Melbourne Analytics Charity Christmas Gala

Evening starts 6pm

Session 1 ~ 6:20

Break ~ 7:25

Session 2 ~ 7:40

Finish ~9pm when all cheese is eaten!

We invite you to the first ever Melbourne Analytics Charity Christmas Gala.

Come and join your colleagues from Data Science Melbourne, Statistical Society of Australia (https://www.meetup.com/Statistical-Society-of-Australia-Victorian-Branch/), Big Data Analytics (https://www.meetup.com/BigDataAnalyticsMelbourne/) and Melbourne Users of R Network (https://www.meetup.com/MelbURN-Melbourne-Users-of-R-Network/) for an entertaining night of beer & pizza, cheese & wine, and hear about analytics in the real world.

For this event only, we will be asking for a small donation, as demand exceeds our venue capacity. At least 75% of all money collected will be donated to a charity of your choice (majority vote wins!). Sign up now to avoid disappointment, we won't reveal the actual capacity until it is reached!

After paying via Paypal, make sure you click on the link at the end of the process that will return you to the Meetup site. If you close your browser without clicking this link, your payment will be processed but your attendance will not be recorded on Meetup.

Confirmed speakers:

Lucie Bland, University of MelbourneGlobal biodiversity monitoring: from species to ecosystems

Julian Bright, Predictive MatchCreating Predictive Match: Engineer to data scientist

Monika Buljan, Royal Australian College of General PractitionersChristmas smells and sounds – helpful or harmful?

Rob Hyndman, Monash UniversityAm I a data scientist? It's time for our annual existential crisis

Maksud Ibrahimov, Adaptic SolutionsPredictive modelling + optimisation = optimal decisions

Jessica Kasza, Monash UniversityKnown unknowns, dialysis and death

Vassili Kitsios, Monash UniversityMassively parallel numerical simulation, data mining and visualisation of peta-scale data in the field of turbulence

Eu Jin Lok, DeloitteActivities for aspiring data scientists

Andrew Robinson, University of MelbourneThe older it is, the gooder it is: not all innovation is shiny

James Savage, Grattan InstituteThe Data Science for Social Good fellowship

Lisa Schutz, InFact DecisionsDecisions not data – why we need to flip the way we talk about analytics

Damjan Vukcevic, Murdoch Childrens Research InstituteGUESTimation: Breaking the deadlock on wedding guest lists

Tony Wohlers, National Australia BankPredictive models for marketing financial products