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15-17 MARCH 2017

Registration is now open!

  • Day 1 - March 15, 2017: Pre-conference workshops
  • Day 2 - March 16, 2017: Conference Sessions
  • Day 3 - March 17, 2017: Conference Sessions

The Society of Decision Professionals cordially invites you to attend the 23nd Decision Analysis Affinity Group (DAAG) conference.

Register today DAAG 2017

We are pleased to open registration for DAAG 2017!  The specifics of the agenda and speakers are still being finalized, so check back every week or so for new content here… nonetheless, we already have several highlights to share: 

  • Theme: We added an overarching theme to DAAG 2017… Building Better Organizations: Culture, Choices, Change.  Improved understanding and appreciation of cultural influences and constraints, the ability to develop and expeditiously act on acceptable creative choices, and the wherewithal to actively affect and adapt to change can have dramatic consequences on organizational decision quality.  For DAAG 2017, session chairs and speakers were asked to keep these ideas in mind as they prepared their content for the conference.  Our intent is that this year’s presentations and expositions will directly lead to or facilitate attendees’ success in helping their organizations improve talent development and retention, increase operational efficiency, improve business agility, improve resource allocation, heighten adaptability, and better align business strategies.
  • Workshops:  We are pleased to announce that three SDP workshops will offered on 15 March, the day before the start of the sessions.

Ralph Keeney will offer a workshop in Value-Focused Decision-Making.  Ralph’s workshop holds value for all decision professionals in all stages of their career.  Ralph will masterfully focus his workshop on enabling attendees to identify values, take control of their choices, be more proactive as decision makers, remove constraints, and develop a consistent guide for their choices.

Bruce Judd and Carl Spetzler will offer a workshop on Building Organizational Decision Quality.  This workshop is designed for decision professionals seeking to learn about the principles and best practices for building organizational decision quality.  Bruce and Carl will expertly use a combination of survey information, presentations, focused break-out groups, and pertinent case studies to enable attendees to advance their quest for improved decision quality in their own organizations.

Ellen Coopersmith will offer a workshop on the Value of Information.  This workshop is targeted to decision professionals that seek to simultaneously minimize their expenditures and maximize the effects of their information gathering activities, such as pilot projects, experiments, and data purchases.

  • End note address:  In addition to more traditional keynote addresses, Bryan Everly, chief technology officer for NextGear Capital, will be delivering an endnote address.  Bryan will attend all DAAG sessions and actively network with attendees throughout the conference, then delivering a closing address in which he will share his key conference learnings and insights, discuss the role of decision analysis relative to his expertise in information technology and management, and pose challenges for the DAAG community to attack in the coming year.
  • Session topics: The final session and speaker lists are still being compiled, but currently include a wide range of topics and case studies linked to the DAAG theme.  Session topics include culture, collaboration, risk, bias, information value, knowledge transfer, and more.  Several sessions will feature embedded case studies.
  • Lab session:  We are currently working to finalize and offer a "lab session” this year in which attendees will be able to have more focused and intimate conversations with certain presenters. Think of it like a poster session – but with the capacity for deeper discussion, software demos, etc. – offered by decision professionals.  The intent of the lab is focused knowledge sharing and learning: it will not be a venue for vendors to show their wares.
  • Activities:  The logistics committee has done a fabulous job of preparing the conference venue, facilities, amenities, and evening activities. We will kick off the DAAG 2017 with a welcome reception at Nola Brewing Company

All in all, DAAG 2017 is shaping up to be an exciting and unique event, and we look forward to sharing it with you!  So act now!  Register before midnight tonight!  (That’s so you remember to register today, there are no prizes for registering before midnight… except the peace of mind that comes with knowing that you are already registered!)

Thank you!

DAAG 2017 Program Committee 

Jim Felli and Leslie Lippard, DAAG Program Committee chairs

DAAG 2017 Sponsors

For more information, contact:

Hilda Cherekdjian - SDP Executive Director

+1 650.427.0192
hilda@decisionprofessionals.com

 




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