2009 CALL FOR PAPERS

Data Governance Europe Conference 2009
Data Governance Europe Conference 2009

Practical Approaches and Success Stories

Call for Presentations Deadline 25 August 2008

Presentation proposals are now being accepted for the 2nd Annual Data Governance Conference, Europe scheduled for 2 Feb – 5 Feb, 2009 at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London, UK .The conference is produced by IRM UK, DebTech International and Wilshire Conferences.

The Data Governance Conference Europe will focus on all aspects of data governance from beginning a data governance function, improving and sustaining your data governance program to achieving data governance maturity.

We are interested in proposals for novices as well as advanced sessions that focus on case studies, lessons learned, success stories, strategies and methodologies relating to data governance. We encourage novice presenters as well as professional presenters to submit proposals for this event.

Presentations may be proposed in the following categories:

  • Conference Sessions (1 hour duration)
  • Special Interest Groups which include facilitating and leading a discussion (1 hour duration)
  • Panels (1 hour duration)
  • Tutorials (half day)

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Case studies and success stories on data governance
  • Business oriented data governance presentations
  • Best practices in data governance
  • Approaches and methodologies for data governance
  • Data protection and privacy
  • Governance, risk and compliance
  • Tools of data governance-templates, scorecards
  • Data governance and Master Data Management
  • Building the business case and gaining executive support for data governance
  • Data governance as a component of data and information strategies
  • Data stewardship
  • Roles and responsibilities
  • Information security as it relates to data governance
  • Dealing with intolerance for change
  • Impact of data governance in relation to other initiatives including Enterprise Architecture, Business Intelligence, Data Integration, Metadata, Data Quality, SOA and ERP
  • Metrics and measurements for evaluating your data governance program
  • Pitfalls and roadblocks to avoid in data governance deployments
  • How to align data governance with ITIL and COBIT strategies
  • Role of communications in successful data governance initiatives
  • Change management and process reengineering in data governance initiatives
  • Metrics and measurements for evaluating your data governance program
  • How to develop a data governance organization
  • Data governance strategies for global organizations

Please CLICK HERE to submit a proposal.

Please direct any questions regarding submissions to davida@debtechint.com.

Sponsorship Opportunities Are Available

Please contact Shane Mcglynn at shane@irmuk.co.uk.

Jeremy Hall
IRM UK Strategic IT Training
&
Davida Berger
DebTech International, LLC
&
Tony Shaw
Wilshire Conferences