOs, CFOs, Chief Information Officers, Business Analytic and Business Intelligence Directors, Data Mining Professionals, Marketing Managers, Business Development Managers, IT Managers, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Logistic Managers and Professionals, Data Modelers, Bank Relationship Managers, Customer Insight Professionals, Enterprise Architects and Consultants

Organizer: 

The Big Data Forum takes place with the cooperation of Arabian-Forums.ae and European-Forums.eu. Arabian-Forums.ae and European-Forums.eu provide a common place for professionals and individuals looking to get the new trends, latest developments, most updated knowledge and innovations that high caliber speakers of the forums bring through their exceptional expertise to the podium of the panels. www.Arabian-Forums.ae

For more information please contact us at info@BigDataForum.ae or call at +30.6951.979547 

Press Release 2013