The University of Akron, College of Business Business Analytics - Innovation Summit

Analytics Everywhere

Friday, September 30, 2022

Quaker Station, The University of Akron

Registration Fee:

$75 Summit Only | $100 Workshop Only | $150 Summit & Workshop

UA Faculty/Staff/Students: FREE; Workshop - Subject to Availability*

No matter where you look, you are likely to find new ways that enterprises, small businesses, and NGOs are monetizing their data. They are using their data to streamline and improve operations. They are combining internal data with data from partners and third-party sources, using new techniques to curate, govern, and serve information and insights. They are driving sales, marketing, and other business functions. They are using analytics in grid management, quality control, new product development, human resources and talent management, fraud detection, new drug development, and clinical trials – the list is practically endless! They are creating simulations and digital twins that allow vastly more experimentation with products, production, and business models. They are providing additional services to their suppliers, distributors, and/or customers in the form of reports, visualizations, and AI-driven analyses that complement existing products and services. In two words, they are engaging in digital transformation.

Free parking, breakfast and boxed lunches are included with your registration*

Program

7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.

Registration, Breakfast, Networking

8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome
Abdou Ayoub, Managing Director- Paragon Shift, Master of Ceremony
John Wiencek, Provost, The University of Akron
R.J. Nemer, Dean- College of Business, The University of Akron

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Transforming Self-Service Analytics at the Cleveland Clinic through Enablement
Mark Ruffing, Assistant Director in Enterprise Analytics- Cleveland Clinic


9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Tree-Outage Predictive Model
Nate Turner, Data Scientist- FirstEnergy Corp.


10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Coffee/Networking Break

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Journey to a Smarter Supply Chain:
Using a Data Ecosystem to Create an End-to-End Supplier Lifecycle Evaluation
Sean Mancini, Director Digital Supply Chain Analytics- Signet Jewelers


11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Keynote Session- Sports Analytics: A View from Both Sides
R.J. Nemer, Dean- College of Business, The University of Akron


Mike Conley, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President- Cleveland Cavaliers

Moderators
Dr. William McHenry, Associate Professor, Management- UA College of Business
Susan Burton Lowry, President- SquareOne Consulting, Inc. & Senior Marketing Manager- Tradefull LLC

12:15 p.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Closing Remarks & Summary

12:20 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Networking Lunch (boxed lunches)

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Workshops: See below for details.

About CITA

The Center for Information Technologies and Analytics (CITA) is a multi–disciplinary Center within the College of Business. CITA was created in 2000 with the mission to teach students and develop faculty in the principles and practices of the related disciplines of Information Technology. CITA accomplishes its mission by providing scholarships, mentoring, internships & co-op opportunities to students in the information systems and business analytics disciplines, providing resources to conduct research to faculty, and conducting several outreach activities that promote IT and analytics among local companies.

CITA is made up of an advisory board of Information Technology leaders from the Northeast Ohio region and the College of Business faculty, staff and students. For further information, visit the Center for Information Technologies and Analytics (CITA) website.


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