IAPA is here to support analytics professionals to make a greater impact, enhance their skills, get recognised, build community and develop the analytics industry.
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IAPA Patron Program
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2022 Top 25 Analytics Leaders Announced
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About IAPA (Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia)
The Institute of Analytics Professionals of Australia (IAPA) is the only analytics association in Australia. We promote the growing strategic role played by data analytics in the business arena. We're committed to aiding executive understanding of analytics' role in business transformation and data-driven decision making; as well as developing recognition of analytics professionals in the wider business community. This includes establishing standards of practice, excellence, accreditation, and education.
IAPA also assists and supports organisations to find and retain staff, build high-performance teams, develop staff skills and enhance the perception of key analytics roles within the C-suite.
Member Benefits
Corporate recognition
Organisations with strong data science, analytics and business intelligence competencies, join IAPA as corporate members to demonstrate to staff and the public their commitment to enhancing analytics capability, advancing the careers of team members and promoting data-driven decision making.
Be seen as an employer of choice
Attract and retain analytics staff by demonstrating your commitment to the industry and showcasing your organisation to the 8,000 strong IAPA community. Add your voice to key industry issues and help to lead industry positions on ethics, privacy, transparency, diversity and data-for-good.
Collaborate with peers
Joining IAPA as a corporate member means you're joining other analytics leaders to network at CAO or Head of Analytics level. IAPA brings the group together regularly to discuss the key challenges facing analytics leadership and share experiences with like-minded peers.
Resources + Latest News
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The strategic secret weapon for business
When the world, driven by data, moves so fast and forces are so disruptive, business needs data-driven insight and guidance – and many are finding their strategic secret weapon to be their analytics teams. -
The Data Science Moment
In 2009, Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, trumpeted the future value of people with statistical skills. He said: "The sexy job in the next 10 years will be statisticians… The ability to take data, to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualise it, to communicate it.” Seven years on, there is no denying the demand for these skills. However, there is debate over what to call the people who possess them. Are they statisticians, data analysts or scientists?