Agenda

       
18.00 Pre-Conference JumpStart Session 1: Ride the BI Innovation Wave with SAP BusinessObjectsNick Harris, SAP BusinessObjects

Pre-Conference JumpStart Session 2: Business Planning in the BW Environment - What and Why?Wendy Du Toit, SAP Asia Pacific & Japan (New Zealand)
       
  Track A Track B Track C
       
08.00 Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
08.45 Conference Opening and Chairperson's Welcome
       
09.00 Opening Keynote Presentation: Data Overload, Analytical Black Holes & the Future of the Intelligent EnterpriseJoshua Greenbaum, Enterprise Applications Consulting (USA)
       
10.00 Keynote Presentation: Designed to Fail - Is Your BI Initiative Doomed to Fail to Deliver Business Benefits From the Outset?Andrew McLean, Monash University
       
11.00 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
11.40 Turning Data Into Information - Architecting an Enterprise Information Management Strategy at TransAlta CorporationMartin Mysyk, TransAlta Corporation (Canada) BEx: Walking the Tightrope Between Performance and BeautyDorothy Cadle, Independent Business Intelligence Consultant (South Africa) Building User Adoption for Improved Business PerformanceSonia Green, Innogence Limited
       
12.35 "In-Memory Computing": Quo Vadis BI - Will We Need EDW in the Future?Lt. Col. Jörg Steinhorst, German Armed Forces (Germany) Dazzling Dashboards Built to Inform - A Practical ApproachMustafa Bensan, Independent Business Intelligence Consultant My Reports are Pretty But My Data is Rubbish!!Geoff Armstrong, PLAUT IT Australia Pty Ltd
       
13.25 Lunch/Exhibition Viewing
       
14.25 Panel Discussion: The When, Where, Why,Who and How of Implementing a BI TeamFacilitated by: Hernus Carelsen , Innogence Limited Business Intelligence - Why SAP BusinessObjects and Why Today?Gabe Orthous, McKesson Corporation (USA) Fast Start to KPI DashboardsWill Kingwell, Extend Technologies
       
15.20 High Performance KPI Reporting: Measures, Metrics and ManagementRob Whitehead, CS Energy Limited The Executive Dashboard Race: Use of Xcelcius Dashboard Directly on SAP Business WarehouseCraig Nicholls, Department of Families and Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) Driving the Full Value Out of Your Business Intelligence Investment - "What They Did Not Teach You at Harvard!"Links Chithiray - Logro Consulting, Anil Guneratne - Visy Industries Pty Ltd
       
16.10 Afternoon Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
16.45 Guest Keynote Presentation: BI is Dead. Long Live BI. The Future of Business Intelligence in the CloudScott Morrison, Layer 7 Technologies (Canada)
       
17.45 Mastering Business Intelligence with SAP Community Networking Cocktail Party Sponsored by Eventful Management
       
  Track A Track B Track C
       
08.00 Arrival Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
08.30 Keynote Presentation: Architecting Your BI Reporting and Analytics PortfolioMartin Mysyk, TransAlta Corporation (Canada)
       
09.30 Keynote Presentation: Putting Lipstick on a Pig?Jorgen Rasmussen, Rio Tinto Limited
       
10.30 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
11.10 The Data Overload Opportunity: Leveraging Growing Quantities of Data in Your OrganisationJoshua Greenbaum, Enterprise Applications Consulting (USA) What's New in BW 7.3?Pierre Cassano, SAP Australia Pty Ltd Smart BI Outweighs Big BI: Dealing with Practical Innovation!Glenn Roberts, CIBER Limited (New Zealand)
       
12.05 Past, Present and Future of WebIntelligence at McKessonGabe Orthous, McKesson Corporation (USA) BI Accelerated - Turning a Ford Into a FerrariMark Pellas - AGL Limited, Mark Iliff - AGL Limited Portal Integration Enabling Easier User Adoption for Your Business IntelligenceJan Esman, Oakton Ltd
       
12.55 Lunch/Exhibition Viewing
       
13.55 Delivering BI Reporting with SAP BusinessObjectsLestor Meadows, Kimberly-Clark Services Asia-Pacific Pty Limited Herding Cats: Engaging Your Users to Get Your Business Case Over the LineAnge Panopoulos, Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co Limited A Framework for Operational AnalyticsAlec Gardner, Teradata Asia Pacific
       
14.50 Integrated Planning: Hidden Complexities of a Planning ImplementationDorothy Cadle, Independent Business Intelligence Consultant (South Africa) Legacy to SAP BI - the LeasePlan StoryDean Blackburn, LeasePlan Australia Paving the Way for Business Analytics with SAPJan de Boer, IBM (Netherlands)
       
15.40 Afternoon Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
16.10 Closing Keynote Presentation: Roadmap Integration - Worthwhile or Should I Wait?Lt. Col. Jörg Steinhorst, German Armed Forces (Germany)
       
17.20 Mastering Business Intelligence with SAP Conference Close
       
       
08.00 Workshop: Visual Design for Analytical InformationAdrian Paino, Innogence Limited
       
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