This is my last working day before I fly to Vegas for the IOD Conference. I arrive on Saturday morning and will begin my work by ensuring that all the packages (aka books) have arrived as expected. I meet with a publisher on Saturday night and then the full days begin on Sunday. Here is my schedule, so I hope we cross paths once or twice if you're in Vegas as well!

Sunday October 26
7:00 am - 9:30 pm --> Conference Registration
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm --> Bookstore - Ellice Uffer
10:00 am – 4:00 pm --> Certification Lab - Susan Dykman, Certification Program Manager
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm --> Skills Hub - Heather Ramsey, Education Marketing Manager
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm --> How to Navigate the Conference
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Grand Opening Reception
6:00 pm --> Ensure pureXML for Dummies at ped, see Conor O'Mahoney
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm --> Community Receptions

Monday October 27
10:00 am – 8:00 pm --> Bookstore
10:00 am – 5:00 pm --> Certification Lab
10:15 am – 6:00 pm --> Skills Hub
6:45 am - 7:45 am --> Breakfast
8:15 am - 10:00 am --> GRAND OPENING SESSION (events center): "Unlock the Business Value of Your Information" with Ambuj Goyal, Steve Mills, Jon Iwata
10:00 am - 11:00 am --> Outside Events Center, Judith Hurwitz, Fern Halper sign Information On Demand for Dummies book.
10:30 am - 11:30 am --> Events Center, Business Intelligence and Performance Management with Rob Ashe, General Manager, BI & Performance Management
11:30 am - 12:30 am --> Outside Events Center Bill Wong, Paulo Pereira, Dr. Guenter Sauter, Dr. William O’Connell, Bryan Byrne, Phil Downey, Dan Wolfson, Rex Wiederanders, Harriet Fryman, Alan Meyer signing Driving Business Optimization with Trusted Information
11:30 am – 2:00 pm --> Lunch
12:30 pm – 8:00 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Open
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm --> Events Center, Data Management with Arvind Krishna, Vice President, Database Servers
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm --> Outside Events Center, Paul Zikopoulos, Belal Tassi, Dwaine Snow, Aamer Sachedina signing of Viper Strikes Again
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm --> Outside Events Center, Carlton Doe signing IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11 and Addendum: IBM Informix Dynamic Server 11.5 Addendum
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm --> Mandalay Bay H, Copies of Driving Business Optimization with Trusted Information available at Greg Lotko’s session.
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Reception
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm --> Reception with Doug White and Paul Zikopoulos
8:00 pm - ?? --> Fourth Millennium Technologies' Annual Hospitality Party

Tuesday October 28
7:30 am - 7:00 pm --> Bookstore
7:00 am – 5:00 pm --> Certification Lab
10:00 am – 6:00 pm --> Skills Hub
10:00 am – 5:00 pm --> Certification “Members Only� Lounge Open
7:00 am - 8:00 am --> Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:30 am --> Events Center, GENERAL SESSION "What's Your Information Agenda Approach?" featuring Tom Davenport and Panel of Innovators
10:30 am - 11:30 am --> Bayside Foyer, Level 1 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Tom Davenport signing book Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning
10:00 am - 11:00 am --> Events Center, InfoSphere with Jim Welch, Vice President, InfoSphere
11:00 am - 12:00 am --> Outside Events Center, Bill Wong, Paulo Pereira, Dr. Guenter Sauter, Dr. William O’Connell, Bryan Byrne, Phil Downey, Dan Wolfson, Rex Wiederanders, Harriet Fryman, Alan Meyer signing Driving Business Optimization with Trusted Information
12:30 am - 7:00 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Open
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm --> Lunch
2:15 pm – 3:15 pm --> Session TBI-2814, giveaway of book The Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm --> Bayside Foyer, Level 1 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Maria Villar signing of book: The business of data from chaos to confidence.
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Reception
7:00 pm – 11:00 pm --> Networking Halloween Party

Wednesday October 29
7:30 am - 4:00 pm --> Bookstore
7:00 am - 8:00 am --> Breakfast
7:00 am – 6:30 pm --> Certification Lab
10:00 am – 6:00 pm --> Skills Hub
10:00 am – 5:00 pm --> Certification “Members Only� Lounge Open
8:30 am - 9:30 am --> GENERAL SESSION "Future of Information Management" featuring Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm --> Outside the InfoSphere demo room (on the 2nd floor), Allen Dreibelbis, Eberhard Hechler, Ivan Milman, Martin Oberhofer, Paul Van Run, Dan Wolfson signing Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information. Tickets will be issued at IP&S sessions and book can be picked up in IP&S Demo Room – Mandalay Bay J&K.
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm --> Lunch
12:30 pm - 3:45 pm --> EXPO Solution Center Open
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm --> Bayside Foyer, Level 1 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Roger E. Sanders, Dwaine R Snow signing DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows Advanced Database Administration Certification: Certification Study Guide
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm --> Bayside Foyer, Level 1 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center Carlton Doe signing Administering Informix Dynamic Server: Building the Foundation
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm --> Bayside Foyer, Level 1 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center George Baklarz, Paul Zikopoulos signing DB2 9 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows: DBA Guide, Reference, and Exam Prep (6th Edition)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm --> Pick up ticket from Express C people, BOF-2502A DB2 - Free as in Beer on Wednesday October 29 6-7pm
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm --> Mandalay Bay South - Breakers G, IOD BOF: Data Management Blogging Community (not just for bloggers!)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm --> Location: Mandalay Bay South Convention Center - South Seas A-B, BOF-2267A Women In Technology: Leveraging Our Unique Abilities to Build Success
6:30 pm --> House of Blues, Mandalay Bay, DB2's 25th Anniversary Reception

Yes, I'll be busy... as will all attendees at the event!

Enjoy!

susan