Definitions

As you go through the abstract submission process, you will need to understand the different skill levels and tracks. Carefully review the following before you complete your submissions.

Session Category

  • General sessions are 60 minutes long and open to all speakers; they can contain content at any of the skill levels.

Session Skill Levels

Your session content must match one of the following skill levels. The more accurate you are in specifying the skill level for your session, the better your session will be received.

  • Introductory
    Assumes some knowledge of the concepts or features, but not necessarily practical skills; 1 year experience
  • Intermediate
    Assumes comfort with concepts and basic features or skills; 1-3 years experience
  • Expert
    Assumes solid knowledge and strong skills; 4+ years experience

Session Tracks

Ensure your session abstracts fall under one of the following tracks:

  • Discover & Integrate: Gain in-depth knowledge and best practices for modeling, collecting, and preparing data for analysis. Learn how to extract the data you need and how to integrate, combine, cleanse, reshape, and prepare data for analysis and discovery. Explore how to access and leverage Big Data using the latest technologies.
  • Analyze & Interpret: Dig into the tools and techniques that enable sophisticated data analysis, from simple data sets to Big Data. Learn about statistics for data analysis, forecasting, text mining, and predictive analysis techniques to help predict future outcomes, simulate business scenarios, and optimize business processes.

    Explore KPI and metric development to support business objectives and drive real business value.

  • Visualize & Inform: Learn how to better visualize and present your data. Explore visualization best practices, KPI considerations, and the principles of successful dashboard and report design. Gain insight on how to incorporate both Big Data and small data in your visualizations, how to make your data interactive and actionable, and ultimately, how to become a better data storyteller.
  • Communicate & Lead: Learn how to adapt a data governance strategy, better communicate data insights, gain executive buy-in, and help drive business decisions. From organizational and team-building skills to creating a data culture and successfully managing analytical projects, this track is designed to address the people, process, and technology challenges that exist in data today.

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