POST EVENT REPORT 2015

HOW THE BIG DATA REVOLUTION CAN POWER YOUR BUSINESS!

POST EVENT REPORT 2015

Thank you Letter

Sponsors and Partners

Masterclass Leaders and Speakers

Workshops’ Attendee Profile & Sector Breakdown

Sponsor & Delegate’s view of participating

365 Day Marketing Plan

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Thank you for attending the Qatar Big Data and Analytics Workshops 2015 which took place successfully on 7 – 8 June at the Doha Marriott Hotel.

The Workshops hosted more than 50

attendees – and received widespread praise from speakers and audience members for the intellectual quality of the presentations and the high-level networking opportunities provided. The two days’ workshops were designed to reinforce the importance of new Qatari IT investment into Business Intelligence and Big Data, with strong support from our two lead sponsors, Mannai and Oracle.

Delegates learned about scores of important use-cases as well as intensive seminars on Data Visualisation and Data Science. Practical illustrations dealt with specific issues covered education, transport, telecoms, utilities, IT, airline, banking, energy, sports, healthcare and retail sectors.

One important issue that emerged was the need for more home-grown IT talent and for regional universities to build courses around

complicated business challenges such as Big Data analysis. Shortage of talent seems to be a key issue and data scientists are currently rare commodities.

The two masterclass leaders were recognised international thought-leaders: Dr Mouwafac Sidaoui, Associate Professor and Chair Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems, University of San Francisco and Dr Satyam Priyadarshy, Chief Data Scientist, Halliburton.

Delegates attended from the Qatar Ministries of Public Works, Education and Transport, Ooredoo, Qatar Central Bank, Qatar Investment Authority, Electricity & Co-Generation

Regulatory Authority, Anti-Doping Laboratory Qatar, Qatar Olympic Committee, Qatar Petroleum, Qatar Gas, ICT Qatar, Al Khaliji Bank, Hamad Medical Corporation, Aspire Zone, Landmark Group and Gulf Mall, among others.

EXPANDED, FULL-SCALE QATAR BIG

DATA SUMMIT ANNOUNCED FOR 2016

“Next year’s QATAR BIG DATA SUMMIT will showcase Qatar’s early adopter big data stories”

-- Kumar Ramanujam, TMC

We thank you for sharing with us your

suggestions for the next, expanded, edition of this event the QATAR BIG DATA & ANALYTICS SUMMIT 2016 which will take place in Doha from 22 – 24 May next year!

The positive reactions from IT and Data professionals present have also led us to announce the OMAN BIG DATA & ANALYTICS SUMMIT which will take place in Muscat 4 – 5 October 2015, and the SAUDI BIG DATA SUMMIT which will take place in Riyadh, 16 - 17 November, 2015. Best Regards, Stefan Kemball Director of Strategy, TMC Tel: +971 4 276 5409 Email: [email protected]

“The GCC has jumped a curve from Business Intelligence to Big Data.

Forward looking organisations in Qatar now have many successful POC’s

and use cases to support their future Analytics planning…”

Kumar Ramanujam, Director of Conferences, TMC (Event Organisers)

Dear Participant

www.bigdataqatar.com +9714 276 5409 [email protected]

Sponsors

Partners

Masterclass Leaders

& Speakers

Associate Professor and Chair Department of Business Analytics and Information Systems

University of San Francisco

Ivy Li

Managing Director and Co-Founder

iOmniscient

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy

Chief Data Scientist

Halliburton

Jeff Penrose

Solutions Director Industry Solutions Group

Oracle

Osama Ahmad

Big Data Sales Consultant Gulf States

Oracle

www.bigdataqatar.com +9714 276 5409

Luis Campos

Big Data Solutions Director

Oracle EMEA

Yahya Mahmoud

Director

Oil & Gas Industries Business Unit

Oracle MEA Gurjot Sandhu Director of Sales Xalted Kaustav Ghosh

Member of Advisory Board

Business Brio

Ahmed Aziz

Area Lead MEA

Symanto

Ömer Faruk Kurt

Founder and CEO

Oredata

Workshops’ Attendee Profiles

& Sector Breakdown

Number of years the event

has run:

Launch edition

Venue: Doha Marriott Hotel

Number of sponsors & partners: 9 Total Number of attendees: 80 Number of countries represented: 8

Geographical breakdown of participants

Job title breakdown of participants / Who attended the Summit

89%

Sponsors’ and Delegates’ Views

on Participating

Average rating of the event: 92% of sponsors / solution providers would recommend the event to others

REASONS FOR PARTICIPATING

DELEGATES VIEW OF ATTENDING

REASONS FOR ATTENDING SUCCESS OF SPONSORS / EXHIBITORS

91%

Event: Good / Excellent

84%

Delegates Quality: Good / Excellent

95%

Networking Opportunities: Good

Average rating for the event:

8 out of 10

of the delegates would recommend the event to others

Networking opportunities Partner endorsement Business Opportunities Conference program Meeting existing partners or clients Forge new partnerships

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Media Coverage

Qatar Big Data & Analytics

Workshops 2015

making headlines 1/3

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Qatar Tribune

Media Coverage

Qatar Big Data & Analytics

Workshops 2015

making headlines 2/3

Media Coverage

Qatar Big Data & Analytics

Workshops 2015

making headlines 3/3

Full Page Advert featuring in leading IT Publications

Enterprise Management 360 & Teletimes

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Sponsorship

Opportunities

Qatar Big Data and Analytics Workshops provided an unmatched opportunity to engage with multiple stakeholders in the Big Data industry at different levels from across the globe. These

included government, retail, FMCG, Oil & Gas, Banking and financial institutions, telecom operators, IT Infrastructure heads and consultants. They come here to network, learn and source solutions

for existing challenges and future projects.

With so much noise in the market, how do you stand out from the rest?

The QATAR BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS SUMMIT will offer even greater opportunities for engagement with the market.

How do you get seen and heard by your main clients? Or are they buying from your competitors that are already involved in Qatar Big Data & Analytics?

Upcoming Events in 2015 / 2016

GCC Cyber Security Summit 2015

13 – 15 September 2015 Beach Rotana, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Oman Big Data & Analytics 4 – 5 October 2015 Muscat, Oman

Facilities Innovation Forum Qatar

18 – 21 October 2015 Intercontinental Doha Hotel

Saudi Big Data & Analytics Summit 2015 16-17 November 2015 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2nd GCC Big Data & Analytics Summit 2016 20-23 March 2016 Abu Dhabi, UAE

Qatar Big Data & Analytics Summit 2016 – Expanded Edition 22 – 24 May, 2015 Doha, Qatar

SEE YOU AT THE EXPANDED

2016 EDITION!

22 – 24 May

Doha, Qatar

Contacts

For all Event & partnership enquiries, please contact Kumaraguru Ramanujam Project Director

+971 4 276 5409

[email protected]

For all sponsorship and exhibition enquiries, please contact

Sanjeev Singh Sponsorship Director +971 4 276 5409

[email protected]

For all Marketing enquiries, please contact Nour Naffi Marketing Manager +971 4 276 5409 [email protected] 04 05