Information Management Conference 2010 a Great Success

On April 15th, 2010, Adastra hosted the 5th Information Management Conference, IM-X, at the Carlu in Toronto. 

Once again, engaging presentations by Information Management thought leaders, Business and IT professionals and technology partners resulted in a stimulating mix of ideas we hope will assist our current and future clients as they move towards solidifying current processes, or as they take the decision to move towards some of the cutting-edge solutions that were the focus of the conference.

• Keynote Address “Monetizing Data Management”, Dr. Peter Aiken, Founder, Data Blueprint
• "Self-Service Business Intelligence", Doug Harrison, Platform Solutions Specialist, Microsoft Canada
• "The Real Benefits of Master Data Management and Data Quality Management", Jakub Bartak, Senior Data Quality Consultant, Ataccama Corp.
• "Frontline BI in the New Economic Order", Nelio Lucas, VP Technology & Chief Data Warehouse Architect, Adastra Corporation
• "Data, from Liability to Asset: Developing a Data Governance Program That Works for You", Wayne Knaggs, Manager Business Solutions, Adastra Corporation
• "Recycle, Reduce, and Reuse – The 'Green' Approach to Large Corporate Data Needs", Kevin Butcher, Senior Vice-President, Enterprise Systems, BMO Financial Group
• "The Cloud Manifesto", Roman Stanek, CEO and Founder, GoodData
• "INFO Impossible: Experience, Obstacles and Strategies for Successful National Health Information Systems", Mark Fuller, Director, Architecture Planning and Standards, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• "Governing Manual Database Interventions", Wayne Knaggs, Manager Business Solutions, Adastra Corporation
• "Global Delivery: Moving beyond cost savings", Chris Chapman, Program Manager, Global Resourcing, BMO Financial Group
• "Replace or Maintain? Challenges and Opportunities for Customer Data Integration", Krasen Paskalev, Director, Consulting Services, Adastra Corporation
• "Next Generation Data Quality Management", John Ramoutsakis, Director of iWay Software, Information Builders Canada
• "Bestshoring: Optimizing Offshore Information Management Development and Delivery", Lyoubomir Ovtcharov, Delivery Lead, Bestshoring Consulting, Adastra Bulgaria
• "Data Democracy: Customized Corporate Metadata Wiktionaries via Collaboration", Oliver Fuchs, VP Operations, Adastra Corporation & Peter Hora, Founder, Semanta
• "Optimize Customer Relationships (Select Case Studies)", Jan Kout, Banking Division Director, Adastra Czech
• "Incorporating Risk into Data Management and Governance", Dr. Peter Aiken; Founder, Data Blueprint

Adastra would like to thank our sponsors, partners, presenters, and all attendees for helping to make IM-X the most successful conference yet!

Stay tuned for information on the next Information Management Conference and for other Adastra events. If you would like to be alerted when next year’s registration begins, click here to add yourself to the invitation list.

The videos presented at the conference are now available online.

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