2019 Conference Agenda Monday - Friday, Nov. 11-15
Two days of Tutorials and three days of Conference
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Monday, November 11, 2019
Monday
Mon
8:00 am
Monday, November 11, 2019 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Monday
Mon
9:00 am
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
Concept Modeling: Smarter Data Design ...
Speaker: Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
The Core Concepts of Business Architecture
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
BIG Benefits from BIG Change
Speaker: Steven Stanton, Managing Partner, FCB Partners
Trail:Business Process Forum
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
Treasure Hunting Along the Customer Journey
Speaker: Vince Mirabelli, Principal, Global Project Synergy Group
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
Facilitation Techniques for Analysts ...
Speaker: Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
Transitioning from Waterfall to Agile- ...
Speaker: Laura Paton, Business Analysis Consultant, BA Academy, Inc.
Monday, November 11, 2019 9:00 am
Navigating the Mess: Practical ...
Monday
Mon
12:00 pm
Monday, November 11, 2019 12:00 pm
Lunch
Monday
Mon
1:30 pm
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Managing BIG and Small Decisions with ...
Speaker: Jan Vanthienen, Professor, KU Leuven
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
The Data Provocateur
Speaker: Thomas Redman Ph.D., President, Data Quality Solutions
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Learn How to Improve Business Processes ...
Speaker: Sasha Aganova, Managing Partner, Process Renewal Group
Trail:Business Process Forum
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Using Lego Serious Play to Start a ...
Speaker: Alfred Maeso, Lead Expert in BA, Change Management & PPM, Netmind
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Creative and Practical Approaches to ...
Speaker: Jamie Champagne, Overly Passionate Business Analyst, Champagne Collaborations
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
Better Achievements: Find a Habitable ...
Monday, November 11, 2019 1:30 pm
7 Things You Need to Know About Agile
Monday
Mon
4:30 pm
Monday, November 11, 2019 4:30 pm
End of Tutorial Day – Registration Closed
Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Tuesday
Tue
8:00 am
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Tuesday
Tue
9:00 am
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Engineering the Business Solution: How ...
Speaker: Gladys S.W. Lam, Principal & Co-Founder, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Enterprise Design Sprints: Co-creating ...
Speakers: Milan Guenther, Partner, Enterprise Design Associates Curtis Michelson, Founder and Principal, Minds Alert
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Simulation and Process Mining to bring ...
Speaker: Cort Coghill, Director of Education Operations, FEAC Institute
Trail:Business Process Forum
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
The Business Side of Data and Why it Matters
Speaker: Dora Boussias, Sr. Enterprise Architect, Information Management & Architecture (EIM/EIA), Stryker
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Are You Thinking What You Think ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Master Agile Business Analysis Through ...
Speaker: Pardeep Dhanda, Vice President - Business Analysis Practice and Agile Learning, Deutsche Bank
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:00 am
Product Management for Business Analysts
Speaker: Kevin Brennan, Chief Business Analyst, Straiteis Consulting
Tuesday
Tue
12:00 pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 12:00 pm
Lunch
Tuesday
Tue
1:30 pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Decision-centric Design Thinking
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Unleashing Creativity Is TWO Things ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Measuring Business Processes is Key to ...
Speaker: Scott Whitmire, Research Supervisor, System Architect, Mayo Clinic
Trail:Business Process Forum
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Facilitated Business Data Modeling Made Easy
Speaker: Gary Rush, CEO, MGR Consulting, Inc.
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Product Ownership from a BA perspective
Speaker: Jas Phul, CBAP, Director, IP and Product Development, IIBA
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
Intro to Agile Workshop
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 1:30 pm
User Story Workshop: Creating ...
Speaker: Angela Wick, CEO, BA-Squared
Tuesday
Tue
4:30 pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 4:30 pm
End of Tutorial Day
Tuesday
Tue
6:00 pm
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 6:00 pm
Registration Closed
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Wednesday
Wed
7:30 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 7:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Wednesday
Wed
8:30 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 8:30 am
Conference Welcome & Opening Remarks
Wednesday
Wed
8:50 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 8:50 am
Unlocking the Best Practices of ...
Wednesday
Wed
9:50 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 9:50 am
Exhibits & Morning Coffee Break
Wednesday
Wed
10:25 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Launching a Successful Ideation Program
Speaker: Gayle Ekstrom, SVP/Business Analysis and Innovation, Republic Bank of Chicago
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Topic coming soon
Speaker: Phil Short, Chief Enterprise Engineer / IT Director, Mars Canada Inc
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Creative Match: Successfully Utilizing ...
Speakers: Kathy Burnham, IS Director, Mutual of Omaha Maureen Weverka, PMO Director, Mutual of Omaha
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Building a Data-Driven Organization: ...
Speaker: Gladys S.W. Lam, Principal & Co-Founder, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Deep Business Analysis: Leading in the ...
Speaker: Marlene Barker, Practice Lead, Senior Consultant, Veris Inc.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:25 am
Role of the BA in Cybersecurity
Speaker: Terry Baresh, Business Analyst Consultant, Securian Financial
Wednesday
Wed
11:15 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:15 am
Room Change
Wednesday
Wed
11:25 am
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:25 am
Disrupt the Disruption: Engineering for ...
Speaker: Ronald G. Ross, Co-Founder & Principal, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Trail:Business Architecture Summit,Business Rules & Decisions Forum
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:25 am
BA or BA? How Architecture and ...
Speaker: David Hall, Associate Director, Business Analysis, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:25 am
Scaling Our Learning Culture: A Nationwide Story
Speakers: Dana Dietz, Manager, IT Analysis, Nationwide Heather Davidson, Director, IT Analysis, Nationwide
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 11:25 am
Quick & Dirty Guide to Blockchain
Speakers: Hussein Hallak, EVP & Partner, IQ Management Education Michele Taylor, CEO, IQ Management Education
Wednesday
Wed
12:15 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 12:15 pm
Lunch
Wednesday
Wed
1:30 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:30 pm
Networking Time
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:30 pm
The Ascendant BA: Your Company Needs YOU
Speaker: Alec Sharp, Senior Consultant, Clariteq Systems Consulting
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:30 pm
1:30 pm: How to Talk Digital
Speaker: Elizabeth Larson, Consultant, Larson and Larson Consulting
1:40 pm: Linguistics AND Philosophy: Doctoral ...
Wednesday
Wed
1:50 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:50 pm
Room Change
Wednesday
Wed
2:00 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Sparking Innovation & ...
Speaker: Jonathan Toler, Head of Product & Innovation, Kloeckner Metals
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Case Study: Using Business Process ...
Speaker: Sasha Aganova, Managing Partner, Process Renewal Group
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Ground Zero to Hero: Product Definition ...
Speaker: Amy Merritt, Enterprise Business Analyst/Product Owner, Lowe's Home Improvement
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Best Practices for Your Business Rules A-Team
Speaker: Jasmine Lee, Oracle Policy Automation Specialist, Oracle
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
Effective Facilitation Skills and ...
Speakers: Masashi Ioki, Manager, NTT COMWARE CORPORATION Nobuyuki Imai, Engineer, NTT COMMWARE CORPORATION
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
It’s Not Mean, It’s Clear
Speaker: Traci Onkst, Assistant Secretary- Business Analysis, Cincinnati Insurance Company
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:00 pm
CyberSecurity: It’s Your Responsibility
Wednesday
Wed
2:50 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 2:50 pm
Room Change
Wednesday
Wed
3:15 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
Business Analysis with Design Thinking ...
Speaker: Reydan Yasar CBAP, BA Competency Lead, Sony Eurasia
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
Realizing Business Strategy Through Execution
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
Lessons Learned from an Accidental ...
Speaker: Richard Larson, Consultant, Larson and Larson Consulting
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
Closing the Gap Between Law Text and ...
Speakers: Elian Baars, Information Management Expert, Dutch Tax Authority Eyad Sabbah, Knowledge Architect, RuleArts
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
Beyond “Engagement”: ...
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
You are a leader! What’s your strategy?
Speakers: Michelle Green, Sr. Business Analyst, JM Family Enterprises Heather Mylan-Mains CBAP, President, BAs Without Borders
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 3:15 pm
AI, Microservices, APIs and Business ...
Speaker: Denis Gagne, CEO & CTO, Trisotech
Wednesday
Wed
4:05 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:05 pm
Room Change
Wednesday
Wed
4:15 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
Creatively Moving Crazy Ideas to ...
Speaker: Oluwabori Odunaike, Lead Business Analyst, Lloyds Banking Group
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
How Small Policy Changes Can Yield Large Benefits
Speakers: Kristen Seer, Senior Consultant, Business Rule Solutions Jeremy Wong, Director of Finance, OpenRoad Auto Group
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
Harvesting Product Scope and Using it ...
Speaker: Mihaela Popescu, Lead Business Systems Analyst, Spectrum Health
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
The State of Agile Analysis 2019
Speakers: Kupe Kupersmith CBAP, Principal, Kupe Talks Angela Wick, CEO, BA-Squared
Leadership & Interpersonal Skills
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
Mindset Matters
Speakers: Christy Hartner, Senior Vice President, Commerce Bank Beth Taylor, Business Management Consultant, Commerce Bank
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 4:15 pm
Robotic Process Automation – Powerful ...
Speaker: Mathias Kirchmer, Managing Director and Co-CEO, BPM-D
Wednesday
Wed
5:05 pm
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:05 pm
Networking Reception
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Thursday
Thu
7:30 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 7:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Thursday
Thu
8:00 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
Transformation from Business Analyst to ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
Business Process Optimization through ...
Speakers: Minal Deshpande, Managing Director, Deloitte Matt Rush, Senior Consultant, Deloitte
Trail:Business Process Forum
Enterprise Architecture Summit
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
Unleash Your Architecture Creativity
Speaker: Mike Rosen, Chief Scientist, Wilton Consulting Group
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
Agile Organizational Change Expeditions ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
Using Standards to Enable Decisions as a Service
Speaker: Brian Stucky, CEO, DecisionX
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:00 am
How Data Science Can Be Used for Asset Management
Speaker: Vardhan Mulik, Sr. Specialist, Data Management, Cenovus Energy
Thursday
Thu
8:50 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 8:50 am
Room Change
Thursday
Thu
9:00 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 9:00 am
Morning Welcome
Thursday
Thu
9:05 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 9:05 am
Your Customers are Talking, It’s Time to Listen
Speaker: Matthew Winterbottom, Head of Social Listening & Analytics, Global Social Media Team, HSBC
Thursday
Thu
10:10 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:10 am
Morning Break in Exhibit Hall
Thursday
Thu
10:40 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:40 am
Fit For Purpose — A Process View of ...
Speaker: Roger Tregear, Principal Advisor, TregearBPM
Trail:Business Process Forum
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:40 am
How to Build Shared Understanding with ...
Enterprise Architecture Summit
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:40 am
Building and Running Systems IS NOT ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:40 am
Unleash Clarity, Creativity and ...
Speaker: Penny Pullan Ph.D, Director, Making Projects Work Ltd.
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:40 am
Business Data Analytics – Using ...
Speakers: Ken Fulmer, President & CEO, IIBA® Laura Paton, Business Analysis Consultant, BA Academy, Inc.
Thursday
Thu
11:30 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:30 am
TBA
Thursday
Thu
11:40 am
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:40 am
Designing Work: Business Processes are ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:40 am
The Power of Words
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:40 am
I Finished My Project With Incomplete ...
Speaker: Barbara Carkenord, Consultant, Carkenord Consulting
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:40 am
Volatility, Velocity, Elasticity, and ...
Speakers: Carlos Serrano-Morales, CTO, Sparkling Logic Jin Xu, CEO, Xinshu Credit
Thursday, November 14, 2019 11:40 am
Methods for Business Data Modeling
Speaker: John Prouty, Lead Solution Consultant, Kaiser Permanente
Thursday
Thu
12:30 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 12:30 pm
Lunch
Thursday
Thu
1:45 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:45 pm
Networking Time
Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:45 pm
Fishbowl
Speaker: Jared Gorai, CBAP, Director, Regions & Chapters, IIBA
Thursday, November 14, 2019 1:45 pm
1:45 pm: An Unplanned Marathon
Speaker: Roger Burlton, Founder, BPTrends Associates
1:55 pm: Real Life Adventures of Scope Creep
Speaker: Mike Rosen, Chief Scientist, Wilton Consulting Group
Thursday
Thu
2:05 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:05 pm
Room Change
Thursday
Thu
2:15 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Smart Behaviors, Smarter Organization
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Having Fun Getting Things Done
Enterprise Architecture Summit
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Customer-journeys and Architecture with ...
Speaker: Klaus Ostergaard, Consultant/teacher, Ostergaard Consulting and IT university of Copenhagen
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Lean-Agile Business Analysis
Speaker: Kevin Brennan, Chief Business Analyst, Straiteis Consulting
Thursday, November 14, 2019 2:15 pm
Only You Can Prevent AI Failures; The ...
Thursday
Thu
3:05 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:05 pm
Room Change
Thursday
Thu
3:15 pm
Analysis & Design, Business Agility
Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:15 pm
Executive Panel – Future View: ...
Speakers: Nicholas Selk, Head of Cisco Design Thinking, Cisco Roger Tregear, Principal Advisor, TregearBPM Matthew Winterbottom, Head of Social Listening & Analytics, Global Social Media Team, HSBC
Enterprise Architecture Summit
Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:15 pm
Vocabulary Driven Architecture to ...
Speaker: Cort Coghill, Director of Education Operations, FEAC Institute
Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:15 pm
Decisions in the Process Context
Thursday, November 14, 2019 3:15 pm
A Big Data Primer
Speaker: Tracy Buckner, Business Systems Analyst - Master Data Management, Red Hat
Thursday
Thu
4:05 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:05 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Thursday
Thu
4:50 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:50 pm
Learn Faster, Adapt Faster: Machine ...
Speaker: Scott Whitmire, Research Supervisor, System Architect, Mayo Clinic
Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:50 pm
Value Driven Business Transformation Approach
Speakers: Junzo Hagimoto, President & CEO, Takumi Business Place Corporation Koji Shiota CBAP, President & CEO, CreaVision
Thursday, November 14, 2019 4:50 pm
Intelligent Perpetually Running ...
Speaker: Jacob Feldman, CTO, OpenRules
Friday, November 15, 2019
Friday
Fri
7:30 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 7:30 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
Friday
Fri
8:00 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Disruptive Innovation: Unpacking the ...
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Future Proofing Business Analysis Careers
Speaker: Ashish Mehta CBAP, Managing Director, India, APAC and Global Thought Leader, IIBA®
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Developing a Common Language: Preparing ...
Speaker: Robert Eaman, Senior Rules Analyst, InRule Technology
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Strategy>>Execution-Making it ...
Speakers: Jasmine Baten, Business Project Director, Cigna Haritha Vadavalli, Business Capability Manager, Cigna
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Turn Corporate Red Tape into a Bowtie: ...
Speaker: Kelly Densmore, Innovation Business Project Manager, Capital Group
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
Turning Strategy into Execution – a ...
Speakers: Julian Coady, Lead Business Analyst, Nordea Bank Zenita Lindeberg, Lead Business Analyst, Nordea Bank
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:00 am
No Free Hunch: How Data Science Will ...
Speaker: Adriana Beal, Data Scientist, Carnegie Technologies
Friday
Fri
8:45 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:45 am
Room Change
Friday
Fri
8:55 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
Business Knowledge Management – ...
Speaker: Fabricio Laguna, Consultant and Instructor, Gigante Consultoria Empresarial Ltda
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
Modern Ethics and Today’s Professional
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
Capability Models Are Not Just For the ...
Speaker: Sarah Cockrill, Head of Business Analysis, Coventry University
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
Designing Better Enterprises: The Art ...
Speaker: Milan Guenther, Partner, Enterprise Design Associates
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
Data Analytics in Visio. Really? Visio??
Friday, November 15, 2019 8:55 am
It’s Time for AI-Assisted ...
Speakers: Swaminathan Balasubramanian, Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect, IBM Pierre Berlandier, Digital Business Automation Solution Architect, IBM
Trail:Business Process Forum
Friday
Fri
9:40 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 9:40 am
Morning Break
Friday
Fri
10:00 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
From Rules to Generated Decision Services
Speakers: Jan Hof, Dutch Tax and Custom Authority Joris van Aart, Dutch Tax and Custom Authority
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
The Business Analyst Success Path
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
Panel: Women in Tech
Speaker: Gladys S.W. Lam, Principal & Co-Founder, Business Rule Solutions, LLC
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
Business Continuity Planning – Are You Ready?
Speakers: David Lyalin, Public Health Analyst, CDC Cindy Scullion, Senior Consultant, Business Rule Solutions
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
Customer Oriented Process Management ...
Speaker: Pieter Jongstra, Manager BPM & Lean, de Volksbank
Trail:Business Process Forum
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:00 am
The Robotics Journey from A to Z
Speaker: Snejana Slivova, Senior Business Analyst, General Reinsurance Corporation
Friday
Fri
10:45 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:45 am
Room Change
Friday
Fri
10:55 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:55 am
Capabilities, What Are These Things, Really?
Speaker: Mark Goetsch, Enterprise Architect, Agile Architecting
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:55 am
Introducing Holistic Business Analysis
Speaker: Stefan Bossuwé, Holistic Business Analyst, Stef BOSS Coaching & Consulting
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:55 am
Why – and How to – Align ...
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:55 am
How Culture and Values Enable ...
Friday, November 15, 2019 10:55 am
Customer Relationship Management In the ...
Friday
Fri
11:40 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 11:40 am
Room Change
Friday
Fri
11:50 am
Friday, November 15, 2019 11:50 am
How to Become and Nurture World Class ...
Speaker: Nicholas Selk, Head of Cisco Design Thinking, Cisco
Friday
Fri
12:50 pm
Friday, November 15, 2019 12:50 pm