April 28-May 2, 2002 - San Antonio, Texas
CALL FOR PAPERS  
    

THE CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE HAS PASSED, BUT YOU MAY STILL SUBMIT A 
PRESENTATION PROPOSAL FOR CONSIDERATION AS A BACKUP SPEAKER.
 After reviewing the parameters below, please submit your proposal here.

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for the 14^th Annual DAMA International Symposium + 6^th Annual Wilshire Meta-Data Conference scheduled for April 28-May 2, 2002 in San Antonio, Texas.   

This conference is increasingly recognized as the foremost data management educational conference in the world.  Over 1000 IT professionals from 24 countries attended the meeting in 2001 to learn about the latest technologies and management methods, and to share information with their colleagues from around the world. 

For reference, previous events can be reviewed at www.wilshireconferences.com.

 Presentations are invited across the entire range of data management fields of interest.  As a guide, key educational themes and topics for 2002 are listed below.

  Submission Requirements Include:

• Presentation Title, 100-word executive summary and 5-6 bullet points describing the content of the presentation.  You may also include additional bullet points describing what an attendee will learn from your presentation, plus any other additional explanation of the topic area and why it is important.

• Indicate the level of experience required by the audience on the following scale:  
  Introductory = No experience required, Practitioner = 3 years min., Expert = 10+ years

• Speaker Information, including speaker biography and audiovisual requirements

• Complete contact information of proposed speaker.  Include PR contact if applicable.

• A statement acknowledging acceptance of the Speaker Presentation Requirements and Conditions (see below).  

Presentation Guidelines  

How to Improve the Chances of Your Proposal Being Accepted

1.      Presentations from corporate practitioners that reflect real-world experience and hands-on implementation will receive priority consideration.

2.      Presentations that focus on NEW concepts, techniques, technologies and methods also receive preferred consideration

3.      Presentations may be proposed in the following categories:

• Conference Sessions (1 hour duration)

• Special Interest Groups (5 minute presentation followed by discussion)

• Workshops (3 hours)

• Tutorials (6 hours)

4.      Panel presentations are welcome.  All panelists must be identified in the initial proposal.

5.      Vendors are welcome to submit proposals for bona fide conference sessions and SIGs (i.e. containing no commercial content). Sales pitches will not be accepted.

6.      Product presentations and/or demonstrations during conference sessions are generally inappropriate, unless they enhance an important educational point (Please note point # 3 in Presentation Requirements below). 

VERY IMPORTANT!  
Speaker Presentation Conditions, Requirements & Benefits

1.      All speakers must agree to provide their presentation to Wilshire Conferences in a standard electronic form (PowerPoint is strongly preferred), no later than March 15, 2002. This is necessary to prepare the event CD and documentation. Unfortunately, speakers who are delinquent in meeting this deadline risk being replaced on the program.

2.      By submitting a proposal, the speaker agrees to the standard copyright and reproduction terms of this event.  These terms provide that copyright in original presentation material remains with the speaker, however Wilshire Conferences is granted the right to record, reproduce and distribute each presentation in all forms of printed and electronic conference materials, including, but not limited to, the conference CD-ROM, printed attendee notes, the conference web site, and audio recordings (digital and/or analog), without royalties or fees payable to speaker.  Any exceptions to acceptance of the above by the speaker must be noted in his/her initial submission.

3.      All sessions will be rated by the audience for commercial content.  Any speaker who is judged by the audience to have made an inappropriate sales pitch for his/her own company, book, product or service during a conference session risks having their presentation interrupted and/or halted, and will not be invited to participate at future conferences.

4.      By submitting a proposal, speaker agrees that he/she has permission from his/her company to make the presentation under the terms outlined in this Call for Papers.

5.      All accepted speakers receive complimentary attendance to the entire conference.

6.      All conference and SIG speakers are responsible for their own travel and living expenses.

 All questions regarding the Call for Papers may be sent to Tony Shaw of Wilshire Conferences and Davida Berger of DAMA International at speaker@wilshireconferences.com.   

Thank you!

Tony Shaw, Chairman                                                Davida Berger, VP Conference Services
Wilshire Conferences                                                 DAMA International
www.wilshireconferences.com                                   www.dama.org

Guide to Possible Topic Areas

 DAMA International Symposium  

• Conceptual to Logical to Physical Modeling

• Advanced Data Modeling

• Data and Information Architectures

• Enterprise Modeling

• Enterprise Application Integration

• Object Role Modeling

• Data Integration

• Enterprise Architecture

• Enterprise Data Management

• UML from a Data Management Perspective

• Integration of ERD and Object Models

• Use Case

• Data Warehousing, Data Marts Decision Support

• Data Modeling for Web Applications

• Data Modeling for Decision Support

• Process Modeling

• Integration of Data and Process

• Business Rules and Business Rule Engines

• Data Quality

• Data Administration Role in ERP

• Information Stewardship

• Implementing DA Functions

• Metrics and Data Administration

• Global Data Management

• Data Naming Standards

• Data Resource Quality

• Customer Relationship Management

• Project Management

• Federated Architectures

• Knowledge Management

• Enterprise Information Portals

• Case Studies and Success Stories

• Implementing Data Administration Functions

• Applying the Zachman Framework

• Future Trends in Data Management

 Wilshire Meta-Data Conference

Meta Data Track

• Technical and Management Issues in Meta Data

• Managing Metamodels

• Repositories: Product Evaluation, Implementation and Project Management

• Data, Application and Tool Integration

• Meta Data Requirements

• Meta Data Management in New Environments: ERP, CRM, E-Business

• Meta Data Standards

• Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM)

• Defining Meta Data in Web Documents and Other Web Content

• People and Processes for Effective Meta Data Management

• Metrics for Control and Success

• Meta Data for Data Warehousing

• Directories and Directory Management

• Meta Data in Unstructured Data Environments

• New and High-Payoff Applications for Meta Data

XML Track

• XML for Data/Meta Data Management

• XML Metamodels and Repositories

• XML Databases and Tools

• Working with XML: Schemas, Frameworks, Vocabularies, DTDs, RDF, etc.

• Data and Application Integration

• XML Role in Data Discovery and Retrieval

• XML Role in Data/Process Description

• The Semantic Web

• SOAP

PLUS: New Educational Track in 2002!!!

Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

• Business Intelligence

• Data Mining

• Real-time Analytics

• Corporate Portals

• Working with the Tools

• Build vs. Buy

• Determining Requirements

• Dealing with New Data Requirements for Analytical Applications

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