Everett Ward is the new owner of a GoPro Camera, after his name was drawn from a list of attendees who filled out their session evaluations, and Jeff Nichols has a won a complimentary registration to a PASS event, thanks to filling out the post-event survey.  All feedback from attendees and speakers is taken into consideration when planning future PASS events, and provides PASS with useful information that will be used to improve attendee experience for years to come. Thank you to everyone who filled out a session evaluation or a survey!  

Last week, we sent out surveys to all attendees’ and speakers’ inboxes – check your email to complete a quick 10-minute survey on the Conference.  All surveys are due by the end of Monday, May 11. Your feedback means a great deal to PASS, as they help us improve future conferences and events.

If you haven’t received an email from us about providing feedback for the Conference, email [email protected] to get your link to the survey today! 

Here’s a short summary from our community members about their experience at this year’s PASS business analytics conference.  Hear about the world-class lineup of speakers and learn about the latest trends and content in the data world.

Data Analytics PASS BA 2015 by Frank Bergdoll

PASS BA Conference 2015 by Scott Senkeresty

PASS Business Analytics Conference 2015 – Keynote Day 1 by Paras Doshi

PASSBAC 2015 Day 1 by Frederic Brossard

PASS Business Analytics Conference 2015 – Day 1 by Marcel Franke

Got a post about the Conference you’d like to share with us? Or maybe you want to share your thoughts on data and where you stand on certain topics around analytics? Email [email protected] to have your blog featured in future editions of BA Insights, or share it with us over Twitter by mentioning @passbac. 

Join any one of these analytics-related Virtual Chapters:

·         Big Data

·         Business Analytics

·         Business Intelligence

·         Cloud

·         Data Science

·         Excel Business Intelligence

Join one today for free and see what you can learn!

• Over 600 data professionals from 24 countries
• More than 60 hours of insightful, in-depth sessions
• 12 hours for attendees to mix and mingle in the Exhibit Hall
• 19 hours of networking opportunities
• More than 50 world-class expert speakers from the data and analytics world
• 4 labs, giving attendees the opportunity to work hands-on alongside the experts

Stay connected to BA Insights to get more conference statistics as the weeks progress!

Photo Credit: Scott Stauffer, @SQLSocialite

"Seriously, this has been the best 3 days of my life." -- Matt Allington http://exceleratorbi.com.au/pass-ba-conference-day-2-wrap/ … @passbac #passbac #powerbi

Thanks @passbac for a most excellent conference this year! #passbac

2 days of intensive learning at @passbac. Going back to #Chicago exhausted but excited to implement so many actionable ideas.

Pretty sure that was the analytics version of a Dr. Dewitt talk. @sqlpass #passbac @crassociati

Seeing how #data will lead to future #innovation at #PASSBAC Santa Clara. Imagine an efficient city driven by analytics. #thefutureisnow

#PASSBAC with @crassociati now, talking connected smart cities. We sense and respond to data. Senseable cities discussion at #Passbac

Didn't realize PowerQuery had data prep capabilities @MSPowerBI #passbac @passbac @FORR_Mgoetz

Modern #excel is much more than >1M rows!" - Dan Fylstra #passbac @passbac

Don't excuse your Data Scientist title - it's okay, the title is adapted now :)

Packed house listening to @r1c1 Chandoo @passbac telling everyone keep it simple - remove distractions - #AvoidGangdomStyle #thatsAquote

Its always exciting to meet new #friends at #conference. @passbac #passbac #passbi #data #analytics #excel

Wanted to say thanks to @passbac for a wonderful event and for inviting the students of @CalStateEastBay !!!! #passbac2015 #data #analytics

Thanks @passbac & @jenstirrup for inviting me to speak #PASSBAC. Very interesting crowd here. I know they’re interested in #dataleadership.

Amazing to see what we can achieve with big data! @passbac

WOW! Some products take more energy to make than you'll EVER get back from recycling. @passbac @SenseableCity @crassociati #PASSBAC

Using #flickr to identify drought in Italy by social media not moisture sensors - interesting. @passbac

Thanks to all who came to the #predictive #analytics workshop today at @passbac. Great questions and discussion. #passbac

Great session by @deanabb especially on the subjects on data understanding and preparation. Thx! @passbac - starting good.

The power of predicting through data! @passbac

Thank you, @MicoYuk for an inspiring keynote @passbac !

@MicoYuk delivering the message that #DataVisualization as story telling is what #BigData needs to BE! @passbac

Focus shouldn't be on #BigData but BIG "Insights" #passbac @MicoYuk

#passbac the important thing of #BigData is to make it small and understandable again #dataviz #data - @MicoYuk @BIBrainz

Hey, well that's cool... as I'm working in the airport someone dropped by to say how much they enjoyed my session yesterday at #PASSBAC :)

The keynote speech at #passbac from @micoyuk was brilliant. Truly one of the sharpest minds in #BI. Follower her. cc:@sqlpass

the #passbac in Santa Clara CA was awesome. Learned so many new tips and tricks, met so many great #MSExcel experts.

Excel Mbps and bloggers. Selfie time #passbac

Had a blast this week at #passbac speaking about #powerbi designer and #powerquery - now back to Redmond!

#PASSBAC focus on Big Insights, not #BigData. The world's data is doubling every 2 years. We are creators, not consumers @MicoYuk

#passbac @jenstirrup: BI analysts are like Cassandra: Cursed to always tell the truth and have nobody believe them.

@MicoYuk It was great to meet you. Thanks for taking time to chat with us at #passbac