Enterprise Transformation:
Re-Imagining Process, People, Strategy & Operations with a Digital Core
Australia’s #1 Event for Transformation & Operational Leaders 21 Years Running!
13th - 15th October 2025
| InterContinental Double Bay, Sydney, Australia
Mikhail Golovnya
Senior Advisory Data Scientist MinitabMikhail Golovnya is a Senior Advisory Data Scientist at Minitab. Mikhail has been prototyping new machine learning algorithms and modeling automation for the past twenty years. He has been a major contributor to Salford Systems/Minitab’s on-going search for technological improvements among the most important algorithms in Machine Learning: CART® Decision Trees, MARS® Non-linear Regression, TreeNet® gradient boosting, and Random Forests®. Mikhail has presented at multiple conferences and seminars. He has also taught about the mathematical foundations and applications of major predictive learning algorithms, both classical and modern. He has two master’s degrees, one in rocket science from Kharkov State Polytechnic University (Ukraine) and another in statistical computing from the University of Central Florida (Orlando). Mikhail is leading the next generation of Minitab’s machine learning product development.
Conference Day One: Tuesday, 14 October 2025
10:45 AM Digital Transformation: Are We Truly There?
Mikhail Golovnya explores the true potential of digital transformation, from basic data collection to advanced analytics and generative AI, addressing its cultural impact, ethical questions, and future possibilities. Drawing on decades at the forefront of data science, he challenges whether we’ve truly reached the limits of modern technology.
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Mikhail.
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