Qlik
today announced that the company is expecting a record number of
attendees to be on hand for Qonnections
2019, May 13-16 at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in
Dallas, TX. The conference brings together Qlik customers, partners,
influencers and data enthusiasts to help users learn and better
capitalize on how to use data to innovate and transform their
organizations.
What:
Qonnections 2019 focuses on providing customers and partners with the
knowledge and best practices they need to lead with data, through Qlik’s
end-to-end platform that blends data management and analytics to address
the entire data supply chain. CEO Mike Capone will share Qlik’s
strategic vision and roadmap, showcasing how Qlik is helping customers
tackle their most difficult data challenges while driving the 3rd
generation of BI and analytics.
Additional keynote presentations will showcase how Qlik customers are
transforming with a holistic and unified, strategic approach to data and
analytics through Qlik. These customers are empowering users to
transform the whole organization, going from raw data to democratized
insights with Qlik. Special focus will be given to how various unique
aspects of Qlik’s portfolio are enabling these transformations,
including: multi-cloud, self-service for data, how big data is just
data, accelerating insights through augmented intelligence, and the
ability to capture insights from any part of the organization. Qlik
Sense®, QlikView® and
Qlik
Data Catalyst® trainings and
certification exams will also be offered.
Lindsey
Vonn, Olympic gold medalist, world-record World Cup ski winner,
author and LV Foundation founder will be giving a fireside chat
discussing how passion helped her overcome challenges and shaped her
approach to leadership.
Data Literacy experts Alan
Schwarz, Ben
Jones and others will join Qlik Global Head of Data Literacy Jordan
Morrow in a roundtable on the importance of data literacy, how far the
movement has come since the launch of the Data
Literacy Project and what leading organizations need to do to make
sure they correctly empower their workforce with the data skills
necessary to lead.
Customer
and partner presenters will appear from companies like Genuine
Parts, Lenovo, Humana, Nemours and Amerigas. The complete list can be
viewed at the following link: https://www.qlikqonnections.com/sessions/2019-sessions/.
The Qonnections Data Discovery Zone will feature more than 35 sponsoring
partners and exhibitors that will showcase their value-add solutions
and services for Qlik products. Diamond sponsors include Accenture,
Cognizant
and SDG
Group.
“We are honored to be a Diamond Sponsor in the year of our 10th
anniversary partnering with Qlik and making it possible for
Organizations to Lead with Data,” said Alejandro Martinez, Partner, CEO
USA & Canada, SDG Group. “SDG Group is one of the Global Gartner
Representative Vendors for Data & Analytics, and we believe in Data
as a Transformational Asset (D.A.T.A), and support the whole Data
Value Chain from Data Capture to Business Insights. SDG Group will be
showcasing how customers can accelerate analytics projects
with dedicated solutions and help bring innovative components to Qlik
solutions.”
Qlik
Hack Challenge. A highly anticipated annual event, this hackathon
uncovers the very best app building skills and development talent using
Qlik APIs, Qlik Core and code. This year we’re calling on developers to
participate in the “There is no Planet B” challenge, where data will be
provided by Qlik corporate responsibility partner the United Nations
(UN) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Qlik
and the UN challenge the community to create a solution to reduce
travel-related carbon dioxide emissions. Every hackathon participant
will have access to Qlik
Branch®, a collaborative developer workspace and community, and
support from internal Qlik experts moderating the event.
Qlik
Late Night Lunacy. At the Late Night Lunacy event, teams consisting
of Qlik Sense and QlikView insight experts will also participate in the
“There is no Planet B” challenge. For the first time, these teams will
also build their world-changing solutions prior to Qonnections. At the
event, teams will be able to improve their applications, ask the experts
for advice and then present their solution for reduced travel-related
carbon dioxide emissions.
When:
May 13-16, 2019
Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center
Dallas,
TX
Where:
To view the current Qonnections 2019 agenda and register, please visit: https://www.qlikqonnections.com.
For more information on the Hack Challenge and Late Night Lunacy please
visit: https://www.qlikqonnections.com/about/entertaining-and-networking.html.
Follow Qonnections
2019 as it unfolds on Twitter via @Qlik and #Qonnections.
About Qlik
Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, one where everyone can use data
to solve their most challenging problems. Only Qlik’s end-to-end data
management and analytics platform brings together all of an
organization’s data from any source, enabling people at any skill level
to use their curiosity to uncover new insights. Companies use Qlik to
see more deeply into customer behavior, reinvent business processes,
discover new revenue streams, and balance risk and reward. Qlik does
business in more than 100 countries and serves over 48,000 customers
around the world.
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