There will be refreshments and networking from 18h00.
Agenda
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* Meeting start at 16h30
* 16h30 - 16h55 Welcome and News - Handre Williams
* 17h00 - 17h55 Unveiling Causal Inference in R: From Fundamentals to Industry Applications and the AI Future with Edzai Conilias Zvobwo
- Demystifying causal inference, explaining its importance in answering “why” and “what if” questions beyond traditional correlation-based analytics. Through a hands-on R demo, we’ll explore a real-world industry application—evaluating a marketing campaign’s impact on sales using propensity score matching and causal forests. The session will conclude with a look at the future of causal inference in the AI era, highlighting its growing role in tech, healthcare, and policy, followed by a Q&A. Attendees will leave with practical R tools, resources, and inspiration to apply causal inference in their own work.
* Meeting finish at 18h00
Details
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When: 11th June 2025 @ 16h30 to 18h00 (GMT+2)
Where: Microsoft Campus in Bryanston, South Africa
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/4ffcC3N6T7S2
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