2007 SPSS European Directions in Review
The second annual SPSS Directions European User Conference took place 13-15 May, 2007, in Prague, Czech Republic. More than 400 people gathered to learn the latest trends and best practices in statistics, data mining, market research, and business intelligence technology.
Highlights included:
Keynote presentations
- Featured keynote speaker: Tom Davenport; best-selling author, Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning
- Adrian Carr, Vice President Sales EMEAA, SPSS Inc., Reaching Far and Wide with Predictive Analytics
- Keynote Panel Session: The Predictive Enterprise Inside-Out, Moderated by Pascal Boulard, Editor, La Tribune
Panelists:
- Rebecca Wettemann, Vice President, Research, Nucleus Research
- Michael Adam, Director of Banking Analytics, SAP AG
- Richard Verhoeff, Director of IT Services and eCommerce, Center Parcs
- Federico Cesconi, Head of Customer Insights and Retention, Cablecom GmbH
- Jack Noonan, President and Chief Executive Officer, SPSS Inc.
Breakout sessions
Organisations that presented at SPSS Directions Prague included: American
Airlines, AIDA Cruises, Vodafone; Debenhams; Cablecom GmbH;
Guardia Civil; Yamaha, KTM Sportmotorcycle AG, CSOB (Ceskoslovenska
obchodni banka), WWF Switzerland, Saga Group Ltd, HBOS BankWest and
many more from around the region.
A special thank you to all the speakers from the SPSS Directions 2007
European User Conference. Your topical presentations and personal insight
helped make this event a tremendous success.
View the final program from the SPSS
Directions 2007 European User Conference (ZIP file – 3.74MB).
Click here to see photos of the event.







