Agenda At-a-Glance
Wednesday, November 4

Full Schedule Mon, Nov 2 Tue, Nov 3 Wed, Nov 4 Thu, Nov 5
Wednesday, 11/4/2015
Registration and Continental Breakfast 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:20 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Building and Executing a Data Strategy Marcel Jemio, Treasury/Fiscal Service
Introductory
Data Strategy
Incorporating the Data Lake into Your Analytics Architecture Joe Caserta, Caserta Concepts
Introductory
Business Analytics
Data Architecture
Enterprise Information Market Igor Ikonnikov, Manulife Financial
Business/Strategic
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
New Ideas and Technologies
Big Data, System, and Transformation: Cento Systems Dorin Andreescu, SSDS
Dan Andreescu, Wikimedia
Business/Strategic
Big Data
New Ideas and Technologies
Keynote Discussion 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
What's Holding You Back? Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Governance and Quality
Coffee Break and Exhibits Open 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sponsored Perspectives 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
1,100 Reasons Cognitive Computing Will Change Your Life Kyla B Moran, IBM Watson Group
Brian Kuhn, IBM Watson Group
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Business Analytics
New Ideas and Technologies
Conference Sessions 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
An Economic Cause of Data Strategy Failures Richard A Howey, Data Value Services LLC
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Metrics
Business Framework for Analytics Implementation Melanie A. Mecca, CMMI Institute
Jonathan Adams, CMMI Institute
Business/Strategic
Business Analytics
Real-Time Data Requires Real-Time Governance! Don Loden, Decision First Technologies
Intermediate
Governance and Quality
Lunch 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Conference Sessions 01:30 PM - 02:20 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Data Strategy Survival in the face of Corporate Resistance: Lessons from Rumpelstiltskin Gary L Mesick, The Boeing Company
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Architecture Landscape Mapping Best Practices Susan Earley, Sears Holdings
Intermediate
Data Architecture
Improving Data Management Practices
Don’t Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good in Data Analytics Samra Sulaiman, ConsultData LLC
Winston Hsiao, Millennial Enterprise Technology, Inc
Intermediate
Business Analytics
Governance and Quality
Implementing and Sustaining EIM in the Real World Andrea T Gibbons, Semantix Lab
Molly McMorrow, Deloitte Public Sector
Business/Strategic
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
Improving Data Management Practices
Conference Sessions 02:30 PM - 03:20 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Success Stories in Building a Global Data Strategy Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.
Case Study
Data Strategy
Agile Data In Seven Shocking Steps Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen
Business/Strategic
Improving Data Management Practices
Optimizing the Data Supply Chain for Data Science Marc C. Hadfield, Vital AI
Business/Strategic
Big Data
New Ideas and Technologies
The Enemy You Know Geoff Gentry, Independent Security Evaluators
Intermediate
Governance and Quality
Industry Trends
Coffee Break 03:20 PM - 03:45 PM
Keynote Discussion Panel 03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
What Happens at the Intersection of Analytics, Governance and Data Management? Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen
Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Consulting Inc.
Kimberly Nevala, SAS
Intermediate
Business Analytics
Data Strategy
Governance and Quality