Conference Topics
TDWI conferences are an essential part of meeting your educational goals. Whether you need to quickly develop knowledge and skill in a specific area, want to delve into advanced topics, or are interested in validating your learning by becoming a Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP), TDWI conferences can accommodate your needs.
Selecting Your Courses
This site gives you detailed information on courses available at the TDWI World Conference Las Vegas 2012. A good way to start is to visit the Agenda pages to see which courses are available throughout the week.
You can view the agenda:
To select which courses are right for you, simply click on each course title in the grid to browse the course descriptions.
Conference Theme
The theme for the 2012 TDWI World Conference in Las Vegas is Data Strategy for Your Enterprise. Having a data strategy for your enterprise is critical if you hope to leverage your enterprise data and transform it into information and knowledge that will produce measurable improvements in business performance. Find courses related to the conference theme.
More about Conference Topics
The field of BI logically segments into five core disciplines, and our courses are organized in a similar fashion. The conference topics on the agenda pages are color-coded to help you plan your week at TDWI's World Conference in Las Vegas. Each code course indicates how it corresponds to the five core disciplines. Some courses touch upon more than one core discipline. The five core disciplines are defined below:
BI Essentials
Strengthen your understanding of business intelligence (BI) and data warehousing (DW). These courses are designed to take you from basic BI/DW concepts and principles to expanded essentials such as data modeling and metrics. New and returning students will find that these courses provide the building blocks that are key to understanding the rest of this dynamic field of information technology. Find courses in this discipline.
Business Analytics
Optimize business performance with the right analytics for your audience. In the field of business intelligence, understanding how people perceive and process information is a must. This conference delivers a series of courses on analytics, dashboards, visualization, metrics, and predictive analytics. Bring this knowledge back with you and make analytics work for your organization. Find courses in this discipline.
Data Analysis and Design
Data Analysis and Design provides the foundation for delivery of BI applications. Analysis concentrates on understanding business needs for data and information. Design focuses on translating business information needs into data structures that are adaptable, extensible, and sustainable. Core skills include information needs analysis, specification of business metrics, and data modeling. A solid understanding of data warehousing concepts, architectures, and processes is also essential. Find courses in this discipline.
Data Asset Management
Complex business environments, increasing demand for high-quality data, and critical dependencies of regulatory compliance are among the reasons that master data management (MDM) captures the attention of IT and business people alike. Your MDM strategy can achieve sought-after results if the initiative is under the umbrella of a true data governance program. Data governance encompasses enterprise management of availability, usability, integrity/quality, and security of data. High-quality data is needed to drive profitable business decisions. Dirty data has long been the Achilles’ heel of data warehousing. Learn how to model; improve quality; and integrate, store, and govern this most precious asset. Find courses in this discipline.
Leadership and Management
Leadership and Management is a key success factor for BI programs and projects, with a strong focus on effectively integrating people, processes, and technology to deliver business value. The field requires depth of process knowledge, including development methodology, program management, and project management, as well as organizational and team-building skills. An understanding of business topics such as business performance management (BPM), customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM) is also needed. A high-level technical understanding of BI applications and data warehousing concepts is also part of the Leadership and Management body of knowledge. Find courses in this discipline.