Agenda At-a-Glance
Tuesday, March 31

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Tuesday, 3/31/2015
Special Interest Groups 07:30 AM - 08:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Using Data Profiling to Help Producing Metadata for the Creation of Data Models Saad A Husain, Canton Data Experts
Intermediate
Modeling
Making Big Data Smart with Business Friendly, Graph Based Semantic Models Marty Loughlin, Cambridge Semantics
Business/Strategic
Smart Data (Cognitive, Deep Learning, Machine Learning)
Fifteen Minutes Might Save Us $15,000.00 Mark Paetz, Raytheon Missile Systems, Information Technology
Homa Atabakhsh, Raytheon Missile Systems
Intermediate
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Opening Keynote and Awards 08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Managing the Data for Decisions that Affect the World Micheline Casey, Federal Reserve Board
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Data Strategy
Governance & Stewardship
Coffee Break 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
American Airlines: Managing Reference Data in the Real World Craig Cargile, American Airlines
Yashodhan Joshi, American Airlines
The Data Centric Manifesto Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc.
Business/Strategic
Data Architecture
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
NoSQL Influence to Enterprise Data Modeling Donovan Hsieh, eBay Inc.
Advanced
Modeling
NoSQL
Enterprise Data Sharing: Architecture Approach and Its Evolution with Big Data Gene Boomer, CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Intermediate
Data Architecture
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
Data Governance and Data Management: Together Like a Horse and Carriage; Or Data Governance and Data Management: the Great Mix Up Mona Pomraning, Accenture Digital
Business/Strategic
Governance & Stewardship
Master Data Management on a Budget Jose Solera, Railinc
Introductory
Master Data Management
Federal Government Open Data Policy – Variations on a Theme for Bureau Implementation Christine Hawkinson, Bureau of Land Management
James Nagode, Bureau of Reclamation
Intermediate
Data Strategy
Big Data: Setting Up the Big Data Lake Joe Caserta, Caserta Concepts
Business/Strategic
Big Data
A Reference Data Infrastructure for Internet of Things (IoT) Sujee Maniyam, Elephant Scale
Introductory
Data Architecture
The Data Quality Startup: Launching and Sustaining an Enterprise Data Quality Program Eyal Almog, MetLife
Business/Strategic
Data & Information Quality
Conference Sessions 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Techniques and Algorithms in Data Science for Big Data Laila Moretto, University of Maryland University College
Intermediate
Data Science
Flexible Master Data in Dynamic Environments Dave Duggal, EnterpriseWeb
Master Data Management
Data Governance at Deutsche Telekom: How We Learned Our Lessons Christoph Kögler, T-Systems Multimedia Solutions GmbH
Business/Strategic
Governance & Stewardship
New Emerging Technologies in Data Management: It's Not Just about Big Data Maria C Villar, SAP America, Inc.
Intermediate
Data Strategy
A Simplified Approach to Data Management and Organizational Data Maturity Sanjay Shirude, Accel BI
Intermediate
Data & Application Integration
The Five Track Approach for Agile Enterprise Information Projects Bonnie K. O'Neil, Westridge Consulting
Eric Hartung, Signal Drum
Introductory
Agile Data
Cassandra Data Modeling - Best Practices and Case Study Dipali Trivedi, Constant Contact
Technical (may include code)
Modeling
NoSQL
Making the DMBOK Your Own - Framework for Information Management / Maturity Assessment Dawn M Michels, NMDP - National Marrow Donor Program
Business/Strategic
DAMA
Risk Reduction for MDM Implementations: A Bank Central Asia Case Study Michael M. Ott, Innovative Systems, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Master Data Management
Lunch 12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
Lunch & Learn 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Smart Data Interoperability and Integration at Scale Dave Duggal, EnterpriseWeb
Conference Sessions 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
WestJet's Model Driven BI Thomas Clark, Independent Consultant
Intermediate
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Using a Decision-Making Model to Improve Decision Quality David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
Introductory
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Leveraging Information & Analytics to Support Evolving Healthcare Models Michael Jennings, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Advanced
Unstructured Data
Reference Data Operationalization Saad Yacu, Allstate Insurance
Technical (may include code)
Metadata
Building a Data-centric Culture in the Government - Enterprise Data Management Office, Year One Ray Keller, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
Intermediate
Governance & Stewardship
Building the Integrated and Searchable Metadata Hub Mialy Andriamananjara, Securities and Exchange Commission
Intermediate
New Data Management Technologies
Using Graphs for Next-Gen Master Data Management at Pitney Bowes Aaron Wallace, Pitney Bowes
Intermediate
Master Data Management
NoSQL
How We Hadoop, Inmar’s Transformation from a Business Services Outsourcing Company to a Data-driven Enterprise Kevin Goode, Inmar
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Data Science
NoSQL
ES=EDM+RDR: Enterprise Semantics Captured in the Enterprise Data Model and Reference Data Repository John O. Biderman, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Introductory
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
Proactive Data Support for Agile Development John Sharp, Sharp Informatics LLC
John Jones, Wise Design
Intermediate
Agile Data
Room Change 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
In Perspectives 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Why Doing the Data Dirty Work is Key to Predictive Analytics Success Lisa C Dodson, SAS
Introductory
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Data & Information Quality
Data Science
Using Business Friendly Company or Industry Models for Smart Data Integration Marty Loughlin, Cambridge Semantics
Business/Strategic
Smart Data (Cognitive, Deep Learning, Machine Learning)
Overcoming Today’s Customer Master Data Management (MDM) Challenges in Weeks, Not Years Michael M. Ott, Innovative Systems, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Master Data Management
The Business Value of Data Modeling Ron Huizenga, Embarcadero
Intermediate
Agile Data
Master, Meta, and Muddy Data - Panning for Enterprise Information Gold Glen Hilford, Access Sciences
Mike Grosvenor, Access Sciences
Business/Strategic
New Data Management Technologies
Coffee Break 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
In Perspectives 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Big Data Analytics - Are You Creating a Data Swamp? James Cerrato, Adaptive, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Data Governance and Data Modeling Casey Gwozdz, CA Technologies
Intermediate
Modeling
Data Governance for Today’s Enterprise Architectures Christian Bremeau, Meta Integration Technology, Inc.
John Friedrich, Meta Integration Technology, Inc.
Intermediate
Governance & Stewardship
Intro on Drill: Self-Service Data Exploration and Nested Data Analytics on Hadoop Keys Botzum, MapR Technologies
Intermediate
Hadoop
The State of Data Today, Driving the Data Technology of Tomorrow John Park, IBM
Intermediate
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Room Change 03:30 PM - 03:45 PM
Conference Sessions 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Successful Data Governance Through Best Practices Michele V Koch, Data Governance Professionals Organization
Intermediate
Governance & Stewardship
Legacy and Enterprise Modeling in an Agile Environment Alain Knechtli, Gap Inc.
Intermediate
Modeling
The Rise of Big Metadata Malcolm D. Chisholm, First San Francisco Partners
Introductory
Big Data
Event Data Modeling at Scale Mark Herschberg, Madison Logic
Intermediate
Big Data
Data Architecture
NoSQL
Clear Sight - Reengineering Your Data Management Program: A Case Study with Freddie Mac Peter Presland-Byrne, Freddie Mac
Jodi Morton, Freddie Mac
Melanie Mecca, CMMI Institute
Business/Strategic
Enterprise Information Management (EIM)
The Role of Data Governance in Identity Resolution David N Plotkin, Wells Fargo
Intermediate
Master Data Management
Financial Information Architecture for Regulatory Reporting Leon Bernal, Waterford Advisory Group, Inc.
Business/Strategic
Data Architecture
Data Strategy
Business Answers and Insight Systems: An Open Source Perspective Dan Andreescu, Wikimedia Foundation
Dorin Andreescu, GPMSS
Advanced
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Smarter Data Dave McComb, Semantic Arts
Dave Duggal, EnterpriseWeb
Idriss Mekrez, MarkLogic
Sean Martin, Cambridge Semantics
Intermediate
New Data Management Technologies
Smart Data (Cognitive, Deep Learning, Machine Learning)
Exhibits & Reception 04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
CDMP Exam 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM
CDMP Exam 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM