More than 10 speakers from various South African enterprises will speak at SAS Forum International, the premier annual event for enterprise business intelligence, which is to take place from 16 to 18 May in Geneva.
The forum is expected to attract more than 2 000 business leaders, managers and IT professionals, and offers more than 200 presentations and round table discussions.
South Africa will be well represented as business leaders from more than 140 companies in 40 countries present ways to apply BI for better return on investment as well as share industry-specific best practices and solutions to real-life challenges.
The South African speakers are all from organisations that have successfully implemented SAS solutions, and will provide expert testimonial on lessons learned and benefits gained from the implementation.
Presenters will also demonstrate how they were able to develop repeatable approaches to ensure customer profitability and turn regulatory compliance issues into value-adding opportunities. This year's event opens with the keynotes of two prestigious speakers: Edward C Prescott, 2004 Nobel Prize Laureate and Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum.
South African speakers include
* Absa Bank
* Cor Winkler
* Old Mutual
* Mayibuye Group
* Nedbank
* MTN South Africa
* Lechabile Information Quality Management
* Ernst & Young
* Business Performance Solutions
* Professor from North West University
Bill Hoggarth, Country Manager of SAS South Africa, says: "The SAS Forum is the largest business intelligence conference outside the United States. That South Africa is being represented by more than 10 speakers from a broad range of industries shows the country is growing in terms of international recognition in the business intelligence arena."
This year, SAS will present a number of awards to organisations demonstrating productivity gains, cost or time savings or the achievement of organisation or business goals using SAS software. Award categories range from Best Enterprise Intelligence strategy to best projects of the year in the fields of customer intelligence, financial intelligence, risk, performance management and industry-specific solutions.
Visit www.sas.com/sasforuminternational for more information on the conference agenda and registration.
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