Update: 

Listen to a Podcast: "Why to attend to the TDWI Symposium Amsterdam": Lars Tams, Head of the TDWI division at Sigs-Datacom, shares his views of the current TDWI conference, the November event in Amsterdam and the timely topics that will be covered there. He also talks about the upcoming Munich event that is the largest independent business intelligence event in Europe. 

 Welcome To The 4th Annual TDWI Amsterdam Event! 

This marks the fourth year that TDWI has sponsored an event in Amsterdam. We are excited to introduce a new format for this year's event -TDWI BI Symposium. This format combines the elements of our traditional conference with in-depth interactive education opportunities. There will be an opening keynote address by Dave Wells titled "Business Analytics in Troubled Times" that will challenge you to think differently about how to run your business in the future. You will also have the opportunity to get the latest product and technology information directly from the vendor's with a minimum of hype and hassle.  

On the education side you have the opportunity for in-depth discussions and learning on some of the key areas that most directly affect the success or failure of your DW/BI projects. The TDWI BI Symposium will cover four key topics that will directly impact the success of your DW/BI project. These courses will be taught by Dave Wells and John O'Brien, both of whom are considered key thought leaders and industry experts in BI requirements gathering, BI project management, data modeling and data integration. This will be an excellent opportunity for you to learn the best practices from the experts and how to implement them practices in your projects. In these challenging times we can afford not to "get it right" the first time. 

I am very excited about the educational and networking opportunities being offered at this year's TDWI BI Symposium in Amsterdam and I look forward to seeing you there. 

Sincerely, 

Paul Kautza 
Director of Education 
TDWI: The Data Warehousing Institute 
PKautza[at]tdwi.org