Tracks > Modeling

Sunday, 4/17/2016
Sunday Workshops (Free to Conference Attendees) 02:30 PM - 05:45 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
W8: Fact Modeling Fundamentals	Gordon C Everest, University of Minnesota	Introductory

Monday, 4/18/2016
Morning Tutorials 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
AM9: Data Modeling in a Big Data World	Dave Wells, Eckerson Group	Intermediate
In Perspectives 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
A Better Process to Eliminate Your Data Silos	Stan Christ, MarkLogic	Business/Strategic
Afternoon Tutorials 01:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
PM10: ALL NEW! Advanced Data Modeling Challenges Workshop	Steve Hoberman, Steve Hoberman & Associates	Advanced
Lightning Talks (5 minutes each) 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Abstraction vs. Generalization – What’s the Difference?	Gordon C Everest, University of Minnesota	Introductory
Special Interest Groups 06:15 PM - 07:00 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
ERwin Modeling, SIG: Introducing ERwin, Inc.	Kathy Meara, ERwin, Inc	Product/Service Offering
ER/Studio and Data Modeling Special Interest Group	Ron Huizenga, IDERA	Intermediate

Tuesday, 4/19/2016
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Case Study: Roadmap to an Enterprise Logical Data Model	Missy Wittmann, American Family Insurance	Business/Strategic
Conference Sessions 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
The Tricky Part of Doing Tricky Things in your Data Model	Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors Joey D'Antoni, Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting	Intermediate
How to Make Agile "Work" in Business Intelligence Projects	Gil Benghiat, DataKitchen	Intermediate
Lunch & Learn 12:15 PM - 01:00 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Introducing SQT, the Semantic Query and Transformation Language	Dave Duggal, EnterpriseWeb	Business/Strategic
Conference Sessions 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Using Lean Tools for Data Modeling Estimates	Bhaskar Uthanumalliah, Oregon Health Sciences University	Intermediate
Conference Sessions 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Bridging the Gap with Business Data Objects	Ron Huizenga, IDERA	Intermediate

Wednesday, 4/20/2016
Special Interest Groups 07:30 AM - 08:15 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Cognitive-Aware Complexity Management of Large-Scale Conceptual Models	Guylerme V. S. Figueiredo, Petrobras	Intermediate
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Conceptual Modeling for Data Vaults	Clifford Heath, Infinuendo Graeme Port, Infinuendo	Intermediate
Conference Sessions 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
The Impact of Big Data, IoT, and Cloud-Based DW on DW Architecture & Modeling Decisions at Large Enterprises	Kevin Schofield, ADRM Software, Inc.	Business/Strategic
NoSQL Data Modeling with JSON Documents and the Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch	Dan Myers, DQMatters	Intermediate

Thursday, 4/21/2016
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
Agile Schema Management with Model Doc	Tom Spitzer, EC Wise, Inc.	Technical (may include code)
Advanced Seminars (continue to Friday morning) 01:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Title	Speakers	Audience
S5: Data Modeling for NOSQL and SQL	Theodore S Hills, LexisNexis	Intermediate

Friday, 4/22/2016
Seminars and Workshops (continuing from Thursday) 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title	Speakers	Audience
S5: Data Modeling for NOSQL and SQL (Continued)	Theodore S Hills, LexisNexis	Intermediate