Big Data, Agile Datawarehouse Design, Analytics & Data Science, Dimensional Modeling, Data Storytelling, Cloud-based BI

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The data-driven organization and digital transformation are key topics in the IT industry and in the board rooms. Sometimes these concepts are over-simplified, as if a simple action is sufficient to transform an organization into a data-driven one. Nothing is further from the truth. Although many organizations have their own definition of what they mean with the two concepts, they all do agree on that both concepts are essential and that data must play a greater role in business operations. Data must be used more intensively within an organization, for example by means of data science, the yield from the current investment in data can be increased, data must be used more widely in numerous business areas, and AI techniques must be deployed to discover new business insights.

Indirectly, the sixth edition of the DW&BI Summit is focused on this increasing need for data-driven organizations and their digital transformation. Organizational, technical, and architectural aspects are explained. Topics include dealing with the resistance to technological innovations, what database technology will look like in five years’ time, the importance of storytelling, and the design of future-proof data architectures.

The conference offers practical guidelines and do’s and don’ts to help you with these current and impending issues. You will meet well-known speakers and thought leaders from the Netherlands and abroad, including Kent Graziano, Keith McCormick, Lawrence Corr, Nigel Turner, Rick van der Lans, Lex Pierik, Rutger Rienks and prof. Martin Kersten. Once again, we managed to set up a very strong line-up with internationally acclaimed speakers, ready to share their knowledge and experience with you.

Some topics that will be discussed these days:

• Increasing the success of BI projects through data-driven storytelling
• The influence of new database technology on data architectures
• Data warehouses: now and in the future; the influence of cloud
• Transforming business models into dimensional data models using the technique Data Model Storming
• Dealing with organizational resistance to predictive analytics
• Why is the marriage between data warehousing and data quality still not perfect?
• Setting up a successful data strategy that fits the business strategy
• How can we design data warehouses faster with agile design methods?
• The new world of Business Intelligence: from batch to Lambda and to Kappa.

Limited time?
Can you only attend one day? It is possible to attend only the first or only the second conference day and of course the full conference. The presentations by our speakers have been selected in such a way that they can stand on their own. This enables you to attend the second conference day even if you did not attend the first (or the other way around).

Who should attend
The two day DW&BI Summit is geared to for IT Executives, IT Management and Architects, business intelligence and data warehousing professionals who wish to take a detailed and practical look at the latest developments in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence. The following professionals should attend:

• IT executives and managers
• Sponsors of BI and DW programs
• Business technology managers
• BI/DW project managers
• Data warehousing architects
• Business intelligence practitioners
• Business analysts
• Data scientists
• Technology architects
• Data architects and data modelers
• Project and program managers
• Data integrators
• Developers of BI and DW systems
• Business and IT consultants.

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This is the sixth edition of DW&BI Summit in The Netherlands. This upcoming edition you can benefit from the expertise of  Kent Graziano, Keith McCormick, Nigel Turner, Lawrence Corr, Rick van der Lans, Lex Pierik, Rutger Rienks and prof. Martin Kersten. Each year will see key note presentations by the crème de la crème of the international data warehouse and BI community. Internationally acclaimed speakers like Bill Inmon, Claudia Imhoff, Donald Farmer, Nigel Pendse, Colin White, Mike Ferguson, Wayne Eckerson, Mark Madsen, William McKnight, Richard Hackathorn, John Ladley, Dan Linstedt, Barry Devlin, Krish Krishnan, Daragh O Brien and Jan Henderyckx have graced  the predecessor of this conference with their presence.

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