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Rosemary
Rock-Evans |
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Larry
P English INFORMATION IMPACT International Inc |
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Larry
Dziedzic DAMA International & Johnson & Johnson |
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Dear Colleague,
On behalf of IRM UK Strategic Training in the UK and myself thank you for your interest in this, the sixth European Conference dedicated to the subject of Meta Data. This conference has now become an established event due to the extraordinary success of our previous conferences, all of which attracted hundreds of delegates from all over the world.
This conference will again be co-located with the DAMA International European Conference and Information Quality Conferences. This has proved, over the past years, an extremely effective and rewarding combination for participants. We aim to ensure that the joint conference is another wonderful opportunity for those interested in Meta Data, Information Quality and Data Management to meet and exchange experiences as well as to hear top-notch speakers concentrate on this essential area of IT. Participants of all our past conferences have particularly praised the concentration upon the topic of information management.
We have also continued the successful approach we adopted over previous years, whereby the first day offers you the opportunity to attend tutorials, which introduce the subject of Meta Data and Meta Data Management in some depth and provide a grounding for the following 2 days.
As always, the topics I have chosen for this year's conference have been derived directly from the wishes of last year's participants. The programme we have chosen for you thus provides an unparalleled source of information on meta data management in real life, with examples of the experiences of practitioners. It features a selection of international speakers from both the USA and Europe with a proven reputation both for their ability to inform and educate, but also entertain. This conference will also provide you with an ideal opportunity to meet other delegates with their own problems, experiences and solutions.
We all hope you will join us for what promises to be an exciting and immensely valuable experience. We look forward to seeing you in London in November.
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Rosemary
Rock-Evans META DATA Conference Chair |
About the META DATA Conference
The theme for this year’s Meta Data Europe Conference is Preparing for the new business drive. Most industry commentators appear to believe that the recession has bottomed out. It is thus key that meta data managers ensure that the meta data held is ready for the hoped for economic expansion. As a consequence, this year’s conference is aimed at how people are managing to prepare themselves in readiness for any sudden and greatly increased demands from other IT professionals. The following list provides a flavour of just some of the topics covered by our speakers;
- Success stories –case studies where meta data management has produced real bottom-line benefits.
- Process and meta data integration - ways in which meta data about both data and business processes could be integrated, this includes a session on reuse of process data and its relevance to meta data
- Dealing with new types of data – unstructured data, digital media data, very complex data and high volumes of data
- Products –a session giving an overview of the products in the market, the business problems they aim to resolve and their availability.
We intend that participants of this year's conference go away with new insights into the organisational and technical aspects of this essential area.
Dear Professional or Manager:
The 16th IQ Conference in London, 1-3 November 2004 is for you if you need to sharpen your IQ/DQ skills.
You will learn from Information Quality Experts and seasoned IQ practitioners from leading organizations:
- How to implement or enhance your IQ function
- How to measure the costs of poor quality information and establish the business case for IQ management
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- How to conduct a reliable IQ assessment
- How to improve and error-proof processes to prevent data defects and the high costs of information scrap & rework
- How to increase the success of data warehouse and business intelligence projects by implementing sound IQ principles
- How to define the leadership role for IQ management
This Conference is for you if you:
- Do not like to see people and money resources wasted because of poor quality information
- Desire to be state-of-the-art in business excellence
- Care about your customers and customer satisfaction
- Care about the bottom line & real shareholder value
- Are willing to be a change agent for business excellence
Be part of the Information Quality revolution—Not for Information Quality sake, but for Business Quality sake!
Sincerely,
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Larry
P. English Information Quality Conference Chair |
Dear Colleague:
On behalf of DAMA International I am pleased to announce the 2004 DAMA International Europe Conferences 1-3 November 2004.The overwhelming success of the past European Conferences encourages us to continue expanding the size and scope and enhancing the topics of the European Conference. The 2004 event promises to be the largest and most authoritative data management conference in Europe.
The theme of this year's DAMA International Europe Conference is "Making Data Management Work". The focus is on ways to achieve success and progress in data management. The underlying theme is a more mature and professional data management discipline and DAMA International is leading that effort. One of the initiatives in this effort is the establishment of DAMA Professional Groups in a variety of topics. There will be a Professional Group Meeting at the Conference on Wednesday morning. If you belong to a DAMA Professional Group or are interested in joining or learning more about the groups we encourage you to attend this meeting.
The DAMA International Europe Conference is again co-located with the Meta Data Europe Conference and the Information Quality Conference. The Event has eight tutorial tracks, five session tracks, and three keynote speakers covering a wide variety of data management topics. The Event features speakers from a many countries, with a wide variety of different backgrounds and experiences. Delegates will receive a CD-ROM containing all tutorials and all track sessions for the entire Event. I hope that you will join us and other colleagues for a very exciting and rewarding experience this November in London.
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Larry
Dziedzic President DAMA International |
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