Event Format
TDWI Solution Summit Content Presentations and Panels
Solution Summit presenters will deliver a variety of business and technical presentations about the latest trends, technologies, and techniques driving MDM, DQ, and DG adoption in today’s enterprises. The program will be co-chaired by Philip Russom, senior manager of TDWI Research, and Jill Dyché, cofounder of Baseline Consulting. Dyché is also a co-author of the recent book Customer Data Integration: Reaching a Single Version of the Truth, and one of the world’s foremost authorities on MDM and DG.
In addition, the event will feature end-user, vendor, and analyst panels for discussing the MDM, DQ, and DG landscapes, best practices and pitfalls, road map development, and other relevant topics.
Case Study Presentations
Case Study presentations provide a unique forum for small groups of business and IT executives to meet with key vendors and have interactive and meaningful discussions about selecting, implementing, and deploying specific types of MDM, DQ, and DG solutions. These sessions are designed to help business and IT executives accelerate their research about the real-world capabilities of prominent MDM, DQ, and DG solutions in the industry today and establish high-level contacts with senior executives of leading providers.
One-on-One Meetings
The TDWI Solution Summit enables attendees and vendors to hold private, one-on-one meetings throughout the course of the event. These meetings are the ideal follow-up to the case study presentations and the most direct way to conduct private discussion to facilitate a business relationship. Meetings are pre-scheduled through the event’s online meeting system, or can be arranged onsite.
Solutions Showcase & Meeting Area
The Solutions Showcase & Meeting Area is a dedicated venue that offers attendees a first-hand look at the myriad MDM, DQ, and DG solutions on the market today. There is ample seating, so attendees can continue their peer discussions or one-on-one meetings with solution providers and thought leaders.
Networking and Industry Awards
Other event highlights include a welcome reception, daily networking breakfasts and luncheons, and other special networking programs. On the final afternoon, awards will be presented to the outstanding vendor solutions as voted upon by attendees.
Featured Topics
MDM, DQ, and DG
- Operational and analytical MDM and DQ
- Customer data integration (CDI)
- Product information management (PIM)
- Data domains for customers, products, financials, etc.
- Hierarchy management
- Data governance and stewardship
- Data integration and architecture
- Return on investment for MDM, DQ, and DG
- Data quality and matching
- Semantic integration
- Data warehousing’s intersection with MDM, DQ, and DG
Business and Technical
- Architectural approaches to deploying solutions
- Comparing and contrasting products and solutions
- Best practices and pitfalls
- How to sell MDM, DQ, and DG to the business
- Return on investment (ROI)
- Deployment options: top-down, bottom-up, sideways
- Deciding whether to build, buy, or extend a solution
- Unique issues in handling different types of reference data: customer, product, financial hierarchies, etc.
- How to establish a data governance program for MDM and/or DQ
- Creating data stewards in an MDM or DQ project
- How to organize the solution team
- Role of business sponsors
- Technology selection criteria