 General Sessions  Software Training
 Industry Case Studies |
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| Wednesday 14 April 2010 Schedule is subject to change without notice | ||||
| 08:30 - 09:15 | Registration and Coffee - The Nash Room
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| 09:15 - 10:15 | Welcome - Palisade Overview, and Avoiding "The Number" The Waterloo
Sam McLafferty, President, Palisade Corporation Randy Heffernan, Vice President, Palisade Corporation |
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The Waterloo
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Trafalgar 1
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| 10:15 - 11:00 | CASE STUDY
How can we help decision makers feel more comfortable with Monte Carlo? Dr Pierre Delfiner Petro Decisions |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break - The Nash Room
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| 11:30 - 12:15 | SOFTWARE PRESENTATION
Introduction to DecisionTools Suite 5.5.1 and the new international versions Dr Michael Rees Business Best Ltd. |
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| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch - The Nash Room
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| 13:30 - 14:15 | SOFTWARE PRESENTATION
Introduction to Project Risk Management using @RISK for Project Ian Wallace Palisade Corporation |
CASE STUDY
Faldo's folly or Monty's Carlo - The Ryder Cup & Monte Carlo Simulation Stefan Sadnicki CapGemini |
CASE STUDY
Bushing blocks optimization for an external gear pump Maria Pia D’Ambrosio SIXSIGMAIN TEAM Marco Manara CASAPPA spa |
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| 14:15 - 15:00 |
CASE STUDY
Decisions, Decisions: How cognitive bias affects decision outcomes Dr. Michael Brand Captum Capital Limited |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break - The Nash Room
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| 15:30 - 16:15 | CASE STUDY
Risk-based water distribution rehabilitation planning - Impact modeling & estimation Alec Yeowell Halcrow |
CASE STUDY
New Approaches to Transport Project Assessment: Reference Scenario Forecasting and Quantitative Risk Analysis Dr Kim Salling DTU Transport |
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| 16:15 - 17:15 | Keynote:
Number Cruncher or Decision Professional? - The Waterloo Andrea Dickens and Dr Sven Roden, Finance Academy, Unilever |
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| 17:15 - 18:30 | Drinks Reception - Wine Bar Annexe
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| 18:30 - | Evening Dinner - Thai Square Restaurant
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| Thursday 15 April 2010 | |||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Day Two Registration & Coffee - The Nash Room
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| 09:30 - 10:15 | Custom Software using @RISK and the DecisionTools Suite - The Waterloo
Dr Javier Ordóñez, Palisade Corporation |
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Trafalgar 2
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The Waterloo
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Trafalgar 1
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| 10:15 - 11:00 |
CASE STUDY
Benefits from weather derivatives in agriculture: a portfolio optimisation using RISKOptimizer Ulla Kellner Georg-August-University |
CASE STUDY
A Six Sigma & Simulation Approach to Software Quality Risk Management & Simulation and Neural Networks Applications in Software Reliability Prediction Vojo Bubevski TATA Consulting Services |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Break - The Nash Room
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| 11:30 - 12:15 | CASE STUDY
Pricewaterhouse Coopers and Palisade: An Overview Frank Lyhne Hansen PricewaterhouseCoopers |
CASE STUDY
Use of Monte Carlo Simulations for Risk Management in Pharmaceuticals — A Case Study Dr Barry Gujral and Peter Amanatides Noven |
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| 12:15 - 13:00 | SOFTWARE PRESENTATION
Introduction to StatTools and NeuralTools Dr Mirek Janusz Palisade Corporation |
CASE STUDY
Succeeding in DecisionTools Suite 5 rollout – Unilever’s story Andrew Evans Unilever Decision Analysis Group |
CASE STUDY
Calculation of Construction Costs for Building Projects - Application of the Monte Carlo Method Dr Christian Hofstadler Institute of Construction Management and Economics, Graz University of Technology, Lessingstraße |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch - The Nash Room
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| 14:15 - 15:00 | CASE STUDY
Cellulosic Bioethanol Plant Project Risk Management via Simulation - @RISK NPV application Scott Mongeau Biomatica |
CASE STUDY
Risk Sharing in Waste Management Projects — @RISK and Sensitivity analysis Steve Vaughan-Jones SLR Consulting |
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| 15:45 - 17:00 | Drinks Reception - Wine Bar Annexe
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