Join the Irish Computer Society and the IAIDQ as we host a two-day conference in the IAIDQ's world-wide IDQ (Information & Data Quality) Seminar Series.

Hear leading Irish and European experts in the field of Information Quality share with you their insights and experiences. Learn:

• How Information Quality risks are pervasive in your organisation (and what you can do to avoid them)
• Proven approaches to communicating the value of information and the value of information quality to your stakeholders.
• The potential legal ramifications of not managing your Information Assets properly.
• How an Information Quality based approach to other Regulatory and Compliance challenges can help reap quick rewards in these and other areas of your business.

Day 1 (Conference):

• 09:00 to 09:25 - Registration & Coffees
• 09:30 to 09:45 - Introductions & Opening Remarks.
• 09:45 to 10:45 - Towards a Value Proposition for Quality Information (Daragh O Brien, Castlebridge Associates [Ireland])
• 10:45 to 11:30 - Careful now! A lawyer-eye view of the risks arising with poor quality information (Fergal Crehan, Barrister-at-Law)
• 11:30 to 12:30 -  Achieving Regulatory Compliance - the devil is in the data(Ken O'Connor, Professional IT Personnel Ltd. [Ireland])
• 12:30 to 14:00 - Lunch
• 14:00 to 15:00 - Keynote: Perspectives on the value of Quality Information (Arnt-Erik Hansen, Global Data Excellence [Switzerland])
• 15:00 to 16:30 - Panel Discussion (All speakers)
• 16:30 to 16:45 - Closing Remarks

Day 2 (Tutorials):

• 10:00 to 13:00 - Practical application of Information Quality approaches to Data Protection Challenges (Daragh O Brien, Castlebridge Associates)
  • Join Daragh O Brien,  leading author and researcher and consultant in the field of Information Quality as he shares clear insights into the relationship between Data Protection and Information Quality. 
  • Develop an understanding of how DP vs IQ is not an "either/or" equation but rather a situation where one hand can and should wash the other, leading to effective wins in relation to your DP obligations but also helping to embed a Quality Culture for Information in your organisation that can help other Regulatory and Commercial challenges.
  • See how defining metrics and a value proposition for information quality can help you be proactive in your Data Protection management rather than reactive.

• 14:00 to 17:00 - Orchestrating the Data Governance Process (Guy Tozer, Doriq Consulting [UK]).
  • Guy Tozer (a previous guest of the ICS/IAIDQ in Ireland) joins us yet again to share some compelling insights based on his decades of experience in the field of Information Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Information Quality.
  • Explore the use of workflow models and software to add rigour to the performance of Data Governance activities. 
  • Be led through the design of an orchestrated approach to DG, learning how to make use of software tools to automate DG workflows. 
  • Develop a comprehensive understanding of:
    • The knowledge model (metamodel) for Data Governance
    • A template for Data Governance workflows
    • The interdependencies between the knowledge model and the workflow model
    • Examples and demonstrations of how DG orchestration is achieved using Enterprise Content Management and Workflow Management software (both open source and proprietary)
    • How the workflow and knowledge models can be extended to provide seamless integration with other disciplines (e.g. Project Management, Infrastructure Management (ITIL), Enterprise Architecture, etc.)