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Cognos Forum is the most important event of the year for IT personnel at any organization that has invested in Cognos, an IBM company.

Cognos Forum offers a unique opportunity for IT directors, managers, developers, and implementation specialists to learn about Cognos technology-in depth and in detail—from the people who know it best. At Cognos Forum, you’ll hear directly from the experts who design, build, and support the products, from the consultants who specialize in implementing the solutions, and from the customers and partners who use them every day.

Forum gives you a look into the future of Cognos solutions, and a chance to help shape that future. It also provides unmatched opportunities for you to network with industry gurus, product experts-and your peers-at special events and breakout sessions designed specifically for IT.

Breakout Sessions

Here are just a few examples of the many sessions tailored to the needs of IT. For a complete list of sessions, please refer to the Catalog of Sessions.

Break the IT Bottleneck with a BI Competency Center Built for Self Service BI!
Kurt Schlegel, Research Director, Gartner
Hear how your organization can develop consistent, reliable processes to support the strategic use of business intelligence.

Building a System Management Infrastructure
Scott Masson, Cognos Product Manager
Get a first-hand look at the core methodology for system management in IBM Cognos 8 BI version 3, and see how to build a solid infrastructure with a low total cost of ownership.

Leveraging Multidimensional Data in Report Studio Express Authoring Mode
Stephen Gibson, Cognos Software Engineer
Learn directly from one of the engineers who developed this powerful capability, how you can build business value in your organization.

Driving Strategic Business Objectives with IBM Cognos 8 BI
David Bonnet, Solutions Architect, Qualcomm Inc.
Greg Muir, Senior IT Manager, Qualcomm Inc.
Anna Trudel, Business Systems Analyst Senior, Qualcomm Inc.
Examine this case study of how Qualcomm developed a new approach for quick access to comprehensive reporting and analytics for their strategic product portfolio information.

Design Techniques for IBM Cognos TM1 Server
Thomas Baldwin, Cognos Vice President, Engineering
Explore a variety of design techniques and options for consolidating, viewing, and editing large volumes of multidimensional data using IBM Cognos TM1.

Delivering BI that Meets Your Corporate Vision
Steve Miller, System Development Manager, TNT
Discover how to align the right technology with your company’s overall vision.

Measure and Maximize ROI in your BI/PM Initiative
David O’Connell, Senior Analyst, Nucleus Research
Learn how deployments generate ROI and how measurement can help you be more successful and broaden your mandate.

Keys to Rapid Product Acceptance at Yellow Book
David Henkel, Manager – Business Intelligence, Yellow Book USA
Learn how Yellow Book successfully managed expectations while promoting rapid product acceptance of its BI implementation.

Networking Events

Speed Networking Titles

These dynamic, fast-paced and fun events to help you meet others who function in similar roles. Here are some examples of Speed Networking groups:

Project Leaders
Report Designers
Data Modelers
Analysts Cognos
Database Administrators
Cognos Planning Application Developers

Birds-of-a-Feather Lunch Topics

Sit down to a lively discussion with up to nine of your peers over lunch. Exchange challenges and success stories on topics such as:

Report Authoring
Increasing User Adoption
Creating a BICC
Metadata Modeling and Cognos 8 Framework Manager
Cognos 8: Migration, Implementation, Deployment
Security
Cognos and Oracle
Performance and Scalability
Cognos and SAP

Do you bring co-workers to Cognos Forum? (1:23)
“It’s very valuable to bring as many of my team members as I can—from the functional side and the IT side—because Forum covers both…”
– Davis Shepherd, Manager of Financial Systems, Quiznos

Cognos Forum offers something for everyone involved in IT—from large companies with enterprise deployments, to small to medium sized businesses, and across a broad range of industries.