Preliminary agenda

Mon 27 Feb

10:00 AM - 7:30 PM	Registration and Information Center
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Solutions Center
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Alteryx Product Training - Alteryx 2012 - Fundamentals Alteryx Tips & Tricks
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM	Alteryx User Group
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Welcome reception and Partner Network Lounge

Tue 28 Feb

6:45 AM - 8:00 AM	Breakfast and Partner Network Lounge
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM	Registration and Information Center
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Solutions Center
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM	Opening Keynote
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Executive Panel: Agile BI and Analytics
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM	Lunch and Partner Network Lounge
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Alteryx Product Training: Reports Developer Spotlight
1:30 PM - 3:15 PM	Business Leader Summit
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Break and Partner Network Lounge
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Alteryx Product Training: Advances in Alteryx Mapping Developer Studio
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Alteryx Grand Prix tailgate and Partner Network Lounge
5:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Alteryx Grand Prix

Wed 29 Feb

6:30 AM - 7:45 AM	Breakfast and Partner Network Lounge
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration and Information Center
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Closing General Session
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Solutions Center
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Break and Partner Network Lounge
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Alteryx Tips & Tricks Developer Spotlight Business Leader Summit
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch and Partner Network Lounge
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Alteryx Product Training: Analytic Apps
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Business Leader Summit
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	Break and Partner Network Lounge
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Alteryx Product Training: Advanced Analytic Apps Developer Studio
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Appreciation Reception and Partner Network Lounge
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Awards Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM	Alteryx Party

 

 

 

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Solutions Center

Visit the Inspire 2012 Solutions Center - the place where you can find answers to your Alteryx questions. Bring your wizards and modules, your "how-to" questions, and most of all your ideas and a technical Alteryx associate/s will be happy to work with you.

The Solutions Center will feature two cutting-edge touch-screen monitors for demonstrations, plus eight additional workstations designed for deep-dives to solve specific issues.

You'll have an opportunity to network and collaborate directly with the Alteryx Developers who have designed and developed our products, as well as with our Product Managers, Pre-Sales Engineers, Professional Services consultants, and Client Services associates, who address customer issues every day.

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Partner Network Lounge

The Partner Network Lounge makes its debut at Inspire 2012! Join our amazing partner community in this lively, collaborative environment to discuss a variety of complementary products, solutions, and services. Who knows-maybe you'll find the next must-have solution for your company.

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Alteryx Product Training

Enrich your Alteryx skill set with our product training sessions. Whether you're new to Alteryx or an experienced user, you can increase your BI IQ by taking advantage of these free classes. Multiple sessions addressing beginner, intermediate and advanced levels are offered, allowing Alteryx technology experts to cover a variety of functionalities and processes.

Monday, February 27

Alteryx 2012 - Fundamentals
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Every Alteryx process starts with the basics. Whether you're evaluating Alteryx, you're a new user, or you're someone that simply needs to brush up on the fundamentals, this session is for you. This course covers the user interface and most commonly used tools. Leave this session with a solid foundation for building your own analytic processes.

Concepts covered:

• Introduction and Deployment Overview
• Product Interface
• Module Building Basics
• Favorite Tools

Target Audience: Beginner
Pre-Requisite: None

 

Tuesday, February 28

Alteryx 2012 - Reports
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Automated reporting is a hallmark of Alteryx processing. Join us to learn how to transform your data into presentation-ready reports for deployment throughout your organization. This session focuses on our robust set of reporting tools, allowing you to combine tables, charts, maps, and more into comprehensive, automated reports.

Concepts covered:

• Introduction
• Report Development
  • Text Tool
  • Image Tool
  • Table Tool
  • Map Tool
  • Charting Tool
• Rendering Your Reports

Note: This session will not thoroughly cover the new mapping tool functionality. That will be covered in detail in the 3:30 PM session.

Target Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Pre-Requisite: Basic understanding of module development

Alteryx 2012 - Advances in Alteryx Mapping
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

The new mapping tool is here! Join us as we take a deep dive into the new mapping functionality available with the 2012 release. Learn how to create your own theme ranges, add hatch patterns to polygons, and reorder your base map layers for an outstanding presentation map

Target Audience: All
Pre-Requisite: Basic understanding of module development

 

Wednesday, February 29

Alteryx 2012 - Analytic Apps
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Building a user interface to deploy your modules is easier than you think. This session gives you the tools necessary to transform the modules on your desktop into deployable enterprise solutions. Learn how to build a simple user interface and integrate it with a current module process.

Concepts covered:

• Introduction to Wizards
  • Wizard Overview
  • Building Wizards
  • Deployment of Wizards

Target Audience: Intermediate
Pre-Requisite: Basic understanding of module development

Alteryx 2012 - Advanced Analytic Apps
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Take your wizards to the next level! Join us to learn how to use trees to build a custom menu interface, plus detours and containers to control the flow of your wizard processing.

Concepts covered:

• Detours
• Containers
• Trees

Target Audience: Intermediate/Advanced
Pre-Requisite: Basic understanding of wizard development

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Alteryx Tips & Tricks

Enhance your Alteryx skill set with the latest and greatest best practices! Every tips & tricks attendee receives a booklet of our most popular Alteryx power-user tips. You can expect developers and power-users at this event to add to this collection as they share their discoveries from the session floor. It's hard to predict what will emerge from a lively, freeform gathering of this kind, but we anticipate a wide variety of topics, including:

• Every day time-savers for data input/output and faster processing
• Proven ways to bypass silo and traditional map-bound data bottlenecks
• When-to-use guidelines for Alteryx and your spreadsheet tool
• New tools for creating and leveraging more compelling reports
• Easy ways to embed common Excel, MapInfo and ESRI functions within Alteryx

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Alteryx User Group

The Alteryx user group brings together a diverse community Alteryx users to share the details of their analytics and BI deployments. Listen in as Alteryx customers present real-world results and detail specific ways they've been able to forecast, report, and problem solve. This forum offers ample opportunities for Q&A and peer learning.

Presenters

• Bill Abt, Senior Analyst and Real Estate Finance Manager, The Yankee Candle Company
• Erin Byers, Business Analyst, Southern States
• Michael Gold, Vice President, FarSite
• Anthony Johnson, GIS Manager, Archon Group
• Geri LaRose, Market Research Systems Analyst, Dick's Sporting Goods
• Julia Marsh, Senior Business Analyst, Southern States
• Ryan McClarren, Senior Analyst, FarSite
• Deanna Sanchez, GIS Manager, Rent-A-Center

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Opening General Session

Tuesday, February 28

Opening Keynote
8:15 AM - 10:00 AM

Get ready for an energetic morning as Dean Stoecker, Alteryx Chairman & CEO, kicks off the conference with an insightful overview of the analytics community. Then hear from Gene Kranz, American hero and former NASA Flight Control Director. Best known for leading the team that returned Apollo 13 to Earth in 1970 after an on-board explosion, Kranz will inspire with his fascinating thoughts on mission-critical systems and our growing need for analytical sciences.

Executive Panel: Agile BI and Analytics
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Moderator: Olivia Duane Adams, Chief Customer Officer, Alteryx

Panelists:
Boris Evelson, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Business Intelligence, Forrester
Joseph McKeska, Group Vice President, Real Estate and Market Development, SuperValu
Todd Rudie, Vice President, Software Development, Experian Marketing Services

Closing General Session

Wednesday, February 29

Strategic Analytics 7.0 and the Road Ahead
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Be the first to find out where Alteryx is headed with Strategic Analytics 7.0 and a sneak peek of our future product direction. Grab a front row seat and hear from George Mathew, Alteryx's President and COO, as he give you the inside scoop on our company's vision for Predictive, Big Data, Spatial, & the Cloud. This action-packed general session includes a mix of vision, product potential, and a healthy dose of live demonstrations.

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Developer Spotlight & Studio

Dive head-first into the technical processes that define the pervasiveness of the Alteryx engine integration. Conceptual presentations intended for decision-makers precedes an afternoon of developer-level discussions, which address the technical methodology behind each of the earlier presentations. Learn from Alteryx Core Developers and the most advanced Alteryx users; this is an opportunity you do not want to miss.

Session 1
Tuesday 1:00 PM - 3:15 PM and Wednesday 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Audience: Business leaders and developers

Presenters will provide a conceptual presentation of applications, including the methodologies and decisions behind the integration of Alteryx.

Session 2
Tuesday 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM and Wednesday 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Audience: Developers

This is a low-key opportunity for developers to discuss the technical considerations of the topics from Session 1. Each presenter will have a workstation to display and discuss code, modules, tools, and more.

Presenter

Adrian Harvey
Senior Research Analyst
Buxton

Gary Wood
Vice President, Software Development
Environics Analytics

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Business Leader Summit

The Alteryx Business Leader Summit will explore the fundamental changes taking place as executives, IT professionals, and the power users they support demand a more agile approach to BI. Over the course of two days, analysts and business leaders from Fortune 100 and small to mid-sized companies will examine leading business intelligence solutions, provide advice, outline proven real-world strategies, and highlight best practices. You'll hear firsthand how Alteryx is being used to gain and maintain a competitive advantage across a wide variety of market verticals. Plus, you'll see the latest tools for developing a more effective BI strategy and improving your overall operational performance.

Interactive sessions will allow you to network with your peers and presenters to discuss the latest trends and major challenges BI practitioners will face in 2012 and beyond, including:

• How to quickly integrate new data sources so users have them at their disposal
• The affect that social data can have on brand reputations, and how to harness this vast resource to provide insightful new perspectives
• How the growing depth and breadth of various data sources could impact performance and availability
• How Return on Investment (ROI) can be calculated to justify BI expenses
• The impact that agile BI and its rapid results can have on existing processes and new applications, and how companies have been able to transform their business models accordingly

The Business Leader Summit will conclude with a thought-provoking panel session that will bring together all speakers from the previous two days to comment on what they learned from each other, as well as address questions from the audience.

Tuesday, February 28

1:00 PM - 3:15 PM

• Boris Evelson, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Business Intelligence, Forrester
• Customer Presentations
  • Michael Brennan, Vice President, Active Informatix
  • Andy Verostek, Market Planning Analyst, Del Taco

Wednesday, February 29

How Alteryx Uses Alteryx
10:15 AM - 12:00 PM

Customer Presentations
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

• Tom Sturgeon, Analytics Manager, North America IT Business, Schneider Electric
• Drew Moore, Senior GIS Analyst, Great Clips
• Christian Ormond, Director of Site Location, Delhaize America
• Jan Kestle, President, Environics Analytics and Mukund Padmanabhan, Director of Real Estate Research, Office Depot

Executive Panel: Q&A with Alteryx Executives
You've had a chance to hear about the evolution of the analytics landscape, and how these advancements are being incorporated into the strategic operations of Alteryx and many of our customers. As the Business Leader Summit concludes, Alteryx executives take the stage to answer any questions you may have, as well as discuss how they relate to the evolution of the overall Alteryx vision.

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Awards Dinner

Each year, Alteryx hosts an evening of celebration to honor the achievements of our clients and partners. We take pride in supporting a community of technology users who are driving change within their organizations. This dinner is a great way to meet and network with conference attendees and speakers, all who are achieving amazing results with winning strategies.

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