1. PASS BA Virtual Chapter Presents: “Spatial Data: Looking Outside the Map” October 8, 2015 Email - passbavc@sqlpass.orgpassbavc@sqlpass.org

2. PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter Chapter Leader – Dan English Dan is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, author, on the leadership team for the MN Microsoft BI User Group, and is the Senior Data Warehouse Architect at Constellation, Inc. in MN. Chapter Co-Leader – Paras Doshi Paras started out with the chapter as VP of marketing helping double the membership base in 9 months and then transitioned into his current leadership role. Paras is passionate about helping businesses extract valuable insights from data and currently works as Analytics Manager at Kiva.org PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter http://tinyurl.com/linkedinpassbavc https://twitter.com/passbavc Twitter handle @passbavc http://www.youtube.com/user/PASSBAVC YouTube Channel

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9. October 8 – Spatial Data: Looking Outside the Map Abstract I've said it before and I'll say it again, spatial data doesn't get much love in SQL Server. It is a feature worthy of much appreciation and will become more vital as more location data is collected. In this session we will explore spatial data and discover many ways it can be used for incredible analytics. You will learn some new ways to visualize your data outside of the typical plots on a Bing map layer. Come and learn how powerful spatial data can be even though it lacks a snazzy "power" title. Presenter Hope Foley, a SQL Server MVP with over 16 years of experience in the IT world, has worked across many industries including insurance, health organization, and federal government. She now works for the team at BlueGranite as a Business Intelligence consultant. She has been a consultant in SQL Server technologies for over 9 years focusing on database administration and architecture, more recently in business intelligence. Hope is an active member in the SQL Server and PASS communities speaking at events and organizes the SQLSaturday event in Indianapolis.