DAMA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM & WILSHIRE META-DATA CONFERENCE
April 27-May 1, 2003 – Renaissance Hotel, Orlando, Florida

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7 HALF-DAY WORKSHOPS (2 CD set)

Workshop 1: Data Modeling Basics Everything You Need to Know to Get Started
Marcie Barkin Goodwin, Axis Software Designs

Workshop 2: Creative Data Modeling: Ideas and Techniques for Advanced Practitioners
Graeme Simsion, University of Melbourne

Workshop 3: Practice Made Perfect: A Business Rule Discovery and Analysis Workshop
Barbara von Halle, Knowledge Partners Inc.

Workshop 4: The Agile Data Method
Scott Ambler, Ronin International

Workshop 5: Developing a Meta Data Management
Patricia Graham, Prudential Financial Services

Workshop 6: XML for Data Practitioners
David Plotkin

Workshop 7: Practical Techniques in Assessing Data Behavior, Meaning, and Quality
Michael Scofield, Loma Linda University

 

78 ONE-HOUR SESSIONS (4-CD set)

SIGS & Night Schools

Process Analysis Basics
Thom Harrington, SAFECO; Eva Smith, Edmonds Community College

Data Management and ICCP Certification
Patricia Cupoli, DAMA International

Putting User Language On Data
Joseph Maguire, Consultant

Orientation to Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Data Management
Mike Walls, PlanGraphics, Inc.

Building and Using Taxonomies
Malcolm Chisholm, Askget.com Inc.

Using UML for Data Modeling
Paul Dorsey, Dulcian, Inc.

Data Stewardship
Robert Seiner, KIK Consulting; TDAN.com

ETL vs. EAI: A Comparison of Integration Approaches
Faisal Shah, Knightsbridge Solutions

Data Warehouse and Knowledge Management at the Fraser Health Authority
Mark Wise, Wise Consulting; Doug Redwood, Fraser Health Authority

An Introduction to Use Cases, Including Tough Use Case Issues
Christine Mandracchia, American Re-Insurance Company

To Laugh or to Cry? More Fundamental Fallacies in Database Management
Fabian Pascal, Database Debunkings

Square Pegs in Round Holes?Managing XML Objects in an ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registry
Larry Fitzwater, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Creating a Data Repository with DB2/UDB XML Extender
Dean Hein, WEA Trust

Marketing and Selling Data Management
Danette McGilvray, Agilent Technologies; Todd Stephens, BellSouth;Richard Hecht, DATA Architects Technicians Analysts, Inc.

It’s Not Just Arts and Crafts: Quality Assurance for Data Models
Ralph Mohr, Covansys

Role of Data Management Professional in Developing Business Process Strategy and Metrics
Bruce Hart, Process Economics

PANEL: Current Work of the Business Rules Group on Standards
Ronald Ross, Cheryl Estep, Warren Selkow, Donald Chapin, John Zachman

Why Meta Data Management is Pivotal to Enterprise Data Security
David Schlesinger, Intel Corporation

Mapping Data Between XML and RDBMS
Denise Draper, Nimble Technology

Embarcadero User SIG
Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors, Inc.

TUESDAY, APRIL 29 - Conference Sessions

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Trends in Data Administration
John Ladley, Knowledge Interspace

So, Management Has Decided to Buy a Vendor Package…
Vickie Johnston, United Parcel Service

Deriving Business Value from Enterprise Metadata Management
Todd Moore, RBC Financial Services

XML: The Data Management Enabler
Evan Levy, Baseline Consulting

Essential Database Design Patterns
Joe Oates, Sybase, Inc.

Data Ownership, Governance and Stewardship in a Multinational
Larry Dziedzic, Johnson & Johnson; Ron Lemezis, Johnson & Johnson

Meta-Data: It’s Not Just About Data Anymore
Robert Seiner, KIK Consulting; TDAN.com

Business Intelligence: From Theory to Reality
Shaku Atre, Atre Group

XML Tools Explained and Demonstrated
Steve Hamby, Software AG; Denise Draper, Nimble Technology; Srinivas Pandrangi, Ipedo

Get “Focused” Before Data Modeling
Steve Farrell, Advanced Strategies, Inc.

Enterprise Information Management
Marc Abramson, JP Morgan Chase

Business Performance Management: The Future of Analytics?
Seth Grimes, Alta Plana Corporation

Raising the Quality Bar in Database Administration
April Reeve, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

Data Modeling Panel: ”Have Things Really Changed?”
Davida Berger, Scott Ambler, Terry Halpin, Len Silverston, Dave Hay, Terry Quatrani, Graham Witt

Metadata-Driven ETL
Vinny Ahuja, Intel Corporation

Data Management for E-Commerce
Hal Davis, Mellon Financial Corporation

Implementing Complex Data Integrity Rules Inside Your RDBMS
Michael Haynes, Nationwide Financial

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 - Conference Sessions

Analytical Modeling Manifesto
Tom Haughey, InfoModel

Information Quality in an Integrated ERP Production Environment
Danette McGilvray, Agilent Technologies

Developing a Business Rules Strategy using a Business Rules Special Interest Group Approach
Tom Yanchek, UPS

Web-based Dynamic Data Dictionary
Lee Arnett, Quantum, Inc.

FGDC MetaData and Oracle Spatial Data Integration
Mike Walls, Plangraphics, Inc.

Data Challenges in Getting to the Single Customer View
Denise Hopkins, Experian; Rich Olshefski, Innovative Systems; David Plotkin

Improving Your Data Modeling by Developing Custom Patterns and Generalizations
Roland Berg

Data Modeling for Authentication and Entitlement
William Lewis, Cambridge Technology Partners

Data Quality @ Bulgari: A Real Case Study
Alberto Villari, Bulgari S.p.A.

Business Rules and Rule Engines: Opening New Doors of Opportunity
Ronald Ross, Business Rule Solutions, LLC

Understanding and Leveraging the Object Management Group’s Metadata Standards
Charles Betz, Best Buy

The Semantics of Semantics
Dave McComb, Semantic Arts; Donald Chapin, Business Semantics; Zvi Schreiber, Unicorn Solutions

Managing the XML Data Resource
Richard Warner, Engelhard Corporation

Data Model and Integration Strategies for Real-Time Analytics
Kevin Cavanaugh, Unica Corporation

Model-Driven Architectures or Architecture-Driven Models
Michael Brackett, Data Resource Design & Remodeling; John Zackman, Zachman International

Methods and Models in Data Architecture
Michael K. Miller, Cardinal Health Corporation

The Data Analysis Political Toolkit
Amanda McLoone, Intel Corporation

Banking on Metadata at Allstate
Doug Stacey, Allstate; Pam Gardell, Allstate

Business Intelligence in the Competitive Corporate World
Adrienne Tannenbaum, Database Design Solutions, Inc.

Integration Starts With Business
Mike Lubash, Defense Finance and Accounting Service

Physically Implementing Universal Data Models to Integrate Data
Len Silverston, Universal Data Models, LLC

Who’s on First—“Data” or “Process”
Sheila Jeffrey, Wachovia

Case Study: Partnering with Business Process Reengineering to Improve Data Quality
Denise Cartledge, MetLife; Eileen Ponich, MetLife

PANEL: Meta Data Convergence
Deborah Henderson, Inergi; Stuart Wiebel, OCLC, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative;Sridhar Iyengar, IBM & OMG

Vision Accomplished: Metadata Repository to Single Source Directory
Madeleine Lord, Boston Federal Reserve Bank

Modeling Information Flow: Turning the Assembly Line Into an InfoMatrix
David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity, Inc.

The Associative Model of Data
Simon Haigh

THURSDAY, MAY 1 - Conference Sessions

Enterprise Shared Data—A Road Map to Realization
David Grube, Merck & Co., Inc.; Shiraz Kassam, Merck & Co., Inc.

Communicating the Value Proposition of Data Modeling: “Getting the Business Users Excited about Data Modeling”
Melanie Shanks, Pactiv Corporation; Michael Voss, Pactiv Corporation

Toward Legacy Architecture Recovery Measures
Peter Aiken, Institute for Data Research

Implementing a Web-based System From Scratch: A Data Management War Story
Richard Bates, Hewlett-Packard

PANEL: Data Management’s Next Big Thing
Tony Shaw, Wilshire Conferences; Mike Jennings, Hewitt Associates; Lisa Cash, Princeton Softech; Donald Soulsby, Computer Associates; Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors, Inc.

CENTRAL, Boeing’s Registry and Repository
Kathryn Breininger, Boeing

The Case for Logical and Physical Globally Unique Surrogate Keys
Chris Willoughby, Data Architecture Consulting

Developing an Enterprise Object Class Hierarchy
Graham Witt; Consulting Insights

Data Modeling Issues in Product Data Management
Jeff Davey, Siemens Dematic; Darrell Raymond, Alternative Output Inc.

How Have Shell and Other Large Companies Approached Enterprise Information Integration?
Chris Worsley, Kalido

Building and Utilizing a Successful Meta Data Database: Fleet Bank Credit Card Services Case Study
Beth Cathcart, Fair, Isaac; Athina Croom, Fleet Bank; Amy Zajack, Fair, Isaac

Managing Namespaces in XML
Judith Newton, NIST

Herding Cats: DA and DBA Must Work Together to Prevent Architectural Chaos
Jeffrey Jacobs, DATech Services, Inc.

CLOSING KEYNOTE: How Data Management Built the Pyramids
Warren Selkow

 

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