Thu. November 20, 2008

TDWI World Conference Summer 2008

Conference-At-A-Glance

Guide to the course selections below by track:
 Leadership & Management Data Analysis & Design
 Business Analytics Data Integration
 Administration & Technology Career

INSTRUCTORS OF THE INSTITUTE

INSTRUCTOR EVENT
Chris Adamson
 F2 Dimensional Modeling: Advanced Topics
Sid Adelman
 Night School Impossible Data Warehouse Situations—and Solutions
 TH4 Data Warehouse Project Management
David Bloom
 TH8 Business Requirements for BI Impact
Stephen A. Brobst
 S5 Designing a High-Performance Data Warehouse
 M5A Capacity Planning for Enterprise Data Warehouse Deployment
 M5P The Future of Data Warehousing
 T5 Real-Time Data Warehousing
Maureen Clarry
 S6 Leading and Organizing Business Intelligence Teams: Improving Individual and Team Performance*
 W2 Power, Politics, and Partnership in Business Intelligence Projects*
Andres Dorado
 Night School The Front End of Data Mining
Howard Dresner
 Keynote: Information Democracy—Information Equality for All!
Jill Dyché, CBIP
 M7 BI from Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT
Wayne Eckerson
 S3P Assessing Your BI Maturity: How to Take Your BI Environment to the Next Level NEW!
Stephen Few
 S4 Data Visualization for Discovery and Analysis
 M4 Dashboard Design for Immediate Insight
Jonathan G. Geiger, CBIP
 TH2A CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam
 TH2P CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam
 F4A Using Metadata to Improve Quality NEW!
Michael L. Gonzales, CBIP
 M6 HandsOn-OLAP SOLD OUT
 T6 HandsOn-Business Analytics SOLD OUT
 W6A HandsOn-Requirements Gathering: Advanced Techniques for BI Requirements SOLD OUT
 W6P HandsOn-Statistical Analysis for BI—Essential Business Statistics for BI Applications and Solutions
 TH6 HandsOn-Advanced Analytics SOLD OUT
 F6 HandsOn-Data Integration
Seth Grimes
 W9A Text Analytics for BI/DW Practitioners NEW!
Jennifer Hay, CBIP
 Night School The Politics of Business Analytics
 F5 Building a BI Career: A Personal Growth Plan
Steve Hoberman, CBIP
 W1 TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
 TH7P Using the Data Model Scorecard to Improve Data Model Quality
Cindi Howson
 T8 Evaluating BI Toolsets and BI Tools in Action UPDATED!
Claudia Imhoff
 M8A How to Build a Data Warehouse with Limited Resources
 M8P Feeling SaaS-y? Software as a Service Invades Business Intelligence
William H. Inmon
 TH5P Integrating Unstructured Data into the DW 2.0 Framework NEW!
Chris Jones
 W9P Using Text Analytics to Understand the Voice of the Customer NEW!
Krish Krishnan
 Night School TOOL TALK—DW Appliances
Deanne Larson, CBIP
 F1 TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation
Evan Levy, CBIP
 W7 Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration
Lisa Loftis, CBIP
 W5 CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives NEW!
Laura Madsen
 Night School How to Market Your BI Program
Mark Madsen
 T3 Evaluating ETL Tools and Technologies: Vendors in Action UPDATED!
Arkady Maydanchik
 W8 Data Quality Assessment—Practical Skills
 TH7A Ensuring Data Quality in Data Integration—Practical Skills
Danette McGilvray
 M9 Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information for the Data Warehouse
Jill Mertens
 Night School A Framework for Technology Evaluation
Lance Miller
 Night School From "Yours" and "Mine" to "Ours"—The Value of Integrated Data
Larissa Moss
 T4 Business Intelligence Roadmap: The Complete Lifecycle for Decision-Support Applications
John O’Brien, CBIP
 S3P Assessing Your BI Maturity: How to Take Your BI Environment to the Next Level NEW!
 TH1 TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics
 F3A Virtualization Technologies for BI Environments
 F3P Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence UPDATED!
Mark Peco, CBIP
 S2 TDWI Introduction to Business Analytics
 M3 A Systems-Thinking Approach to Business Analytics
 T2 TDWI Enterprise Metrics: Designing Integrated Business Metrics
 W3 Enterprise Business Metrics in Practice: Using Metrics to Maximize Business Performance
Thomas A. Rathburn
 W4A Predictive Analytics: A Business Perspective
 W4P Predictive Analytics: Making It Work
Thomas C. Redman
 T9 Data Quality for Data Warehousing: A Practical Guide
Laura L. Reeves
 M2 Dimensional Modeling from a Business Perspective: A Model the Business Can Understand
Lorna Rickard
 S6 Leading and Organizing Business Intelligence Teams: Improving Individual and Team Performance*
 W2 Power, Politics, and Partnership in Business Intelligence Projects*
Christina Rouse
 T7 BI BBQ: Cookin’ Up Better Business ReQuirements
Bill Schmarzo
 Keynote: BI Meets Web Analytics: Through the Looking Glass
Derek Strauss
 TH5A DW 2.0: Architecture for the Next Generation of Data Warehousing NEW!
David L. Wells, CBIP
 M1 TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems
Colin White
 TH3A Collective Intelligence: The Convergence of BI with Content, Search, and Collaboration NEW!
 TH3P Using Embedded BI Analytics to Drive Operational Decisions and Actions NEW!
Nancy Williams, CBIP
 S1 TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact
 T1 TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing
 TH8 Business Requirements for BI Impact
C. Lwanga Yonke
 S7 Building and Growing a Successful IQ Function NEW!