Transforming to Future-Proof BI Systems

Agile Data Strategy, Datavisualisatie, Big Data Analytics, Data Vault, Hadoop, NoSQL, Spark, Data Lakes en Data Hubs, Operational Analytics, Self-service BI

The focus of this year’s DW&BI Summit is very much on How! How do we transform our existing BI systems into future-proof BI systems. We know that many new tools and technologies are available that allow users to develop their own reports, to store and analyze big data, tools to developing logical data warehouses, but for most organizations the key question is still How? How should we use these tools and technologies correctly, how do we govern self-service BI, how do we migrate from a physical to a logical data warehouse, how do we prepare ourselves for the EU regulations for data privacy, how do we design our data visualizations effectively, and so on. The 2016 edition is all practical guidelines and do’s and don’ts. International speakers such as Mike Ferguson, Krish Krishnan, and Daragh O’Brien together with national speakers, such as Rick van der Lans, Harm van der Lek, Jan Henderyckx, Pieter den Hamer, Lex Pierik, and Emiel van Bockel are coming to share their wealth of experience with the attendees.

In general, attending the BI&DW Summit helps organizations to upgrade their current BI systems to future-proof BI systems, systems in which analysis of big data has been added, in which streaming data plays a role for real-time analytics, and in which self-service is more governed.

Some of the main topics that will be discussed these two days:

• Setting up an Agile Data Strategy for the Modern Enterprise
• Incorporating Hadoop, Spark, and NoSQL in BI Systems
• Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Big Data Implementation
• Preparing for the new EU regulations on data privacy
• Aspects of data modeling for data warehouses
• Guidelines for designing and implementing data lakes and data hubs
• Guidelines for developing a logical data warehouse
• The importance of effective data visualization
• Is business innovation possible without big data and analytics?
• How can self-service BI be governed?
• Operational Analytics in a SQL and NoSQL world.

Limited time?
Can you only attend one day? Starting this year 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.

The city of Amsterdam
Are you considering to prolong your stay in Amsterdam to Friday or even the weekend? A wise thing to do when you are traveling from abroad. Things to do and see in and around Amsterdam are countless but you can use the website page “I amsterdam” as a starting point.