Sunday, March 4
 
3:30 – 6:45 pm - WORKSHOPS
W1
Implementing a Help Desk for Data

Gwen Thomas
Data Governance Institute


Introductory

Aligning Data Management With Business
W2
Advanced Data Warehouse Data Design Topics

Thomas Haughey
InfoModel LLC


Advanced

W3
The Art (and Science) of Diagramming: Communicating Effectively Using Diagrams

Daniel Moody
University of Twente

Introductory / All Audiences


W4
How to Succeed with Business Rules: Techniques, Tools and Methodology

Ronald G. Ross
Gladys S.W. Lam
Business Rule Solutions, LLC


Intermediate


W5
Non-Invasive Data Governance: Building From Existing Knowledge

Robert Seiner
KIK Consulting / TDAN.com

Introductory / All Audiences



W6
MetaData Management 2007: A Research-based Examination of the top corporate metadata issues, market trends, and vendor/product solutions

Stu Carty
Gavilan Research


Introductory / All Audiences

Metadata Management Track

W7
Introduction to Data Quality Tools and Technologies

David Loshin
Knowledge Integrity, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Information And Data Quality Track
W8
Data Interoperability Strategy

Michael Gorman
Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation


Intermediate


W9
Integrating Web 2.0 Technologies (Metadata 2.0)

Todd Stephens
BellSouth


Introductory / All Audiences

Metadata Management Track

New Trends and Technologies
W10
Leading Change: the Human Factor
C. Lwanga Yonke
Aera Energy, LLC


Introductory / All Audiences

7:00 – 8:00 pm - COMMUNITIES of PRACTICE (CoPs)
Financial & Insurance Health Care      
Federal Government   Additional CoPs to be anounced    
 
Monday, March 5
 
8:30 am – 4:45 pm - TUTORIALS
T01
Introduction to Enterprise Architecture and the Zachman Framework

John Zachman
Zachman International


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
T02
Data Modeling Challenges Workshop

Steve Hoberman
Steve Hoberman & Associates, LLC


Advanced

Data Modeling Track
T03
A Guide to Operational BI: What it is and How to Use it

Claudia Imhoff
Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

Colin White
BI Research


Intermediate

BI and Data Warehousing Track
T04
Information Quality Improvement: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information

Danette McGilvray
Granite Falls Consulting, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Information And Data Quality Track
T05
Data Certification: Techniques for Effective Information Management

Andres Perez
IRM Consulting, Ltd. Co.


Intermediate

T06
Developing Your Enterprise Data Strategy

John Ladley
Navigant Consulting
Intermediate

Data Strategy Track
T07
Implementing Enterprise Data Architecture Through Effective Meta Data Management

David Marco
EWSolutions


Intermediate

Metadata Management Track

T08
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) - "from A to Z"

James Bean
American Express


Introductory / All Audiences


Service Oriented Architecture Track
T09
Mastering Master Data

Malcolm Chisholm
AskGet.com Inc


Intermediate


Master Data Track
T10
Consulting Skills Workshop

Graeme Simsion
Simsion & Associates

Business

Management and Communication Track
5:00 -6:00pm - NIGHT SCHOOL
Intra-Company Marketing for Data Management
Jim McQuade
Giant Eagle, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track
Stand Out Professionally as a CDMP
Patricia Cupoli
DAMA International

Introductory / All Audiences
Advanced ISO 11179 Engineering and Deployment
Michael Gorman
Whitemarsh Information Systems Corporation


Advanced

Metadata Management Track

Introduction to Geospatial Data Architecture and GIS Data Management
Michael Scofield
ESRI, Inc.


Business

Unstructured Data Management Track
Building the Agile Database
Larry Burns
PACCAR, Inc


Intermediate


Application of performance prediction to enterprise data management
Boris Zibitsker
BEZ Systems


Introductory / All Audiences

Aligning Data Management With Business
The Dictionary: Heart of Data Quality
Bonnie O'Neil
PPC


Intermediate

Information And Data Quality Track

"Why can't we be friends? - DM shaking hands with Testing and Security"
Corinna Martinez
State of California, CalPERS

Business

Management and Communication Track
DataFlux Alliance Partner
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Opening Hospitality Suite Sponsored by DataFlux
Tuesday, March 6
7:15 – 8:15 am - SIGS
Introducing A Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge -- DMBOK Guide
Mark Mosley
EWSolutions

Deborah Henderson
DAMA International

Patricia Cupoli
DAMA International

Anne Marie Smith
EWSolutions


Introductory / All Audiences


AllFusion ERwin Special Interest Group – Tips, Tricks & Suggestions’
Marcie Barkin Goodwin
Axis Software Designs


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track
Establishing Data Services in an iT world
Mehmet Orun
Genentech, Inc.

Danette McGilvray
Granite Falls Consulting, Inc
.

Introductory / All Audiences

Data Strategy Track
Do You Need A Data Development Methodology?
John Singer
MasterCard Worldwide


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Strategy Track
 
8:30 – 9:45 am - KEYNOTE 1
5 New Trends in Data Management - And What You Should Do Next
New Trends and Technologies  Data Strategy Track

Jill Dyche
Baseline Consulting
 
Break
 
10:15 – 11:15 am - CONFERENCE SESSIONS

The Changing Nature of Discourse Among Data Professionals
John Schley
Principal Financial Group


Business

Data Strategy Track


Domain Modeling Using Color-Coded Entities
Norman Daoust
Daoust Associates


Intermediate

Data Modeling Track
Object Role Modeling (ORM): A Better Way to Do Data Modeling
Gordon Everest
Carlson School of Management


Intermediate

Data Modeling Track
Full Meta Jacket. How to integrate Metadata Management into your Development Lifecycle
Mark Standring
Countrywide Financial


Intermediate

Metadata Management Track
Mastering Master Data Management through Data Governance
Martha Dember


Intermediate



Master Data Track
Metadata and Asset Management for SOA: Technology Trends
Sridhar Iyengar
IBM


Intermediate

Service Oreinted Service Track
Metamodel for Enterprise Metadata
John Zachman
Zachman International


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
Is It Time to Move On From Data Warehousing?
Neil Raden
Hired Brains


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Strategy Track

BI and Data Warehousing Track
 
Room Change
 
11:30 am – 12:30 pm - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Globalizing Data: Database and Data Management Impacts and Challenges
Michael Ley
UPS


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Strategy Track

Subtyping Challenges and Solutions
Terry Halpin
Neumont University


Advanced

Data Modeling Track
The Impact of Proper Data Governance: Organization, Data and Metadata
David Plotkin
Wells Fargo Consumer Credit Group


Introductory / All Audiences

Governance Track


Measuring the Dollar Value of Metadata Processes and Repository
Chi Tai
Intel


Intermediate

Repositories Track
Don’t Duck Metadata- The National Geospatial Metadata Program.
Sharon Shin
Federal Geographic Data Committee


Introductory / All Audiences


Achieving success on Customer Master Data at Nordea
Jørgen Steines
Platon A/S

Jeanette Møller
Nordea Bank


Introductory / All Audiences

Master Data Track
The Evolving Role of the Enterprise Architect
Steve Nunn
The Open Group

Introductory / All Audiences

Enterprise Architecture Track

New Best Practices in Business Requirements
Fernando Martinez-Campos
Baseline Consulting


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track
 
Lunch
 
1:45 – 2:45 pm - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
The Scooter Store: A Case Study Where Culture Fostered Integrated Models
Len Silverston
Universal Data Models, LLC

Ken Bates
The Scooter Store


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track
The System Migration Minefield: How to make it through and live to tell about it.
David Rafner
Data Blueprint

John Sells
Data Blueprint


Intermediate

Information And Data Quality Track
Everything I Needed to Know About Data Management I Learned in Fire School
Dan Paolini
State of New Jersey - OIT


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track
Marketing the Business Value of Meta Data
JB Brahmaiah Jarugumilli
GE Money


Intermediate


Creating a Usage Metadata Repository
Bob Schork
Citigroup Architecture and Technology Engineering


Introductory / All Audiences

Repositories Track

Data Integration: The intersection of SOA and BI
Robert J. Abate
RCG Information Technology


Intermediate


Data Integration Track
Generating Strategic Value from Row 1 Models
Samuel Holcman
PInnacle Business Group


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
How does a Business Analyst work with the Data Architect and Database Administrator?
Barbara Carkenord
B2T Training


Intermediate

Management and Communication Track
 
Break
 
3:15 – 4:15 pm - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Starting With More Than a Blank Page: Implementing Industry Standard Data Models
Karen Lopez
InfoAdvisors


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track

Advanced Data Profiling Techniques
Ed Lindsey
Informatica


Advanced

Information And Data Quality Track

Leveraging Data Shadow Systems for Business Value
Rick Sherman
Athena IT Solutions


Introductory / All Audiences

Aligning Data Management With Business


Extreme Metadata Makeover: Applying TV’S Reality Game Show's Approach to Metadata Management's Realities
Stan Slossberg
The Hartford - Hartford Technology Services Co


Introductory / All Audiences

Metadata Management Track
Using Metadata to Support Compliance and Accountability Efforts
Gwen Thomas
The Data Governance Institute


Advanced

Governance Track
Leveraging ESB Technology in Enterprise Data Architecture
David Koenig

Michael Galarneau
Liberty Mutual Group


Advanced


Service Oreinted Service Track

The Art and Science of Data Management Strategy Development
Barbara Nichols
Metaview360, Inc.

Intermediate

Data Strategy Track


Repository in a week? What can be done - learning to walk before trying to run!
Peter Aiken
VCU/Data Blueprint

Glenn Carney
CommunityAmerica Credit Union


Intermediate

Repositories Track
 
EXHIBITS
 
5:00 - 5:30 pm - IN PERSPECTIVES/NEW PRODUCTS
Connecting Business Users to Their Information
Davor Gornik
IBM


All Audiences






5:45 - 6:15 pm - IN PERSPECTIVES/NEW PRODUCTS
Measuring the Risk and Value of Information Projects
John Ladley
Navigant Consulting


All Audiences
Live Demo: Self-Learning Technology Applied to Data Quality Challenges
David Faibish
Zoomix


All Audiences





6:30 - 7:00 pm - IN PERSPECTIVES/NEW PRODUCTS
Tame Information Chaos with Metadata Management: Discover Best Practices and Future Trends in Delivering Trusted Metadata
Khuan Tan
Business Objects


All Audiences
Moving Your Data to the Enterprise
Matt Creason
Sybase, Inc.


All Audiences





Wednesday, March 7
7:30 – 8:00 am - NEW TECHNOLOGY SIGS
Future Trends in Data Management: The Virtual Prototyping Warehouse
James Paat
Sypherlink, Inc.

Intermediate

New Trends and Technologies
The Sensitive Data Discovery Revolution
Alex Gorelik
Exeros, Inc.


Advanced


SOA Governance-Right from the Start
Brent Carlson
LogicLibrary


Intermediate


Service Oreinted Service Track

New Trends and Technologies
Intelligent Database Systems for the Merged Media Future
Joseph Foley
Illuminate


Advanced

Unstructured Data Management Track

New Trends and Technologies
Total Information Security For Mobile Workforces
Robert Sullebarger
Vericept


Introductory / All Audiences

New Trends and Technologies

Self-Learning Technology: The Fast Track to Master Data Quality
David Faibish
Zoomix


Business

Information And Data Quality Track

New Trends and Technologies
 
8:30 – 9:30 am - CONFERENCE SESSIONS

Designing Data-Driven Information-Products and Data Management Systems from an Economic Perspective
Adir Even
G. Shankaranarayanan
Boston University School of Management

Business

Integrated Information Management - the Next Wave of Modeling Standards
Pete Rivett
Adaptive


Advanced

Metadata Management Track

Data Modeling Track
BI: Knowledge Navigation at the U.S. Naval Academy
Alan Harmon
U.S. Naval Academy

Edith Purdie
U.S. Naval Academy


Introductory / All Audiences

BI and Data Warehousing Track
The Death of Metadata - Bringing it Back to Life
Adrienne Tannenbaum
Database Design Solutions, Inc.


Advanced

Metadata Management Track

Meeting the Challenge of Health Care Information Integration
Judith Newton
AlfoTech Solutions

Laura Reece
ASI


Intermediate

Data Integration Track

Using Patterns in Data to Drive Semantic Reasoning
Neal Fishman
IBM

Glen Birrell
General Motors


Intermediate


Data Integration Track
Data Quality: Aligning Data Implementations with Enterprise Intent
Stan Locke
Zachman Framework Associates


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
Designing Canonicals for SOA: Bridging ER and XML Worlds
Jeff Pekrul
Genentech, Inc.

Mehmet Orun
Genentech, Inc.


Advanced

Service Oreinted Service Track
 
Break
 
10:00 – 11:00 am - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
U.S. Federal Data Architecture: Managing Data as a National Asset
Suzanne Acar
U.S. Department of the Interior

Bryan Aucoin
Enterra Solutions


Intermediate


Enterprise Architecture Track
Effectively Managing Your Modeling Environment
Marcie Barkin Goodwin
Axis Software Designs


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track
Leveraging Data for Competitive Advantage in Non-Profit Organizations: A Methodology and Case Study
Mark Gillenson
University of Memphis


Intermediate

Data Strategy Track

BI and Data Warehousing Track
Losing Millions from Metadata Non-Management: Views from the World of Investment Management
Chito Jovellanos
forward look, inc.


Intermediate

Aligning Data Management With Business
Leveraging Enterprise Data Models to Support Service Planning
Thiru Thangarathinam,
Intel

Don Rognlien
Intel


Intermediate

Repositories Track
Use of a Metadata Semantic Ontology Language for Ontology Integration: Current Research Findings
Jack Myers
The Metadata Company, LLC

Steve Peacock
The Metadata Company, LLC


Advanced

Semantic and Ontologies Track
Aligning Business and IT/Data Management
Nick Bonamassa
Info Architects, Inc.


Advanced

Aligning Data Management With Business
Business Process Automation Using Rules Standards and the Semantic Web
Paul Haley
Haley Systems


Introductory / All Audiences

Semantic and Ontologies Track
 
Room Change
 
11:15 am – 12:15 pm - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Metadata Lineage is Useless Without Version and Configuration Management, aka, a Single Version of the Truth is Not Meaningful
John R. Friedrich II, Ph. D.
Meta Integration Technologies


Intermediate

Metadata Management Track
Make Your Data Model Diagram Really Communicate
Darlene Saric
Discover Financial Services


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track
Developing Business Vocabularies & Business Rules: Real-Life Experience
Ronald G. Ross
Business Rule Solutions, LLC


Advanced

Semantics and Ontologies Track
Metadata (Its in the Model!!): The Raw Materials of Software Manufacturing
Frederic Wild
EMC Corporation


Diana Wild
FM Global Insurance


Intermediate

Metadata Management Track
Business Metadata Content Change Management - A Starting Point
Manish Malhotra
bimethods, inc.

Introductory / All Audiences



Metadata Management Track
OWL: Flying Through Ontologies
David Hay
Essential Strategies, Inc.


Intermediate

Semantics and Ontologies Track

Standards for Certification and Compliance
John Zachman
Zachman International


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
Measuring the Risk and Value of Information Projects
John Ladley
Navigant Consulting


Introductory / All Audiences


 
Lunch
 
1:15 – 2:15 pm - CONFERENCE SESSIONS (P)

Information into Action: Delivering Value from Information Governance and Metadata Management
Ron Klein
BMO Finacial Group

Introductory / All Audiences

Governance Track
The Need for New Model Types: Key for Meeting Today's Business Demands
Kevan Shelden
Nielsen Media Research


Introductory / All Audiences

Making Money from Customer Value Metrics
David Raab
Client X Client


Intermediate


The Department of Defense and the Net-Centric Data Strategy
M. David Allen
Booz Allen Hamilton

Daniel Risacher
Department of Defense CIO


Intermediate

Data Strategy Track
Enterprise Message Modeling: How Data Modelers Can Get Involved In (and control) Service Oriented Architecture Projects
Dave McComb
Semantic Arts, Inc


Introductory / All Audiences

Service Oreinted Service Track
Knowledge is Power: Best Practices in Knowledge Management using Semantics
Jeff Dirks
SchemaLogic

Business

Semantic and Ontologies Track
Flying the Airplane while Building It - CIA’s Enterprise Data Architecture Lifts Off
Marguerite Ardito
Information Exchange

David C. Roberts
Central Intelligence Agency


Intermediate

Enterprise Architecture Track
Why Enterprise Metadata Repositories Failed: Lessons NOT Learned
David Eddy
David Eddy & Associates, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Repositories Track
 
Break
 
2:30 – 3:45 pm - KEYNOTE - Bits and Pieces: Life-Altering Encounters with Technology
- Mike Hawley, Scientist
 
EXHIBITS
 
4:00 - 4:30 pm - IN PERSPECTIVES / NEW PRODUCTS
Taking Metadata to the Business User
Ian Rowlands
ASG


All Audiences
Common Mistakes Companies Make on Business Intelligence Initiatives
Nancy Williams
DecisionPath Consulting


All Audiences



4:45 - 5:15 pm - IN PERSPECTIVES / NEW PRODUCTS
Redefining Enterprise Data Management and Warehousing for Aligning Strategies with Operations
Julianna DeLua
Informatica


All Audiences
Using TITAN Archive to Overcome Long-Term Data Retention Challenges
Craig S. Mullins
NEON Enterprise Software


All Audiences





5:30 – 6:30 pm - SIGS
ER/Studio Special Interest Group (SIG)
Bruce Baum
Siemens Power Generation


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track
Dimensional Modeling: The Star vs. Snowflake Controversy
Thomas Victory
DecisionPath Consulting


Intermediate


Specification-Driven Transformation: The Bridge for the Integration “Data Divide”
Peter Cousins
Itemfield


Advanced


Data Integration Track
Digital Fingerprints
Bonnie O'Neil
PPC

John Murphy
John Alton Murphy, Inc.


Intermediate



A Metadata Approach to Consensus-Based Data Standards Governance for Data Exchange
Helen Smith
Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement

Richard Ordowich
Knowledge Integrity, Inc.

Introductory / All Audiences


Metadata Management Track

PowerDesigner SIG
Michael Nicewarner
John Deere Credit


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Modeling Track
     
 
 
Thursday, March 8
7:30 – 8:15 am - SIGS
 
8:30 – 9:30 am - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
The Key to Successful Data Integration
Noreen Kendle
Daugherty Business Solutions


Introductory / All Audiences

Data Integration Track
“Drawing the line” – A Debate Amongst Leading Data Modelers
Graeme Simsion
Simsion & Associates

Advanced

Business Strategy and Information Architecture: A Match made in Heaven? (Part 1)
Brian Winters,
Peggy Schlesinger

Sandra Tanhauser
Intel Corporation



Introductory / All Audiences

Governance Track
Social Networks: The Semantic Metadata of Connections
David Loshin
Knowledge Integrity, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences


Entity Resolution & Entity Extraction in Data Integration Initiatives
James McGinn
Booz Allen Hamilton


Intermediate

Data Integration Track

Unstructured Data Management Track
Master Data Management – Blending what Business Needs with what IT Needs
Dawn Michels
Andersen Corp


Intermediate

Master Data Track

Aligning Data Management With Business
Cell Contents and Sample Models
John Zachman
Zachman International


Stan Locke
Zachman Framwork Associates

Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
 
Break
 
9:50 – 10:50 am - CONFERENCE SESSIONS
The Metadata Debate
M. David Allen
Booz Allen Hamilton
David Rafner
Data Blueprint


Advanced

Metadata Management Track
How to Perform Information Stewardship within Business Process Redesign
Jim Goetsch
Schneider National, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Governance Track
Business Strategy and Information Architecture: A Match made in Heaven? (Part 2)
Brian Winters,
Peggy Schlesinger

Sandra Tanhauser
Intel Corporation



Introductory / All Audiences

Governance Track
Data Quality via Data Profiling at Allstate Insurance Company
Harry Williford
Allstate Insurance Company


Intermediate

Information And Data Quality Track
Gettin’ some love for metadata - The value of metadata in an audit
William Brooks
MFS Investment Management


Introductory / All Audiences


RDF: Store Metadata About Anything, Anywhere
Bob DuCharme
Innodata Isogen


Business

Semantic and Ontologies Track
Generalized Enterprise Modeling (GEM) Language
Stan Locke
Zachman Framework Associates


Introductory / All Audiences

Zachman Framework Track
Reporting Data Quality Issues Back to Data Owners
Michael Schwartz
New Hampshire Dept. of Education


Jeff Averick
Center for Data Quality, Inc.

Intermediate

Information And Data Quality Track
 
Break
 
11:10 am – 12:30 pm - KEYNOTE
Master Data Management: Knowing and Competing with the Truth
Don Tapscott
New Paradigm
Lunch (for Seminar Registrants only)
 
1:30 – 4:30 pm - SEMINARS
Facilitation for Information Management Professionals
Anne Marie Smith
EWSolutions, Inc.


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track
BPMN (Business Process Modeling) for Dummies
Greg Keller
Donna Burbank
Embarcadero Technologies


Introductory / All Audiences

New Trends and Technologies
Power and Politics In Data Integration Efforts
Len Silverston
Universal Data Models, LLC


Introductory / All Audiences


Web 2.0 for Business Advantage
Kathleen Gilroy
The Otter Group


Introductory / All Audiences

Management and Communication Track

New Trends and Technologies
Enterprise Ontology: Designing Your Core Model Using Semantic Web Technology
Dave McComb
Semantic Arts, Inc

Simon Robe
Semantic Arts, Inc


Introductory / All Audiences

 
Friday, March 9
8:30 – 12:00 pm FREE Post-Conference Briefing
ITIL for Data Managers
Aligning Data Management With Business Governance Track

Charles Betz
Chief Architect for IT Service Management, Fortune 50 organization


Introductory / All Audiences
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