Big Data Analytics Conference set in OKC

STILLWATER — Nationally recognized authorities in the field of data analytics will be speaking at the 4th Annual Big Data Analytics Conference from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 8 at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.

Presented by Oklahoma State University, the conference brings Oklahoma and regional professionals interested in analytics together to network with each other as well as learn from some of the world’s top practitioners.

Participants will have the opportunity to learn from a wide range of speakers, including George Blankenship, former executive of Tesla Motors, Apple Inc., and GAP Inc. He will be speaking on the “Future of Innovation” at the Executive Management Briefing breakfast, which is optional to attend for Big Data Analytics Conference participants. The Executive Management Briefing is from 8:00 to 9:45 a.m. before the Big Data Analytics Conference. The briefing is sponsored by OSU and 28 corporate sponsors.

Speakers at the

conference include Bill Schmarzo, chief technology officer, Big Data Practice, Dell EMC Services; John Timmerman, global industry evangelist, Teradata, Columbia, South Carolina; and Mark Wolff, chief health analytics strategist, Health and Life Sciences Global Practice, SAS Institute, Cary, North Carolina.

Individual registration for the conference is $250, or $335 per person for the conference as well as the Executive Management Briefing breakfast. A discount is available for multiple registrations of eight or more participants.

For more information or to register, visit business. okstate.edu/cepd/openenrollment/conferences/ big-data/index.html or contact Krysta Gilbert, OSU program coordinator, at 405-744-5086.