Big data, now a mainstream buzzword, is at its core a race to make sense of exponentially increasing amounts of information in daily life. From consumer spending habits to Web browsing preferences, from business intelligence to IT management, there is data to be gathered, analyzed, used, and sold. But what are the specific opportunities for startups, investors, and big companies? How are businesses using data and analytics for competitive advantage across retail, finance, marketing, mobile, and social media? And how are entrepreneurs building companies around emerging technologies and platforms?

Join Xconomy for a half-day conference as we explore these themes—and much more—in a series of interactive talks and panels featuring top leaders from Boston’s innovation community and beyond. Our speakers will tackle big questions around strategy, security, and real-world challenges. They will also discuss the ways in which big data has fundamentally changed the IT landscape, and its role in shaping New England's technology future.

Keynote and Featured Speakers:
Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group 
David Friend, CEO, Carbonite
Burt Kaliski, CTO, VeriSign
Peter Stern, CEO, Bitly
Christopher Ahlberg, CEO, Recorded Future
Zeid Barakat, Chief Strategy Officer, Flyberry Capital
Phil Beauregard, CEO, Objective Logistics
Richard Dale, Managing Director, Big Data Boston Ventures
Matt Fates, Partner, Ascent Venture Partners
Ric Fulop, General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
Amrith Kumar, CTO, ParElastic
Narayanan Krishnakumar, Chief IT Architect, EMC
Fred Lalonde, CEO, Hopper 
Shilpa Lawande, Vice President, Hewlett-Packard/Vertica
Rich Levandov, Managing Director, Avalon Ventures
Doug Levin, CEO, Quant5
Jennifer Lum, President, Adelphic Mobile
Chris Lynch, Partner, Atlas Venture
Jay Meattle, CEO, Shareaholic
Hardi Meybaum, CEO, GrabCAD
Barry Morris, CEO, NuoDB
Andy Palmer, Board Member, Cloudant; Co-Founder, Vertica
Brian Reagan, Vice President of Product Strategy, Actifio
Emil Sit, Technical Lead, Hadapt
Sravish Sridhar, CEO, Kinvey

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Schedule:
Registration: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Program: 1:30 – 5:30 pm
Networking reception: 5:30 – 6:30 pm

Registration information:
Tickets are transferable but not refundable.
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