Computerworld’s BI Perspectives

Westin Chicago River North,
Chicago, IL, USA

With increased pressure on revenue, expenses and finding the most profitable customers, today’s organizations need to implement the most agile BI strategies.  Given this intensified mandate, what are the most successful approaches in today’s landscape of tools and vendors? Who’s applying them the best? And how are leading user companies weaving best practices from peers into their own enterprise BI strategy?
The answers are at the world’s most authoritative conference on Business Intelligence. Whether their priorities are to focus BI’s value in an era of exploding data volume, optimize customer retention through BI, shorten analysis and reaction cycles, capitalize on key technology advancements, or network with peers and industry experts, Computerworld’s Business Intelligence Perspectives Conference will help.

When you attend, you’ll hear how world-class IT executives are meeting these objectives, and you’ll network with peers who face the same challenges and opportunities that you do.

Sessions and topics will cover:
CIO STRATEGIES: creating an agile BI culture; prioritizing BI investments across the product portfolio; focusing BI’s value in an era of exploding data volume; moving BI to business driver from business supporter

MAXIMIZING ENTERPRISE CUSTOMER VALUE: optimizing customer retention through BI; funding key BI initiatives; leveraging operational data for business development; acting on real-time customer behaviors

ACCELERATING BI EFFECTIVENESS: looking ahead instead of the rearview; shortening analysis and reaction cycles; adopting strategies newer than traditional warehousing/reporting; leveraging newer, more agile tools

MANAGING PERFORMANCE: focusing on performance initiatives that matter; managing business and customers cost-effectively; improving processes and outcomes with contemporary tools

CAPITALIZING ON TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS: web 2.0 & mashups; data warehouse appliances; open source BI; SaaS; dashboards and scorecards; scalability in the cloud

MAXIMIZING DATA ANALYTICS: predictive modeling; data mining; advanced visualizaton; OLAP

Speakers include

Stephen Bozzo, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, 1-800-Flowers.com

Raghu Bala, Chief Information Officer, Automotive.com

Dennis L’Heureux, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Information Officer, Rockford Health Systems

Scott Koon, Assistant Head of Technology, Mayo Clinic

Basil Blume, Chief Analytics Officer, Colorado Capital Bank

Tony Fuller, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Rent-A-Center

Event Agenda

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

11:00 am    Registration Opens

1:00-1:45 pm    Concurrent Sessions

Making Better Care Decisions with BI
Scott Koon, Assistant Head of Technology, Mayo Clinic, recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program, 2008

Improving Organizational Decision-Making Through Pervasive Business Intelligence: The Five Key Factors That Lead to BI Diffusion
Dan Vesset, Vice President, Business Analytics, IDC

1:55-2:40 pm    Concurrent Sessions

BI: more likely to be B or I: (B)uying a solution or (I)nvesting for the future
John Dohm, Vice President , True Religion Brand Jeans

Navigating the BI Iceberg; Its What’s Below the Waterline that Matters
Noreen Kendle, Analyst, Data Management Strategies, Burton Group

2:40-2:55 pm    Networking Break

2:55-3:40 pm     Concurrent Sessions

Optimizing Customer Profitability through Business Intelligence
Basil Blume, Chief Analytics Officer, Colorado Capital Bank

Mighty Mashups: Do it Yourself Business Intelligence in a New Economy
James Kobielus, Senior Analyst, Data Warehousing, Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence, Forrester Research

3:50-4:35 pm     Concurrent Sessions

How BI Helps Move a Million Cases of Fresh Produce a Month
Chris Nowak, Chief Technology Officer, Anthony Marano Company, recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program, 2008

BI Trends in Today’s Economy
Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner, RSR Research LLC and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, 2001

4:45-5:30 pm    Maximizing Enterprise Customer Value
Stephen Bozzo, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, recognized by the Computerworld Honors Program, 2008

5:30-7:00 pm    Speed Networking Reception

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

7:30-8:30 am    Networking Breakfast
8:30-8:45 am    Opening Remarks
Julia King, Executive Editor, Events and National Correspondent, Computerworld

8:45-9:30 am    BI as a Driver for Business Efficiency
Joseph Essas, Vice President, Engineering and Operations, eHarmony

9:30-10:00 am    The Two Dimensions of Healthcare Business Intelligence
Dennis L’Heureux, Senior Vice President, Planning and Chief Information Officer, Rockford Health Systems and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, 2006

10:00-10:30 am    Networking Break

10:30-11:00 am    Accelerating BI Effectiveness
Tony Fuller, Chief Information Officer, Rent-A-Center and Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader, 2005

11:00-11:50 am    Best Practices in Business Intelligence Awards Program and Honoree Panel
Moderator: Julia King, Executive Editor, Events and National Correspondent

Noon-12:30 pm    Concurrent Sessions
Executive Case Study

12:30-2:00 pm    Lunch with Discussion Tables
• Maximizing Enterprise Customer Value
• Accelerating BI Effectiveness
• New Technology Advancements
• Data Analytics
• BI as a Service

2:00-2:30 pm    High Performance Business Intelligence on a Budget
Raghu Bala, Chief Technology Officer, Automotive.com

2:30-3:00 pm    Future Trends in BI, and What’s Needed to Support Them

3:00-3:15 pm    Networking Break

3:15-3:45 pm    Executive Case Study

3:45-4:15 pm    Closing Executive Case Study

4:15-4:30 pm    Wrap Up Remarks

4:30-5:30 pm    Wine Tasting and Networking Dinners

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