SparkED Education Summit 2024: Empowering the Future of Data Analytics

Connect, Collaborate, and Learn at the Essential Analytics Education Event

Join us at the Alteryx SparkED Education Summit, May 14th, where industry and educators come together to impact the data analytics workforce needs of today and for the future. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate, share best practices, and network with industry leaders and educators from around the world.


By attending the Education Summit on May 14th, you will also receive complimentary admission to Alteryx Inspire, taking place from May 15-16 to a value of $1600.


Request your complimentary pass to the Alteryx SparkED Education Summit and Alteryx Inspire Conference today!




Once you receive confirmation of your complimentary pass, you will be provided a unique registration code to use on the Inspire Registration Page.

SESSIONS

The SparkED Education Summit is packed with informative sessions. Join our global network of educators to explore:
  • How educators can prepare students for careers impacted by Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Analytics teaching best practices 
  • How to integrate industry trends into the curriculum  
Agenda
Keynote Sessions
START END AGENDA
8:00 9:00 Registration | Solution Showcase
9:00 9:15 Welcome and introduction
Overview of APAC | Alteryx Growth & People
Heidi Badgery – Managing Director ANZ, Alteryx
9:15 9:45 Business Keynote by Alteryx
Calling All Changemakers: The Time is Now
Alan Jacobson – Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Alteryx
We believe everyone should have more access to their data from everywhere, more efficiency in their business and the ability to directly affect outcomes. Hear from Chief Data & Analytics Officer Alan Jacobson on how Alteryx is enabling businesses like yours to break free from traditional data analytics and empower every person to create life-changing insights with the data that surrounds them.
9:45 9:55 Customer Session
9:55 10:10 Alteryx SparkED
Empowering People in Data Analytics
Libby Duane Adams – Chief Advocacy Officer and Co-founder, Alteryx
Discover how Alteryx is leading the charge in making modern data analytics for all a reality across the globe. Libby Duane Adams, Chief Advocacy Officer and co-founder, will detail the ways that Alteryx enables knowledge workers everywhere, in any line of business, to leverage data insights. See how Alteryx upskilling is helping organizations increase their analytics maturity and how our education initiatives, via the Alteryx SparkED education program, are helping graduating students and learners of all kinds be proficient in analytics from day one on the job.
10:10 10:20 Customer Session
10:20 10:30 Excellence Awards
10:30 11:00 Morning Tea Break | Solution Showcase
11:00 12:15 Technology Keynote
Automating Analytics: Find Clarity in a Chaotic World
Jay Henderson – Senior Vice President, Product Management for  Alteryx
Natalie Nguyen – Vice President of Product Management, Alteryx 
Quoc Tran – RVP, APJ Designer Cloud Sales, Alteryx
Joshua Burkhow – Principal Evangelist, Alteryx
From the way we do commerce to where we do business, in transformative times, analytics can provide the clarity that your organization craves. Chief Product Officer Suresh Vittal is your guide as he shares the Alteryx product strategy and how our relentless innovation agenda will help you keep pace with the exploding demand for insights. You’ll also get a tour of the Alteryx roadmap and the pipeline of products that are bringing the awesome power of analytics to all.
12:15 13:30 Lunch | Solution Showcase
Agenda
Breakout Sessions
START END BREAKOUT A
13:30 14:00 How IAG use Alteryx Auto Insights to Supercharge Their Organisation
James Tesoriero - Manager, Property Claims, IAG
Justin Cunneen - Manager, Analytics Engineering, IAG
Nick Thomas - Business Performance Specialist, IAG
Join Justin Cunneen, Nick Thomas and James Tesoriero from IAG on their journey to democratise data, supercharge their speed to insights and ultimately increase the data literacy and data driven decision making of their front-line teams.
14:00 14:45 Alteryx for Finance/Excel Users
Adrian Tan – Sales Engineer, Alteryx
Most Excel users lose hours every week updating and trouble-shooting spreadsheets. A seasoned expert will teach you how to transition common Excel functions into an Alteryx workflow. You'll see firsthand how to save time by automating familiar actions.
14:45 15:15 Afternoon Tea Break | Solution Showcase A
15:15 16:00 Alteryx for Data Preparation
Johny Li– Sales Engineer, Alteryx
No data set is formatted to have all the metrics and insights you need. Calculating new fields, updating existing fields, and preparing data sets are crucial for insightful analysis.
16:00 16:45 Getting Visual with Reporting
Siriwan Kittithumkul – Sales Engineer, Alteryx
Kickstart yourself into the world of automated reporting by attending this session. Learn how the reporting tools function and how you can make the most of them!
16:45 17:45 Networking at Solution Showcase Area | Closing and Lucky Draw 1
START END BREAKOUT B
13:30 14:15 Predictive Modelling with AIS
Andrew Gu – Sales Engineer, Alteryx
Come see why Alteryx is best-in-class for ease of use and transparency in the predictive modeling process. Join this session to understand how to leverage the Intelligence Suite smart modeling capabilities in the Alteryx Designer.
14:15 14:45 Customer Session
14:45 15:15 Afternoon Tea Break | Solution Showcase B
15:15 16:00 Introduction to Analytical Apps
Emily Crossin – Sales Engineer Manager, Alteryx
Have you ever wondered how to share your workflows with others while giving them the ability to change specific criteria about the data used? In this session, you will learn why and how to create Alteryx Apps that can be shared across your Enterprise.
16:00 16:45 Deploy Solutions & Collaborate in Alteryx Server
Arthur Apalis – Snr. Sales Engineer, Alteryx
Are people always coming to you with data requests? Have you built workflows that others need to run? Learn how to publish your workflows to Alteryx Server so others can be self-sufficient with their requests and users can run Alteryx apps from a simple web interface.
16:45 17:45 Networking at Solution Showcase Area | Closing and Lucky Draw 2
Speakers
We are thrilled to announce a few of our session speakers for the event. Gain valuable insights from these industry experts as they share their knowledge and expertise.
Speaker 1
Libby Duane Adams
Alteryx Co-founder and Chief Advocacy Officer
Speaker 2
Heidi Badgery
Managing Director ANZ, Alteryx
Heidi Badgery is the Managing Director of Alteryx in ANZ, and is zealous to accelerate Alteryx’s growth strategy and empower more organizations to use their data to make decisions at pace and scale, to achieve business outcomes.
Speaker 3
Jeff Selingo
New York Times bestselling author and higher education leader
Speaker 4
Joshua Burkhow
Alteryx Chief Evangelist
Speaker 5
Jason Belland
Global VP Alteryx SparkED Education Program

Speaker 6
Natalie Nguyen
Vice President of Product Management, Alteryx
Natalie Nguyen is the VP of Product for Auto Insights (formerly Hyper Anna) at Alteryx. Since founding Hyper Anna at the beginning of 2016, she has led the company through various stages and raised over A$17M in funding.
Speaker 7
Quoc Tran
RVP, APJ Designer Cloud Sales, Alteryx
Quoc Tran is the RVP for Designer Cloud sales in APJ for Alteryx. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for the go-to-market of Designer Cloud powered by Trifacta business in Asia Pacific and Japan.
SPEAKERS
We are thrilled to announce a few of our session speakers for the event. Gain valuable insights from these industry experts as they share their knowledge and expertise.
Speaker 8
Libby Duane Adams
Alteryx Co-founder and Chief Advocacy Officer
Speaker 9
Jason Belland
Global VP Alteryx SparkED Education Program
Speaker 10
Jeff Selingo
New York Times bestselling author and
higher education leader
Speaker 11
Joshua Burkhow
Alteryx Chief Evangelist
Speaker 12
James Tesoriero
Manager, Property Claims, IAG
Currently managing property claims with a strong passion for using data and analytics to help grow our business.
Speaker 13
Johny Li
Solutions Engineer, Alteryx
Johny has helped organisations and individuals go on the journey of data democratisation and digital transformation with a focus on the financial services sector.
Speaker 14
Justin Cunneen
Manager, Analytics Engineering, IAG
Currently a data engineering manager, responsible for the delivery of Auto Insights across IAG
Speaker 15
Nick Thomas
Business Performance Specialist, IAG
Currently a business performance specialist in fraud & investigations – responsible for developing appropriate reporting & analysis solutions to support a rapidly changing business
Speaker 16
Siriwan Kittithumkul
Solutions Engineer, Alteryx
Siriwan has experience in Data and Analytics for more than 10 years, especially in Business Intelligence (BI), Data Mining & Machine Learning, Data Warehouse, and Big Data solutions both on premise and on cloud.
Still not convinced? Take a look at what last year’s Education Summit participants had to say.
Still not convinced? Take a look at what last year’s Education Summit participants had to say.