13th Annual Conference
Hosted by the University of Rochester,
Hyatt Regency Rochester, Rochester, New York
April 3-6, 2016
Conference at a Glance
| Sunday, April 3, 2016 | ||||
| 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Registration area | Registration and Host Desk | ||
| 7:30 am to 8:30 am | Gallery, Lower Lobby |
Continental Breakfast for Sunday Training Participants | ||
| 8:30 am to 12:00 pm | Regency A | Training #1: Tipping the Sacred Cows of Data Warehousing and Emerging Technologies, Evan Levy, SAS, Vice President, Data Management Programs |
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| 8:30 am to 12:00 pm | Regency B |
Training #2: The Human-Oriented Data and Processing Modeling – Engaging Stakeholders and other Mere Mortals, Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting | ||
| 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | Gallery, Lower Lobby |
Buffet Lunch for Sunday Training Participants | ||
| 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Regency A |
Training #1: Tipping the Sacred Cows of Data Warehousing and Emerging Technologies | ||
| 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm | Regency B |
Training #2: The Human-Oriented Data and Processing Modeling – Engaging Stakeholders and other Mere Mortals | ||
| 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Wilson Board Room | HEDW Board meeting | ||
| 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Memorial Art Gallery | Conference Reception. Quartet of Eastman Music students. Galleries open. Shuttles depart Hyatt continuously from 6 – 7:15 PM. Shuttles depart Gallery continuously for return trip 8:30-9:30 PM. |
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| 7:00 pm to 7:20 pm | Memorial Art Gallery | Welcome Address – Alan Czaplicki, Deputy to the Provost, University of Rochester | ||
| Monday, April 4, 2016 | |||||
| 6:00 am to 7:00 am | Wilmorite Room | Yoga (15 person capacity; first-come, first-served. Mats provided. Free) | |||
| 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Registration area | Registration and Host Desk | |||
| 7:00 am to 5:00 pm | Ballroom Lobby |
Exhibitors | |||
| 7:00 am to 8:00 am | Gallery | Breakfast | |||
| 8:00 am to 9:30 am | Grand Ballrooms A/B/C/D | Keynote Address – The Multi-Skilled Influencer – Getting Out of the Data Box to Achieve Data Management Goals, Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting; Mini-Sessions explained | |||
| 9:30 am to 10:00 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Mini-Session Sign-ups in person at Registration Desk ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| Grand Ballroom A/B/C | Regency Ballroom | Grand Ballroom F/G | Grand Ballroom E | ||
| 10:00 am to 10:45 am | Workday – Impact on EAP Architecture and Analytics; Phyllis Wykoff, Miami University.
CANCELLED Project Management 101 for Data Warehousing Projects; Insiyah Jamal, Drexel University |
The Chief Data Officer Role; Gregory Menzenski, Cornell University | OLPP: Where the Warehouse Ends; David Vintinner, New York University | Disruptive Trends Changing the Status Quo; Darren Catalano and Jack Neill, HelioCampus | |
| 10:45 am to 11:00 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Morning Networking Break / Gallery & Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| 11:00 am to 11:45 am | Limitless Data in a Data-Driven World: Implementing a Data Warehouse; Cassandra Elizondo, University of Utah | Implementing a System-Wide Data Warehouse with 16 Schools (and 1 Stubborn Individual); Rachel Serrano, Appalachian State University and Elizabeth Reilley, University of North Carolina General Administration. | Running a BI Shop: Magic, Start Up, or Joint Venture?; Anja Canfield-Budde, University of Washington and Aaron Walz, Purdue University. Follow-up workshops will be held at 2:45 Monday and 10:15 on Tuesday in the Carson Room. |
Data Visualization in the Cloud or On-Premise: Performance Architects AHEAD Higher Education QuickStart Program for Oracle BI Cloud Service (BICS / OBI 12c); Kirby Lunger, Performance Architects | |
| 12:00 pm to 12:30 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Excel Mini-Session in the Carson Room / Vendor Network ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lunch in Grand Ballrooms A/B/C and D ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| 1:50 pm to 2:30 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tableau Mini-Session in the Carson Room / Vendor Network ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm | A Practical Data-Driven Approach to Achieving University Strategic Objectives; Greg Siino, California State University, Sacramento | The Opportunity for Business Intelligence/Analytics in Higher Education Hank Childers, University of Arizona |
Map Your Campus: How to Master Maps and Polygons in Tableau; Scott Lloyd, Brown University | Agile Data Warehousing in an Educational Context, Building a Data Warehouse with a Small Team; Michael Tantrum, WhereScape and Kevin McNamara, Colorado Christian University | |
| 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Afternoon Networking Break / Gallery & Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm | Self Service Reporting at Georgia State University; Kathy Bryant-Bonds, Georgia State University | Data Visualization – Communication or Discovery?; Hank Childers, The University of Arizona | So You’re Replacing a 30-Year-Old Payroll System: A Communication Strategy for Navigating Major System Change; Pieter Visser, University of Washington | Data Discovery to Drive Enrollment and Student Retention; John Grieco, Bryant & Stratton College | |
| 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Networking Dinners – sign up for local restaurants in Guidebook app by noon ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | ||||
| Tuesday, April 5, 2016 | ||||
| 6:00 am to 7:00 am | Wilmorite Room | Yoga (15 person capacity; first-come, first-served. Mats provided. Free.) |
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| 7:00 am to 6:00 pm | Registration area | Registration and Host Desk | ||
| 7:00 am to 8:00 am | Gallery | Breakfast | ||
| 7:00 am to 5:00 pm | Ballroom Lobby |
Exhibitors | ||
| Grand Ballroom A/B/C | Regency Ballroom | Grand Ballroom F/G | Grand Ballroom E | |
| 8:00 am to 8:45 am | Come ABOR’d with Your Data: State-Level Reporting for Multiple Universities; Tamara Noecker, The University of Arizona | Snapshot in the Dark: Adding Dimensionality to Census Data After the Fact; Jonathan Havey, SUNY Buffalo | Dimension Extensions – Part 2, 2016– Supporting User-Defined Custom Hierarchies In Central Datamarts; Neil Belcher and Tim Pollard, Cornell University | A Better Data Culture: How to have a Clear Path from Question to Answer; Scott Flory, IData |
| 9:00 am to 9:45 am | Using Tableau to Present the Data Digest; Monal Patel and Ian Pytlarz, Purdue University | Designing Data Structures for Analytics; Craig Rudick, University of Kentucky | Change Your BI Strategy: Deliver Value Sooner by Increasing Your Agility; Mary Brooks, Miami University | Crowdsourcing Enrollment – How Watson and Social Media Can Help Us Detect Retention Trends; Yiorgos Marathias, Phytorion |
| 9:45 am to 10:15 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Morning Networking Break / Gallery & Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 10:15 am to 11:00 am | Self-Service Business Intelligence: Panacea or Pandora’s Box; Kristin Kennedy and Jennifer Wilken, Arizona State University | Transforming Decision Making: Point / Counterpoint; Joanne Wilhelm and Kyle Quass, Indiana University | Evolution of Data Warehouses Into Reporting-as-a-Service (RaaS): Implications for IR and IT Collaboration; Jack Suess, University of Maryland, Baltimore County | When You Need Help, Who Do You Call? John Van Weeren and Kevin Meldorf, ASR Analytics, LLC and Steven Chang, Pima Community College |
| 11:15 am to 11:45 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Excel Mini-Session in the Carson Room / Vendor Network ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Lunch and HEDW Business Meeting in Grand Ballrooms A/B/C and D ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 1:30 pm to 2:15 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Tableau Mini-Session in the Carson Room / Vendor Network ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 2:30 pm to 3:15 pm | Purdue’s Journey to Build a New Data Mart Environment, Part 1; Amy Keene, Purdue University | BI Adoption Strategies; Jeff Merth and Diana Lindsley, Oregon State University (replaces BI In Higher Education in West Indies) | Data Science for Student Success; Dev Nambi, University of Washington | Education Analytics for Data Driven Decision Making; Dustin Ryan, Microsoft |
| 3:15 pm to 3:30 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Afternoon Networking Break / Gallery & Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 3:30 pm to 4:15 pm | Purdue’s Journey to Build a New Data Mart Environment, Part 2: A Technical Perspective; Amy Keene, Purdue University | Evolution of The University of Texas System Dashboard; Jeff White, University of Texas | Getting Off the Ground: A Panel Discussion on Starting DW/BI Initiatives; Peter Wiley from Bowdoin College, Lisa Newman from Wellesley College, Vanessa Brown from Ithaca College, and Kevin McNamara from Colorado Christian University | The Student Lifecycle – a Powerful Analytical Model for IR, Admissions, Financial Aid, Student Affairs and Alumni Relations; Kurt Rosenfeld, Corporate Technologies |
| 4:30 pm to 5:15 pm | Business Intelligence and Data Governance: Where Do We Go From Here?; Dale Amburgey and Jessica Steinmann, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Deans and Dashboards: Guts or Glory?; Jeff Meteyer, University of Rochester | Data Governance – Access and Security Changes; August Freda, University of Notre Dame | |
| 6:00 pm | Walk/Run on Genesee Riverway Trail. Departs Hyatt from E. Main St door, lower lobby . Guides and pacers provided. Enjoy a walk or run along the scenic Genesee River. Access to trail is 2 blocks from Hyatt. Snacks provided. | |||
| Wednesday, April 6, 2016 | ||||
| 6:00 am to 7:00 am | Wilmorite Room | Yoga (15 person capacity; first-come, first-served. Mats provided. Free.) |
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| 7:00 am to 4:00 pm | Hanson Room | Luggage Storage | ||
| 7:00 am to 2:00 pm | Registration area | Registration and Host Desk | ||
| 7:00 am to 2:00 pm | Ballroom Lobby |
Exhibitors | ||
| 7:00 am to 7:45 am | Grand Ballrooms A/B/C and D | Breakfast | ||
| 7:45 am to 8:45 am | Grand Ballrooms A/B/C and D | General Session – 2015 HEDW Member Survey – Top 10 Issues, Hank Childers, The University of Arizona and Aaron Walz, Purdue University | ||
| 8:45 am to 9:15 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Vendor Network / Prefunction and Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| Grand Ballroom A/B/C | Regency Ballroom | Grand Ballroom F/G | Grand Ballroom E | |
| 9:15 am to 10:00 am | Data Virtualization for the Logical Data Warehouse; Julie Parmenter and Kyle Quass, Indiana University | When Harry Met Sally or How to Integrate Cognos and Tableau on Your Campus; Ted Bross, Princeton University | Using Statistics and Machine Learning to Predict Student Success; Monal Patel, Ian Pytlarz, and Xi Zhang (Cecelia), Purdue University | |
| 10:00 am to 10:15 am | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Morning Networking Break / Gallery & Lobby Areas ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 10:15 am to 11:00 am | Developing a Tableau Dashboard for Faculty Activity: Lessons in Collaborative Processes; Rebecca Blum, Roland Hall, Kate Stepanova, and Mary Heather Smith, Brown University | Determining the Profitability of Academics, the Basis for Performance-Based Funding; Steve Letzring and Theresa Sherwood, Bowling Green State University | When Institutional Research Leads the Data Warehouse: The Good, the Bad, and the Thorny; Libby Barlow, Syracuse University | |
| 11:15 am to 12:00 pm | How Do You Report on Double Majors: The Process of Counting “Hidden” Students; Katarina Durasova and Michelle Stine, The Pennsylvania State University | Introduction of a Data Modeling Discipline for Data Warehouse Design at the University of Minnesota; Mark Skweres, University of Minnesota | Data Driven Decision Dashboards; Diana Lindsley and Julius Moreland, Oregon State University | |
| 12:15 pm to 12:45 pm | ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Ask A Guru Mini-Sessions / Carson and Wilmorite Rooms ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | |||
| 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm | ~ Lunch, Member Recognition, and Conference Announcements in Grand Ballrooms A/B/C and D ~ | |||