TDWI World Conference Las Vegas, NV February 12-17, 2012

BI Essentials
WHEN	EVENT
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S1	TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S4	BI From Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M1	TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M2	TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analysis
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M3	TDWI Performance Management: Measurement, Metrics, and Monitoring
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 am	M6	Kimball Data Warehouse Lifecycle Overview
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 am	M7	TDWI Data Quality Fundamentals
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	T3	TDWI Business Analytics: Exploration, Experimentation, and Discovery
Tuesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	T4A	CIF—Coordinating Your BI, Data Warehousing, and Enterprise Information Initiatives
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W1	TDWI Data Governance Fundamentals
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W2	TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH1	TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH6	The BI Pathway Approach: Delivering BI for Business Value
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH7	TDWI Data Quality Assessment and ImprovementNEW!
Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm	F1	TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation

Business Analytics
WHEN	EVENT
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S3	TDWI Design Techniques for Dashboards and Scorecards
Sunday 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	S5P	Social Network Analysis: Practical Uses and Implementation
Sunday 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	S6P	Agile Analytics: Value-Driven Data Warehousing and Business IntelligenceNEW!
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M3	TDWI Performance Management: Measurement, Metrics, and Monitoring
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	T3	TDWI Business Analytics: Exploration, Experimentation, and Discovery
Tuesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	T5A	Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio
Tuesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	T5P	Evaluating BI Dashboards and Bake-Off
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W3	Business Analytics for Insight and Foresight
Wednesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	W4A	The Ethics of AnalyticsNEW!
Wednesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	W4P	Values, Culture and Behavior: The True Drivers of Business PerformanceNEW!
Wednesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	W5A	Understanding the Value of a Business Analytics Program: A Manager’s GuideNEW!
Wednesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	W5P	Organizational Readiness for Business-Oriented Analytics: A Manager’s GuideNEW!
Wednesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	W7A	Social Analytics in the Enterprise
Wednesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	W7P	SaaS, the Cloud, and BI
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W6	Enabling BI for the 21st Century
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH3	Data Mining Methods and Techniques: Data Preparation, Model Building, and Evaluation
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH4	Gathering Requirements to Optimize Business Performance
Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm	F3	Predictive Analytics: Low-Risk Strategies for High-Impact Projects
Friday 12:15 pm - 3:30 pm	F4P	Delivering BI for Mobile Users

CBIP
WHEN	EVENT
Monday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	M8A	CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam
Monday 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	M8P	CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam

Data Analysis and Design
WHEN	EVENT
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S2	Dimensional Modeling from a Business Perspective: A Model the Business Can Understand
Sunday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	S5A	Best Practices in Enterprise Information Management
Sunday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	S6A	Agile Data Warehousing 201: Agile Project Leadership
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M2	TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analysis
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M5	Designing a Data Warehouse for High Performance
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	T2	Dimensional Design: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques
Tuesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	T6A	Survival Skill: Requirements Management for Agile Data Warehousing Projects
Tuesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 PM	T6P	Fast and Thorough: Quality Assurance for Agile Data Warehousing Projects
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W2	TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH2	TDWI Advanced Data Modeling Techniques
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:30 pm	TH5	Mastering BI with Best-Practice Architectures and Data Models: From Hub and Spoke to Agile Development
Friday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	F4A	Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

Data Asset Management
WHEN	EVENT
Sunday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	S5A	Best Practices in Enterprise Information Management
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 am	M7	TDWI Data Quality Fundamentals
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	T7	Root Cause Analysis for Data Quality ManagementNEW!
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	T8	Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W1	TDWI Data Governance Fundamentals
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH7	TDWI Data Quality Assessment and ImprovementNEW!
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH8	Best Practice Techniques for Data Quality and Data CleansingNEW!
Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm	F1	TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation
Friday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	F2A	Conducting a Structured Data Inventory
Friday 12:15 pm - 3:30 pm	F2P	Organizing Your Data Management/EIM Team
Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm	F5	TDWI Master Data Management Fundamentals

Keynote
WHEN	EVENT
Monday 8:00 am - 8:45 am		KEYNOTE: What Is True? What Is Real? What Is Good? Questions Business Analysts Should Ask
Thursday 8:00 am - 8:45 am		KEYNOTE: Building the Foundation for a Successful Information Strategy

Leadership and Management
WHEN	EVENT
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S1	TDWI Data Warehousing Concepts and Principles: An Introduction to the Field of Data Warehousing
Sunday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	S4	BI From Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT
Sunday 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	S6P	Agile Analytics: Value-Driven Data Warehousing and Business IntelligenceNEW!
Sunday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	S6A	Agile Data Warehousing 201: Agile Project Leadership
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M1	TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	M4	Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development
Monday 9:00 am - 12:15 pm	M8A	CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam
Monday 1:45 pm - 5:00 pm	M8P	CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam
Tuesday 8:00 am - 5:30 p.m.	T1	TDWI Project Management for Business Intelligence
Tuesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	T4P	Benefits and Challenges of Trending BI Deployment StrategiesNEW!
Tuesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	T5A	Managing and Evaluating Your BI Tool Portfolio
Tuesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	T5P	Evaluating BI Dashboards and Bake-Off
Wednesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	W4A	The Ethics of AnalyticsNEW!
Wednesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	W4P	Values, Culture and Behavior: The True Drivers of Business PerformanceNEW!
Wednesday 8:00 am - 11:15 am	W5A	Understanding the Value of a Business Analytics Program: A Manager’s GuideNEW!
Wednesday 2:15 pm - 5:30 pm	W5P	Organizational Readiness for Business-Oriented Analytics: A Manager’s GuideNEW!
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W6	Enabling BI for the 21st Century
Wednesday 8:00 am - 5:30 pm	W8	Power, Politics, and Partnership in Business Intelligence ProjectsUPDATED!
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH1	TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems
Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm	TH4	Gathering Requirements to Optimize Business Performance
Friday 12:15 pm - 3:30 pm	F4P	Delivering BI for Mobile Users
Friday 8:00 am - 3:30 pm	F5	TDWI Master Data Management Fundamentals