Schedule - 2012 Palisade Risk Conference Las Vegas, Nov 7th & 8th

Maker of the world's leading risk and decision analysis software, @RISK & the DecisionTools Suite

PALISADE
2012 Risk Conference
Risk Analysis, Applications & Training

Las Vegas, November 7th – 8th

General Sessions

Software Presentations

Industry Case Studies


Wednesday 7 November 2012 Schedule is subject to change without notice
8:00am - 9:00am	Registration and coffee - Mandalay Bay Conference Center Level 3, Jasmine E
9:00am - 10:15am	Welcome - Conference Kickoff and Palisade Update Palm C Sam McLafferty, President, Palisade Corporation Anatomy of a Rollout: Real-World Stories of How Risk and Decision Analysis is Implemented Across an Enterprise Palm C Randy Heffernan, Vice-President, Palisade Corporation
10:15am - 10:45am	Break - Jasmine E
	Palm C	Palm D	Palm E	Palm H
10:45am - 11:35am	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Introduction to the DecisionTools Suite Erik Westwig Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Risk Analyses in Support of Risk Management Decisions during Project Delivery Patrick Murray HDR, Inc.	CASE STUDY Portfolio Management & Financial Planning using @RISK Matthew H. Rosenberg RoseCap Investment Advisors	CASE STUDY USACE/Greenup Locks and Dam – Engineering Risk & Reliability Analysis using @RISK Chirag Mehta Black & Veatch, and Perry Cole A & D Engineering
11:45am - 12:35pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Introduction to @RISK Rafael Hartke Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Risk-Based Lifecycle Costing Analysis Gregory Brink Value Management Strategies, Inc.	CASE STUDY Cisco Case Study – Manage Risks of Supply Chain Disruptions Bin Liu Cisco Systems	CASE STUDY Throughput Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation Britt Calloway Bastian Solutions
12:45pm - 1:45pm	Lunch - Jasmine FGH
1:45pm - 2:35pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Customized Software Applications using @RISK and VBA Dr. Javier Ordóñez Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY It’s not all Rocket Science; Very Simple and Highly Effective uses of @RISK from the World of Corporate Finance and Investment Management J. Todd Larson Citium Wealth Management, LLC	CASE STUDY When is Quantitative Project Risk Analysis Necessary? How Effective Leaders Deploy @RISK for Excel/Project Keith D. Hornbacher Hornbacher Associates / University of Pennsylvania	CASE STUDY Reliability-based Design of Foundations for Oil and Gas Elevated Platform Dr. Ok-Youn Yu Appalachian State University
2:45pm - 3:35pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Introduction to Project Risk Management using @RISK 6.0 Gustavo Vinueza Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Educational Effectiveness: Fact, Fantasy and Fraud Clayton Graham DePaul University and Dr. Glenn "Max" McGee Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy	CASE STUDY Pricing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Investments Under Risk and Uncertainty Anthony Sclafani Apollo Solutions Group	CASE STUDY Good Practices and Common Mistakes Dr. Huybert Groenendaal EpiX Analytics
3:45pm - 4:15pm	Break - Jasmine E
4:15pm - 5:15pm	Plenary - Holistic Decision-Making at Intel: How One Decision Affects Another within a Company Portfolio - Palm C Andre Lowe, Intel
5:15pm	Welcome Reception - The Mix Lounge at the top of THEhotel

Thursday 8 November 2012
8:00am - 9:00am	Coffee - Mandalay Bay Conference Center Level 3, Jasmine E
	Palm C	Palm D	Palm E	Palm H
9:00am - 9:50am	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Time Series Analysis in @RISK 6.0 Dr. Chris Albright Indiana University / Palisade Corporation		CASE STUDY Using Decision Trees and Uncertainty Analysis to Inform Negotiation Strategy Basil Stumborg BC Hydro	CASE STUDY Using PrecisionTree to Evaluate Clinical Development Options in Pharmaceuticals Chris Taber Ikaria, Inc.
10:00am - 10:50am	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION New features of DecisionTools Suite 6.0 and @RISK 6.0 Sam McLafferty, Erik Westwig, Javier Ordóñez, Chris Albright Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Forecasting Airport Aviation Activity: Integrating Risk Analysis using Monte Carlo Simulation Dr. Sharon Sarmiento and Vernon Kinley Unison Consulting		CASE STUDY Cost & Schedule Risk Assessment Timothy J. Havranek and Leigh Hostetter Cardno ENTRIX
11:00am - 11:30am	Break - Jasmine E
11:30am - 12:20pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Selecting the Right Distribution in @RISK 6.0 Thompson Terry Palisade Corporation	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Schedule Risk Analysis with @RISK Gustavo Vinueza Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Using DecisionTools to Mitigate Project Risk for Large Scale Wood Pellet Export Projects Dr. William Strauss FutureMetrics, LLC	CASE STUDY Evaluating Risk Management Tools for Agribusiness: A California Perspective Dr. Mark Manfredo Arizona State University
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch - Jasmine FGH
1:30pm - 2:20pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Finding Optimal Solutions with Evolver and RISKOptimizer Thompson Terry Palisade Corporation	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Oil, Gas, and Utility Models in DecisionTools Suite Rafael Hartke Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Margin Risk: a Different Approach to Risk Analysis and Risk Management in Agriculture Steven Slezak and Dr. Jay Noel California Polytechnic State University	CASE STUDY Risk Analysis for Effective Airport Financial Planning in an Uncertain Business Environment Brian Drake Unison Consulting Managing Risk within Capital Program Budgets Korey Campbell Unison Consulting
2:30pm - 3:20pm	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Decision Modeling with PrecisionTree Erik Westwig Palisade Corporation	SOFTWARE PRESENTATION Predictive and Data Analysis using NeuralTools and StatTools Dr. Chris Albright Indiana University / Palisade Corporation	CASE STUDY Creating CMMI® Process Performance Baselines and Models using @RISK Dr. Vladimir Savin EPAM Systems, Inc.	CASE STUDY Renewable, but NOT constant! Mark S. Rudd Rudd Asset Management
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Closing - Round Table Discussion: Challenges in Your Risk Analysis Journey Palm C Panel of Experts, including Patrick Murray, HDR; Basil Stumborg, British Columbia Hydro; and Andre Lowe, Intel; Keith Hornbacher, Hornbacher Associates/University of Pennsylvania
4:00pm	Closing Reception - Rí Rá Irish Pub at the Shoppes at Mandalay Place

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