Conference-at-a-Glance: TDWI World Conference

	Evening Education Night School: HCSC Executives Share Their Information Vision for a Health Care Enterprise Data Integration Hub Rick A. Biederstadt Anthony Nicosia
	Night School: Using Performance Modeling and Dashboards to Link Strategy to Operations Bob Imberman

5:30-7:00 PM

CBIP Exam Lab—Chicago

7:00-10:00 PM

Hospitality Suites

Tuesday , May 13, 2008

Time Key:

Full Day 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Half Day A 8:00-11:15 AM

Half Day P 2:15-5:30 PM

TIME

EVENT

7:15-8:15 AM

Breakfast

Full Day

T1 TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
Steve Hoberman, CBIP

Full Day

T2 Power, Politics, and Partnership in Data Warehousing Projects
Maureen Clarry Lorna Rickard

Half Day A

T3A Integrating Unstructured Data into BI Solutions NEW!
Philip Russom

Half Day P

T3P Performance Dashboards: Measuring, Monitoring, and Managing Your Business
Wayne Eckerson

Full Day

T4 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Cindi Howson

Half Day A

T5A HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI™—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions SOLD OUT
Michael L. Gonzales, CBIP

Half Day P

T5P HandsOn-Business Intelligence Strategy™ SOLD OUT
Michael L. Gonzales, CBIP

Full Day

T6 Real-Time Data Warehousing
Stephen A. Brobst

Full Day

T7 Putting the Business Back in BI: A Framework for Requirements and Value Management*
David L. Wells, CBIP

Full Day

T8 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
Mark Madsen

Full Day

T9 Navigating the Next Major Fork in the BI Roadmap NEW!
Claudia Imhoff Barry Devlin

11:15 AM-2:15 PM

Exhibit Hall Open and Lunch

5:00-7:00 PM

Exhibit Hall Open and Reception

7:00-10:00 PM

Hospitality Suites

Wednesday , May 14, 2008

Time Key:

Full Day 8:00 AM-5:30 PM

Half Day A 8:00-11:15 AM

Half Day P 2:15-5:30 PM

TIME

EVENT

7:15-8:15 AM

Breakfast

Full Day

W1 TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation
Michael L. Gonzales, CBIP

Full Day

W2 Negotiating for BI Success NEW!
Lorna Rickard Matt Schwartz, CBIP,

Full Day

W3 Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
Arkady Maydanchik

Half Day A

W4A Let’s Stop Calling It Metadata: It’s about Managing Information
Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP

Half Day P

W4P Feeling SaaS-y? Software as a Service Invades Business Intelligence NEW!
Claudia Imhoff

Full Day

W5 HandsOn-OLAP™ SOLD OUT
Paul Flach, CBIP Olga L. Pineda, CBIP

Half Day A

W6A BPM Solution Selection and Implementation Best Practices*
Tim Wall

Half Day P

W6P Using Business Architecture to Strengthen Information Architecture NEW!
Bruce Moore

Full Day

W7 Statistical Modeling for Non-Statisticians
Michael J. A. Berry

Full Day

W8 Dimensional Modeling beyond the Basics: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques
Laura L. Reeves

Half Day A

W9A Data Requirements Analysis NEW!
David Loshin

Half Day P

W9P Data Profiling for Reengineering, Knowledge Discovery, and Information Quality
David Loshin

11:15 AM-2:15 PM

Exhibit Hall Open and Lunch

6:00-7:15 PM

	Evening Education Night School: TOOL TALK—BI Reporting Tools Mike Lampa
	Night School: Writing for Power in BI Wayne Eckerson

6:00-7:30 PM

CBIP Exam Lab—Chicago

7:00-10:00 PM

Hospitality Suites

Thursday , May 15, 2008

Time Key:

Full Day 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

Half Day A 9:00-12:15 AM

Half Day P 1:45-5:00 PM

TIME

EVENT

7:15-8:15 AM

Breakfast

8:00-8:45 AM

Keynote: The Myth of Self-Service BI
Wayne Eckerson

Full Day

TH1 TDWI Quality Management for Business Intelligence Systems NEW!
Deanne Larson, CBIP

Full Day

TH2 The Human Side of Data Integration: Powerful Principles Critical to Success
Len Silverston

Full Day

TH3 Data Conversion, Consolidation, and Cleansing—Practical Skills
Arkady Maydanchik

Full Day

TH4 The Role of Politics, Authority, and Culture in Governing Data
Robert S. Seiner Danette McGilvray

Full Day

TH5 HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
Michael L. Gonzales, CBIP

Full Day

TH6 Data Mining Techniques, Tools, and Tactics
Dean Abbott

Full Day

TH7 Boot Camp for Analysts—Proficiency and Skill Development
John L. Doran Bob Ford

Full Day

TH8 Data Modeling in an Unstructured World NEW!
Steve Hoberman, CBIP

12:15-1:45 PM

Lunch Break

5:30-6:45 PM

	Evening Education Night School: High-Performance Data Warehousing—Augmenting the Data Warehouse Appliance Krish Krishnan
	Night School: Open Source in Practice Alexander Pohl

5:30-7:00 PM

CBIP Exam Lab—Chicago