UNC Charlotte presents “Charlotte Informatics 2012: Competing and Winning through Analytics," a groundbreaking conference on the impact of “big data” and analytics, on Tuesday, May 15. Members of the Charlotte business community will gather to hear from a diverse group of leading national thinkers, visionaries, experts and executives from business, technology and education.
The conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Ritz-Carlton in Uptown Charlotte. Conference organizers aim to raise awareness about the opportunities that “big data” brings and to develop regional strategies to take advantage of the emerging informatics industries to enhance the business competitiveness, attract talents, stimulate business innovation and entrepreneurship in Charlotte. “Big data” is an industry term that refers to large, complex data sets whose size is beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to capture, manage and process; examples include call detail records, Internet search records, sensor networks and social media sites.
“UNC Charlotte has a long tradition of collaborating with the business community to develop programs that respond to forces of change and emerging trends,” said Steve Ott, dean of the Belk College. “Analytics presents a particularly exciting opportunity because it impacts a wide variety of industries. The academic programs we’re developing will create a highly skilled workforce to meet these business needs.”
The conference is a collaborative effort between the College of Computing and Informatics, the Charlotte Research Institute, the Charlotte Chamber and the Belk College of Business. The keynote speaker is Tom Davenport, chair of information technology and management at Babson College, one of the world’s leading business strategy consultants. Panelists include experts from McKinsey and Co., IBM, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Premier Inc., Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Carolinas Healthcare System.
A limited number of seats are still available at the conference. For more information and to register, go to cci.uncc.edu/ci2012.