About
The Sentiment Analysis Symposium is being organized and produced by Alta Plana Corporation. Alta Plana was founded by Seth Grimes in 1997 to deliver business analytics strategy consulting and implementation services with a focus on advanced analytics: BI, text mining, data visualization, analytical databases, and complex event processing.
Seth Grimes is conference chair. Contact Seth at +1 301-270-0795 or via e-mail at grimes(at)altaplana.com or click to follow @SethGrimes on Twitter.
We've held four very successful past symposiums:
- New York, May 8, 2012
- San Francisco, November 9, 2011
- New York, April 12, 2011
- New York (inaugural symposium), April 13, 2010
Testimonials
New York, 2012 presentations, attendees, and testimonials
- "It is truly one of the best conferences out there globally. You balance academic / corporate / vendor very well and do a phenomenal job getting interesting information out to the attendees. I learn more at your symposium than I usually do in a two-day conference." -- Carol Haney, Toluna
- "It was very informative and enjoyable." -- John Maloney, SRA
- "I hugely enjoyed the conference! Lineup was perfectly balanced and I met very nice people." -- David Nadeau, MediaMiser
- "Thanks for a great symposium. We found it to be very timely and very informative." -- James DeWaele, RAGE Frameworks
- "It was the best - you picked the most interesting people in the US and they gave their best." -- Huguette Guilhaumon, Sciencetech Communications
- "I think it was time very well spent indeed. I think the quality of your speakers was pretty high and I feel the quality of the attendees was as well. I met a lot of interesting, knowledgeable people across many industries. I would attend another of your events so please keep me in the loop... The way you structured this event was different from what I usually attend, pretty light on vendors and very heavy on committed users who pay real money to come." -- Jody Porrazzo, UBM
- "Another great show." -- Tom Anderson, Anderson Analytics
San Francisco, 2011 presentations, attendees, and testimonials
- "Awesome symposium!" -- Sarah A. Rice
- "I thought the symposium was great,... of tremendous value for me." -- David Bean, Salmon Partners and the Univ of Utah
- "Well worth it! Thanks to Seth Grimes, who really does an excellent job of assembling great speakers, topics and a packed agenda." -- John Blossom, Shore Communications
New York, 2011 presentations, attendees, and testimonials
New York, 2010 testimonials
- "It really was a great day and your audience make up was stellar." -- Karla Wachter, senior vice president, Waggener Edstrom
- "An extremely beneficial and well-run conference. The presentations were relevant, engaging, and thought provoking." -- Stephanie Noble, Paden Noble Consulting
- "Brought together a high-powered crowd of experienced practitioners, technology builders and analysts to highlight what works, the kind of ROI one can expect and what to avoid. To get all that in one day is remarkable" -- Brooke Aker, US CEO, Expert System
- "An excellent opportunity to catch up on the sentiment industry and interact with the major players." -- Breck Baldwin, president, Alias-I
- "I think it was great. The talks [were] well balanced, informative and educational, and I like the lightning talks, great way to showcase many products." -- Tom Zeng, software architect, Intridea
Sponsorship
Is your company interested in sponsoring the symposium? (Past sponsors are AlchemyAPI, Attensity, Clarabridge, Converseon, Crimson Hexagon, Dow Jones, Gnip, Lexalytics, Lymbix, NetBase, OpenText, RAGE Frameworks, RavenPack, SAP, SAS, SocialNuggets, TheySay, and WiseWindow. Thanks! We welcome media & organizational partner sponsors as well.) Please contact chair Seth Grimes at +1 301-270-0795 or via e-mail at grimes(at)altaplana.com.
Contact
Speaking Opportunities
Please visit the Call for Speakers page.
Contact Address
Alta Plana Corporation
7300 Willow Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
USA
Social Media
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