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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>We hope you join us for this year’s exciting BI Congress 3: Driving Innovation through Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More information, including Advance Program available at: <a href="http://www2.commerce.virginia.edu/bic3/program.asp">http://www2.commerce.virginia.edu/bic3/program.asp</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Be sure to register before October 23<sup>rd</sup> early bird deadline! You can easily add the ancillary event to your ICIS registration by going to: <a href="https://ais.site-ym.com/store/list_products.asp?catid=170475&ftr">https://ais.site-ym.com/store/list_products.asp?catid=170475&ftr</a>=<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A subset of program details below:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=paragraph><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>December 15, 2012 (Marriott World Center Resort room location to be provided)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>9:30 – 2:45 p.m. MISQE Academic Workshop event for those of us interested in publishing big data research in MISQE (separate registration required)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>3:00 – 5:30 p.m. Industry “TED-like” Talks: Deloitte, IBM, SAS, and Teradata each will present inspiring views of Big Data in a TED format: 20 minute presentations, followed by 10 minutes for Q&A. The intent is to expose academics to thought leadership from these leading analytics organizations to inspire exciting academic research efforts. Note: The members of the MISQE academic workshop will be joining the BI Congress attendees for this portion of the program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Social Event: Big Data Under the Big Top - The New Balancing Act! will be held at the conference hotel. Join us on Saturday night for a spectacular evening of Cirque du Soleil. Be mystified as you enjoy 4 amazing Cirque acts while you interact and share with other BI Congress attendees. The whimsical, unexpected performances are sure to make our opening reception truly unforgettable. During the social event, we will present the BI Congress Awards, which recognize excellence in teaching and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>December 16, 2012 (Marriott World Center Resort room location to be provided)</span></b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>8:00 – 8:20 a.m. BI Congress 3 Welcome and Dedication to Paul Gray: ICIS Chair, Joey George Iowa State University, BI Congress Senior Advisors Michael Goul, Arizona State University, Uday Kulkarni, Arizona State University, Gloria Phillips-Wren Loyola University Maryland and Barbara Wixom University of Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>8:20 – 9:15 a.m. Dr. David Belanger, Chief Scientist, AT&T Labs, Stevens Institute of Technology B&A Program Research Fellow: Over the last decade, AT&T Shannon Labs developed a broad and deep capability to manipulate, analyze, and visualize large amounts of data -- what is now typically referred to as "Big Data." It has been done in a laboratory called AT&T InfoLab with live, real-time data for over a decade. The data, and associated business problems, both inform the technology created, and support value through many applications. Recent topics of focus have included: real-time data mining, data stream management, interactive visualization, data mining of non-relational data (e.g., speech), and mining of data from distributed sensor networks , with applications ranging from customer experience, to recommender systems, to medical monitoring/predicting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>9:30 – 10:30 p.m. Panel Presentation: Developing the Next Generation Big Data Workforce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>10:45 – 11:15p.m. Big Data Research Update<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>11:15p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Introduction to the Tracks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>12:00 – 4:30 p.m. Parallel Tracks for Research and Teaching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph><i><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>A special thank you to our Platinum, Silver, Bronze, and Academic Sponsors! </span></i><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'>Platinum Sponsors: IBM, SAS, Teradata; Gold Sponsor: Deloitte; Silver Sponsors: MicroStrategy, NetApp; Bronze Sponsors: Tableau, University of Arkansas; Academic Sponsors: University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce, Loyola University Maryland, Stevens Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>