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The next Sentiment Analysis Symposium takes place in New York, July 12, 2016. And join us at LT-Accelerate in Brussels, 21-22 November, 2016.

Agenda

The Sentiment Analysis Symposium program for Tuesday, May 8, 2012 is outlined in the agenda that follows with links for presentations and videos available.

Morning Session -- Tuesday, May 8
8:30 am-8:40 am	Chair's Welcome: The Sentiment Spectrum Seth Grimes, Alta Plana Corporation
8:40 am-9:20 am	Keynote: Sentiment, Subjectivity, and Sense Jan Wiebe, University of Pittsburgh Presentation
9:20 am-9:50 am	Tween Pants Cut Too Low!! (or, Combine Survey Research & Social Monitoring to Discover the Unknown) Carol Haney, Toluna Presentation
9:50 am-10:20 am	Forecasting Financial Market Response from News and Social Media Sentiment Richard W. Brown, Thomson Reuters Presentation
10:20 am-10:40 am	Break
10:40 am-11:10 am	Emotional Versus Rational in Customer Decision Making Chris Frank, American Express, and Paul Magnone, Openet Telecom Presentation
11:10 am-11:40 am	A Multi-Channel Proposition: Customer Sentiment and (Much) More Banafsheh Ghassemi, American Red Cross Presentation
11:40 am-11:50 am	How does that make you feel? Sentiment analysis in 2012 Catherine Van Zuylen, Attensity Presentation
11:50 am-12 noon	Real Time Intelligence Solutions Srini Bharadwaj, RAGE Frameworks Presentation
12 noon-12:20 pm	Lightning Talks (round 1) Political Sentiment Analysis, Dr. Stuart W. Shulman, Texifter Presentation Data-driven Sentiment Analysis of Financial News, Matt Sommer, MarketChorus Inc. Presentation Citi's Credit Sentiment Monitor, Ron Papka, Citigroup Global Markets Technology Presentation
12:20 pm-12:30 pm	Using Social Media Analytics Technology to Turn Measurable Social Insights Into Business Results Wayne St. Amand, Crimson Hexagon Presentation
Lunch & Networking
12:30 pm-1:30 pm	Lunch & Networking
Afternoon Session
1:30 pm-2:00 pm	Market Research Beyond Sentiment: Differentiating the Engaged and Pleased Andera Gadeib, CEO, Dialego AG Presentation
2:00 pm-2:15 pm	Lightning Talks (round 2) Sentiment As A Service, Michael Tupanjanin, Metavana Presentation Video Cross-lingual sentiment analysis, David Nadeau, MediaMiser Presentation
2:15 pm-3:00 pm	Presentations & Panel: User Perspectives Moderator: Israel Mirsky, Porter Novelli How the Media Uses Sentiment Analysis: A Perspective from the Wall Street Journal Ryan Sager, the Wall Street Journal Presentation Capturing Sentiment via Customer Intelligence Sobhan Hota, Fidelity Investments Presentation "How Can I Listen If I'm Talking?": The Power Of Social Media Listening Frank Cotignola, Kraft Foods Presentation
3:00 pm-3:15 pm	Sentiment in real world data, a collection of examples Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics Presentation The Social Cocktail: Mixing the Social Data That's Right for Your Business Seth McGuire, Gnip Presentation
3:15 pm-3:35 pm	Break
3:35 pm-4:05 pm	Perspectives: Crowdsourcing Times 3 Human, Hand-Crafted Brand Sentiment: Crowdsourcing for Quality Data Management Max Yankelevich, CrowdControl Software Presentation Using the Crowd to Tell You What Customers Are Thinking Zack Kass, CrowdFlower Presentation Training the Cloud with the Crowd Kevin Cocco, SproutLoop.com Presentation
4:05 pm-4:35 pm	Unsupervised Learning: Insight in Business News, Medical Forums, and Public Filings Ronen Feldman, Hebrew University and Digital Trowel Presentation
4:35 pm-5:15 pm	Panel: Innovators & Innovation Moderator: Carol Rozwell, Gartner Leslie Barrett, The Ladders Bing Liu, University of Illinois at Chicago Romi Mahajan, Metavana
Reception
5:15 pm-6:30 pm	Networking Reception