Keynote speaker I: Big data transforming industries

We live in the Era of Big Data in which data sizes massively larger than previously seen, and increasing access to this data, are transforming people's lives in major ways. Two of the main drivers of this era are the proven capability to extract more value from more data; and the exponential growth of available data enabled in large part to mobile devices and the sensor instrumentation of the world. Consumers, companies and governments have benefited from this new value and are demanding more access and more analysis. In this presentation, I will explore implications of these trends and present IBM's view of the centrality of data in the coming transformation of the IT industry.