Lisa A. Giacumo and Steven W. Villachica presented “Big Data meets performance improvement: Separating promise from hype” at the 2017 annual conference of the International Society of Performance Improvement: Europe – Middle East – Africa (ISPI-EMEA). The presentation focused on how organizations can leverage big data to meet strategic business objectives through systemic improvement. The conference was held in Bonn, Germany September 22 – 24, 2016.