March 29, 2019
Frank Auditorium, Van Munching Hall
College Park, Md.
The 2019 Thought Leadership Conference will be held on Friday, March 29 at the Smith School of Business in Van Munching Hall. The conference will feature presentations by faculty, industry leaders, and student finalists from a data competition that will take place earlier the same week. The tentative conference agenda is below. Registration is now open. Please use the link below to register.
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Bill Eggers, Deloitte
Cenk Tunsar, KPMG
Nathan Miller, Merkle
Liye Ma, Associate Professor of Marketing
Gordon Gao, Associate Professor of Decision, Operations, and Information Technology
Tentative Agenda
| Time | Event |
| 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| 9:10–9:40 a.m. | Bill Eggers, Deloitte |
| 9:40–10:10 a.m. | Gordon Gao, DOIT |
| 10:10–10:25 a.m. | Break |
| 10:25–10:55 a.m. | Nathan Miller, Merkle |
| 10:55–11:25 a.m. | Liye Ma, Smith School, Marketing |
| 11:25–11:55 a.m. | Cenk Tunasar, KPMG |
| 11:55 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15–2:45 p.m. | Presentations from Datathon Finalists |
| 2:45–3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00–3:45 p.m. | Panel on Analytics and Innovation |
| 3:45–5:00 p.m. | Datathon Awards Presentation and Networking Reception |