Keynote Speakers Announced for PAW09

Predictive Analytics World has lined up two fantastic keynote speakers for the inaugural event: Usama Fayyad, Yahoo!’s Chief Data Officer & Executive VP, and Andreas Weigend Ph.D., the former Chief Scientist at Amazon.com.

Predictive Analytics World will take place February 18-19 2009 in San Francisco CA, USA. The event is positioned to be the leading event for predictive analytics consumers, managers and commercial practitioners. This conference delivers case studies, expertise and resources to achieve two objectives: strengthen the business impact of predictive analytics deployment and establish new opportunities with predictive analytics.

Also lining up are speakers and case studies from leading enterprises such as Acxiom, Affiliated Computer Services, Chase, The National Rifle Association, Reed Elsevier, Second Life (Linden Labs), Well Fargo, and Yahoo!. And, learn the secret sauce behind second place Netflix Prize competitor, “Big Chaos”. The Predictive Analytics World conference is chaired by Eric Siegel, Ph.D., president of Prediction Impact, Inc.

More information at www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com.