First Analytics regularly participates in industry events and conferences, often as a speaker and occasionally as a sponsor.
For some of the events below, in some circumstances, we may be able to make the content (slides, video recordings) available. If you are interested, please contact us.
| Year | Event | Role | Session Title (if applicable) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Railway Interchange (RSI) | Speaker | Analytical Approaches to Validating Railroad Fuel Saving Technology |
| 2024 | SAS Small and Midsize Business Summit | Panel Participant | Getting Started with AI |
| 2024 | Communicating with Finesse Webinar | Speaker | Communicating Artificial Intelligence |
| 2024 | Community of Human and Organizational Learning Annual Conference | Speaker | My CEO Asked for AI: A Year in Review |
| 2024 | Community of Human and Organizational Learning Webinar | Speaker and Panelist | My CEO Says I'm Supposed to Use AI. Now What? |
| 2024 | SAS Webinar | Speaker | Enhancing Worker Safety through Predictive Analytics |
| 2024 | ODSC East | Speaker | Unlocking Hidden Value: Data Science + Optimization |
| 2024 | North American Meat Institute Environment, Labor & Safety+ Conference | Speaker | Predictive Safety Analytics for Worker Safety |
| 2023 | North American Meat Institute Protein PACT summit | Speaker | 1. Predicitive Safety Analytics for Worker Safety 2. Predictive Analytics for Employee Retention |
| 2023 | Gurobi Days Chicago | Speaker | Replatforming to Gurobi using AI Tools |
| 2023 | Community of Human and Organizational Learning Annual Conference | Speaker | 1. The Current State of AI: The Good, Bad, and Evil of ChatGPT 2. Machine Learning to Assess Accident Risk for Truck and Train Operators |
| 2023 | IBF Predictive Business Analytics and Forecasting Conference | Speaker | Using Attributes for Better Forecasting and Product Insight |
| 2022 | Utility Analytics Week | Participant | Advanced Safety Analytics: Modeling the Way to Keep Employees Safe |
| 2022 | Community of Human and Organizational Learning Annual Conference | Speaker | Predictive Analytics for Safety |
| 2022 | Community of Human and Organizational Learning Webinar | Speaker | Add Predictive Analytics to Your Safety Management System |
| 2021 | OSHA Oil and Gas Safety and Health Conference | Speaker | Add Predictive Analytics to Your Safety Management System |
| 2021 | Symphony Industrial AI Webinar | Speaker | Productionizing AI in Manufacturing |
| 2021 | National Retail Federation - SAS Program | Q&A Panel Participant | |
| 2020 | Big Ideas in Supply Chain Podcast | Discussion Participant | Black Swan Events and the Supply Chain Renaissance |
| 2020 | SAS Utility Analytics Board Webcast | Panel Participant | Utility Leaders Sound off on COVID-19 and Sustaining Operations Amid the Pandemic |
| 2019 | North Carolina Safety Congress | Keynote Speaker | It’s Time to Move On to Predictive Analytics for Safety |
| 2019 | Foresight Practitioner Conference | Speaker | Machine Augmented Demand Planning |
| 2019 | APICS/IBF Mexcio City | Speaker | Cómo el uso de Machine Learning aumenta los pronósticos estadísticos para mejorar la planeación de la demanda en la empresa Kellogg |
| 2019 | OHS Leaders Summit | Sponsor | |
| 2019 | IoT Global Innovation Forum | Opening Speaker | Why Your “Analytics of Things” Aspirations are in Jeopardy |
| 2019 | Michigan Analytics Consortium (private event) | Speaker | Keeping Up with the Bewildering Evolution of Analytics Platforms |
| 2019 | SAS Global Forum | Speaker at private client event | Beyond Demand Planning and Marketing Mix: Analytics You May Not Have Considered |
| 2018 | SAS Global Forum | Sponsor | |
| 2018 | SAS Global Forum | Speaker | Using the COPULA Procedure to Simulate Multivariate Data |
| 2018 | SAS Webinar | Speaker | Employee Safety and Incident Management |
| 2018 | SAS Manufacturing Executive Forum | Speaker | Use Analytics to Redefine your Approach to Safety |
| 2018 | OHS Leaders Summit | Sponsor | |
| 2018 | National Safety Congress and Expo | Sponsor | |
| 2018 | Industry Week Manufacturing and Technology Conference and Expo | Speaker | Making Sense of Sensor Data: Adventures in Analytics |
| 2018 | JPK Data Intelligence and Analytics Summit | Speaker | How Machine Learning, Econometrics, and Risk Analysis are advancing promotion and supply chain planning. |
| 2018 | SAS Analytics Experience | Speaker | How Machine Learning Boosts Statistical Forecasting for Better Demand Planning at Kellogg’s |
| 2017 | SAS Global Forum | Sponsor | |
| 2017 | SAS Webinar | Speaker | Manufacturing and Consumer Goods: Improving Workplace Safety with Analytics |
| 2017 | National Safety Congress and Expo | Sponsor | |
| 2017 | IoT World | Sponsor | |
| 2017 | SAS Analytics Experience | Sponsor | |
| 2017 | Michigan Analytics Consortium (private event) | Speaker | Trends in Demand Planning |
| 2017 | mHub Chicago Lunch and Learn | Speaker | Building Machine Learning into your Product |
| 2017 | SAS Analytics Experience | Speaker | Advancing Smart Factory Initiatives at Kelloggs with SAS Asset Performance Analytics |
| 2017 | SAS Analytics Experience | Speaker and workshop facilitator | Adapting to Change in Analytical Tools and Methods, featuring Tom Davenport |
| 2016 | SAS Global Forum | Sponsor | |
| 2016 | IoT World | Sponsor | |
| 2015 | SAS Global Forum | Sponsor | |
| 2015 | International Heavy Haul Association | Contributor | Inertial Tractive Effort as an Explanatory Variable in the Analysis of Locomotive Fuel Savings |
| 2014 | SAS Transportation Summit | Speaker | Safety Analytics at Union Pacific Railroad |
| 2013 | SAS Utilities Users Group Webinar | Speaker | Power Up: How Utilities Can Bypass “Big Data” Hype and Tap True Value in Analytics |
| 2013 | Midwest SAS Users Group | Speaker | Introduction to Market Basket Analysis |
| 2013 | SAS Rail Summit | Speaker | Railroad Safety |
| 2011 | INTERCONF (Brazil) | Speaker |