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Monday, May 2, 2016 Pre-Conference Schedule

07:30 AM - 05:00 PM	Registration, Imperial Foyer
07:30 AM - 05:00 PM	PASS Community Zone, Regency Foyer
07:30 AM - 05:00 PM	Information Desk, Regency Foyer
Room	Gold Room	Crystal Room	Atherton	Club Regent
08:30 AM - 10:15 AM	Dueling Dashboards with Power BI and Power Pivot Rob Collie, Avi Singh AI-298-P Level: Intermediate		From Zero to Hero: Creating Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Sandy Rivas VI-198-P Level: Introductory	Advanced Analytics for Excel Users: Learn How to Do it Yourself Daniel Fylstra AI-299-P Level: Intermediate
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Pre-conference Refreshment Break, Market Street Foyer
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Dueling Dashboards with Power BI and Power Pivot Rob Collie, Avi Singh AI-298-P Level: Intermediate		From Zero to Hero: Creating Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Sandy Rivas VI-198-P Level: Introductory	Advanced Analytics for Excel Users: Learn How to Do it Yourself Daniel Fylstra AI-299-P Level: Intermediate
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM	Pre-conference Lunch, Market Street Foyer
01:00 PM - 02:45 PM	Dueling Dashboards with Power BI and Power Pivot Rob Collie, Avi Singh AI-298-P Level: Intermediate	Visual Storytelling: How to Tell a “Compelling” Data Story That Matters to Your Users Mico Yuk VI-199-P Level: Introductory	From Zero to Hero: Creating Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Sandy Rivas VI-198-P Level: Introductory	Advanced Analytics for Excel Users: Learn How to Do it Yourself Daniel Fylstra AI-299-P Level: Intermediate
02:45 PM - 03:00 PM	Pre-conference Refreshment Break, Market Street Foyer
03:00 PM - 04:30 PM	Dueling Dashboards with Power BI and Power Pivot Rob Collie, Avi Singh AI-298-P Level: Intermediate	Visual Storytelling: How to Tell a “Compelling” Data Story That Matters to Your Users Mico Yuk VI-199-P Level: Introductory	From Zero to Hero: Creating Reports and Dashboards with Power BI Sandy Rivas VI-198-P Level: Introductory	Advanced Analytics for Excel Users: Learn How to Do it Yourself Daniel Fylstra AI-299-P Level: Intermediate
**Please note that Mico Yuk's pre-conference session, Visual Storytelling: How to Tell a “Compelling” Data Story That Matters to Your Users, ends at 5:00pm.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Conference Schedule

07:00 AM - 06:30 PM	Registration, Imperial Foyer
07:00 AM - 06:30 PM	PASS Community Zone, Regency Foyer
07:00 AM - 06:30 PM	Information Desk, Regency Foyer
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM	KEYNOTE: Jer Thorp, Microsoft Regency Ballroom
09:00 AM - 03:00 PM	Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom
09:15 AM - 09:45 AM	Refreshment Break, Imperial Ballroom
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
09:45 AM - 10:45 AM	To be Announced	The Analyst’s Do’s and Don’ts of BI on Hadoop Bruno Aziza CL-101 Level: Introductory	What's New with Power BI, SQL BI, Excel BI and Mobile BI Miguel Martinez VI-104-M Level: Introductory	To be Announced	Data Preparation is the Keystone Reza Rad DI-203-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2	Customer 360: Visualize and Analyze Clickstream Big Data with HDP Scott Shaw VI-LAB-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	To be Announced	How to Tame Changes in the Big Data Market Andrew Brust VI-100 Level: Introductory	Present Meaningful and Appealing Business and Financial Analytics Danielle Stein Fairhurst CL-102 Level: Introductory	What’s New with Business Analytics in Excel 2016 Johnnie Thomas AI-103-M Level: Introductory	Data Preparation is the Keystone Reza Rad DI-203-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2	Customer 360: Visualize and Analyze Clickstream Big Data with HDP Scott Shaw VI-LAB-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom -- CLOSED
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM	Lunch, Imperial Ballroom
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	A Week in the Life of a Data Scientist Dean Abbott CL-300 Level: Expert	Data Storytelling with R and Power BI: Integrate, Analyze, and Visualize Jen Stirrup VI-200 Level: Intermediate	To be Announced	Build Interactive Dashboards in Excel Rick Grantham VI-203 Level: Intermediate	From Input to Reporting: A Real Estate Forecasting Model Ken Puls DI-300 Level: Expert	Expedited Power BI Training Sandy Rivas VI-LAB-HDM Level: Introductory Part 1 of 2
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM	Refreshment Break, Imperial Ballroom
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM	Data Disasters: How Data Visualization and Complexity Lead Us Astray Jordan Goldmeier VI-201 Level: Intermediate	'Big Data' means 'Big Changes' for Analytics Michelle Ufford AI-204-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2	Storytelling for the Analyst: Successfully Communicating Your Data Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic CL-200 Level: Intermediate	Building a BI Solution with Power BI Hands-On Micro Workshop Paul Turley DI-204-HD Level: Introductory Part 1 of 2	From Hindsight to Foresight – Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning with Excel and Power BI Ted Way AI-104-M Level: Introductory	Expedited Power BI Training Sandy Rivas VI-LAB-HDM Level: Introductory Part 2 of 2
03:00 PM - 06:00 PM	Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom -- CLOSED
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM	Implementing Successful Data Analytics Management Practices Ginger Grant CL-105-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2	'Big Data' means 'Big Changes' for Analytics Michelle Ufford AI-204-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2	Prescriptive Analytics: Decision Models with Real Business Payoffs Daniel Fylstra AI-200 Level: Intermediate	Building a BI Solution with Power BI Hands-On Micro Workshop Paul Turley DI-204-HD Level: Introductory Part 2 of 2	Deep Dive with NEW Excel 2016 Charts Scott Ruble VI-208-M Level: Intermediate	Visualize Data Science with Sharable Jupyter for R and Python Mark Tabladillo AI-LAB-HD Level: Expert Part 1 of 2
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM	Implementing Successful Data Analytics Management Practices Ginger Grant CL-105-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2	Power Pivot versus Power Query Avi Singh DI-200 Level: Intermediate	Accurately Measure Marketing Impacts by Controlling Geographic Differences Kevin Potcner AI-202 Level: Intermediate	Efficiently Curate and Distribute Data - Introducing Power BI Content Packs Theresa Palmer-Boroski DI-207-M Level: Intermediate	Advanced Real-Life Tricks that Prove Excel is Still the Best Dashboard Tool Idan Cohen VI-300 Level: Expert	Visualize Data Science with Sharable Jupyter for R and Python Mark Tabladillo AI-LAB-HD Level: Expert Part 2 of 2
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM	Welcome/Exhibitor Reception, Imperial Ballroom

Wednesday, May 4, 2016 Conference Schedule

07:00 AM - 04:00 PM	Registration, Imperial Foyer
07:00 AM - 04:00 PM	PASS Community Zone, Regency Foyer
07:00 AM - 04:00 PM	Information Desk, Regency Foyer
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM	KEYNOTE: Susan Etlinger, Microsoft Regency Ballroom
09:00 AM - 02:30 PM	Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom
09:15 AM - 09:45 AM	Refreshment Break, Imperial Ballroom
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
09:45 AM - 10:45 AM	Big Data Analytics with Structured and Unstructured Data Peter Myers DI-205-HD Level: Introductory Part 1 of 2	Engines of Growth: Utilizing Microsoft’s World-Changing BI Tools Rob Collie AI-102 Level: Introductory	Spatial Analysis Jumpstart: Beyond Bubble charts Jason Horner AI-201 Level: Intermediate	Taking the Analytics Reins: An Oregon Lottery Case Study Alex Hambelton, Paul Westerman CL-100 Level: Introductory	Microsoft BI On-Premises: What’s new in SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services and Analysis Services Riccardo Muti, Dimah Zaidalkilani VI-207-M Level: Intermediate	Building Power Query templates in Excel 2016 Ken Puls DI-LAB-HD Level: Expert Part 1 of 2
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Big Data Analytics with Structured and Unstructured Data Peter Myers DI-205-HD Level: Introductory Part 2 of 2	If You’ve Ever Tried to Visualize the “Perfect” KPI and Failed Mico Yuk VI-101 Level: Introductory	Performing Scenarios, Sensitivities, and What-if Analysis in Excel Danielle Stein Fairhurst AI-100 Level: Introductory	Microsoft BI in Action Miguel Martinez, Sanjay Soni VI-206-M Level: Intermediate	Re-Tooling the Business of Government Michael Greene CL-103 Level: Introductory	Building Power Query templates in Excel 2016 Ken Puls DI-LAB-HD Level: Expert Part 2 of 2
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM	Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom -- CLOSED
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM	Lunch, Imperial Ballroom
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM	Power BI Desktop Deep Dive Including R Integration Miguel Llopis, David Smith DI-206-M Level: Intermediate	Getting Your Story Straight with Data Visualizations Stacia Varga VI-102 Level: Introductory	Risk Analytics on the Microsoft Platform Adam Worobec AI-300 Level: Expert	Driving Data Quality Initiatives with Agile Analytics Ken Raetz DI-202 Level: Intermediate	IT-Enabled BI – The New Trend Towards Governed, Self Service Analytics Peter Sprague CL-201-V Level: Intermediate	Predictive Analytics for Business Dean Abbott AI-LAB-HD Level: Introductory Part 1 of 2
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM	Refreshment Break, Imperial Ballroom
Expo Hall, Imperial Ballroom -- ENDS at 2:30pm
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM	To be Announced	DAX 2015 News and Patterns Marco Russo AI-203-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2	Visually Exploring Data Sets to Find Meaning in the Data Bill Saltmarsh VI-204-HD Level: Intermediate Part 1 of 2	Build an Activity-Based Costing System for Analysis Grant Paisley DI-201 Level: Intermediate	Finance Storytelling - Visualization Best Practices with Power BI Desktop Jeff Lumpkin, Christian Berg VI-103-M Level: Introductory	Predictive Analytics for Business Dean Abbott AI-LAB-HD Level: Introductory Part 2 of 2
Room	Regency Ballroom	Crystal Room	Gold Room	Atherton	Sacramento	Club Regent
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM	A Deep Dive on Empowering the Business Analyst using Power Query and Power Pivot in Excel 2016 Johnnie Thomas, Miguel Llopis AI-301-M Level: Expert	DAX 2015 News and Patterns Marco Russo AI-203-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2	Visually Exploring Data Sets to Find Meaning in the Data Bill Saltmarsh VI-204-HD Level: Intermediate Part 2 of 2	To be Announced	You Just Pour Your Data in the Data Lake, Right? Stephen Giles CL-104 Level: Introductory
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