Join us for the 2nd Annual NABE Big Data Conference on June 20-21, 2016, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in downtown Boston, MA. The program will be held on the 4th Floor in the Connolly Center.
Arranged around the theme, "Extracting Value from Big Data: New Tools for Business Economics," this year's event will explore how big data and new analytical techniques are being used by private industry and leading academic economists to provide valuable insights. Attend NABE's Big Data Conference and come away inspired to seek out new sources of data within your own firm and new public and proprietary data that can be used immediately for your macroeconomic or firm level forecasts. The event will encourage you to become more entrepreneurial and creative in exploring, finding, and leveraging data wherever it may be found.
Andrew Chamberlain, Chief Economist & Director of Economic Research, Glassdoor Keith Chen, Head of Economic Research, Uber Lakshmanan Chidambaram, Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra John Elder, Founder, Elder Research Peter Evans, Vice President, Center for Global Enterprise Diana Farrell, founding President and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase Institute Martin Fleming, Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer, and Chief Economist, IBM Michael Horrigan, CBE, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Stan Humphries, Chief Analytics Officer & Chief Economist, Zillow Sam Khater, Deputy Chief Economist, CoreLogic Randall Lewis, Economic Research Scientist, Netflix Paul Lilford, Senior Director of Technology and Market Intelligence, Tableau Bill MacMillan, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Prattle Sandy Pentland, MIT Media Lab Joe Reisinger, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Premise Dan Restuccia, Chief Analytics Officer, Burning Glass Technologies Nela Richardson, Chief Economist, Redfin Roberto Rigobon, Head of the Billion Prices Project, MIT Sean Rowles, Global Chief Credit Officer, Paypal Ken Sanford, Analytics Architect and Evangelist, H2O Tara Sinclair, Chief Economist, Indeed
1:15 PM Welcome Jeffrey (Jeff) Fuhrer, Executive Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Michael Horrigan, CBE, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Big Data and Machine Learning for Economists Sandy Pentland, (@alex_pentland), MIT Media Lab
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM Gleaning Economic Insights from Aggregated Consumer Data: Sizing the Gig Economy as a Case Study Diana Farrell, (@Farrell_Diana), founding President and Chief Executive Officer, JPMorgan Chase Institute Farrell Presentation
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Networking Break
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM Algorithms, Software, and the Tools of Working with Big Data Ken Sanford, (@eKENomics), Analytics Architect and Evangelist, H2O Sanford Presentation 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Luck, Skill, or Torture? How Target Shuffling Can Tell if What Your Data Says Is Real John Elder, Founder, Elder Research
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Big Data Policy Issues: Cross-Border Data Flows Peter Evans, (@pevans_c), Vice President, Center for Global Enterprise
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Networking Reception Hosted by Premise Top Floor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM Opening Keynote Address Roberto Rigobon, (@RobertoRigobon), Head of the Billion Prices Project, MIT Rigobon Presentation
8:45 AM - 9:55 AM Big Data Applications: Labor Economics Andrew Chamberlain, (@adchamberlain),Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research, Glassdoor Chamberlain Presentation Tara Sinclair, (@TaraSinc), Chief Economist, Indeed Sinclair Presentation Dan Restuccia, (@DanRestuccia), Chief Analytics Officer, Burning Glass Technologies Restuccia Presentation Michael Horrigan, CBE, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, moderator
9:55 AM - 10:20 AM Improving the Economics & Effectiveness of Web Ads Randall Lewis, Economic Research Scientist, Netflix
10:20 AM - 10:35 AM Networking Break
10:35 AM - 11:45 AM Big Data Applications: Real Estate Economics Stan Humphries, (@StanHumphries), Chief Analytics Officer and Chief Economist, Zillow
Sam Khater, (@TheSamKhater), Deputy Chief Economist, CoreLogic Khater Presentation Nela Richardson (@NelaRichardson), Chief Economist, Redfin Richardson Presentation David Stiff, Principal Economist - Case-Shiller, CoreLogic, moderator
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM The Future of Data Collection and the Impact on Public and Private Statistics Michael Horrigan, CBE, Associate Commissioner for Employment and Unemployment Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Joe Reisinger, (@josephreisinger), Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Premise Paul Thomas, CBE, Chief Economist, Intel, moderator Horrigan/Reisinger Presentation 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Luncheon Dynamic Pricing in a Labor Market: Surge Pricing and Flexible Work on the Uber Platform Keith Chen, (@MKeithChen), Head of Economic Research, Uber 1:35 PM - 2:00 PM The Role for Text Analytics in Analyzing Central Bank Communications Bill MacMillan, (@wmacmillan), Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Prattle MacMillan Presentation 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Big Data Applications: Fintech Sean Rowles, Global Chief Credit Officer, Paypal Tony Hughes, Managing Director of Credit Analytics, Moody's Analytics, moderator 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM Data Analytics at IBM Martin Fleming, (@Fleming_Martin), Vice President, Chief Analytics Officer, and Chief Economist, IBM Corporation Fleming Presentation 2:55 PM - 3:05 PM Networking Break 3:05 PM - 3:30 PM Data Analytics at Tech Mahindra Lakshmanan Chidambaram, Senior Vice President, Tech Mahindra 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM Data Visualization: New Tools and Methods Paul Lilford, (@paul_lilford), Senior Director of Technology and Market Intelligence, Tableau
4:15 PM Closing Remarks & Adjournment
NABE Members: $475
Government Employees: $375
Non-Members: $625 (includes one-year NABE membership fee)
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Refunds are available minus a $50 processing fee until May 6, 2016. After May 6, no refunds will be granted. Questions about registration? Email [email protected] or call us at 202-463-6223.
Attending the Big Data conference in Boston? Consider staying after the conference and earning your Certificate in Writing Skills for Business Economists and Analysts and/or Communication and Presentation Skills for Business Economists and Analysts.
NABE has secured a special room rate for out-of-town attendees at the Omni Parker House.
Omni Parker House 60 School Street Boston, MA 02108
Book online or by phone to receive the "NABE" rate of $299/night. Call 1-800-THE-OMNI to book, or BOOK ONLINE. Hotel rooms must be booked byMay 20 to receive the discounted rate.
The NABE Foundation will offer full scholarships to this year's NABE Big Data Conference ($325 value) to be held June 20-21, 2016, in Boston, MA. Young professionals are encouraged to apply.
To be eligible for consideration to receive the Scholarship, one must:
-Be 35 years old or younger -Have worked in the economics field for seven years or less -Currently be involved in a position that uses economic principles and theory -Hold an undergraduate college degree or higher. -NOT be a family member or co-worker of a Foundation Board of Directors member.
The deadline for scholarship applications for the NABE Big Data Conference is April 15, 2016. APPLY NOW
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