Founders Panel: The Future of Information and Data Quality

Larry P. English
President
Information Impact International, Inc.
IAIDQ Co-Founder and Advisor

Thomas C. Redman, Ph. D.
President
Navesink Consulting Group
IAIDQ Co-Founder and Past Advisor

Wednesday 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Keynote Presentation

During this Keynote Panel, both gentlemen will share their views on the future of information and data quality. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from two of the profession’s foremost minds, and join IAIDQ members as we recognize our two Founders.

“To Be” or “Not to Be”: The Future of Information Quality

Abstract: What will your organization be in five to ten years? “Leading-edge and market leader”? Or, maybe “still-around-and kicking”? Or will it be a “chapter-in-the-history-book”? Mr. English discusses the issues and drivers that enterprises must solve in the next five to ten years in order to survive. Will information Quality Management shape the future of business? He describes two scenarios of possible state of IQ in five to ten years.

• A brief look back to see the future
• The business drivers
• Two scenarios
• My humble view
• What we must do to shape the future

Question: What Comes Next? Answer: Data and Information

In the provocatively-titled “IT Doesn’t Matter” (Harvard Business Review, May, 2003), Nicholas Carr suggested that the days are now past when an organization could exploit IT for strategic advantage. Carr’s article ignited a firestorm of controversy that continues to this day. We will not join the debate here, but instead focus on a more important question: What comes next?

We believe the answer is “Data and Information” and we’ll summarize our reasoning. We’ll introduce a model for a “three-phase Information Age” and discuss some ways that practitioners can advance data and information quality within their organizations.

Larry English and Tom Redman are two of the best known and most respected thought leaders in the field of information and data quality. It was their vision for the future that brought the professional community together three years ago with the foundation of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ).

Dr. Thomas C. Redman, known by many as the "Data Doc," was the first to extend quality principles to data and information. By advancing the body of knowledge, Tom’s innovations have raised the standard of data quality in today’s information-based economy. He has published numerous articles, three books and holds two patents.