REGISTRATION | Sunday, October 5th
1:00pm - 8:00pm

TRAINING | Monday, October 6th

Registration (7:30am - 9:15am)

Breakfast (7:45am - 8:45am)

Morning Training Sessions (9am - 12pm):
Training #1 - DataFlux Advanced Training
Training #2 - Intro to DataFlux Accelerators
Training #3 - New Features of Version 8.1
Training #4 - Intro to dfPower Profile and Monitor

Lunch (12:00pm - 1:00pm)

Afternoon Training Sessions (1pm - 4pm):
Training #1 - DataFlux Advanced Training (continued)
Training #5 - Intro to Data Improvement (Quality, Integration & Enrichment)
Training #6 - The Value of Data Governance Workshop with David Loshin (this workshop is available to all attendees and includes a complimentary copy of David's new book,"Master Data Management.")
Training #7 - Custom Reporting/Dashboarding/Business Rules

IDEAS 2008 Welcome Reception (6:00pm - 8:00pm)

Customer Advisory Board Meeting (7:00pm - 9:00pm)
(members only)

CONFERENCE DAY 1 | Tuesday, October 7th

Breakfast (7:30am - 8:15am)

IDEAS Opening Presentation (8:30am - 9:15am)

by Tony Fisher, DataFlux President and CEO

Keynote Address #1 (9:15am - 10:15am)
"The Data Integration and Data Quality Imperative: Delivering Information Your Organization Can Trust" by Ted Friedman, Gartner

Customer Success Story by BMC Software (10:30am - 10:55am)

"BMC Software Enhances CRM Efforts" by Kelly Williams
Customer Success Story by Nalco Company (11:00am - 11:25am)

"How DataFlux is Helping Nalco to Add Value to their SAP Rollout Projects" by Jean-Marc Brusson
Customer Success Story by Berkshire Life Insurance Co. (11:30am - 11:55am)

"Data Quality at the Roots" by Susan Herrmann

Lunch(12:00pm - 1:00pm)

Breakout Sessions (1:00pm - 4:00pm)

IDEAS 2008 Day One in Review (4:00pm - 4:15pm)

Awards Dinner (6:30pm - 9:30pm)

Hosted by DataFlux CTO, Scott Gidley & Special Guest

CONFERENCE DAY 2 | Wednesday, October 8th

Breakfast(7:30am - 8:15am)

IDEAS Day 2 Opening Presentation (8:30am - 8:45am)

by Katie Fabiszak, DataFlux International Managing Director

Keynote Address #2 (8:45am - 9:45am)
"Out of Control or Under Control: Gearing Up for Enterprise Data Governance" by Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd.

Innovative Customer Successes: Using Today's Software to Solve Tomorrow's Problems (10:00am - 10:30am) with Daniel Teachey, DataFlux Sr. Director of Marketing & Dan Soceanu, DataFlux Product Marketing Manager

DataFlux Technology Review (10:30am - 11:50am)

"Innovations in Enterprise Data Quality, Data Governance and MDM" by Scott Gidley, DataFlux Co-Founder & CTO

Lunch (12:00pm - 1:00pm)

Breakout Sessions(1:00pm - 2:30pm)

IDEAS 2008 in Review (2:30pm - 3:00pm)
Tony Fisher, DataFlux President and CEO

Conference Adjourned
3:00pm