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M2002: Data Mining’s Gold Standard Conference

Data mining experts to speak at the Fifth Annual Data Mining Technology Conference Oct. 22-23, 2002

For the fifth year in a row, world-renowned data mining authorities will share their expertise at M2002, the data mining and analysis conference that sets the industry standard. Chaired by Will Potts, chief statistician for Data Miners, and Anne Milley, analytical strategist in Worldwide Marketing at SAS, the two-day event will be held at SAS world headquarters in Cary, North Carolina, Oct. 22 and 23.

Conference participants seeking to advance their organizations through data mining and business intelligence will have the opportunity to learn the latest trends and discover new ways to get the most out of their data.

M2002 features the following keynote speakers:

• Robert Blattberg -- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
• Gordon Linoff -- Data Miners
• Foster Provost -- NYU, Sterns School of Business
• Ed Wegman -- George Mason University

In addition, more than 20 forum session speakers from banking, computing, pharmaceuticals, retail, government and academia will share knowledge and expertise in session topics such as: customer value, statistical data mining, mining in the financial services, optimization, database marketing and new frontiers in data mining.

Join these analytical thought leaders at M2002 and discover new ways to turn your data into GOLD:

• Scott Carl -- Tricision, Inc
• Marc Cohen -- SAS
• Randy Collica -- Compaq
• Yoav Freund -- Banter Inc.
• Michael Friendly -- York University
• Arnold Goodman -- Center for Statistical Consulting at UC Irvine
• Michael Hardin -- Univ. of Alabama-Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration.
• Daymond Ling -- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
• Victor Lo -- Fidelity Investments
• Bill MacReady -- BiosGroup
• Ed Malthouse -- Northwestern University
• Alan Montgomery -- Carnegie Mellon University
• Bruce Ratner -- DM STAT-1 Consulting
• Andrew Story -- Scotiabank

Enhance your M2002 experience with specially designed courses covering the latest advances in data mining. Participants can choose from three courses designed to demonstrate how to utilize data mining techniques to effectively advance your business or organization. Training is offered immediately before and after the conference.

For the latest details about M2002 please take a look at M2002.