Strata + Hadoop World Overview: Putting big data to work

Program | Conference leadership | Industry snapshot | Who attends | Why participate

Strata + Hadoop World is the "must-attend" event for how big data, machine learning, pervasive computing, and analytics are changing not only business, but the way we live. It's where influential business decision makers, strategists, architects, developers, and analysts gather to tap into the opportunity that big data presents.

From its inaugural event in San Francisco in 2011, Strata + Hadoop World has been selling out venues and expanding into big data epicenters around the world: New York, London, Singapore, and now Beijing.

China, with its massive economic influence, huge Internet and mobile-using population, and explosive growth presents enormous data opportunities as well as some unique challenges. If you do business (or plan to) in this part of the world, you need to be a part of Strata + Hadoop World.

Strata + Hadoop World Beijing is presented by O'Reilly Media, Inc. and Cloudrea. O'Reilly Beijing is an international branch of O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Program

Strata + Hadoop World in Beijing will pack four solid days with thought-provoking keynotes, in-depth training, targeted sessions, fast-paced demonstrations, and a sponsor pavilion featuring the latest tools and technologies. The vibrant "hallway track" provides unparalleled opportunities to connect informally with some of the best minds in data.

Join expert data scientists, analysts, and executives from innovative companies of all sizes in Beijing to learn, connect, and explore the complex issues and exciting opportunities around:

• Data Innovations
• Data Science & Advanced Analytics
• Enterprise Adoption
• Hadoop Use Cases
• Hadoop Internals & Development
• Internet of Things & Real-time data
• Security
• Spark & Beyond
• Visualization & User Experience
• Open Data

Immersed in deeply practical training and inspired by innovative ideas, Strata + Hadoop World attendees gain the knowledge and skills they need to make better business decisions in a data-driven world. It’s a world-class networking event, and the breadth and depth of expertise at Strata + Hadoop World is unsurpassed: with over 80 presentations, attendees are sure to find solutions to their most pressing data issues.

Conference leadership

O'Reilly and Cloudera have partnered to bring Hadoop World to all Strata Conferences worldwide. The event’s content is carefully curated by:

Tim O’Reilly
O’Reilly Media, Founder and CEO
Tim's original business plan was "interesting work for interesting people," and that's worked out pretty well. He publishes books, runs conferences, invests in early-stage startups, urges companies to create more value than they capture, and tries to change the world by spreading and amplifying the knowledge of innovators. Tim is also a partner at O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, a founder and board member of Safari Books Online and Maker Media, and on the boards of Code for America and PeerJ.

Doug Cutting
Cloudera
Doug (@cutting) is the founder of numerous successful open source projects, including Lucene, Nutch, Avro, and Hadoop. Doug joined Cloudera in 2009 from Yahoo!, where he was a key member of the team that built and deployed a production Hadoop storage and analysis cluster for mission-critical business analytics. Doug holds a Bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and sits on the Board of the Apache Software Foundation.​

Ben Lorica
O’Reilly Media, Chief Data Scientist
Ben has applied business intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and statistical analysis in a variety of settings including direct marketing, consumer and market research, targeted advertising, text mining, and financial engineering. His background includes stints with an investment management company, internet startups, and financial services.

Jason Dai
Intel, Chief Architect of Big Data Technologies
Jason is the chief architect of Big Data technologies at Intel. Prior to that, he was a principal architect at Microsoft, responsible for building a large-scale cloud and Big Data platform that powers some of the largest internet services in the company. Before joining Microsoft, he was an engineering director and principal engineer at Intel, responsible for advanced research and development of Big Data platforms, including a joint-development with UC Berkeley on the next generation of Big Data technologies (e.g., Apache Spark stack), and building next-gen Big Data platforms for some of the largest websites in the world. Jason is an internationally recognized expert on Big Data, cloud, parallel computing, and compiler technologies.

Industry snapshot

Strata + Hadoop World inspires and impacts data professionals in a broad range of industries:

• Software / Internet
• Banking / Finance
• Solutions Provider / IT Consultancy
• Media / Publishing
• Hardware / Computers
• Retail / E-Commerce
• Education
• Consultant (Non-IT) / Business Services
• Venture Capital / Investment Banking
• Carriers / Telecommunications
• Healthcare / Medical / Rx / Biotech
• Insurance
• Government
• Manufacturing

Who attends

Strata + Hadoop World attracts leading data professionals from around the globe, including:

• VPs or directors of marketing, analytics, and data warehousing
• CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects
• Business analysts and decision-makers
• Data scientists
• Data engineers
• Developers and database professionals
• Product managers
• Designers
• Researchers and academics
• Data-driven designers, journalists, anthropologists
• VCs and investors
• Innovators and entrepreneurs

Why participate

At Strata + Hadoop World, you'll:

• Be among the first to understand how you can leverage the promise of this huge change, and survive the resulting disruption
• Find new ways to leverage your data assets across industries and disciplines
• Learn how to take big data from science project to real business application
• Discover training, hiring, and career opportunities for data professionals
• Meet-face-to face with other innovators and thought leaders
• Connect with the leading data tools vendors and evaluate solutions to your big data challenges

Strata + Hadoop World delivers the nuts-and-bolts foundation for building a data-driven business—forward-looking insights, ahead-of-the-curve thinking, and the latest on the skills, tools, and technologies that make data work.

The future belongs to those who understand how to collect and use their data successfully. And that future happens at Strata + Hadoop World.