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Orlando
December 2-7, 2018
Royal Pacific Resort at Universal, Orlando, FL
For Business Intelligence
Track Key:
Business Intelligence
Workshops
Data Science and Machine Learning
Keynotes, General Sessions & Panels
SQL Server Administration & Maintenance
SQL Server Features & Components
Analytics
Fast Focus Sessions
Modern App Development
Bots
Deep Learning
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Monday, December 3, 2018
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Workshop: How Data Science Makes Your Data Warehouse Relevant
Josh Luedeman
Jorge Segarra
Bradley Ball
8:30am - 5:30pm
Workshop: Moving from BI to AI: Artificial Intelligence Skills for Business Intelligence Professionals
Jen Stirrup
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
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Artificial Intelligence Live! & SQL Server Live! Keynote: Enabling Enterprise Developers in AI - How Microsoft is Doing It
Pranav Rastogi
9:15am - 10:30am
Availability Fundamentals for SQL Server
Allan Hirt
9:15am - 10:30am
What's New with Azure Data Factory
Josh Luedeman
9:15am - 10:30am
Introduction to Azure Databricks
Andrew Brust
1:30pm - 1:50pm
Fast Focus: Jupyter Notebooks for Artificial Intelligence in Azure
Jen Stirrup
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Fast Focus: Supervised VS Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach
Jen Stirrup
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Fast Focus: Career Planning for the Next Era of Analytics
Jen Underwood
2:00pm - 2:20pm
Fast Focus: What is this GDPR Thing?
Michael Lester
2:45pm - 4:00pm
Deliver More Value with Smart Assistants Built with the Microsoft Bot Framework
Brian A. Randell
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Data Prep in the Cloud with Power BI Dataflows
Andrew Brust
Wednesday, December 5, 2018
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Deep Learning in Microsoft Azure: CNTK, CaffeOnSpark and Tensorflow
Jen Stirrup
9:30am - 10:45am
Power BI - What Have You Done for Me Lately?
Andrew Brust
9:30am - 10:45am
The Case for R in AI - Statistical Perspective to Data, Inference and Prediction as Used by AI Applications
Jen Stirrup
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Upgrading to SQL Server 2017
Thomas LaRock
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Design Techniques for Improving Power BI Visualizations
Ginger Grant
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Data Visualization Super Power
Jen Stirrup
4:00pm - 5:15pm
SQL Server Internals and Optimal Configuration for Machine Learning Services
Ginger Grant
Thursday, December 6, 2018
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How Modern Is Your Data Warehouse?
Stacia Varga
8:00am - 9:15am
Managing the Conversation Flow within a Bot
Rabeb Othmani
8:00am - 9:15am
Scaling Machine Learning in Azure
Jordan Edwards
9:30am - 10:45am
Where Does R Fit into Your SQL Server Stack?
Stacia Varga
9:30am - 10:45am
Chest X-ray Image Analysis with Deep Learning
Vishwas Lele
11:00am - 12:00pm
Modern Apps Live! Panel Discussion: Open Q&A on Modern App Architecture, Design, and Implementation
Rockford Lhotka
Allen Conway
Scott Diehl
Brent Edwards
Kevin Ford
1:00pm - 2:15pm
How To Avoid Building Bad Predictive Models
Jen Underwood
1:00pm - 2:15pm
Machine Learning: Client vs. Server Models
Kevin Ford
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Getting Started with Deep Learning
David Smith
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Data Visualization: Where Does Tech End and UX Begin?
Scott Diehl
4:00pm - 5:00pm
Next? Live! 360 Networking Event
Ben Curry
Matthew McDermott
Rob Windsor
Brian A. Randell
Heidi Araya
Jeremy Clark
Benjamin Day
Esteban Garcia
Sami Laiho
Dave Kawula
Cristal Kawula
Peter De Tender
Andrew Brust
Grant Fritchey
Thomas LaRock
Karen Lopez
Kevin Ford
Brent Edwards
Rockford Lhotka
Paul Schaeflein
Friday, December 7, 2018
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Workshop: Migrating Data and Databases to Microsoft Azure
Karen Lopez
Thomas LaRock
8:00am - 5:00pm
Workshop: Data Due Diligence – Developing a Strategy for BI, Analytics, and Beyond
Stacia Varga