Meetings

The M2009 Data Mining Conference will take place this October 26-27 in Las Vegas. The largest data mining conference of its kind, M2009 provides attendees a forum for exchanging ideas with hundreds of data mining practitioners and more than 50 of the most respected data mining experts in the world.

M2009 strikes the perfect balance between theory and practice. While keynote speakers share the latest research and data mining methodology, breakout sessions focus on the more practical, offering best practices, case studies and advice on how to begin implementing or expanding data mining within an organization. The conference offers participants more than 30 session talks available in multiple sessions each day. Immediately before and after the conference, M2009 will offer workshops and training courses that highlight the latest data mining technology.

Confirmed keynote speakers to-date include:

Bart Baesens, professor at the Faculty of Applied Economic Sciences at the K.U.Leuven (Belgium) and the School of Management of the University of Southampton (United Kingdom). Baesens has done extensive research on data mining, credit scoring, and web mining.

Michael Berthold, the Nycomed-Chair for Bioinformatics and Information Mining at Konstanz University. Berthold�s research focuses on using machine learning methods for the interactive analysis of large information repositories in the Life Sciences.

John Elder, CEO of Elder Research, Inc, a data mining consulting firm that focuses on investment, commercial, and security applications of advanced analytics.

Manfred Kraft, Marketing Chair at the University of M�nster. Kraft is well known for his work in Customer Relationship Management, Direct Marketing, and Sales Management.

Kim Larsen, Director in the Advanced Analytics group at Charles Schwab & Co. Larsen�s areas of expertise include customer segmentation, forecasting, price optimization and predictive modeling.

Will Neafsey, Brand DNA and Consumer Segmentation Manager for Ford Motor Company. During his last 16 years with Ford, Neafsey has worked in Market Research, New Business Creation and Incubation, Information Technology, Operations Research, and Manufacturing.

Registration Information

Register before Sept 18 and save $200 on conference fees and receive a free gift!