The Washington DC 2011 Conference is Now Over

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TDWI World Conference Tracks

The field of BI logically segments into five core disciplines, and our courses are organized by track in a similar fashion. The tracks on the Agenda pages are color-coded to help you plan your week at TDWI's World Conference in Washington, D.C. Each course track code indicates how it corresponds to the five core disciplines. Some courses touch upon more than one core discipline.
Administration and Technology
WHEN EVENT
Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
T5A

DIY BI: Self-Service Comes to Business IntelligenceNEW!

Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
T5P

The Why and How of Operational Business IntelligenceUPDATED

Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
T6P

Evaluating BI Dashboards and Bake-Off

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W4

TDWI Data Warehousing Architectures: Choosing the Right Data Warehouse Approach

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH1

Enabling BI for the 21st Century

Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
F2A

Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
F2P

2011 Emerging Technologies from a BI PerspectiveUPDATED!

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F4

Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development

Business Analytics
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 - 12:15 pm
S4A

Social Network Analysis: Practical Uses and Implementation

Sunday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
S4P

Overcoming Information Overload with Best Practices in Data Visualization

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 Analytics

Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
M3

TDWI Business Analytics: Exploration, Experimentation, and DiscoveryNEW!

Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
M4

The Future of AnalyticsNEW!

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T3

Business Analytics for Insight and Foresight

Tuesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
T6A

Business Intelligence and Excel: Friends or Foes?NEW!

Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
T6P

Evaluating BI Dashboards and Bake-Off

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W3

Measuring Intangibles: Breaking Down Analytic Barriers

Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
W6P

Advanced Analytics in Practice: A Framework for Data Mining, Statistics, Visualization, and Other Techniques

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH1

Enabling BI for the 21st Century

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH3

TDWI Performance Management: Measurement, Metrics, and MonitoringNEW!

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH4

Predictive Modeling for the Non-Statistician

Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
F3A

Predictive Analytics: A Business PerspectiveUPDATED!

Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
F3P

Predictive Analytics: Making It WorkUPDATED!

CBIP
WHEN EVENT
Monday
9:00 am - 12:15 pm
M5A

CBIP Preparation for the Information Systems Core Exam

Monday
1:45 pm - 5:00 pm
M5P

CBIP Preparation for the Data Warehousing Exam

Data Analysis and Design
WHEN EVENT
Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
M2

TDWI Dimensional Data Modeling Primer: From Requirements to Business Analytics

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T2

Dimensional Design: Intermediate and Advanced Techniques

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T4

TDWI Data Governance Fundamentals

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W1

TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W2

TDWI Data Modeling: Data Analysis and Design for BI and Data Warehousing Systems

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W4

TDWI Data Warehousing Architectures: Choosing the Right Data Warehouse Approach

Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
W6A

Social Media, Web 2.0, and BI: Extending the BI Portfolio

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
TH2

TDWI Advanced Data Modeling Techniques

Thursday
9:00 am - 5:00 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
F2A

Architecture and Technologies for Agile OLAP

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F4

Agile Data Warehousing 101: An Introduction to Accelerated BI/DW Development

Data Integration
WHEN EVENT
Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W5

Beyond the Data Warehouse: Architectural Options for Data Integration

Friday
8:00 am - 3:30 pm
F1

TDWI Data Integration Techniques: ETL and Alternatives for Data Consolidation

Keynote
WHEN EVENT
Monday
8:00 am - 8:45 am

KEYNOTE: Always On: The Promises and Perils of the Streaming Data Revolution and Its Influence on Performance Management

Thursday
8:00 am - 8:45 am

KEYNOTE: Bringing Business Performance to the Next Level through Business Performance Management and BI Alignment

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
S2

BI from Both Sides: Aligning Business and IT

Sunday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
S3

Performance Management Requirements Gathering: Defining What the Business Really Needs to Achieve Better PerformanceNEW!

Monday
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
M1

TDWI Business Intelligence Fundamentals: From Data Warehousing to Business Impact

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 p.m.
T1

TDWI Project Management for Business Intelligence

Tuesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
T4

TDWI Data Governance Fundamentals

Tuesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
T5P

The Why and How of Operational Business IntelligenceUPDATED

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W1

TDWI Requirements Gathering: Getting Correct and Complete Requirements for BI Systems

Wednesday
8:00 am - 5:30 pm
W3

Measuring Intangibles: Breaking Down Analytic Barriers

Wednesday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
W7A

BI Manager Toolkit: Managing Accountability for Project Success

Wednesday
2:15 pm - 5:30 pm
W7P

BI Manager Toolkit: Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements

Friday
8:00 am - 11:15 am
F3A

Predictive Analytics: A Business PerspectiveUPDATED!

Friday
12:15 pm - 3:30 pm
F3P

Predictive Analytics: Making It WorkUPDATED!