It’s hard to believe 2017 marks the fourth annual Indy Big Data Conference. Over the past three years as the market for Big Data has grown, so has the audience for this important conference. In 2016 we had more than 1,000 in attendance, with an audience made up of Big Data experts, analysts, company leaders, scientists, marketers, academia and more. So as Big Data is expected to get even bigger, it just makes sense that so will our audience. In 2017, we anticipate more than 2,000 attendees to this annual event in Indianapolis alone. As analysts predict a Big Data market – including analytics – of more than $187 billion in 2019, we are pleased to announce the expansion of our Big Data Conference brand into the Washington Big Data Conference, serving the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia markets. As companies and organizations throughout the world seek to become more data driven and pressure mounts to prove a return on your Big Data investment, this conference is ready to address these topics with tangible solutions. While the only thing certain in life and business is change, so is the case with Big Data and the IoT. So grab your ticket to the 2017 Big Data Conference and fasten your seatbelts, as Big Data as moved from The Tipping Point to an Unstoppable Force – it’s going to be an interesting ride.