Conference Agenda

TUTORIALS and NIGHT SCHOOL - December 3, 2012
7:00-
6:00
Registration
7:00-
8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30-
10:00
AM1 - Using BI to Develop Key Metrics for Data Governance Management

Lyndsay Wise
President
Wise Analytics
AM2 - Governing Metadata in the Business and in IT

Malcolm Chisholm
President
AskGet.com
AM3 - How to Implement a Successful Data Governance Program
 
Michele Koch
Director Enterprise Data Management
Sallie Mae
Winner of the 2011 DG Best Practice Award
10:00-
10:15
Coffee Break
10:15-
11:45
Morning Tutorials Continue
11:45-
12:00
Room Change
12:00-
12:30
Data Governance Solutions
The Technology of Governance: Enabling your Governance Program for Success

Mark Hensley
Governance Specialist
IBM's North America Information Governance Organization
IBM

Data Governance in the Cloud Era

Dimpsy Teckchandani
Director - Information Management
Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
&
Deepak Sahi
Director - Information Management
Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

12:30-
1:30
Lunch - Sponsored by SAP
1:30-
3:00
PM1 - Governing Master Data
 
Kelle O'Neal
Managing Partner
First San Francisco Partners
PM2 - Putting Operational Data Stewardship into Practice

David Loshin
President
Knowledge Integrity
PM3 - Selling Data Governance to the Business Users in your Organization  - Best Practices by Industry and Job Function

Sunil Soares
Founder and Managing Partner
Information Assets LLC
3:00-
3:15
Coffee Break
3:15-
4:45
Afternoon Tutorials Continue
4:45-
5:00
Room Change
  NIGHT SCHOOL
5:00-
5:50
Big Cloudy Landscapes: A Survival Guide for Data Governance & Data Quality Professionals

Nigel Turner
VP Information Management Strategy
Trillium Software

Integrating Operations and Data Governance at Mercy Health

Douglas Graham
Data Management Architect
Mercy
&
Paul Boal
Director Data Management
Mercy
How to Make Data Governance "Go Viral" at Your Organization

Tina McCoppin
Partner and Founder
Ajilitee
CONFERENCE DAY 1 - December 4, 2012
7:00-
6:00
Registration
7:00-
8:30
Continental Breakfast
7:30-
8:20
Start Your Day Rocking With the DGPO and Data Governance Best Practices
Data Governance Professionals
Organization Meeting
8:30-
8:40
Welcome
8:40-
9:30
KEYNOTE
The “Wicked Challenge” of Data Governance

Michael Atkin
Managing Director
EDM Council
9:35-
10:05
KEYNOTE
Starting the Governance Journey: Driving Governance Through Solving Real Business Problems

Patrick Keaton
IBM’s North American Information Governance Practice Leader
IBM
10:05-
10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-
11:20
Data Policies and Standards: An Essential Component of an Enterprise Data Governance Program

Janet Lichtenberger
Project Manager
Walgreens
2012 DG Best Practice Award Submission

Bridging the Gap:  Building a Federated Data Governance Team

Natalie Sendele
Manager Data Governance
Artisan Partners

Critical Deliverables for All Phases of Your Data Governance Program Deployment

Dan Soceanu
Senior Solutions Architect
SAS Americas Information Management

11:20-
11:30
Room Change
11:30-
12:00
Data Governance Solutions
Lean Data Governance Machine

Kiran Gill
Senior Strategic Consultant
Trillium Software

Data Quality for Material Master Data –
A Process Automation Approach

Lance Yoder
Process Engineer
Rockwell Automation

The Data Governance Center: a Platform to Increase your Data Maturity

Stijn Christiaens
Co-founder and
Operational Director
Collibra

12:00-
1:00
Lunch - Sponsored by Global IDs
1:00-
1:50
Gaining Consensus and Accountability thru Governance at HealthNow NY Inc.

George Yuhasz
Director, Data Process & Governance
HealthNow NY Inc | BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York
Initiating the Data Governance Journey at Wells Fargo

Lisa Robinson
Senior Vice President - Risk Management, Security & Governance
Digital Channels Group
Wells Fargo
&
Dimpsy Teckchandani
Director - Information Management
Advisory Services
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

The Governance of Data Quality: How to Avoid the “Whack a Mole” Paradigm

Matt Crittenden
Governance Specialist
IBM's North America Information Governance Organization
IBM
1:50-
2:00
Room Change
2:00-
2:50
Data Governance and Data Quality at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Randy Hedegaard
Data Services Manager
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

Linking Business Strategy to IT Improvements Through Applied Data Governance

Michael Makatura
CIO
Risk Transfer and Holdings
&
Peter Aiken
Founding Director
VCU/Data Blueprint

Lessons from the Trenches
Effective Data Stewardship

Moderator:
Kelle O'Neal
Managing Partner
First San Francisco Partners
Panelists:
Elisa Pirylis
Senior Manager
Express Scripts
Winner of the 2012 DG Best Practice Award
&
Alexander Harris
Manager
Nationwide Financial Business Operations
&
Karen Majewski Tripp
Data Steward
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
&
Kevin Shannon
VP and Global Head of Data Stewardship
Standard and Poor’s

2:50-
3:00
Room Change
3:00-
3:30
Data Governance Solutions
Driving Governance Initiatives with Metadata Management

Ravi Chivukula
Director of Business Solutions
 ASG

Proactive Data Governance for Today’s Data Steward

Richard Olshefski
Senior Consultant
Innovative Systems, Inc.
&
Stan Wandowicz
Senior Sales Executive
Innovative Systems, Inc.

Moving from Reactive to Proactive Information Governance

Dan Everett
Senior Director of Marketing
SAP

3:30-
3:40
Room Change
3:40-
4:10
Data Governance Solutions
A Centralized Approach to Governance & Master Data Management

Robert Rich
Global Program Director MDM
Aprimo, a Teradata Company

Bridging the Business/IT Gap with a Single-Platform Approach to Data Management

Tom Rinehart
Manager, Pre-Sales Support
SAS

Enterprise Data Governance using In-memory Databases

Dr. Arka Mukherjee
CEO
Global IDs
&
Amar Shan
Director of Product Management
Yarc Data, Inc.

4:10-
4:40
Ice Cream Reception and Exhibits Open
4:40-
5:30
KEYNOTE PANEL

If You’re Not Doing Big Data Governance Now, You Soon Will Be

Moderator:
Tony Shaw
Founder and CEO
DATAVERSITY
Panelists:
Sunil Soares
Founder and Managing Partner
Information Assets LLC
&
Eric Chacon
Global Head of Data Standards
Chief Data Office
Citi
Maria C. Villar
Global Vice President
Data Governance and Management
SAP

5:30-
7:30
Reception and Exhibits
CONFERENCE DAY 2 and AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS - December 5 , 2012
7:30-
3:30
Registration
7:30-
8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30-
9:20
Merging Big Data with Enterprise Data:
Why ? What ? How ?

Dr. Arka Mukherjee
CEO
Global IDs

 

50 Shades of Grey: Ethics and Data Governance

Anne Buff
Thought Leader, Organizational Development
SAS

Seven Data Governance Strategies Implemented at a 5-Year-old DG Program

Pablo Riboldi
Solution Manager – Information Governance & Quality
LDS Church
2012 DG Best Practice Award Finalist

9:20–
1:15
Exhibit Hours
9:20–
10:00
Coffee Break and Exhibits
10:00-
10:50
Data Governance Best Practices: What They Are and How to Make Them Work for You

Robert S. Seiner
President/Publisher
KIK Consulting / TDAN.com

Demystifying Metadata: A Practical Approach to Solving Critical Business Problems through Effective Metadata Governance

Samra Sulaiman
Director, Enterprise Data Management
Fannie  Mae

Injecting Data Governance into Software Development Life Cycle

Ray Fox
Director
Nationwide Financial IT Architecture

10:50-
11:00
Room Change
11:00-
12:00
KEYNOTE PANEL
Addressing the Challenges in Implementing Data Governance
Practitioner Panel

Moderator:
John Ladley, President, IMCue Solutions
Panelists:
Mike Jennings, Director Data Governance-Enterprise Architecture, Walgreens
&
Ray Fox, Director, Nationwide Financial IT Architecture
&
George Yuhasz, Director, Data Process & Governance Director, Data Process & Governance
HealthNow NY Inc./Blue Cross Blue Shield Western NY
&
Pablo Riboldi, Solution Manager – Information Governance & Quality, LDS Church

12:00-
1:15
Lunch and Exhibits
AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS
1:15-
2:45
W1 - Avoiding Elephants – How to Overcome Major Resistance Issues to Data Governance

John Ladley
President
IMCue Solutions

W2 - Are You Certifiable? Developing a Data Steward Certification Program

Patricia Branum
Data Governance and Data Quality Professional
&
Eileen Koski
Data Governance & Medical Informatics Professional
&
April Reeve
Advisory Consultant
EMC2 Consulting
W3 - Artifacts and Work Products to Enable Successful Governance Programs

Robert S. Seiner
President/Publisher
KIK Consulting / TDAN.com
2:45-
3:00
Break
3:00-
4:30
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