Abu Dhabi, May 24, 2017: Trescon concluded ‘Big Data Analytics & Digital Transformation Workshop’ on 16 May 2017 where international tech giants like IBM(GBM), Happiest Minds, Intuitu Analytics, Alpha Data, HP Enterprise, UMa Soft and 3T Xpert showcased their solutions in the age where data is growing exponentially in terms of volume, variety, velocity and complexity.
The 2-day workshop had highly stimulating and application-based sessions that combined technical and business knowledge to help attendees provide solutions to the challenges that Information Sciences and Big Data pose on corporations in the 21st century.
Designed to enable business growth, Trescon’s common goal in this workshop was to help businesses that are looking for innovative ways to use the data from the online channels & the physical data that they have. #BigDataSeries, aimed to shed light on innovative ways to use larger and broader data sets that are both structured and unstructured, in a meaningful way, solving complex business problems.
“UAE is a global role model when it comes to adopting Technology & Infrastructure at breakneck speed. The timing is most appropriate for the Public and Private enterprises to adopt Data & Digital Transformation.”, says Rajiv Peddada – VP & Regional Head, Middle East at Happiest Minds Technologies.
Mr Tony Chacko Joseph, Program (EDirham), Ministry of Finance, Abu Dhabi delivered a keynote on ‘Digital Transformation: Driver to cashless economy’. Another keynote session was followed by Mr Sunil Shirguppi, Senior Vice President – Big Data & Analytics, Happiest Minds on ‘Analytics driven Digital Transformation’.
Post these keynotes, there were 3 workshops by:
1. Mr Joel Waterman, Watson Financial Services Solutions Leader at IBM conducted a workshop on ‘Digital Reinvention for the Cognitive era’
2. Dr Mohamed Guidoum, Co-founder and CEO at Intuitu Analytics conducted a workshop on ‘A roadmap for deploying Big Data analytics to drive successful strategy execution’
3. Dr Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton conducted a workshop on ‘Big Data Analytics and Data Science Masterclass’ and ‘Roadmap to create value from Big Data & Data Science in multiple industry verticals’
Book launch
Day 2 started with the book launch written by Dr Hashem Hamed Al Mansoori, Former Founder & DG of e-Governance on’Abu Dhabi – Towards Smart Capital City’ which was followed by his keynote.
Mr Kumar Prasoon, Group CIO, Al Safeer Group delivered a keynote on ‘Modern Smart Industry Framework with Blockchain, BigData, Enterprise Mobility and Smart Sensors Mechanics augmented Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT).’
Followed by this, there were three workshops.
1. Mr Alaa Mahjoub, Data Management Senior Expert at ACE on ‘Building the Architecture of Transportation Digital Business’ and ‘Big Data & Integration of Big Data Analytics with Industrial Automation Control Systems (IACS)’
2. Dr Sid Ahmed Benraouane who is a Professor in University of Minnesota, USA conducted a workshop on ‘Leading big data and change management strategy: Decision making, execution & people analytics.’
3. The 2-day event ended with a workshop by Mr Axel Angeli, SAP Guru on ‘Opportunities in the Digital Revolution and Strategies for Internet of Things, Ultra Large Clouds, Big Data, Smart Cities and Smart Industry 4.0.’
Workshop sponsors and the media partners of the ‘Big Data Analytics & Digital
Transformation Workshop’ include:
- Premier Workshop Sponsor – Gulf Business Machines (GBM)
- Workshop Sponsor – Intuitu Analytics
- Keynote Sponsor – Happiest Minds
- Networking Sponsors – Alpha Data, HP Enterprise, UMa Soft, 3T Expert
- Communications Partner – Flock
- Media Partners – DataFloq, Media Buzz, Geo Connextion, Insight World, Insight Middle East & Africa, Enterprise Management 360 and Oxford Business Group.
Mr. Mohammed Saleem, CEO, Trescon said, “We are extremely proud to host some of the biggest influencers in the digital transformation space who play a vital role in shaping the market. Aimed to shed light on innovative ways, participants discussed how both structured and unstructured, larger and broader data sets can be optimised in a meaningful way, solving complex business problems.”
Trescon, specialised in producing highly focused B2B events is hosting a series events named as Digital Transformation Show in Dubai, Qatar and Riyadh later this year. Digital Transformation Show aims at evaluating the latest trends in digital space including but not limited to Digitalization, Internet of Things (IOT), Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Virtual & Augmented Reality and disruption. The outline is to examine how all these technologies are connected and how can be efficiently being used to run businesses smartly.
For more information contact Krunal Makwana on +91 95588 88817, [email protected] or visit https://www.tresconglobal.com/bigdata
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
