Full Agenda for BI & Analytics Summit in Munich this October!

1. Agenda at a Glance Tracks
Agenda as of 25 June 2015
During the event, please refer to the printed Agenda or the Gartner Events mobile app for complete, up to the minute session information.
07:30 – 20:00 Registration and Information
08:00 – 08:45 Tutorial: Getting the Most Out of Gartner Ian Bertram Tutorial: How Does Data Science Really Work? Alexander Linden
09:00 – 10:00 Gartner Opening Keynote: Crossing the Analytical Divide: New Technologies, New Skills Frank Buytendijk, Rita Sallam and Kurt Schlegel
TRACKS A. Lead the Initiative B. Evangelize the New C. Modernize the Core Workshops Roundtables
10:15 – 11:00 Establish an Analytics Governance
Framework Thomas Oestreich
Innovating With Analytics: 40 Real World
Examples in 40 Minutes Alan Duncan
Key Trends in Advanced Analytics Lisa Kart
11:00 – 11:30 Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase 11:00 – 11:30 Peer Exchange: Analytic Skills and How to Find Them 11:15 – 12:15 Analyst-User Roundtable: BICC
Lessons From the Field Deployments: What
Works, What Doesn’t Alan Duncan11:30 – 12:15 Case Study Real-time Analytics and Decision
Management Roy Schulte
Business Analytics 2020 Market Trends
Neil Chandler
11:30 – 13:00 Workshop:
Determining the Business Value and Costs of BI
and Analytic Platform Investments
Facilitator: Cindi Howson12:30 – 13:00 Solution Provider Sessions
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break in the Solution Showcase 14:00 – 14:30 Peer Exchange: Improving Data Quality
14:00 – 15:00 Ask the Analyst Roundtable: The
Logical Data Warehouse Concept
Mark Beyer
14:30 – 15:00 The First 100 Days of the Analytic Leader:
Building a Bimodal Strategy Kurt Schlegel
How to Find, Engage and Organize Data
Scientists Alexander Linden
Who's Who in Self Service Data Preparation
Rita Sallam
14:15 – 15:45 Workshop:
Foundational Skills of a BI and Analytics Change
Agent and Leader
Facilitator: Debra Logan15:15 – 15:45 Solution Provider Sessions
15:45 – 16:15 Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase 15:45 – 16:15 Peer Exchange: Big Data: Sharing First Experiences
16:00 – 17:00 Analyst-User Roundtable: How to
Negotiate With BI Vendors
Moderator: Kurt Schlegel
16:15 – 17:00 How to Monetize Your Information Assets
Debra Logan
Case Study Every Data Set Tells a Story Neil Chandler
17:15 – 18:00 Guest Keynote
18:00 – 20:00 Networking Reception in the Solution Showcase
07:30 Registration and Information
08:00 – 08:45 The BICC Needs to Change With the
Times Alan Duncan
Event Stream Processing and CEP:
Like BI but Not Roy Schulte
The DBMS Dilemma: Choosing the Right DBMS
for the Digital Business Mark Beyer
09:00 – 09:45 Gartner Magic Quadrant Power Session: Data Warehouse and Data Management Solutions for Analytics; Business Intelligence and Analytics Platforms; Advanced Analytics Platforms Ian Bertram, Cindi Howson, Roxane Edjlali and Alexander Linden
10:00 – 10:30 Solution Provider Sessions
10:30 – 11:00 Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase 10:30 – 11:00 Peer Exchange: Supporting Executive Decision Making
10:45 – 11:45 Ask the Analyst Roundtable:
Reasons for Big Data Analytics Failures
Moderator: Alexander Linden
11:00 – 11:45 Building a Successful Business Analytics
Strategy Thomas Oestreich
Interactive Visualization: Insights for
Everyone Rita Sallam
Do We Still Need a Data Warehouse?
Roxane Edjlali
11:00 – 12:30 Workshop: Embedding Analytics
and Operational Intelligence in Business
Processes
Facilitator: Roy Schulte12:00 – 12:45 Why an Analytical Focus Kills Your Company and
Ruins Your Career Frank Buytendijk
The Next Generation of Information Leaders:
Chief Data Officers and Chief Analytics
Officers Debra Logan
Case Study 12:00 – 13:00 Ask the Analyst Roundtable:
Analytics in the Cloud — the Dark Side and the
Bright Side Moderator: Cindi Howson
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break in the Solution Showcase 13:30 – 14:00 Peer Exchange: Data Discovery and Self Service BI: What Are Best Practices?
13:30 – 14:30 Ask The Analyst Roundtable:
How Are BI Programs Evolving to Support and
Enable Governed Data Discovery?
Moderator: Rita Sallam
14:00 – 14:30 Benchmark the Maturity of Your BI Initiative
Cindi Howson
Location. The Next Champion in Analytics
Thomas Oestreich
How to Apply Advanced Analytics to Real
Business Cases Lisa Kart
14:45 – 15:30 Measuring the Business Value of Analytics
Neil Chandler
Big Data Discovery: The Next Generation of BI
Self Service Alan Duncan
State of Hadoop — Is It Time?
Mark Beyer
15:30 – 16:00 Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase 15:30 – 16:00 Peer Exchange: Developing an Effective BI Strategy
16:00 – 16:45 Gartner Closing Keynote: The Role of Information in the Digital Business Ian Bertam
16:45 – 17:00 Closing Remarks from the Chair Thomas Oestreich
Wednesday
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Thursday
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A. Lead the Initiative
Hot Topics:
• The New Role of the BICC
• Crafting a Business Analytics Strategy
• Monetizing Information Assets
• Synthesize Your Analytics Insights
• Bimodal Analytics Leadership
B. Evangelize the New
Hot Topics:
• Innovate With Analytics
• Real Time Analytics
• Data Science
• Chief Data Officers
• Big Data Discovery
C. Modernize the Core
Hot Topics:
• Advanced Analytics
• Self service BI and Data Preparation
• Future of the Data Warehouse
• Leveraging Hadoop
• Databases for the Digital Business
Virtual Tracks
Jumpstart the Journey
Hot Topics:
• Interactive Visualization
• Analytics Governance
• Guided Analytics
• Bimodal BI
• Business Value of Analytics
IoT and Industrial Analytics
Hot Topics:
• Operational Intelligence
• Prescriptive Analytics
• Decision Management
• Real Time Analytics
• Complex Event Processing
Gartner Business Intelligence & Analytics Summit 2015
14 – 15 October | Munich, Germany | gartner.com/eu/biger