Tuesday 3 November
09:30-10:30
KEYNOTE: Data Management As Applied To Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise

Mark Kozak-Holland Business Architect HP Services, Consulting and Integration To Speaker's Bio

Keynote Outline

Many business people today are grappling with an unprecedented level of change adversely impacting their organizations. They need to make robust decisions quickly but are struggling to make use of data locked up at the enterprise, business unit, and project levels. Similarly to its application in business today was the management of data required for Churchill’s decision making environment. This historical analysis is done through a modern business and information technology lens, describing Churchill's actions and strategy using modern business tools and techniques. As a result, you will learn how Churchill:

• set clear short and long term goals,
• overcame institutionalized resistance to change,
• created and enacted a communication strategy to support his goals,
• evaluated emerging technologies, and prioritized various initiatives,
• used information to enhance decision making, and metrics to track and guide actions,
• stuck to his principles, exceeding all expectations.

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Tuesday 3 November
13:30-14:30
KEYNOTE: DW 2.0™ - Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing

Bill Inmon President Forest Rim Technology LLC To Speaker's Bio

Keynote Outline

DW 2.0™ - architecture for the next generation of data warehousing© – has its roots in classical data warehousing. But some important new architectural features are intertwined – the life cycle of data, the need to connect unstructured data with structured data, the need to tightly intertwine metadata with the warehouse, the need for an enterprise metadata repository – all these features are vitally important for the next generation of data warehousing.

This keynote presentation by Bill Inmon describes what you need to know about DW 2.0™ to get started. In addition, this keynote address will point you to where you can go for further in depth material.

Some of the topics include –

• accommodating the life cycle of data in the data warehouse
• bringing unstructured data into the data warehouse
• the metadata infrastructure for the data warehouse, and so forth.

This keynote presentation is designed for the data architect, the systems manager, the application developer, and the data warehouse professional who have to get the most out of today’s environment and who have to prepare for tomorrow.

What the attendee will learn –

• what is DW 2.0
• how does DW 2.0 differ from first generation data warehouses
• how can unstructured data be integrated into the data warehouse
• what is the life cycle of data within the data warehouse
• how does DW 2.0 accommodate the lifecycle of data within the data warehouse
• what role does metadata play in the next generation of data warehousing

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Wednesday 4 November
09:00-10:00
KEYNOTE: Managing Information Quality Throughout The Information Value Circles

Larry P. English President & Principal INFORMATION IMPACT International, Inc. To Speaker's Bio

Keynote Outline

In this keynote presentation, Mr. English introduces the concept of Information Value Circles as a Business Management tool, for managing Information as a resource and Information Quality as a product of Information Processes.

You learn fundamental Information Quality principles and processes that lead to Business Effectiveness by improving Information Process Quality across the Value Circles. With illustrations from organizations around the world that have implemented successful information quality processes, Mr. English describes the techniques and cultural transformation required for an effective and sustainable Information Quality across all Information Value Circles.

• The Failure of Management by Business Area
• What is an Information Value Circle
• SIPOCs and the closed loop Value Circle
• Core Principles and Processes for sustainable Information Quality Management
• Tips for getting started, achieving and sustaining Business Excellence through Information Excellence

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Wednesday 4 November
14:00-15:00
KEYNOTE: Managing the Cloud - The Impact of Cloud Computing for Data Management Professionals

Reuven Cohen President Enomaly Inc To Speaker's Bio

Keynote Outline

There has been much discussion about the potential opportunities for globalized cloud computing . However very little has focused on the impact it will have on data management and data management professionals. In this keynote presentation, Reuven Cohen thought leader in the emerging cloud computing industry will address the challenges cloud computing brings to data management. Topics he will address include:

• Defining cloud computing
• What will be the future distribution of public versus private cloud computing?
• How to handle the security and governance in managing the clouds
• Cloud databases are not relational. How will we design and manage them after more than 30 years of the relational paradigm
• The present and future opportunities and applications for a world wide cloud
• Future trends in cloud computing

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