Sogeti BI Symposium in Amsterdam
900+ attendees came to Bussum near Amsterdam for the Sogeti BI Symposium titled “Data is changing the game” (#bisymp). Michiel Boreel (@MichielBo, CTO of Sogeti Group, see picture above) opened the first day of the largest 2-day Business Intelligence event in The Netherlands. This year’s topic (data as a game changer) definitely must have resonated with the audience because the same event drew 650 attendees last year. First, Tim Jennings (@tjennings, Chief Analyst & Research Fellow at Ovum IT, see picture below) took the stage with his industry transformation talk. He gave many examples of industries where data acts as a game changer ranging from sports, over business to healthcare.
Tuesday 26 November 2013
In sum, a great free event everyone should attend! See you next year.
Next, Paul Sonderegger (@PaulSonderegger, Big Data Strategist at Oracle, see picture below). Click here for his slides.
After the coffee break, Johan Arts (@ArtsJohan, IBM, see picture below) took the stage. He mentioned a nice slogan: “Data is the new oil”.
Next, René Stolp (RDC, see picture below) gave his talk on how data is changing mobility.
After lunch and a few breakout sessions, Ralph van den Berg (Rabobank, see picture below) showed some nice Tableau visualizations to help management take better decisions.
Karl Raats (@KarlRaats, see picture below) wrapped up the first day.
The second day of the event started with a talk by Erik van Ommeren (@InnovationErik, Sogeti USA @VINTlabs, see picture below). Click here for his slide deck. He also discussed their book: No More Secrets with Big Data Analytics.
Next, David M Walker (datamgmt.com, see picture below) delivered his talk “Data-Driven Insurance Underwriting” (slides in Dutch). Sensors in cars might just revolutionize the Insurance business!
Next, Rick van der Lans (@rick_vanderlans, see picture below) delivered a humorous speech.
Next up was lunch and breakout sessions. I delivered my speech (@dirkvandenpoel) in one of them together with ir. Paul Poelmans (@Sogeti, @Sogeti_NL). Click here for our slides. Next, I attended Henk Richmond and Wim van Zanten’s talk (see picture below).
Next, Bart Götte delivered a talk (click here for the slides).
