In preparation for the conference, here are some resources for each of the sessions you will be attending…

Institute of Management Accountants
http://www.imanet.org
“Building a Team to Capitalize on the Promise of Big Data”  IMA-Robert Half Study   http://www.imanet.org/docs/default-source/thought_leadership/roberthalf_big-data_2-5-16.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Institute of Internal Auditors
https://na.theiia.org/Pages/IIAHome.aspx

Microsoft 
“Megatrends Improving Finance Productivity” https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/CXO-NEXT-Summit/CXO-NEXT-Summit-2015/CFO-Impact--Driving-Performance-Through-Insights

Deloitte

• Faculty Resource homepage:  http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/about-deloitte-foundation.html
• Deloitte Foundation/Federation of Schools of Accountancy Consortium. 
• Annual Program of different topics.
• May 2016 Program: Big Opportunities, Big Data (included Tableau)
• Materials:  http://www.thefsa.org/faculty_consortiums.html
• Technology Trends 2016 Innovating in the digital era  http://d27n205l7rookf.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/DUP_TechTrends2016.pdf
• Formula for growth: (Innovation) Big Data & Analytics http://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consumer-business/articles/big-data-analytics-consumer-products.html

EY
EY analytics home page
http://www.ey.com/GL/en/Issues/Business-environment/ey-analytics 
EYARC (EY Academic Resource Center)
Free analytics mindset curriculum and other EY thought leadership (webinars and publications) on a private website at www.ey.com/arc/us. Faculty from non-profit higher education intuitions may request an account from  Catherine Banks for access:  catherine.banks@ey.com
Curriculum includes an introduction to the analytics mindset (lecture, slides and competency framework). Additionally, three cases are currently available (Big Deals, DuPont, and TechWear) including data sets, Excel and Tableau workbooks, “how to” videos and solutions. Presentations and videos of the EYARC Colloquium event from 2015 are also available covering the analytics transformation, analytics in the corporate environment, analytics in professional services, analytics in academia, capability development and delivery methods.

KPMG

• Faculty resource homepage:  https://university.kpmg.us/
• Technical Excel videos
• Cloud computing & tax webcast and discussion questions
• Student resources:  https://university.kpmg.us/kpmgandyou/student-resources.html
• Data & Analytics Insights

https://home.kpmg.com/us/en/home/insights/2015/05/data-and-analytics.html

PwC

• Newly announced collaboration with Coursera:  Data Analytics Specialization  (professors can assign portions to their students as pre-work or homework to support concepts being taught in their courses)
• 10 minutes on transforming the audit process
• 10 minutes on people analytics
• Video:  Simplifying the Audit through Innovation
• http://www.pwc.com/us/en/tax-services/tax-function-future.html
• Faculty resource homepage:  http://www.pwc.com/us/en/faculty-resource.html
• Newsletter, tax cases, IFRS, create own CFOdirect webpage to get latest news on topics that interest you
• White paper on accounting curriculum:  Data driven what students need to succeed in a rapidly changing business world (http://www.pwc.com/us/en/faculty-resource/assets/PwC-Data-driven-paper-Feb2015.pdf)
• Advanced Risk and Compliance Analytics Solutions, PwC http://www.pwc.com/us/en/risk-assurance/systems-risk-compliance-and-analytics.html
• Tax Function of the Future

http://www.pwc.com/us/en/tax-services/tax-function-future/data-and-analytics-video.html

• Insights and Cases in D&A

http://www.pwc.com/us/en/advisory-services/data-possibilities.html

“Thinking Big About the Industrial Internet Of Things” by Chunka Mui, Forbes 03/04/2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/chunkamui/2016/03/04/thinking-big-about-industrial-iot/#7885509c3290 

The 11 cases with links to their referenced articles will be available at and after the conference.

The History of Social Networking http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/the-history-of-social-networking/

Adaptive Insights  http://www.adaptiveinsights.com
30 day free trial http://www.adaptiveinsights.com/planning-consolidation-trial

GoodData  http://www.gooddata.com
See Demos http://www.gooddata.com/resources/demos

SAP’s HANA Cloud Platform  https://hcp.sap.com/index.html
Try it for free https://hcp.sap.com/try.html

Trifacta  https://www.trifacta.com
Download Trifacta Wrangler https://www.trifacta.com/start-wrangling/

Calcbench  https://www.calcbench.com
Calcbench for Academics https://www.calcbench.com/home/educators_and_students

IBM IBM & Crisp DM (ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/documentation/modeler/14.2/en/CRISP_DM.pdf),
IBM Academic Initiative
wide variety of offerings (https://developer.ibm.com/academic/)

• SPSS Modeler Premium (data mining and text analytics software)
• Videos on cloud, big data, analytics
• Watson Analytics (automated predictive insights, dashboards, Twitter analysis)
• PwC just partnered with IBM Watson
• Educator guides, software tutorials
• Big Data University (http://bigdatauniversity.com/ ) :  free events & courses on a variety of topics including R, Big Data, Text Mining, Predictive Modeling, etc.

Microsoft
Dynamics Academic Alliance https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/products/dynamics/default.aspx?Search=true
Dreamspark https://www.dreamspark.com/What-Is-Dreamspark.aspx
Higher Ed resources https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/educators/higher-education-resources/default.aspx

NetSuite  http://www.netsuite.com/portal/home.shtml

SAP 

http://uaaroundtheworld.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/overview(bD1lbiZjPTEwMQ==)/start.htm

There are 2 SAP UA membership levels:

Associate Membership (free of charge)

As an associate member, you have access to:

• SAP University Alliances curricula
• Demos, Webinars, and recordings
• Community membership
• Events and competitions
• Learning platforms

Full Membership
With full membership, you get all the benefits of the associate membership, as well as access to:

• The entire SAP license portfolio – free of charge
• Partner hosting and maintenance of SAP solutions through University Competence Centers – at not-for-profit prices
• First- and second-level support through University Competence Centers

Preferential invitation and participation in events

Securities and Exchange Commission Inline XBRL Viewer https://www.sec.gov/structureddata/osd-inline-xbrl.html
“SEC permits voluntary use of Inline XBRL” by Ken Tysiac, 6/13/2016 http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2016/jun/sec-permits-inline-xbrl-filing-201614659.html

“The SEC’s Increasingly Sophisticated Use of XBRL-Tagged Data” https://www.xbrl.org/news/interview-with-mike-willis/

The End of Theory:  The Data Deluge Makes the Scientific Method Obsolete by Chris Anderson, Science, 6/23/08  http://www.wired.com/2008/06/pb-theory/

Design Science Research
“Agility—The Key to Survival of the Fittest in the Software Market” by Julie Smith David, William E. McCarthy, and Brian S. Sommer https://msu.edu/user/mccarth4/cacm-evolution.pdf

“The REA Accounting Model:  A Generalized Framework for Accounting Systems in a Shared Data Environment” by William E. McCarthy The Accounting Review, July 1982 https://msu.edu/user/mccarth4/McCarthy.pdf

Blockchain https://www.blockchain.com
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp

Ethics and Privacy
Introduction to Privacy by Design (PbD) https://www.ipc.on.ca/english/privacy/introduction-to-pbd/

Big Data:  A Report on Algorithmic Systems, Opportunities, and Civil Rights, Executive Office of the President May 2016 https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/2016_0504_data_discrimination.pdf

“A Heartwarming Story” by Stav Ziv, Newsweek, 8/26/2016 http://www.newsweek.com/2016/08/26/developing-better-way-preserve-organs-490058.html

“How close are we to a 3D-printed human heart?” by Kristen V. Brown, Fusion, 2/17/2016 http://fusion.net/story/269559/3d-printed-organs-can-live-in-animals/

“Effect of telemonitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices on healthcare utilization: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in patients with heart failure” http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejhf.470/abstract?

Please share your resources by sending the url to Susan Crosson susan.crosson@aaahq.org