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River City Improv
Join us in the Ballroom at 5pm for River City Improv, Grand Rapids’ premiere improv group. Bring a friend. A cash bar will be provided beginning at 4:15.
Tweet to Win!
Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, some of the sessions you attend will give you a chance to win prizes! All you have to do to win is attend the session and Tweet about what you are learning using #BDI2018 and the session hashtag. One of the Tweets will be selected as the winner at the end of the session.
Time | Room | Sponsor | Giveaway Item | Hashtag |
8:30am | Grand Gallery B | The Right Place | Phone charger, mug | #rightplace |
8:30am | Overlook H | Blue Granite | Bose Soundlink Headphones | #BGDataAI |
9:20am | Grand Gallery A | Jadex | Web Penetration Test ($1,300 value) | #JadexIT |
1:30pm | Grand Gallery C | BlueGranite | Sony Speakers | #BGDataAI |
1:30pm | Grand Gallery D | Service Express | Yeti Tumblers and Starbucks Gift Card | #PeoplePowered |
1:30pm | Overlook H | Mainline | Yeti Cooler | #MainlineBigData |
2:20pm | Overlook H | Mainline | Yeti Cooler | #MainlineAnalytics |
3:25pm | Overlook G | Snowflake | Apple Airpods | #snowflake |
3:25pm | Grand Gallery C | MSU | Sparty Headphones | #MSUMSBA |
Thursday Program Changes
- Ross Wagner’s talk at 2:20 has been moved from Grand Gallery Overlook G to Grand Gallery C.
- Kevin McGinley’s talk title is “Data Lakes Don’t Have To Be Camp Crystal Lake”
- Dr. Colby Ford’s “Introduction to Microsoft Azure DataBricks with BlueGranite” will run from 8:30-11:10 (all three morning sessions) in Grand Gallery Overlook H.