{"id":12035,"date":"2009-05-27T21:47:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T20:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/?p=843"},"modified":"2009-05-27T21:47:25","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T20:47:25","slug":"mastering-businessobjects-conference-sydney-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/mastering-businessobjects-conference-sydney-australia.html","title":{"rendered":"Mastering BusinessObjects Conference, Sydney Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.masteringbusinessobjects.com\/mbo\/\">Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference<\/a> was held in Manly, Sydney this week. The location was stunning \u2013 Australia has some of the best beaches in the world, and thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticsolochallenge.com\/pete_collett.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Collett<\/a>, who lent me a surfboard, I was able to catch a few waves at day break before heading back into the waterfront conference hotel to deliver my keynote presentations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"manly_690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/manly-690.jpg?resize=690%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"manly_690\" width=\"690\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The two-day event had a packed agenda, including great keynotes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dagira.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Rathbun of Integra Solutions<\/a> (\u201cTo Infinity and Beyond\u201d) and <a href=\"http:\/\/monashbi.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter O\u2019Donnell, Lecturer at the Centre for Business Intelligence and Decision Support Research, Monash University<\/a> (\u201cBusiness Intelligence System Interfaces: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"IMG_9804\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img-9804.jpg?resize=212%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9804\" width=\"212\" height=\"150\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"IMG_9807\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img-9807.jpg?resize=117%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9807\" width=\"117\" height=\"150\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"IMG_9859\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img-9859.jpg?resize=171%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9859\" width=\"171\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"IMG_9798\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/img-9798.jpg?resize=69%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_9798\" width=\"69\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos of presenters: Dave Rathbun, Steve Bennett, Peter O\u2019Donnell, and Ian Parker<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I also particularly liked a presentation by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bigthings\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Bennett<\/a>, formerly Head of Business Intelligence and Analytics, ING Direct Australia, (\u201cCrystal Ball Gazing at ING Direct\u201d), now CEO of the <a href=\"http:\/\/analytics.typepad.com\/oz-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Business Intelligence Group<\/a>, and founder of the excellent Australia-focused BI blog \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/analytics.typepad.com\/oz-analytics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oz Analytics<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I delivered three presentations \u2013 click on the links below to go to separate blog postings about each, and downloadable copies of the files.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/transforming-bi-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/image8.jpg?resize=220%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"220\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/bi-competency-centers-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/image10.jpg?resize=223%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"223\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/why-bi-projects-fail-and-what-to-do-about-it-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/image11.jpg?resize=221%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"221\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Power of Business Intelligence to Transform the Way the World Works\" href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/transforming-bi-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Power of Business Intelligence to Transform the Way the World Works<\/a> \u2013 with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/ian-parker\/0\/896\/19b\" target=\"_blank\">Ian Parker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"BI Competency Centers: People+Information=Intelligence\" href=\" https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/bi-competency-centers-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\">BI Competency Centers: People+Information=Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Why Business Intelligence Projects Fail And What To Do About It\" href=\"https:\/\/timoelliott.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/why-bi-projects-fail-and-what-to-do-about-it-australia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why Business Intelligence Projects Fail And What To Do About It<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mastering BusinessObjects 2009 conference was held in Manly, Sydney this week. I delivered three presentations, on SAP BusinessObjects vision, BI Competency Centers, and Why BI Projects Fail. 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