The Open Group Conference
Newport Beach, CA, USA, January 28-31, 2013

Objective of Meeting

The Open Group Conference Newport Beach, CA, 2013 took place at the Balboa Beach Club.

The conference gathered to focus on Big Data – The Transformation we Need to Embrace Today .

Summary

Each day of the conference included a mix of plenary presentations, with industry leaders from near and far sharing their insights on the conference theme; and a set of parallel tracks examining specific areas in depth.

The presentations can be accessed from the links below under separate daily headings:

• Monday January 28
• Tuesday January 29
• Wednesday January 30

The presentations referenced below are freely available only to members of The Open Group and conference attendees.

Monday January 28

PLENARY: Architecting Big Data

• Welcome Address
  Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group
• KEYNOTE: Big Data at NASA
  Chris Gerty, Deputy Program Manager, Open Innovation Program, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Recorded presentation
• KEYNOTE: Big Data – Bringing Order to the Chaos
  David Potter, Chief Technical Officer, Promise Innovation Oy
  Ron Schuldt, Senior Partner, UDEF-IT, LLC
  Recorded presentation
• PANEL: Big Data
  Panelists: Robert Weisman, Build The Vision; Andras Szakal, IBM; Jim Hietala, VP Security, The Open Group; Chris Gerty, NASA
  Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Interarbor Solutions
  Recorded presentation

Spotlight

• Security Forum
• Cloud Computing Work Group
• ArchiMate® Forum

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Big Data

• A Reference Architecture for the Big Data Ecosystem
  Tom Plunkett, Senior Consultant, Oracle Corporation, US
  Janet Mostow, Oracle Corporation, US
• Who's Afraid of Big Data?
  Jason Bloomberg, President, ZapThink

Data Architecture and Big Data

• Data Architecture for Big Data
  Robert Weisman, CEO, Build The Vision, Inc., Canada
• Leveraging Big Data with Master Data
  Don Dejewski, Executive IT Architect, IBM

Professional Development

• The Architect's Journey: From Technical Superman to Business Architect
  Jeff Scott, VP Business & Technology Strategy, Accelare, Inc., US
• Business Storytelling 101
  Nicklas Malik, Enterprise Strategy Architect, Microsoft Corporation, US
• Why It's Amazing That We Understand One Another As Well As We Do
  Len Fehskens, VP Skills & Capabilities, The Open Group

TOGAF® Tutorials

• Implementing TOGAF: Where to Start?
  Sven van Dijk, BiZZdesign North America, Canada
• Building a Business Transformation Capability Using TOGAF®
  Jason Uppal, Chief Architect, QRS, Canada
  Recorded presentation

ArchiMate® Tutorials

• Successful Enterprise Architecture Using the TOGAF® Framework and the ArchiMate® Modeling Language
  Henry Franken, CEO, BIZZdesign, The Netherlands
• Rejuvenating Architecture Governance in a Redesigned Organization
  Graeme Queen, Director of Solution Delivery, Standard Insurance Company, US
  Iver Band, Enterprise Architect, Standard Insurance Company, US

Tuesday January 29

PLENARY: Securing Big Data

• Welcome Address
  Allen Brown, President & CEO, The Open Group
• KEYNOTE: Big Data and the Cloud: We better get Security right
  Mary Ann Mezzapelle, Security Strategist for HP Enterprise Services
  Recorded presentation
• KEYNOTE: Securing Big Data – Recommendations for Hadoop & NoSQL Environments
  Recorded presentation
  Adrian Lane, Analyst and CTO, Securosis

Spotlight

• Architecture Forum

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Business Architecture

• The Relevance/Importance of Business Architecture in Health Care Reform
  Eric Stephens, Oracle Corporation, US
• Developing a Business Architect Practice
  Peter Haviland, Chief Architect, Ernst & Young

EA & Business Strategy

• Enterprise Architecture Agile Practice Framework for Transforming an Enterprise to Improve Execution Agility
  Xijia (Frank) Chen, Associate Director & Principal Enterprise Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions, US
• Realizing Strategic Breakthroughs – A Defense Case Study
  Robert Weisman, CEO, Build The Vision, Inc., Canada

EA & Business Value

• Debates are Irrelevant – Let Value Drive Your EA
  Raman Johar, Director – Enterprise Architecture, Microsoft Services – Enterprise Strategy & Architecture
• Focusing on Value: Extending the TOGAF® Business Architecture Domain
  Don Clasen, Enterprise Architect, Ernst & Young

EA & The Energy Industry

• Opportunities for Doing Business in the Cloud within the Energy Utility Industry
  Nilesh Chandra, PA Consulting, US
  Jonathan Cane, Project Manager, Washington Gas, US
• The Energy Ecosystem
  Stuart Boardman, KPN, Netherlands
  Louis Dietvorst, Enexis, Netherlands

Distributed Services Architecture Case Studies

• Using ArchiMate to Define Service-Oriented Architectures
  Bill Poole, Enterprise Architect, JourneyOne, Australia
• SOA in the German Health Information Technology Infrastructure
  Stipe Tolj, CEO and Chief Systems Architect, Kannel Software Foundation (KSF), Germany

Distributed Services Architecture

• Applied SOA Standards [PDF 1/4] [PDF 2/4] [PDF 3/4] [PDF 4/4]
  Ali Arsanjani, Distinguished Engineer, CTO Business Performance & Service Optimization, IBM, US
  Heather Kreger, CTO International Standards, IBM, US

Security and Risk Management

• Why Risk It?
  Jack Jones, CTO, CXOWARE, US
• Certification for Risk Analysts
  Jim Hietala, Vice President, Security, The Open Group

Security

• A Systems Approach for Reliability Enhancement
  Dr. Leila Meshkat, Senior Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, US
• SSL is not a Secure Architecture
  Greg Sternberg, Jeppesen, US

Big Data

• Big Data Demystified – A Review of the Recommendations of the US Federal Big Data Commission
  Andras Szakal, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, IBM US Federal IMT
• Location Data Analytics – A Case Study
  Arvind Sathi, World Wide Architect – Information Agenda, IBM, US

Wednesday January 30

CONFERENCE TRACKS

Architecting the Cloud

• Impact of Heterogeneous CSPs on the Cloud Ecosystem
  TJ Virdi, Senior Enterprise Architect, The Boeing Company, US
• PANEL: Architecting for Big Data in the Cloud
  Moderated by: Chris Harding, Director for Interoperability, The Open Group, UK

Cloud Computing for Business

• Measuring XaaS Business Performance
  Penelope Gordon, Cloud Strategist, 1Plug Corporation, US
• Digital Transformation and the Role of Cloud Computing
  Mark Skilton, Director, Capgemini, UK

Architecting the Future – Cloud, Mobility, and Analytics

• WORKSHOP: Architecting the Future – Cloud, Mobility, and Analytics
  Daniel Spar, Enterprise Architecture Practice Champion, Deloitte Consulting, US

EA and Strategic Planning

• Fact-Based, Architecture-Grounded Strategic Planning
  Chris Armstrong, President, Armstrong Process Group, Inc., US
• Strategy to Execution: Translating Strategy into Results
  Jeff Scott, VP Business & Technology Strategy, Accelare, Inc., US

ArchiMate® Case Studies

• Harnessing the Power of the ArchiMate Modeling Language
  Facilitated by: Iver Band, Enterprise Architect, Standard Insurance Company, USA
  Presenters: Iver Band, Jason Uppal, Bill Poole, Sven Van Dijk, Yves Cote
  Recorded presentation
  

Architecture Methods & Techniques

• Five Challenges Implementing Enterprise Architecture
  Dario Vargas, Chief Architect, Unycorp, Mexico
• Re-Usable EA Content Based on TOGAF® and ArchiMate®
  Yves Cote, President, Versatil-i-t Consulting, Inc., Canada
• Architecture Modeling – Break Free from Boring
  Russ Gibfried, HP Enterprise Services, US
• Zen and the Art of Enterprise Architecture – The Business Ecosystem
  Alan Hakimi, Senior Enterprise Architect, Microsoft Corporation, US

Outputs

The presentations, tutorials, and workshops at the conference, and the associated discussions and panel sessions, all provided participants with a wealth of experience-based insight into current best practice in architecture, security, and cloud computing, from leading experts and practitioners around the world.

Next Steps

The next Open Group Conference will be held in Sydney, Australia, April 15-18, 2013.

If you are interested in presenting at future Open Group Conferences, then please submit a Presentation Proposal.

Links

• More about The Open Group SOA Work Group
• More about The Open Group Cloud Computing Work Group
• More about The Open Group Architecture Forum
• More about The Open Group Security Forum
• More about TOGAF®
• More about TOGAF® Certification
• More about The Open Group Certified Architect (Open CA) Program
• More about The Open Group Certified IT Specialist (Open CITS) Program
• More about The Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA)