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Fri, Feb 17
PS1 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 1		Fri, Feb 17, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal A


Chair(s): Jyoti Rayamajhi, Eli Lilly & Company

8:35 AM	Modeling the Reliability of Complex Systems with Multiple Data Sources: A Statistical Engineering Case Study View Presentation Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:10 AM	Applications of Statistics in Aircraft Maintenance View Presentation I-Li Lu, The Boeing Company


PS2 Business Analytics Session 1		Fri, Feb 17, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal E


Chair(s): Dominique Haughton, Bentley University

8:35 AM	DNA of a great data miner Elpida Ormanidou, Walmart; Daniel Thorpe, Sam's Club
9:10 AM	Uplift Modeling: The Enabler “To Do More with Less” John Lin, Epsilon Data Management


PS3 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 1		Fri, Feb 17, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal B


Chair(s): Dennis Kunimura, England Logistics

8:35 AM	Accreditation: a perspective from the committee Iain Johnstone, Department of Statistics
9:10 AM	ASA Professional Statistician Accreditation: Why it might be right for you! View Presentation Thomas H Short, John Carroll University


PS4 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 2		Fri, Feb 17, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal A


Chair(s): Winson Taam, The Boeing Company

10:35 AM	Statistical Influence on Regulatory Processes Jennifer H. Van Mullekom, DuPont
11:10 AM	Statistical Issues in the Product Life Cycle of Implantable Medical Devices Duane Steffey, Exponent, Inc.


PS5 Business Analytics Session 2		Fri, Feb 17, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal E


Chair(s): Dennis Kunimura, England Logistics

10:35 AM	Customer Loyalty in Uncertain Times Stephan Chase, Marriott International
11:10 AM	Best Practices View Presentation Gustavo Canton, Walmart


PS6 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 2		Fri, Feb 17, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal B


Chair(s): LeAnna Stork, Monsanto Company

10:35 AM	Statistical Consulting - Working Collaboratively with Non-statisticians View Presentation Frederick Faltin, The Faltin Group
11:00 AM	Statistical Consulting – Best Practices View Presentation David Morganstein, Westat, Inc.
11:25 AM	Panel Discussion: Statistical Consulting - Working Collaboratively Across Disciplines View Presentation Arthur James Kendall, Social Research Consultants; Nathaniel Schenker, National Center for Health Statistics; Stephen David Simon, P.Mean Consulting


PS7 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 3		Fri, Feb 17, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Crystal A


Chair(s): Jyoti Rayamajhi, Eli Lilly & Company

1:35 PM	Statistics and Lean+/Six Sigma at Boeing View Presentation Sabyasachi Basu, The Boeing Company
2:10 PM	Practicing Statistics Can Lead to Interesting Research Problems William A. Brenneman, The Procter & Gamble Company


PS8 Business Analytics Session 3		Fri, Feb 17, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Crystal E


Chair(s): Dave Nickerson, University of Central Florida

1:35 PM	Statistical Analytics in Marketing Decision Making Don Ryan, iKnowtion
2:10 PM	Alternative approaches to LGD modeling View Presentation Sassoon Kosian, EXL Service, Decision Analytics


PS9 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 3		Fri, Feb 17, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Crystal B


Chair(s): Jennifer H. Van Mullekom, DuPont

1:35 PM	Panel Discussion: Career Development Martha Gardner, GE; Brian Allen Harris-Kojetin, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Stephanie Palermo, Capital One


PS10 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 4		Fri, Feb 17, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Crystal A


Chair(s): Jim Rutherford, Chevron Oronite Company, LLC

3:20 PM	Screening for Fuel Economy: A Case Study of Supersaturated Designs in Practice View Presentation Philip Rocco Scinto, The Lubrizol Corporation
4:00 PM	Effective Experimentation Strategies in Aerospace Research: Case Studies and Lessons Learned View Presentation Peter Parker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration


PS11 Business Analytics Session 4		Fri, Feb 17, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Crystal E


Chair(s): Don McCormack, SAS Institute

3:20 PM	Who's afraid of big bad data? Douglas John Newell, Calexus Solutions
3:55 PM	Panel Discussion View Presentation Stephan Chase, Marriott International; Wu-Chyuan (Gary) Gau, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida


PS12 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 4		Fri, Feb 17, 3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Crystal B


Chair(s): Sylvia Dohrmann, Westat

3:20 PM	Networking View Presentation Bill Williams, Organizational Learning Consultant


Sat, Feb 18
PS13 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 5		Sat, Feb 18, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal A


Chair(s): Winson Taam, The Boeing Company

8:35 AM	Sample size determination using applets View Presentation Russell V. Lenth, University of Iowa
9:10 AM	Enhancements to Acceptance Sampling Methods for Crop Seed Lot Purity Testing View Presentation Kirk Murlin Remund, Monsanto Company


PS14 Business Analytics Session 5		Sat, Feb 18, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal E


Chair(s): Dave Nickerson, University of Central Florida

8:35 AM	Inference: Just what can be said? View Presentation Dennis L Eggett, Brigham Young University
9:10 AM	Opportunities in Causal Business Analytics View Presentation Victor S.Y. Lo, Fidelity Investments / Bentley University


PS15 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 5		Sat, Feb 18, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM Crystal B


Chair(s): Shelley Brock-Roth, Westat

8:35 AM	It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It Jennifer H. Van Mullekom, DuPont
9:10 AM	Misconceptions about Statistics in an Industrial Setting William A. Brenneman, The Procter & Gamble Company


PS16 R&D, Operations and Engineering Session 6		Sat, Feb 18, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal A


Chair(s): Jim Rutherford, Chevron Oronite Company, LLC

10:30 AM	Graphing and Testing Interval Censored Time to Event Data: Practical Aspects of Using the interval R package View Presentation Michael P Fay, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
11:15 AM	Monte Carlo: An Underutilized Tool for Understanding Statistics View Presentation Frederick Faltin, The Faltin Group


PS17 Business Analytics Session 6		Sat, Feb 18, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal E


Chair(s): Don McCormack, SAS Institute

10:35 AM	Testing at Capital One - Part 1 Rose Brunner, Capital One Services
11:10 AM	Testing at Capital One - Part 2 View Presentation Thomas J Kirchoff, Capital One


PS18 Communication, Impact and Career Development Session 6		Sat, Feb 18, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Crystal B


Chair(s): Shelley Brock-Roth, Westat

10:35 AM	The TV Guide to Volunteering in the ASA View Presentation Janet P Buckingham, Southwest Research Institute
11:10 AM	Statisticians as Leaders View Presentation Paul Berg, Eli Lilly and Company


Feedback Plenary Panel Session		Sat, Feb 18, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Crystal B


Chair(s): Philip Rocco Scinto, The Lubrizol Corporation
Please join us for a wrap-up discussion and feedback session for the inaugural Conference on Statistical Practice. Phil Scinto will lead a panel of CSP Organizing Committee members and conference participants in a final session to summarize the conference and to gather feedback. Each panelist will speak for 5 minutes to critique the conference (the good, the bad, areas for improvement). Discussion will then be extended to the audience for questions and feedback on how well the overall objectives of the conference were met, including how they can be better met in the future. For the purposes of this discussion, please note that the conference was designed to aid applied statisticians in improving their abilities in consulting with and helping customers and organizations solve real-world problems. Specific attendee objectives include: 1. Learn statistical techniques that apply to your job as an applied statistician 2. Learn how to better communicate with customers 3. Learn how to have a positive impact on your organization Additional feedback on additional objectives and needs of practicing statisticians, and how these can be best accomplished in the future is also welcome. Refreshments will be provided at the close of the session along with a raffle of prizes.
	Feedback Panel Session Slides View Presentation Philip Rocco Scinto, The Lubrizol Corporation