14For The Gartner Business Intelligence Summit is the premier event providing must-have insights, frameworks and best practices to learn how to exploit and maximize the business impact of new and important trends, innovations and technologies. This year's summit delivers a wealth of new ideas, trends, frameworks, best practices and relevant advice to implement an information management and business analytics program, plus give IT and business professionals the confidence to make better decisions about your strategy and projects going forward.Who should attend? . Business analysts . System analysts . Data modelers . Architects . Directors of IT . Business intelligence directors . Chief information officers. Project managers . Procurement managers . Business analytics consultants . Database administrators . Finance executives and analysts . Business leaders . Report designers Key benefits of attending. Review the key trends and future direction of BI, performance management and analytics.. Learn how to advance the user experience of and engagement in your BI initiatives.. Get advice on getting started with analytics, MDM and mobile BI initiatives.. Understand if and when cloud and SaaS options make sense for analytics.. Benchmark your BI organizational structure and maturity against those of your peers.. Establish the foundational knowledge for BI initiatives as a baseline for delivering business value.. Gain insight on the frameworks, tools, process and governance to drive success with BI.. Get practical advice on building your organization's BI strategy.Business Intelligence Summit EVENTS IN YOUR ROLE: Business Intelligence & Information Management . Developing an effective BI strategy. Defining the right metrics for dashboard design. Data modeling best practices. The evolution from BI to advanced analytics. Handling big dataHot topicsBusiness Intelligence SummitFebruary 6 - 7 | London, U.K.Master Data Management SummitFebruary 8 - 9 | London, U.K.Business Intelligence & Information Management SummitFebruary 21 - 22 | Sydney, AustraliaBusiness Intelligence & Information Management SummitJuly 12 - 13 | Tokyo, JapanConferencechairGlobal Events IN YOUR ROLEApril 2 - 4 . Los Angeles, CA . gartner.com/us/bi BILL GASSMAN Director Gartner Research

14For more information about upcoming Gartner events, visit gartner.com/events or call 1 866 405 2511.15The Gartner Master Data Management Summit is the leading conference for strategies and tactics on your MDM journey. This summit delivers the tools, technologies and best practices to help you dramatically improve the visibility and usefulness of your most important asset - information. A mix of Gartner expertise, end-user case studies, peer exchange and interaction with leading vendors will ensure you understand all the key trends in MDM. Get the strategic insights necessary to make the right business decisions at the Gartner Master Data Management Summit. Who should attend?. IT managers involved in MDM. MDM, CDI and PIM project and program managers. Business line executives who understand the value of a single version of the customer, product, supplier and location. Sales, marketing, service, brand/product, manufacturing, operations, finance, procurement and supply chain executives seeking a single version of products, customers, assets, suppliers, accounts/ledgers, hierarchies, tools and resources. Business application managers - CRM, SCM, ERP, PLM and procurement. Information managers and architects. Data managers and architects. ERP, CRM and SCM architects. Data and data model architects. Enterprise and solution architects. Application development and integration managers. Business intelligence and performance management leaders. Business analysts and system analystsKey benefits of attending. Get analyst recommendations to create and solidify an MDM vision and strategy.. Understand how to build and manage an MDM initiative.. Learn how to develop a strong, convincing business case for MDM.. Deliver better decisions, based on clean, consistent master data.. Gain best practices for using MDM to govern critical data across a complex applications landscape.. Understand where MDM fits in with other initiatives.. Find out how to get the most from MDM solution providers, including emerging cloud providers.. Solidly establish an MDM initiative, or grow the one you have. Successfully link MDM to systems and processes throughout the enterprise. Evaluate MDM solution providers and technologies, including cloud-based offerings. Understand MDM's role in business applications, ERP, BI, performance management and information architectureHot topicsMaster Data Management Summit EVENTS IN YOUR ROLE: Business Intelligence & Information Management ConferencechairFor 2511.ANDREW WHITE Vice President Gartner ResearchBusiness Intelligence SummitFebruary 6 - 7 | London, U.K.Master Data Management SummitFebruary 8 - 9 | London, U.K.Business Intelligence & Information Management SummitFebruary 21 - 22 | Sydney, AustraliaBusiness Intelligence & Information Management SummitJuly 12 - 13 | Tokyo, JapanGlobal Events IN YOUR ROLEApril 4 - 5 . Los Angeles, CA . gartner.com/us/mdm