Pentaho Partner Summit 09 - Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, April 2		Presenter
Registration Desk Opens Continental breakfast will be available.		Quadrus Conference Center
Welcome Reception Highlights from 2008 as well as a discussion of Pentaho's 2009 corporate plans and market opportunities.		Richard Daley CEO, Pentaho Corporation
The Economic Benefits of Partnering with Pentaho and the 2009 Product Roadmap An update on the state of the BI market in 2009, the economics of open source BI, and a review of the Pentaho 2009 product roadmap.		Lance Walter VP of Marketing, Pentaho Corporation
Product and Technology Roadmap		James Dixon CTO, Pentaho Corporation
Keynote The Era of Cloud Computing: Implications for Technology and Service Providers - How cloud computing is rapidly changing the way IT organizations consume and deploy software and the implications for technology and service providers.		Bernard Golden CEO of Hyperstratus and author of "Virtualization for Dummies"
The Economic Benefits of Partnering with Pentaho: Review of the Pentaho Partner Program and Partner ecosystem.		Lars Nordwall SVP of Business Development, Pentaho Corporation
Deploying Pentaho in the Cloud at Nutricia		Brian Senseman Founder, Partner and CTO, OpenBI
Lunch		Served on the Outdoor deck Just Outside the Main Hall
Pentaho Enterprise Edition for Partners How Pentaho Enterprise Editions help partners increase their revenue and margins, improve their competitive position, and strengthen their relationships with end user organizations.		Lars Nordwall SVP of Business Development, Pentaho Corporation
2009 – Open Source’s Next Inflection Point A look at the next phase of evolution in open source software.		Zack Urlocker VP Products, Database Group, Sun Microsystems
Pentaho Analysis (Mondrian) Pentaho Analysis (Mondrian) Embedding, Partner Success stories, Interactive Q&A.		Julian Hyde Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Analysis
Break		Coffee, Tea, Soda and a Selection of Sweats
Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) Embedding A focus on embedding, partner success stories and interactive Q&A.		Matt Casters Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Data Integration (ETL)
Panel Discussion: Secrets of successful partnerships in commercial open source		Richard Daley, Pentaho Suresh Katta, Saama Technologies, Inc. Zack Urlocker, SUN Microsystems Bill Maimone, Senior V.P. of Worldwide Engineering, Ingres Rajat Bhakhri, Aeturnum
Partner of the Year Awards Secrets of successful partnerships in commercial open source		Partner of the year awards for Pentaho resellers, technology partners, system integrators, high performance data warehousing and most valuable partner.
Day 1 Summary		Richard Daley CEO, Pentaho Corporation
Evening Reception A great networking opportunity to meet with your peers, software luminaries, Pentaho Executives and project founders.		Quadrus Wine and Hors d'oeuvres
Day 2 - Friday, April 3		Presenter
The Future of Software: Why Open Source is the Safe Bet		Larry Augustin VA Linux Founder and Angel Investor
Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) Technical Training and Interactive Session A focus on embedding Pentaho Data Integration into your commercial applications; And a functionality overview, specific points of integration and best practices for deployment in both packaged and SaaS configurations.		Matt Casters Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Data Integration (ETL)
Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) Technical Training and Interactive Session Session Continued		Matt Casters Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Data Integration (ETL)
Pentaho Partner Success Story		Damian Black President and CEO, SQLStream
Lunch		Served on the Outdoor Deck Just Outside the Main Hall
Mondrian/Reporting: Pentaho Analysis & Pentaho Reporting Technical Training Session A focus on embedding Pentaho Analysis into your commercial applications with an overview of Pentaho Analysis functionality, specific points of integration and best practices for deployment in both packaged and SaaS configurations.		Julian Hyde Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Analysis
Mondrian/Reporting: Pentaho Analysis & Pentaho Reporting Technical Training Session Session Continued		Julian Hyde Founder, Project Lead, Pentaho Analysis