DAMA INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
& WILSHIRE META-DATA CONFERENCE

May 2-6, 2004 – Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, California

 

AGENDA AT A GLANCE
Updated January 7, 2004

 

Saturday, May 1

Special guided tours are being offered by PRA Destination Management, including:
Historic Hollywood Tour, Treasures of the J. Paul Getty Center, Universal Studios

Sunday, May 2

1:00

Registration (registration continues open till 9 pm)

  SUNDAY WORKSHOPS

3:30 -
6:45

W1
Data Modeling Basics
Marcie Barkin Goodwin
Axis Software Designs, Inc.

W2
Abstraction: the Data Modeler’s Crystal Ball
Steve Hoberman
MasterFoods USA

W3
Enterprise Architecture Principles and Values
John Zachman
Zachman International

W4
Process Orientation for Data Management Professionals
Alec Sharp
Clariteq Systems Consulting Ltd.

W5
A Data Stewardship "How-To" Workshop
Robert Seiner
KIK Consulting & Educational Services/TDAN.com

W6
Fundamentals of Data Quality Analysis
Michael Scofield
Loma Linda University

W7
New Trends in Metadata
John Friedrich
JRFII, Inc.

W8
Acquiring, Storing and USING Your Meta Data
Doug Stacey
Allstate Insurance Company

W9
Unstructured Data Management
David Raab
Raab Associates

W10
Models, Models Everywhere, Nor any Time to Think
Fabian Pascal
Database Debunkings

  NIGHT SCHOOL

7:00 -
8:00

B1
Information Assurance
Ann Moore
Ronald Borland
Nationwide Mutual Insurance

B2
Data Management Practice Maturity Survey - Do you know where your meta data is?
Peter Aiken
VCU/Data Blueprint
Burton Parker
Paladin Integration Engineering

B3
Introduction to ORM
Terry Halpin
Northface University

B4 
Lies, Damn Lies, and Enterprise Integration
Evan Levy
Baseline Consulting

B5 
Metadata and Grid Computing
Frank Kowalkowski
Knowledge Consultants

Clyde Laakso
Lake, Vesta and Bright

B6 
Semantics in Business Systems
Dave McComb
Semantic Arts

Monday, May 3

7:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

 

MONDAY TUTORIALS

8:30 - 4:45

T1:
Business-Focussed Data Modeling
Graham Witt
Independent Consultant

T2:
Developing Better Requirements and Models Using Business Rules
Ronald G. Ross
Gladys S.W. Lam
Business Rule Solutions, LLC

T3:
Using Information Management to Sustain Data Warehouse
John Ladley
KI Solutions

T4:
How to Develop an Enterprise Data Strategy
Sid Adelman
Sid Adelman  Associates

T5:
Enterprise Messaging Modeling and Data Integration
Dave McComb
Semantic Arts

T6:
Enterprise Metadata: The Art and Science of Best Practices
Todd Stephens
BellSouth

T7:
Building the Managed Meta Data Environment
David Marco
Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc.

T8:
XML Database and Metadata Strategies
James Bean
Global Web Architecture Group

T9:
Mastering Reference Data
Malcolm Chisholm
Askget.com Inc.

T10:
Data and Databases
Joe Celko
Northface University

12:00 - 1:15

Lunch

 

NIGHT SCHOOL

5:00 – 6:00

D1

One Purdue Information Factory
Brad Skiles

Purdue University

D2

Bare-handed Data Modeling: A Polemic
John Schley
Principal Residential Mortgage, Inc.

D3

What is Why?   What is How? And What is What? Distinguishing Business Rules From Data And Processes
Tom Yanchek
United Parcel Service

D4

Meta Data Starts with an Enterprise Architecture Data Model
John Sharp
Sharp Informatics

D5

Data Management Using Metadata Registries
Judith Newton
NIST

D6

Integrating Unstructured Data
Michael Reed
Enterprise Warehousing Solutions, Inc.

D7

Conducting Database Design Project Meetings
Gordon Everest
University of Minnesota

D8

To Laugh or Cry 2004: Further Fallacies in Data Management
Fabian Pascal
Database Debunkings

6:15 - 7:15

GENERAL MEETING OF DAMA MEMBERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES

Tuesday, May 4

7:00 – 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:15 – 8:15

SIGs: Special Interest Groups and User Meetings

 

E1

AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler – Tips, Tricks & Suggestions
Marcie Barkin Goodwin
Axis Software Designs, Inc.

E2

Automating Conversions Between Metadata Standards Using XML and XSLT
Kara Nance
Brian Hay
University of Alaska Fairbanks

8:30-8:45 

WELCOME - DAMA & Wilshire

8:45-9:45  

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Database Graffitti: Scribbles from the Askew Wall
Chris Date
Independent Author, Lecturer, Researcher and Consultant

10:15 -11:15

G1

Entropy, Energy, and Data Resource Quality
Michael Brackett
Data Resource Design & Remodeling

G2

Adding Value in a Changing Environment - A Case Study
Duncan McMillan
Westpac Banking Corporation (NZ)

G3

10 Great Things Which Data Administrators Can Do with Use Cases and Class Diagrams
Susan Burk
MassMutual Financial Group

G4

A Practical Guide for Inventorying Your Data Assets
Perry Benjamin
The Boeing Company

G5

Are Business Rules Meta-Data In Disguise?
Terry Moriarty
Inastrol

G6

Building An XML-Based Data Standard
Bill Hopton
Branimir Kralj
Manulife Financial

G7

From Afterthought to Asset: The Business Value of Data
Jill Dyche
Baseline Consulting Group

11:30 - 12:30

H1

Achieving Data Excellence: Roadmap to Success
Larry Dziedzic
Johnson & Johnson
Maggie O'Hara
East Carolina University

H2

The Training and Mentoring of Data Analysts
Janet Siebert
Data Pantheon

H3

Verbalizing Business Rules
Terry Halpin
Northface University

H4

Metadata Management Converges with Business Modeling
Joshua Fox
Unicorn Solutions Inc.

H5

Successful Meta Data Management in Complex Siloed Systems
Sean Goggins
Ciber, Inc.

H6

XML Tools Comparison:
Cutting through the hype

Peter Aiken
VCU/Data Blueprint
David Allen
VCU/Data Blueprint

H7

Database Trends: The DBMS Landscape Circa 2004
Craig Mullins
BMC Software

12:30 - 1:45  

LUNCH

1:45 - 2:45

I1

Using an Enterprise Portal to Drive Global Data Architecture at Citigroup
Denis Kosar
Citigroup

I2

International Cross-Enterprise Shared Data
A Framework for Business Implementation

Simon Dunford
Rolls-Royce Defence
Paul Grant
Dept of Defense

I3

Enterprise Data and Process Modeling for the Telecommunications Industry 
Robert Mattison
Excellence In Telecommunication

I4

The Role of Metadata Management in the Construction of a Successful Data Warehouse
Kris Morris
3M Company

I5

Creative Metadata on a Shoestring!
Bonnie ONeil
Westridge Consulting

I6

Metadata: How Far Can it Take Us?
Doug Lenat
Cycorp

I7

Assessing BI Suites and Platforms for Performance Excellence
Jonathan Wu
Knightsbridge Solutions

3:15 - 4:15

J1

Data Modeling Panel
Davida Berger
Terry Halpin
Graham Witt
David Hay
Terry Quatrani

J2

Enterprise Common Data Architecture - Roadmap to Integration
Daniel Paolini
State of NJ Office of Information Technology

J3

Can the Warehousing Center of Excellence implement a Meta Data Repository?
Lowell Fryman
Metrics Consulting Corp

J4

Working with the Dublin Core Metadata Standard
David White
BellSouth

J5

Metadata and IT Service Management
Charlie Betz
Best Buy Corporation

J6

Enterprise Information Architecture for Unstructured Data
David Grube
Marie DeRatto
Merck & Co., Inc.

J7

Data Privacy and Security
David Schlesinger
Intel Corporation

4:15-8:00  

EXHIBITS OPEN: RECEPTION ON EXHIBIT FLOOR

5:30 – 6:00

In-Perspective Presentation:
Understanding Data Profiling
Jim Lovinggood
Evoke Software

In-Perspective Presentation:
Demystifying Metadata: A Look at SuperGlue, Informatica's Metadata Management Solution
David Lyle and Nabil Elsheshai
Informatica Corporation

6:15 – 6:45

In-Perspective Presentation:
Can We Make Metadata More Active?
Narasimham V. Peri
Reveleus

In-Perspective Presentation:
Discovering the Truth About Your Enterprise Data Quality
Juan-Carlos Martinez
Trillium Software (a division of Harte-Hanks)

7:00 – 7:30 In-Perspective Presentation:
Creating Enterprise Analytics &
KPI's for Business Performance Management

Jonathan Wu
Knightsbridge Solutions
In-Perspective Presentation:
On-Demand Operational Visibility using Enterprise Information Integration (EII)
Michael Abbott
Composite Software

Wednesday, May 5

7:00 – 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

SIGs: Special Interest Groups and User Meetings

7:15 – 8:15  

K1

Outsourcing of Data Management: Will You Be Next?
Mike Scofield
Loma Linda University

8:30 – 9:30  

L1

What do you do when the CIO says "forget the gurus - go save me some money!"
David Newman
Radio Shack

L2

UML for Database Design
Terry Quatrani
IBM

L3

Success in a Storm: A Case Study on Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Data Architecture
April Reeve
Associate Director
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare

L4

Meta Data Exploitation for Financial Gain
Christine Craven
Abbey

L5

The Ins and Outs of Semantic Integration
JP Morgenthal
Software AG

L6

XML vs Relational: Comparisons and Contrasts
David Plotkin
Well Fargo Bank

L7

The Human Side of Data Modeling
Alec Sharp
Clariteq Systems Consulting Ltd.

10:00 - 11:00  

M1

Challenges for Data Architecture in a Package Environment
Dawn Michels
Guidant Corporation

 

M2

Creating a Global Master Data Organization and Process: A Real World Case Study
Terry Haas
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

M3

Making Your Entities Behave: Entity Life Histories
David Hay
Essential Strategies, Inc.

M4

End-to-End Enterprise Data Integration
John Gonzales
Toyota Motor Sales

M5

Proactive Metadata-Driven Information Quality
David Loshin
Knowledge Integrity, Inc.

M6

A Checklist for Building a Taxonomy
Malcolm Chisholm
Askget.com Inc

M7

Panel: Data Management Imperatives for Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
Tim Mawhinney, PWC
Christine Craven, Abbey

11:15 – 12:15

N1

Practical Experience with Enterprise Data Modeling
John Sykes
The Vanguard Group

N2

Enterprise Architecture: A Strategic Approach to Improving Data Quality and Restructuring Information Management
C. Lwanga Yonke
Aera Energy LLC

N3

The Table Management Distribution System:Air Mobility Command’s Reference Data Success Story
Michele Johnson
United States Air Force
William Clark
Tri-Cor

N4

Pragmatic ways of getting ROI on you metadata investment
Wilfred Ulmer
WCB Alberta

N5

Efficiently Implement Data Lineage and Impact Analysis in 100 days
Myles Chapman
Best Buy Co., Inc.

N6

Managing Metadata in Oracle
Daniel Liu
First American Real Estate Solutions

N7

Defining the Financial Value of Information
Robert Randall
The Intoinfo Consulting Group

12:15–1:15

LUNCH

1:15 – 2:15

O1

Information Stewardship: From Vision to Implementation and Beyond
Janie Corbett
Kimberly Martin
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield

O2

A Contrarian View of the ODS Value in a CIF
Michael Bryan
Ali Tafreshi
Nextel Communications

O3

Managing Your Project Manager:  A Survival Guide for Data Professionals
Karen Lopez
InfoAdvisors, Inc.

O4

How to Implement a Quick, Low-Cost Metadata Management Program
Janice Tyson Wolf
Dept. of HUD
Diana Young

Federal Aviation Administration

O5

Instituting the Meta Data LifeCycle
Barbara Nichols
Metaview360, Inc.

O6

Data Management: The Next Big Thing
Tony Shaw, Wilshire Conferences
Todd Stephens, BellSouth
John Friedrich, JRFII
Charlie Betz, Best Buy
Craig Mullins, BMC Software
Neil Raden, Hired Brains

O7

Optimizing the Value of Metadata for Business People
Hans Yeager
SH Group

2:30–3:45

KEYNOTE PRESENTATION & AWARDS:
Universal Priciples of Integration
Len Silverston
Universal Data Models, LLC

3:45-6:00

EXHIBITS

4:00 – 4:30

In-Perspective Presentation:
Lineage - The Holy Grail of Data Warehouse Metadata
Dan Riehle
Teradata (a division of NCR)

In-Perspective Presentation:
Enterprise Information Architecture in Uncertain Times: “React and Adapt”
Don Soulsby
Computer Associates

In-Perspective Presentation:
Executable Metadata: Applying Model-Driven Architectures to the Corporate Data Infrastructure
Scott Wiener
Certive Corporation

4:45 – 5:15

In-Perspective Presentation:
Ascential Metadata Perspective
Nathan Bobbin, Ascential Software
Andrew Manby, Ascential Software

In-Perspective Presentation:
How Broad Metadata Integration Delivers Strategic Value Throughout the Organization
Larry Dziedzic, Johnson & Johnson
Scott McCurdy, ASG

In-Perspective Presentation:
Business Rules: Dos and Don'ts
Nicolas Robbe
ILOG

 

SIGs: Special Interest Groups and User Meetings

5:30 – 6:30  

Q1

DAMA Professional Group Council

Q2

Embarcadero ER/Studio User SIG
Karen Lopez
InfoAdvisors, Inc.

Q3

PowerDesigner SIG
Mike Nicewarner
John Deere Credit

Q4

Advantage Repository User Group
Marie Roemer
MetLife

Q5

Universal Process Models
Len Silverston
Universal Data Models, LLC

Q6

UML/Rose/RUP Users Group
Christine Mandracchia
American ReInsurance Company

Q7

Net Centric Data Strategy
Michael Gorman
Whitemarsh Information Systems

Thursday, May 6

7:00 - 8:30

Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 - 9:30

S1

Establishing Best Practices within American Century's Data Services Department
Kevin Phelps
American Century Investments, Inc.

S2

Driving Strategic Direction and Results for Enterprise Data Architecture at Intel
Gregg Wyant
Intel Corporation

S3

Putting "Place" in the Database - Spatial Information Storage and Use
Paul Baynham
PlanGraphics, Inc.

S4

What Your Mother Never Told You about Meta Data
Richard Weimar
State of Michigan

S5

Refactoring Metadata: Finding Architectural Compatibility through Structural Comparisons
Baden Hughes
Department of Computer Science

S6

The Return of the Data Warehouse: This Time It's for Real
Neil Raden
Hired Brains, Inc.

S7

How to Get Business and Data Professionals Interacting
Larry Dziedzic, Johnson & Johnson
John Zachman, Zachman International
Michael Brackett, Data Resource Design and Remodeling
Ron Ross, Business Rule Solutions
Lwanga Yonke, Aera Energy

9:50 - 10:50

U1

The Agile Data Method: A Roadpath for Modernizing Data-Oriented Activities
Scott Ambler
Ronin International, Inc.

U2

How to Make Data Quality Indispensable
Paul Nettle
Ian Sinclair
UK Ministry of Defence

U3

Business Rule Engines: Build or Buy?
Roland Berg
ThinkSpark

U4

Meta-data for Hub-Based Enterprise Application Integration
Jim Fulton
The Boeing Company

U5

Service-Oriented Architectures
Fran Clark
Arpeggio Technology

U6

Evaluating DBMS Platforms for a Next Generation Data Warehouse
Michael K. Miller
Cardinal Health

U7

An Emerging OMG Standard for the Vocabulary and Rules of the Business: "Business Semantics of Business Rules"
Donald Chapin
Business Semantics Ltd.

11:10 - 12:30

CLOSING KEYNOTE:
Mom/Dad - What Do You Really Do for A Living?
Graeme Simsion, Scott Ambler, John Ladley, Terry Moriarty, David Plotkin

12:30

Conference Conclusion

2:00 - 5:30

CONSULTING SKILLS SEMINAR - S1
Being Right Isn't Enough: A Crash Course in Consulting Skills
Graeme Simsion
University of Melbourne

CONSULTING SKILLS SEMINAR - S2
Managing IT Professionals Seminar
George Flanagin, Bright Crayon

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