Scottsdale 2019: Proceedings - Plenary

Digital In Practice and the Supply Chain

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, January 28 – 31, 2019

This event took place at the Scottsdale Plaza Hotel.

Each day of the event included a mix of plenary presentations 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 are freely available only to members of The Open Group and event attendees.

Click here for the event Agenda where you will find synopses of the presentations.

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Monday, January 28, 2019

PLENARY: Digital In Practice and the Supply Chain

• Welcome Address
• Build with Integrity Buy with Confidence™: How to Achieve Product Integrity & Supply Chain Security
  Keynote Speaker: Alexander Marshall, Technical Strategy Manager, NASA SEWP
• Benefits of Being Certified as a Trusted Technology Provider
  Keynote Speaker: Sheryl McCurnin, Senior Manager, CDW Government (CDW-G)
• Successful Business Strategies for Procuring Software and Systems Built to Open Standards
  Keynote Speaker: John Bowling Technical Expert, Avionics Architectures and Interoperability, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC)
• How Standards Bodies Provide Business Value
  Keynote Speaker: Chris Frost, Principal EA, Technology Strategy Office, Fujitsu
• Digital First: Seven Levers to Digital Transformation
  Keynote Speaker: David Hornford, Managing Partner, Conexiam

TRACKS

Digital in Practice

• Driving Data Center Modernization and Cloud Adoption Maturity in Public Sector – A Case Study
  Ellen Crayton, Enterprise Architect, Precise Software Solutions; and
  Ben Duan, CTO, Precise Software Solutions
• Building a Body of Knowledge for Digital Practitioners
  Venkat Nambiyur, Director – Business Transformation, Enterprise & Cloud Architecture, Small to Medium Business, Oracle
• A New Ecosystem Approach to Improve Data Science Success
  Alex Liu, Chief Data Scientist, IBM
• Implementing the Future – Digital Transformation and the SOA4BT Guide
  Nikhil Kumar, President, Applied Technology Solutions, Inc.

Secure Business Operation

• Bringing Rigor to Risk Analysis in Cybersecurity, Operational Technology, and Supply Chains
  Jim Hietala, VP, Business Development and Security, The Open Group
• Ten Tips for GDPR Compliance
  Murali Natarajan, Senior Mobile Architect, IBM
• Employing Cloud as a Security Tool: This Changes Everything
  Majed Saadi, CTO, Govplace
• Data Vulnerability in Emerging Payments Ecosystems
  Elizabeth Koumpan, IT Architect,IBM Canada

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

PLENARY: Digital In Practice and the Supply Chain

• Welcome & Announcements
• The Profession and Value of Data Science
  Keynote Speakers: Maureen Norton, Chief Analytics Office & Marketing Intelligence Professional, IBM;
  George Stark, Distinguished Engineer, Statistics & Quality, IBM; and
  Martin Fleming, Chief Analytics Officer & Chief Economist, IBM
  Moderated by: Steve Nunn, CEO, The Open Group
• Open Process Automation
  Keynote Speaker: Kirk Smith, Director, Control Systems Architecture, Intel
• PANEL: Data Science Leveraging Cloud to Manage the Business of IT
  Panelists: Andras Szakal, CTO/CIO/CSO/CFO, IBM; and
  Gary Brandt, Sr. Product Management, Micro Focus
  Moderated by: Dana Gardner, President & Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions

TRACKS

Enterprise Architecture

• Enabling Agility with Business Architecture
  Kartik Ravel, Sr. Director, Office of the CTO, Fujitsu
• Enterprise Architecture – The Means to Integrate Business and IT
  Hari Krishnan, Enterprise Architecture Leader, Nationwide Insurance
• Establishing an EA Office at the University of Missouri
  Kirk Keller, Chief Enterprise Architect, University of Missouri
• Facilitate Your Digital Transformation Through Excellence in Architecture Delivery
  Aaron Rorstrom, Principal Enterprise Architect, Capgemini

Business Value from Data

• A Canyon to Bridge: Data and Information Architecture
  Don Brancato, Chief Strategy Architect, The Boeing Company
• Autonomous Cars and Urban Mobility in a Digital Environment
  Florian Mayer, Project Manager, BMW AG
• The Business Value of O-DEF™ – An Open Group Standard for Data
  Ronald Schuldt, Manager, Data-Harmonizing, LLC
• PANEL: Business Value from Data
  Panelists: Don Brancato, Florian Mayer, Ronald Schuldt
  Moderated by: Dana Gardner

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

TRACKS

Business Architecture

See separate report.

IT Management Professionals – How to Optimize Value Delivery

See separate report.

Data Science Workshop

• Data Science: Best (and Worst!) Practices for Your Organization
  Maureen Norton, Chief Analytics Office & Marketing Intelligence Professional, IBM;
  George Stark, Distinguished Engineer, Statistics & Quality, IBM;
  Ana Echeverri, Data Science Growth Strategies Lead, IBM; and
  Brett Duarte PhD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Arizona State University, Business Analytics
• Beyond the Dollars: Maximizing Impact for our Beneficiaries
  Mike Chang, Business Analyst, Arizona Lottery