The End of Intuition?


This event, hosted by m6d and NYU Stern Center for Business Analytics on January 16th, brought forth a range of speakers from the industry to academia to discuss the impacts of the data science revolution on advertising and society.



 
 

ABOUT

Underwritten by Media6Degrees and the Stern Center for Business Analytics, ADS-CON is a half-day symposium dedicated to the exploration of the data science revolution changing advertising (and society) as we know it. During this year's forum, today's preeminent advertising and data science experts helped attendees better understand the crucial change agents behind the shift.   The symposium was designed for CMOs, media agency VPs, strategists and data scientists as well as anyone else vested in ensuring that the success of their advertising programs capitalizes on present possibilities versus past notions. Is it the end of intuition? Visit the speakers and agenda links to find out who delivered an opinion on this crucial question.



 
 

SPEAKERS

SINAN ARAL
Assistant Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, New York University Stern Center for Business Analytics
 
EUGENE BECKER
Head of Analytics, Xaxis
 
BRIAN DALESSANDRO
VP of Data Science, Media6Degrees
 
VASANT DHAR
Professor and Head of the Information Systems Group at New York University Stern Center for Business Analytics
 
JEFF DOW
SVP of Digital Strategy & Analytics, Starcom MediaVest Group
 
DAVID EDELMAN
Principal, McKinsey & Company
 
ANINDYA GHOSE
Professor and Co-Director, NYU Stern Center for Business Analytics
 
ALEXIS MADRIGAL
Senior Editor, The Atlantic
 
JOANNA O'CONNELL
Principal Analyst Serving Interactive Marketing Professionals, Forrester Research, Inc.
 
PAUL PELLMAN
CEO, Adometry
 
CLAUDIA PERLICH
Chief Data Scientist, Media6Degrees
 
TOM PHILLIPS
CEO, Media6Degrees
 
 
PENRY PRICE
President, Media6Degrees
 
FOSTER PROVOST
Professor and NEC Faculty Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business
 
KAMAKSHI SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
CEO, Drawbridge
 
 
VIKRAM SOMAYA
GM, WeatherFX
 
DUNCAN WATTS
Principal Researcher, Microsoft
 
MICHAEL WEXLER
Director of Digital Insights, Global Consumer Marketing and Internet, Citi
 
 
MING WU
General Manager, US, Accuen



 
 

AGENDA

12:00 Check-in  
  (NYU Stern, Henry Kaufman
Management Center, 44 West 4th St.)
 
 
12:15
Lunch  
Keynote Alexis Madrigal,
    The Atlantic (Video )
  (Room 1-100)  
 
1:15 – 2:30 Sessions, Part 1:  
  (Classroom 2-60)  
 
 
Welcome  
Tom Phillips, m6d
    Vasant Dhar, NYU
 
 
Branding in the On-Demand World   
David Edelman, McKinsey & Co. (Video )
    Penry Price, m6d
 
 
The Invisible Impact of Weather on Brands  
Vikram Somaya, WeatherFX (Video )
 
 
Mining (Massive) Consumer Behavior Data for   
Foster Provost, NYU (Video )
 
Marketing 
 
 
2:30 Networking Break  
 
3:00 – 4:00 Sessions, Part 2:  
 
 
Social Contagion  
Sinan Aral, NYU (Video )
 
 
Can Measurement Be Counter-Intuitive?  
Moderator:
    Joanna O'Connell, Forrester Research, Inc.
    Panelists:
    Brian Dalessandro, m6d
    Ming Wu, Accuen
    Michael Wexler, Citi
    Eugene Becker, Xaxis
    Paul Pellman, Adometry
(Video )
 
 
Mobile Analytics in the New Mobile Economy   
Anindya Ghose, NYU (Video )
 
 
4:00 Networking Break  
 
4:30 – 5:30 Sessions, Part 3:  
 
 
The Myth of Common Sense  
Duncan Watts, Microsoft (Video )
 
 
Mobile Marketing Beyond Geo   
Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan, Drawbridge (Video )
 
 
The Paradox of Intuition   
Moderator:
    Claudia Perlich, m6d
    Panelists:
    Chris Stevens, Orbitz
    Jeff Dow, Starcom MediaVest Group
    Sinan Aral, NYU



 
   
 
 
 
 
 
Underwritten by Media6Degrees and the Stern Center for Business Analytics
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