Agenda

       
18.30 Pre-Conference JumpStart Session: Panel Discussion - The Technology Revolution and What it Might Mean for Business Intelligence as You Know ItPeter O'Donnell, Monash University
       
19.30 Pre-Conference Networking Drinks
       
  Track A Track B Track C
       
08.00 Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
08.35 Conference Opening and Chairperson’s Welcome
       
09.00 Opening Keynote Presentation: From Data To Decisions: Unlocking the Strategic Value of BIDavid Axson, Sonax Group (USA)
       
10.00 Keynote Presentation: From BObj to... HANA?David Théroux-Bénoni, MolsonCoors Brewing Company (Canada, UK, USA)
       
11.00 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
11.40 BO/BI 4.0 Implementation at Coca-Cola - Everything You Need to Know to Build a Self-Serve Reporting Environment with BOE, BW & BWADeb Masdea, Coca-Cola Refreshments (USA) Business Intelligence for the Medium Enterprise - Smart BI Not Big BI!Dave Scullin, Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) (New Zealand) Going Mobile for the Over 40’s!!Geoff Armstrong, Plaut IT Australia
       
12.35 More to HR Reporting Than Bums on SeatsCraig Nicholls, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) Using SAP to Drive New Business AdvantagesLeo Collins, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) How to Drive Innovation Through Mobility and HANABruce Barron, Innogence Limited
       
13.25 Lunch/Exhibition Viewing
       
13.35 Lunchtime Session: End-to-End Lunchtime Presentation: SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.0 DemonstrationJoshua Fletcher, CSG Limited
       
14.25 Best Practices for SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x in Combination with SAP LandscapesIngo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects (Canada) (SAP Mentor) Moving from Global Information Darkness to Light. The Global BI Journey at BATRafaela Salzer-Borbas, British American Tobacco plc Agile BW Development - Should You Break the Rules or Make the Rules?Jon Longworth, Deloitte Consulting
       
15.20 Understand the Requirements Before Choosing How to Fulfill ThemHarj Chand, Australia Post BI Revive - Zero 2 Hero in Nine MonthsChris Galea, Spotlight Pty Ltd Super Retail Group’s BW 7.3 Upgrade Journey: Lessons Learned and Future RoadmapMark Cichowski - Super Retail Group Limited, David Simpson - Extend Technologies
       
16.10 Afternoon Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
16.50 Dynamic Leadership in a CrisisSpecial Guest Speaker: Peter Baines
       
17.50 Mastering Business Intelligence with SAP Community Networking Drinks Sponsored by The Eventful Group
       
  Track A Track B Track C
       
07.45 Breakfast Session: Thinking of Implementing SAP BI 4.0 with SAP BW or SAP ERP as the Data Source?Chris Allan - Lion Nathan, Sanjiv Bansal - SAP Australia New Zealand
       
08.30 Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
09.00 Keynote Presentation: Embedding Sustainable Development Stategies Into Business AnalyticsAndrew McLean, Monash University
       
10.00 Keynote Presentation: IT in a Motion Picture Studio - From the Pitch to the Participants ChecksLeo Collins, Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA)
       
11.00 Morning Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
11.40 BI Team Strategies That Work - Organising Your People for BI SuccessDeb Masdea, Coca-Cola Refreshments (USA) Installing Your First BO/BI 4.0 System - the Ducks GutsGary Hooker, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) Forecasting More Than Tomorrow’s WeatherIan Harley - Bureau of Meteorology, Renato Silva - BI Group Australia
       
12.35 The Power of PresentationDavid Axson, Sonax Group (USA) Dashboards On-the-Go! A Practical Case Study on Mobile Business IntelligenceMustafa Bensan, Office of Environment and Heritage, Department of Premier and Cabinet NSW SAP In-Memory Appliance Software (SAP HANA™) - Enable Decision Making at the Speed of ThoughtLes Smith, Fujitsu Australia Limited
       
13.25 Lunch/Exhibition Viewing
       
14.25 How to Select the Right BI Tool for Your EnvironmentIngo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects (Canada) (SAP Mentor) Jumping Off the EDGE - Using SAP BusinessObjects to Attain Enhanced Enterprise Performance MonitoringPaul Billington, Atlas Steels Activating a Relatively Dormant BI Footprint to Support an Aggressive Business Growth StrategyIngo Pohl - MMG Ltd, Links Chithiray - Logro Consulting
       
15.20 How We Changed Our Reporting World… And Are Continuing to Do SoElspeth Chu, Kraft Foods, Australia/New Zealand Manage Information as a Strategic Asset: Master Data Governance to the RescueNick Harris, SAP Australia Pty Ltd Best Practices in Business Intelligence: Strategy to ExecutionPeter Gray, Oakton Ltd
       
16.10 Afternoon Tea & Coffee/Exhibition Viewing
       
16.40 Closing Keynote Presentation: Walking the Thin Line: Making Your Requirements Gathering “Active”Peter O'Donnell, Monash University
       
17.45 Mastering Business Intelligence with SAP Conference Close
       
       
08.00 Registration/Arrival Tea & Coffee
       
08.30 Workshop: Best Practice Use and Integration of the New SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence 4.x Tool SuiteIngo Hilgefort, SAP BusinessObjects (Canada) (SAP Mentor)
       
15.30 Mastering Business Intelligence with SAP Workshop Close