Tracks > Big Data


Monday, 4/18/2016
Morning Tutorials 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience
AM1: Developing a Modern Enterprise Data Strategy Edd Dumbill, Silicon Valley Data Science
Colette Glaeser, Silicon Valley Data Science
Business/Strategic
AM9: Data Modeling in a Big Data World Dave Wells, Eckerson Group
Intermediate
Afternoon Tutorials 01:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience
PM1: Architecting A Big Data Platform John Akred, Silicon Valley Data Science
Gary Dusbabek, Silicon Valley Data Science
Stephen O'Sullivan, Silicon Valley Data Science
Technical (may include code)
PM7: Beyond Reports, OLAP and Dashboards: Emerging Practices, Analytics, and Technologies Stephen Dine, Datasource Consulting, LLC
Mark Madsen, Third Nature, Inc.
Advanced
Lightning Talks (5 minutes each) 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience
Confessions of an Unlikely Big Data Skeptic Tim Berglund, DataStax
Introductory
Discovering Economic Signals in Telematics Data Tom Tierney, Fleetmatics USA
Business/Strategic
 
Tuesday, 4/19/2016
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Title Speakers Audience
Innovating in a Hybrid Data Environment Shawn Rogers, Dell Software
Business/Strategic
A Data Warehouse Now, Using Methods for the Future Luminita Vollmer, Thrivent Financial
Intermediate
Conference Sessions 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience
Case Study of a Scalable, Big Data Analytics Environment in Amazon Web Services (AWS) James McGinn, Blue Canopy
Intermediate
Evolving from the Data Warehouse to Big Data Analytics - The Emerging Role of the Data Lake Joe Caserta, Caserta Concepts
Intermediate
Necessity and Sufficiency Within and Without Spark James Gorlick, Basho
Intermediate
Conference Sessions 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience
Visualize Enterprise Data Graphically Corey L Lanum, Cambridge Intelligence
Intermediate
Get the Right People on Your Big Data Bus Anne Buff, SAS Best Practices
Business/Strategic
Conference Sessions 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience
Big Data & Analytics: 3 Key Trends Larry Weber, IBM
Business/Strategic
 
Wednesday, 4/20/2016
Conference Sessions 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience
Big Data Investments Have Been Made, But What's Next? Kenneth Viciana, Equifax
Joe Caserta, Caserta Concepts
Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
Robert J. Abate, Smart Data Architects, LLC
Business/Strategic
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
Making Sense of Fragmented Data Sources within a Big Data Analytics Hub David J Galbraith, Intel Corp.
Stacie Hall, Intel Corp.
Intermediate
CDO Vision: Information Asset Management - On both sides of the Balance Sheet 01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience
What's Your Data Worth? John Akred, Silicon Valley Data Science
Business/Strategic
 
Thursday, 4/21/2016
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience
Big Complex Data: A Forward Looking Case Study from China Wang Yong, Alibaba Corp
Xuebo Zhao, Alibaba Group
Intermediate
Picking Winners: Solving Real-World Problems with Hadoop, Spark, and Polyglot Persistence Vladimir Bacvanski, SciSpike
Technical (may include code)
Big Data Architecture Made Easy Mike King, Dell
Intermediate
Advanced Seminars (continue to Friday morning) 01:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience
S1: A Roadmap To The Data-Driven Enterprise – Rapid Provisioning of Trusted Data As A Service Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd.
Advanced
S4: Building a Modern Big Data Enterprise: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond Vladimir Bacvanski, SciSpike
Intermediate
 
Friday, 4/22/2016
Seminars and Workshops (continuing from Thursday) 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience
S1: A Roadmap To The Data-Driven Enterprise – Rapid Provisioning of Trusted Data As A Service (Continued) Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd.
Advanced
S4: Building a Modern Big Data Enterprise: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond (Continued) Vladimir Bacvanski, SciSpike
Intermediate