2020 HEDW Virtual Conference

The HEDW 2020 Virtual Conference will be held be held April 27-29 with sessions available every day. The virtual conference is available to every HEDW member regardless of whether you registered for the in-person conference or not. The cost is $195 and includes all of the sessions that are presented during the virtual conference. The virtual conference will be presented using Zoom and the HEDW Board wants to thank the presenters who have agreed to participate. The current schedule for the virtual conference is shown below and was designed to fit with the normal working day for most members. To attend this conference, please review the options below:

If you were already registered for the HEDW 2020 Conference, please click here and complete the form to confirm your selection regarding the virtual conference
If you were not previously registered for the HEDW 2020 Conference, please click here to register for the virtual conference.

NOTE: The conference registration site requires a separate login from your HEDW login. Please follow the prompts to set up your account and register for the 2020 HEDW Virtual Conference. Your registration is not complete until you click Submit. If it is necessary for you to logout of the registration system, you may login later and complete your registration or make changes until you click Submit. Once your registration is submitted, you must contact UofM Conference Services in order to make changes to your registration information.

Contact UofM Conference Services for assistance:
Email: conferences@umich.edu
Telephone Number: 734.764.2000

Monday, April 27, 2020 – Virtual Conference

1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT	Keynote Address: Howie Roseman, Executive Vice President/General Manager, Philadelphia Eagles
2:00pm to 2:15pm EDT	Break
Time	Business Intelligence	Data Governance	Technology	Other	Potpouri	Vendor
2:15pm to 3:15pm EDT	When it comes to BI Tools, Is More Better? A panel discussion on the pros and cons of using multiple BI tools within an institution. Presenter: Dave Pecora	To know is to learn what you have Presenter: Lance Tucker	Python for Data Science: How to leverage your EDW Presenter: Ken Nagle Co-presenter: Shelin Mathews	Building a SAS Admissions data model including dashboards, reports and data dictionary Presenter: Nadia Mankins	Modularizing Data with dbt Presenter: Jacob Mastel
3:15pm to 3:30pm EDT	Break
3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	How do we maintain applicability in a new analytics environment and capitalize on citizen data scientists across the university to meet advanced analytics needs? Presenter: Ashley Hallock Co-presenter: Dimuthu Tilakaratne	The Dream House that Data Governance Built Presenter: Barry Goldstein	Accelerating Analytics Across the Enterprise Presenter: Pramod Kunju Co-presenter: Sushma Pulluri	From Statistical Significance to Practical Application: Communicating Predictive Results between Analysts and Stakeholders Presenter: Heather Chapman	API Directory Adoption at University of Michigan Presenter: Kranthi Bandaru
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 – Virtual Conference
Time	Business Intelligence	Data Governance	Technology	Other		Vendor
1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT	HEDW Member Meeting
2:00pm to 2:15pm EDT	Break
2:15pm to 3:15pm EDT	From Big Data to Free Computer Rentals: Transforming Data to Enable Student Success Presenter: Corinne Briggs Co-Presenter: Russell Youngberg	And that’s a RAP……How the University of Washington is transforming a 1,000+ Workday report inventory in short order! Presenter: Karen Matheson	ETL for Power Users? Yes, and we will show you how Presenter: Kristin Kennedy	Doing Regression When Your Dependent Variables Aren’t Well Behaved Presenter: Abby Kaplan
3:15pm to 3:30pm EDT	Break
3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	Diving Into the Deep End: How We Built a Digital Education Dashboard Using Cloud Technologies and Agile Methodology Presenter: Roland Hall Co-Presenter: Katerina Stepanova	Creating Better User Groups with ACM and Grouper Presenter: Julie Parmenter	Upgrade or Trade-in: Navigating your data warehouse through a major change Presenter: Ravindra Harve	What do you mean by that? Presenter: Cynthia Carlton
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – Virtual Conference
Time	Business Intelligence	Data Governance	Technology	Other		Vendor
1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT	HEDW General Session – Top 10 Survey Results – Member Recognition & Conference Announcements
2:00pm to 2:15pm EDT	Break
2:15pm to 3:15pm EDT	LIGHTNING TALKS We Don’t Have Suites: tackling master data in an institution of competing business priorities Presenter: Cynthia Carlton Data Cleansing using the Google Places API Presenter: Charles Rosenberg, PhD Admission Application Weekly and Daily Snapshots Presenter: Hairong Liu	What a long strange trip it’s been: Tales of a First Chief Data Officer Presenter: San Cannon	Analyzing the Costs of Your Programs: It’s All About the Model Presenter: Adam Raab	How UCF uses Power BI to monitor our IT services Presenter: Priscilla Camp
3:15pm to 3:30pm EDT	Break
3:30pm to 4:30pm EDT	“Data-Driven” Student Success for BI Teams Big and Small Presenter: Nate Rochester	Growing analytics capabilities at a small liberal arts college for a data informed future Presenter: Dobby Spencer Co-Presenter: Meghal Parikh, Bay Rodriguez	Using Data Virtualization to break down data silos and solve other data problems Presenter: Richard Hanks Co-Presenter: Roger Tervort	Building a Data Warehouse for Workday Student Presenter: Mike Salisbury

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