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With all of the glamour and excitement of its Las Vegas setting, one could easily be distracted from the heart of the M2005 conference-good, clean data. So let's take a look at SAS' eighth annual data mining conference strictly by the numbers:

With three days of six keynote addresses, 30 session talks, seven in-depth training opportunities and an expected attendance of more than 700 professionals from hundreds of industries and 20 different countries, M2005 is the largest data mining conference in the world.

What is it about M2005 that attracts so much attention? It's more than the cha-ching of the slot machines or even the neon lights. M2005 gives attendees access to some of data mining's best and brightest, like keynote speaker David Hand, Head of the Statistics Section at Imperial College London, and David Salsburg, an independent consultant and pioneer of pharmaceutical statistics at Pfizer.

And while M2005's prestigious keynotes will focus on the latest research and data mining methodology, more than 30 experts will share their practical knowledge with attendees in topic areas such as:

* Business applications * New and emerging technologies in data mining * Financial services * Bioterrorism * Fraud detection * Data mining in healthcare.

To cap off the conference, SAS Education will be on hand to provide expert training opportunities that will highlight the latest data mining theory and implementation strategies. Classes include Data Mining Techniques, Decision Tree Modeling and Extending SAS Enterprise Miner 5.

Of course, there are always the numbers preceded with a dollar sign to consider. All attendees who register before July 11 will receive $400 off the cost of the conference, a 30% discount.

With all of these numbers working in your favor, it would be too much of a gamble to miss the opportunities that come with the world's largest data mining conference. M2005 will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Oct. 24-25, 2005. View the M2005 official site to register or for more information.