Agenda At-a-Glance
Full Schedule

Full Schedule Sun, Apr 17 Mon, Apr 18 Tue, Apr 19 Wed, Apr 20 Thu, Apr 21 Fri, Apr 22
Sunday, 4/17/2016
Sunday Workshops (Free to Conference Attendees) 02:30 PM - 05:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
W8: Fact Modeling Fundamentals Gordon Everest, University of Minnesota
Introductory
Modeling
NoSQL
W9: 7 Databases in 170 minutes Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors
Joey D'Antoni, Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting
Intermediate
NoSQL
 
Monday, 4/18/2016
Morning Tutorials 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
AM9: Data Modeling in a Big Data World Dave Wells, Eckerson Group
Intermediate
Big Data
Modeling
NoSQL
AM10: Evaluating NoSQL and SQL Databases - Part 1 Mike Bowers, LDS Church
Introductory
NoSQL
In Perspectives 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB – The Serverless NoSQL Service on AWS Johann Lau, Amazon Web Services
Introductory
NoSQL
A Better Process to Eliminate Your Data Silos Stan Christ, MarkLogic
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Modeling
NoSQL
FinchDB: Better Analytics Derived from Better Questions Scott Lightner, Finch Computing
Intermediate
New Ideas and Technologies
Lunch 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
Afternoon Tutorials 01:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
PM1: Architecting A Big Data Platform John Akred, Silicon Valley Data Science
Gary Dusbabek, Silicon Valley Data Science
Stephen O'Sullivan, Silicon Valley Data Science
Technical (may include code)
Big Data
Data Architecture
NoSQL
PM8: Introduction to Enterprise Semantics and Ontologies Dave McComb, Semantic Arts
Introductory
PM9: Evaluating NoSQL and SQL Databases - Part 2 Mike Bowers, LDS Church
NoSQL
Lightning Talks (5 minutes each) 05:15 PM - 06:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Confessions of an Unlikely Big Data Skeptic Tim Berglund, DataStax
Introductory
Big Data
NoSQL
Faceted Browsing of Semantic Graphs Evren Sirin, Complexible Inc
Introductory
NoSQL
 
Tuesday, 4/19/2016
Special Interest Groups 07:30 AM - 08:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Ground-up Introduction To In-Memory Data Viktor Gamov, Hazelcast
Intermediate
Data Architecture
NoSQL
Opening Keynote and Awards 08:30 AM - 09:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The CDO's Top 10 Surprises of a Successful Enterprise Data Office James Tyo, BB&T
Business/Strategic
Data Strategy
Coffee Break 09:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Conference Sessions 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Relational Databases vs. Non-Relational Databases James Serra, Microsoft
Introductory
Data Architecture
NoSQL
Semantics Helps Connect the Dots Bryan Bell, Expert System Enterprises
Intermediate
Unstructured Data
Conference Sessions 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Case Study of a Scalable, Big Data Analytics Environment in Amazon Web Services (AWS) James McGinn, Blue Canopy
Intermediate
Big Data
Cloud Computing
NoSQL
Evolving from the Data Warehouse to Big Data Analytics - The Emerging Role of the Data Lake Joe Caserta, Caserta Concepts
Intermediate
Big Data
Necessity and Sufficiency Within and Without Spark James Gorlick, Basho
Intermediate
Big Data
NoSQL
Lunch 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Conference Sessions 01:15 PM - 02:00 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Visualize Enterprise Data Graphically Corey L Lanum, Cambridge Intelligence
Intermediate
Big Data
NoSQL
Relational vs. NoSQL Design Patterns Sajee Mathew, Amazon Web Services
Introductory
NoSQL
In Perspectives 02:15 PM - 02:45 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
NoSQL and the Analytics, App, and API Economy Christopher Bienko, IBM
Intermediate
Data Strategy
NoSQL
Unstructured Data
Coffee Break 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
In Perspectives 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Intro to Graph: Why, When, How? Alaa Mahmoud, IBM
Introductory
NoSQL
Conference Sessions 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
SQL-on-Everything with Apache Drill Tomer Shiran, Dremio
Intermediate
Business Intelligence and Analytics
NoSQL
Big Data & Analytics: 3 Key Trends Larry Weber, IBM
Business/Strategic
Big Data
Cloud Computing
NoSQL
Exhibits & Reception 04:30 PM - 07:30 PM
 
Wednesday, 4/20/2016
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
NoSQL Databases, Microservices, and Docker Containers Srini Penchikala, InfoQ
Intermediate
NoSQL
Data Strategy for the Cloud Era Sacheen S Punde, SQUARED Methods Corporation
Business/Strategic
Cloud Computing
Data Strategy
Conference Sessions 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Healthcare Analytics with an Enterprise Data Lake Jans Aasman, Franz Inc
Parsa Mirhaji, Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center
Intermediate
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Lessons Learned from 8 Years of Using NoSQL Mike Bowers, LDS Church
Business/Strategic
NoSQL
Coffee Break 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Conference Sessions 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
The Elephant in the Cloud Ashish Thusoo, Qubole
Introductory
Cloud Computing
NoSQL
Use Case Study on Different NoSQL Databases for Enterprise Applications Donovan Hsieh, eBay Inc.
Feng Qu, eBay Inc.
Advanced
NoSQL
Conference Sessions 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing with Spark and Cassandra Tim Berglund, DataStax
Intermediate
NoSQL
NoSQL Data Modeling with JSON Documents and the Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch Dan Myers, DQMatters
Intermediate
Modeling
NoSQL
Lunch 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Coffee, Dessert and Conversations on the Exhibit Floor 01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Exhibits 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Ice Cream Social & Prize Drawings 02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Keynote 04:15 PM - 05:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Changing a City with Data Science and Story Telling Ben Wellington, I Quant NY
Business/Strategic
Data Science
 
Thursday, 4/21/2016
Conference Sessions 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Picking Winners: Applying Hadoop and Spark to Solve Real-World Performance Challenges William Brooks, Mercer
Jifeng Shao, Mercer
Technical (may include code)
NoSQL
Agile Schema Management with Model Doc Tom Spitzer, EC Wise, Inc.
Technical (may include code)
Modeling
NoSQL
Big Data Architecture Made Easy Mike King, Dell
Intermediate
Big Data
Data Architecture
Coffee Break 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM
Conference Sessions 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
Data Modeling for NoSQL Databases Dan Myers, DQMatters
Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors
Theodore S. Hills, LexisNexis
William Lyon, Neo Technology
Introductory
NoSQL
The Big Mix: Strategically Blending Data with Information to Discover New Value Cynthia Barr, Thomson Reuters
Pramod Bohra, Thomson Reuters
Advanced
NoSQL
Break for Lunch - Note that Lunch will NOT be served this day 11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Advanced Seminars (continue to Friday morning) 01:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Title Speakers Audience Track
S4: Building a Modern Big Data Enterprise: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond Vladimir Bacvanski, SciSpike
Intermediate
Big Data
Cloud Computing
NoSQL
S5: Data Modeling for NOSQL and SQL Theodore S. Hills, LexisNexis
Intermediate
Modeling
NoSQL
 
Friday, 4/22/2016
Seminars and Workshops (continuing from Thursday) 08:30 AM - 11:45 AM
Title Speakers Audience Track
S4: Building a Modern Big Data Enterprise: Hadoop, Spark, and Beyond (Part 2) Vladimir Bacvanski, SciSpike
Intermediate
Big Data
Cloud Computing
NoSQL
Data Modeling for NOSQL and SQL, Part 2 Theodore S. Hills, LexisNexis
Intermediate
Modeling
NoSQL
Coffee Break 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM