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2010 Conference Schedule

Welcome to Building Business Capability 2010. Our comprehensive Conference schedule features five information packed days filled with insightful keynote presentations, tutorials, seminars, our ever popular vendor expo and much more! Our complete schedule is shown below. Be sure to check back regularly as this schedule is constantly being updated.

Sunday, October 17, 2010 | Pre-Conference Tutorials

 

Business Rules Forum
Business Analysis Forum
Business Process Forum

1:00 pm
to
6:00 pm

Registration Open

2:30 pm
to
5:30 pm

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Business Rules from A - Z: What You Need to Know

Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Executive Editor, Business Rules Journal

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Assessing and Improving Your BA Practices

Kathleen Barret, President and Chief Executive Officer, IIBA®
Angela Wick, CBAP, PMP, Chair, BA Competency Model Committee, IIBA®

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

The Lifecycle of a Business Process

Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group


Monday, October 18, 2010 | Pre-Conference Tutorials

 

Business Rules Forum
Business Analysis Forum
Business Process Forum

8:00 am
to
7:00 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am
to
12:00 pm

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Capturing Business Rules - From Facilitated Sessions, From Great Big Book and from Application Code

Gladys S.W. Lam, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Publisher, BRCommunity.com

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Full Day

Driving Enterprise Decisions with Business Analytics and Business Rules

James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Full Day

Business Analysis Today - Helping Business Do Business Better

Julian Sammy, Head of New Media, IIBA®
Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP, V.P. Professional Development, IIBA®

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

The ABC's of Modeling a Business Process Architecture

Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group
Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

The BPM Technology Landscape

Sandy Kemsley, BPM Analyst and System Architect, Kemsley Design

12:00 pm
to
1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm
to
4:30 pm

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Modeling and Managing Business Rules Using Decision Tables

Jan Vanthienen, Professor in Business Information Systems, K.U. Leuven

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Building a Better Business Rule: SBVR in Practice

Keri Anderson Healy, Editor, BRCommunity.com

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Full Day

Driving Enterprise Decisions with Business Analytics and Business Rules

James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Full Day

Business Analysis Today - Helping Business Do Business Better

Julian Sammy, Head of New Media, IIBA®
Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP, V.P. Professional Development, IIBA®

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

The XYZ's of Process Modeling - Process Scoping, Analysis and Design

Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group
Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends

Pre-Conference Tutorial - Half Day

Business Process, Rules and Tools

Kathy Long, President, Innovative Process Consulting, Inc.


Tuesday, October 19, 2010 | Conference Schedule (Day 1)

 

Business Rules Forum
Business Analysis Forum
Business Process Forum

7:30 am
to
7:30 pm

Registration Open

7:30 am
to
8:45 am

Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:45 am
to
9:00 am

General Session

Conference Welcome / Opening Remarks

Gladys S.W. Lam, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Publisher, BRCommunity.com

9:00 am
to
10:00 am

Keynote

Convergence: Building Business Capability

Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Executive Editor, Business Rules Journal
Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group
Kathleen Barret, President and Chief Executive Officer, IIBA®

10:00 am
to
10:25 am

Break in Exhibit Hall

Track Name

Managing Decisions

Organizing & Deploying Business Rules

Capturing Business Rules

Business Analysis Forum

BPM as an Analysis Methodology

BPM as an Implementation Platform

BPM as a Management Discipline

10:25 am
to
11:25 am

Presentation

Managing Business Rules as a Corporate Asset

Emily Allis-Springer, Business Architect, UNUM

To Be Announced

Presentation

Business Process, Data, Rules: Separate But Connected

Kimberly Thurow, Business Rules Practitioner, Principal Financial Group

Presentation

From Deep Freeze to Defrost: Taking a Mid-Life Career Crisis to the Next Level of Your Business Analysis Career!

Bob Prentiss, Client Solutions Director - Business Analysis, Watermark Learning

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Team Effectiveness for Business Analysis and Process Initiatives

Vince Arecchi, Consultant, Time To Change

Presentation

Redesigning an Organization Through a BPM Lens at Chevron

Wade Wallinger, General Manager, Value Chain Optimization Center of Excellence, Chevron

Presentation

Delivering Business Agility through BPM and SOA

Eric Herness, Distinguished Engineer, IBM

11:25 am
to
11:30 am

Room Change

11:30 am
to
12:30 pm

Presentation

Modernizing Legacy Systems and Making Better Business Decisions with Business Rule Technology

Leslie Blumenfeld, Director of Application Development, Fortegra Financial

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Rules Forum Session

Presentation

The Top 10 Mistakes Business Analysts Make in Capturing Business Rules

Gladys S.W. Lam, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Publisher, BRCommunity.com

Presentation

Nonfunctional Requirements: Forgotten, Neglected, Misunderstood

Ellen Gottesdiener, Principal Consultant, EBG Consulting, Inc.

Panel Discussion

The Present and Future of Business Process Modeling Standards: A Panel Discussion

Moderator: Fred Cummins, Consultant, HP Fellow, retired, HP

Michael zur Muehlen, Associate Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology
Henk de Man, Cordys, Research Director

Panel Discussion

OMG Implementation Award Winners Panel: BPM/SOA Success Stories: Business Agility and Process Optimization enabled by BPM and SOA

Moderator: Dr. Richard Soley, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OMG

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - How Can We Get Executive Commitment to BPM?

Facilitator: Artie (Arjit) Mahal, Sr. Consultant, BPTrends Associates

12:30 pm
to
2:00 pm

Attendee Networking Lunch

2:00 pm
to
3:00 pm

Collaborative Exchange

You Have a BRMS, Now What?

Carole-Ann Matignon, President & CEO, Sparkling Logic, Inc.
Carlos Serrano-Morales, CTO, Sparkling Logic, Inc.

Presentation

Achieving Business Agility Through an Enterprise Rules Reference Architecture

Kathleen A. Barrett, Senior Tech Lead, The Hartford

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Rules Forum Session

Presentation

Use Cases Don’t Write Themselves ... or Do They?

Beth Myers, Senior Process Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Presentation

The Value of a BA in New Market Entry

Norbert Gehrke, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Presentation

BPM and Business Ecology

Dr. Richard Soley, Ph.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OMG

3:00 pm
to
3:05 pm

Room Change

3:05 pm
to
4:05 pm

Panel Discussion

Business Rules Vendor Panel

Moderator: Stephen D. Hendrick, Group Vice President, Application Development & Deployment Research, IDC

Presentation

Mastering the Business Analysis Mentor Relationship

Angie Perris, VP, Client Solutions, B2T Training

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - Can Your Processes Be too Lean?

Facilitator: Nancy Lee Hutchin, Chief Strategist for Process Improvement, DOT

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Using Process Management at Shell Oil to Transform Global Business Processes

Doug Drolet, Global Process Management Architect, Shell

Presentation

Managing a Process Improvement Initiative: Key Tips for Project Managers

Gina Abudi, Partner/VP Strategic Solutions, Peak Performance Group, Inc.

4:05 pm
to
4:30 pm

Break

4:30 pm
to
5:30 pm

Presentation

Business Rules, the New Decision Model and Agile

Charles Bozonier, Principal Business Analyst, Recreational Equipment, Inc.

Presentation

Fact Model, Vocabulary & Business Rule Journey, The Great-West Life Journey

Janice Guzzi, Manager, Group Business Technology Operations, Great West Life Assurance Company
Karen Petursdottir, Lead Business Architecture Specialist, Group Business Technology Operations, Great West Life Assurance Company

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Rules Forum Session

Presentation

Understanding the Structure of Your Business Decisions Will Get You High-Quality Business Rules

Silvie Spreeuwenberg , Founder & Director, LibRT

Presentation

Developing a Mature BA Community of Practice in Your Organisation

Steve Erlank, President, South Africa Chapter, IIBA®

Panel Discussion

BPM Vendor Panel

Moderator: Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends

5:30 pm
to
7:45 pm

Expo Hall


Wednesday, October 20, 2010 | Conference Schedule (Day 2)

 

Business Rules Forum
Business Analysis Forum
Business Process Forum

8:00 am
to
6:00 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Vendor Labs

Track Name

Managing Decisions

Organizing & Deploying Business Rules

Capturing Business Rules

Business Analysis Forum

BPM as an Analysis Methodology

BPM as an Implementation Platform

BPM as a Management Discipline

9:00 am
to
10:00 am

Joint Business Analysis Forum, Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

The Process for Rules

Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Executive Editor, Business Rules Journal

Presentation

Business Analyst as the ScrumMaster Increases ROI

Amy Serres, Systems Analyst, Devis, Inc.

Joint Business Analysis Forum, Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

The Process for Rules

Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Executive Editor, Business Rules Journal

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - How Can We Best Transform our Business Process Models into IT Requirements?

Facilitator: Sandy Kemsley, BPM Analyst and System Architect, Kemsley Design

Presentation

A Case Study in Evolving Process Thinking Within the Enterprise

Phil Short, Senior Site IT Manager, Mars Canada

10:00 am
to
10:25 am

Break

10:25 am
to
11:25 am

Presentation

2010: A Business Rules Odyssey – How a Large Retail Organization Charts a New Frontier

Yvonne Hayes, Customer Information Coordination Director, JCPMedia, Inc. / JCPenney Company
Anne Dieter, Project Manager, Customer Information Management, JCPMedia, Inc. / JCPenney Company
Kristen Seer, Senior Consultant, Business Rule Solutions, LLC

Presentation

A Rules-Driven Effort to Master Product and Pricing Data in SAP (A Case Study)

Jerre McQuinn, Principal Solution Manager, Microsoft
Mike Lockhart, Principal Application Architect, Microsoft

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Process and Rules the 80% Solution for Business Analysis

Kathy Long, President, Innovative Process Consulting, Inc.

Presentation

Enterprise/Concept Analysis – A Case Study

Janine Andrews, Business Analyst, Telecom NZ

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

The Essence of Lean Six Sigma

Peter Matthijssen, Senior Business Consultant, BiZZdesign

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Process and Rules the 80% Solution for Business Analysis

Kathy Long, President, Innovative Process Consulting, Inc.

Presentation

Process Based Performance Measurement Systems - An Implementation Framework

Dag Näslund, Associate Professor, Lund University

11:25 am
to
11:30 am

Room Change

11:30 am
to
12:30 pm

Presentation

Business Rules - Conception to Implementation - A Large Retail Perspective

Cindy Scullion, Senior Consultant, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Arijit Das, Principal, Infotrellis

Presentation

Business Rules: Requirements for Retirements

Mike Freiling, Director, Professional Services, Conceptrics
Kim O'Keefe, MPAS Lead Business Analyst, Maryland State Retirement Agency

Joint Business Analysis Forum, Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

The Rules for Process

Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group

Panel Discussion

Building a BA Career Centre of Excellence

Moderator: Alain Arseneault, VP Marketing and Communication, IIBA®

Christopher Gaffney, Business Analysis Center of Excellence Lead, AXA Equitable
Donna Thomas, IT Sr. Manager Project/ Program Mgnt, AMD
Heather Davidson, Director, Analysis Services, Nationwide Insurance
Mike Sandberg, Director, IT Business Analysis, Novell, Inc.
Mark Jenkins, Associate Director, Business Analysis Center of Excellence, KPMG

Joint Business Analysis Forum, Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

The Rules for Process

Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group

12:30 pm
to
2:00 pm

Attendee Networking Lunch

2:00 pm
to
3:00 pm

Presentation

Business Rules Industry Analyst Presentation

Stephen D. Hendrick, Group Vice President, Application Development & Deployment Research, IDC

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - Selling the Value of Business Rules

Facilitator: Kelly Karlen, Healthcare Expert / BRS Associate, Business Rule Solutions, LLC

Presentation

The 5 BA Musts for a COTS Project

Barbara A. Carkenord, CBAP, Co-founder, Chief Curriculum Strategist, B2T Training

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Change Catalyst: What's in Your Toolkit?

Nancy Lee Hutchin, Chief Strategist for Process Improvement, DOT

Presentation

Social BPM

Sandy Kemsley, BPM Analyst and System Architect, Kemsley Design

Presentation

BPM Governance Framework

Vitaly Khusidman, Chief Technology Officer, Princeton Blue

3:00 pm
to
3:05 pm

Room Change

3:05 pm
to
4:05 pm

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Rules Forum Session

Presentation

For Success, Analyze Business Rules and Data Requirements in Tandem

Mary Gorman, Senior Associate, EBG Consulting

Presentation

Decoupling the Business Rule Life Cycle from Software Development and Release Life Cycle

Gene Weng, Independent Business Rule Consultant,

Presentation

CEP, Business Rules Engine, or Process Engine - What are Businesses Choosing

Paul Vincent, CTO, Business Rules and CEP, TIBCO

Presentation

The Dollars Are in the Details: Measuring the Cost of Requirements

Glenn R. Brûlé, Executive Director of Client Solutions, ESI International

Panel Discussion

Business Process Practitioner Panel: Leveraging Business Process Management in the Government

Moderator: Nathaniel Palmer, Principal & Chief BPM Strategist, SRA International

4:05 pm
to
4:30 pm

Break In Expo Hall

4:30 pm
to
5:30 pm

Panel Discussion

Business Rules Practitioner Panel

Moderator: Gladys S.W. Lam, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC

Presentation

Effective Risk Management Techniques for Business Analysts

Joseph Lukas, Vice-President, PM Centers USA LLC

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - What is the Right Mix of Process and Project Management?

Facilitator: Gina Abudi, Partner/VP Strategic Solutions, Peak Performance Group, Inc.

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Leveraging a Business Process Framework to Build a Component Business Model at Compassion International

Chuck Boudreau, Enterprise Business Architect, Compassion International

Presentation

Harvesting Process Knowledge to Manage Portfolio Changes

Darryl Sabo, Business Architect, Business Transformation Architects Inc.


Thursday, October 21, 2010 | Conference Schedule (Day 3)

 

Business Rules Forum
Business Analysis Forum
Business Process Forum

8:00 am
to
4:00 pm

Registration Open

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Continental Breakfast

8:00 am
to
9:00 am

Early Bird Sessions

Session

Developing Large Scale Intelligent Checklists

William A. Zemlak, CEO, General Intelletics LLC
Dr. Jacob Feldman, Founder / CTO, OpenRules, Inc.

Session

What is Open Source Software and why it's Important for Rules?

Mark Proctor, JBoss Rules Lead, Red Hat, Inc.

Session

Business Vocabulary, Rules and Process - How to Develop an Integrated Business Model

Dr. Juergen Pitschke, Founder and Managing Director, BCS

Collaborative Exchange

Business Analysis Collaborative Exchange

Session

To Be Announced

Session

To Be Announced

Session

To Be Announced

Track Name

Managing Decisions

Organizing & Deploying Business Rules

Capturing Business Rules

Business Analysis Forum

BPM as an Analysis Methodology

BPM as an Implementation Platform

BPM as a Management Discipline

9:00 am
to
10:00 am

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Rules Forum Session

World Congress on Decision Tables [WCDT]

1st World Congress on Decision Tables (WCDT 2010): Decision Table Anatomy

Presentation

Business Rules in Master Data Management

Malcolm Chisholm, , Master Data Consulting

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

Decisions Have 3 B's

James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions

Presentation

Achieving Project Results: Guiding the PM and BA to a Successful Partnership

Elizabeth Larson, Co-Principal, Watermark Learning

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Keynote

Decisions Have 3 B's

James Taylor, CEO, Decision Management Solutions

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - What are the Best Technologies to Implement BPM Solutions?

Facilitator: Peter O'Donoghue, Principal, Computer Sciences Corporation

Presentation

Getting the Process of BPMS Right: The Need for an Implementation Methodology

Salman Akhtar, Co-Founder, Techlogix

10:00 am
to
10:05 am

Room Change

10:05 am
to
11:05 am

World Congress on Decision Tables [WCDT]

1st World Congress on Decision Tables (WCDT 2010): Decision Tables in Rulebook Management

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Automating Business Rules - How Do You Know If Someone Can Sell a Product?

Dan Hlavac, Business Analyst/Architect, State Farm Insurance

Business Rule Standards

Rule Interchange and the Semantic Web

Christian de Sainte Marie, Program Manager, IBM

Presentation

Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide

Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP, V.P. Professional Development, IIBA®

Presentation

Build Process Skills Up And Down Your Organization To Scale Transformation

Connie Moore, Vice President, Research Director, Forrester Research

Presentation

Testing Business and Process Requirements

Presentation

Making Things Simpler: How Primitives Help integrate BPM and Enterprise Architecture

Michael zur Muehlen, Associate Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology

11:05 am
to
11:20 am

Break

11:20 am
to
12:20 pm

World Congress on Decision Tables [WCDT]

1st World Congress on Decision Tables (WCDT 2010): Decision Tables and Business Processes

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Getting Case Management Right: Considering the Relationship Between Process and Rules Anew

Peter O'Donoghue, Principal, Computer Sciences Corporation
Terry Moriarty, President, Inastrol

Business Rule Standards

Business Rules Standards: Landscape

John Hall, Principal, Model Systems

Presentation

Requirements Elicitation - Using Multiple Methods to Improve Understanding and Deliver Detail JIT

LaRoy B. Page, Business Systems Analyst, American Express

Joint Business Rules Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Getting Case Management Right: Considering the Relationship Between Process and Rules Anew

Peter O'Donoghue, Principal, Computer Sciences Corporation
Terry Moriarty, President, Inastrol

Presentation

Transforming Financial Services with Business Process Management: The Story of Rabo AgriFinance

Gary Funk, Vice President of Business Operations, Rabo AgriFinance

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

A Framework for Enabling Business Agility

Jeanette Lynch, AVP, Mgr. Strategic Quality, Wells Fargo Advisors
Mark Mahan, Quality Process Analyst, Wells Fargo Advisors

12:20 pm
to
1:40 pm

Attendee Box Lunch

Panel Session: Rules on the Web – Where are We Now?

Moderator: John Hall, Principal, Model Systems

Attendee Box Lunch

Introduction to the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ (CCBA™)

Attendee Box Lunch

Process Says NO

Moderator: Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group

1:40 pm
to
2:40 pm

World Congress on Decision Tables [WCDT]

1st World Congress on Decision Tables (WCDT 2010): Decision Table Cases

Presentation

"Can We Have a Report That ...": Successful Communication During Business Rule Projects

Giovanni Diviacchi, Business Analyst, Fannie Mae
Karen Wolthuis, Product Development Manager, Fannie Mae

Business Rule Standards

Panel Session: Business Rules - Impact on Broader Industry Standards

Moderator: Robert Golan, Founder, DBmind Technologies

Presentation

Enterprise Business Analysis

Jason Questor, Founding Partner and EVP Learning Systems, Achieveblue Corporation

Joint Business Analysis Forum & Business Process Forum Session

Presentation

Facilitating Process Improvement: Method & Tools for Process and Business Analysts

Artie (Arjit) Mahal, Sr. Consultant, BPTrends Associates

Presentation

To Be Announced

Collaborative Exchange

Collaborative Exchange - After 20 Years of BPM Methodologies What Works Best?

Facilitator: Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group

2:40 pm
to
2:45 pm

Room Change

2:45 pm
to
3:45 pm

World Congress on Decision Tables [WCDT]

1st World Congress on Decision Tables (WCDT 2010): Tools & Methods

Joint Business Rules Forum, Business Process Forum, & Business Analysis Forum Session

Panel Discussion

Emerging Trends Panel Discussion

Moderator: Kristen Seer, Senior Consultant, Business Rule Solutions, LLC

Kathleen Barret, President and Chief Executive Officer, IIBA®
Kevin Brennan, CBAP, PMP, V.P. Professional Development, IIBA®
Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates / Process Renewal Group
Paul Harmon, Executive Editor, BPTrends
Gladys S.W. Lam, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Publisher, BRCommunity.com
Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC and Executive Editor, Business Rules Journal


Friday, October 22, 2010 | Post-Conference Seminars

 

IIBA ®

8:00 am
to
12:00 pm

Chapters Helping Chapters Seminar

 
 
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