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M2003 -- Knowledge that makes a difference!
6th Annual Data Mining Technology Conference
October 13-14
Las Vegas, NV

Gambling with your data?

In today's marketplace you can't leave anything to chance. Successful organizations recognize the power of their data and use data mining to better understand their organization and their customers.

Join colleagues and the most sought after world-renowned experts in the data mining community for a week of discovery that will change the way your organization uses its data. At M2003 you'll learn how to address these issues:

• Forecast the future and identify the factors that will secure a desired effect
• Increase acquisition and retain your most valuable customers
• Segment your markets for a targeted approach
• Reduce fraud
• And many more.....

Chairs:
Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota
Terry Woodfield, SAS

Keynote Speakers:
Andreas Weigend, Amazon
Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley
Raghu Ramakrishna, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Tom Mitchell, Carnegie Mellon University

Forum Speakers:
Joydeep Gohsh, University of Texas
Olivia Parr Rudd, OLIVIAGroup
Joe Bartling, H&R Block
David Speights, Washington Mutual Inc.
Jim Georges, SAS
Patricia Cerrito, University of Louisville
Valdis Krebs, orgnet.com
Raj Singh, U.S. Bank
Robert Berry, Central Michigan University
Shashi Shekhar, University of Minnesota
Hamparsum Bozdogan, University of Tennessee
James Cox, SAS
*This is only a partial list of speakers, please refer to http://www.sas.com/m2003 for the most updated speaker list.

Topics on the agenda:
Data Mining Technology I
Data Mining Technology II
Data Mining in the Financial Services
Security Applications
Data Mining for Life Sciences
Data Mining Education
Special Topics in Data Mining
Business Applications in Data Mining

(Topics are subject to change)

Come for the knowledge and leave with the skills to make a difference!

The M-Series conferences have attracted the best and brightest in the industry to discuss the latest developments and trends in the field of data mining. As the premier data mining technology conference, M2003 will bring hundreds of attendees from across the globe. Don't miss this opportunity to get the most up-to-date information in the industry and network with colleagues from all over the world.

Immediately following the conference, M2003 will offer training courses that highlight the latest data mining technology. Participants will be able to choose one of five courses, including Decision Tree Modeling, Predictive Modeling Using Enterprise Miner Software, Survival Mining: Modeling Customer Event Histories, Text Mining Using SAS, and Two-Stage Modeling with Enterprise Miner Software.

Register for the conference or the conference and training before July 1, 2003 and save $400 off the regular conference fees.

" This conference is definitely a must. Not only for the information, but for the opportunity it provides to exchange ideas and learn from your colleagues." Daryl Berry - T-Mobile US