Preview of BI Platform and BI Strategy ASUG Annual Conference Sessions - "We're Not Selling Anything"

[TammyPowlas]

ASUG Annual Conference is almost two weeks away and there are several sessions to choose from.  Why consider ASUG sessions?  Well, as ASUG volunteers,  as dennis.howlett once blogged, "we're not selling anything"  in our ASUG sessions.  It is customer-driven and ASUG volunteer-selected education.

Below, I highlight some of the ASUG sessions for your consideration in the ASUG BI Platform/Strategy tracks at ASUG Annual conference:

#	Title	Date	Time
402	How to Align BI Roadmap with Business Priorities? Lessons on BI Strategy & Execution from Kelloggs	14/05/2013	12:30 p.m.
3602	Best Practices for Deploying BI4 Infrastructure & The Art and Science of Sizing and Architecting SA...	14/05/2013	12:30 p.m.
303	Best Practices for Integrating SAP BusinessObjects BI 4.x with SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW...	14/05/2013	02:00 p.m.
304	Molson Coors Shares SAP BusinessObjects Strategies, Planning, and Implementation Experience with BI...	14/05/2013	03:30 p.m.
404	BI4 Maintenance Demystified	14/05/2013	03:30 p.m.
4304	SAP BusinessObjects Mobile BI Influence Council	14/05/2013	03:30 p.m.
4404	SAP BusinessObjects Semantic Layer influence council	14/05/2013	03:30 p.m.
505	The Future of Business Intelligence at SAP BusinessObjects BI	15/05/2013	11:00 a.m.
306	How to Successfully Implement a Self Service SAP BI Strategy with Nike	15/05/2013	12:30 p.m.
507	Strategies for Selecting the Right BI Client Product	15/05/2013	01:45 p.m.
408	Avoid Paying The Virtualization Tax: Deploying Virtualized BI 4.0 The Right Way	15/05/2013	03:00 p.m.
4309	ASUG Influence: SAP Business Objects BI 4.0 Platform and Solutions	15/05/2013	04:15 p.m.
310	Demystifying Authentication and Single-Sign-On (SSO) Options in Business Intelligence	16/05/2013	11:00 a.m.
311	If You Haven't Upgraded to SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform 4.x, What Are You Waiting For?	16/05/2013	12:30 p.m.
511	Reconcile Legacy Warehouse and SAP BW on HANA -  NOVA Chemicals BI Strategy	16/05/2013	12:30 p.m.
314	BI Culture Eats Technology For Breakfast	16/05/2013	04:15 p.m.

Some of the above sessions are lead by SAP while others are lead by ASUG customers, sharing their stories and their experiences with the products.  Why should you attend?  To hear customer stories to help you plan your BI deployment.

Several other ASUG sessions relating to BI/BW/Information Management and Hana are listed in this ASUG BI Brochure.

If you are attending the conference please consider adding the above sessions to your agenda. If you cannot attend, which sessions would be good candidates for webcasts?

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