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Program

STC IT Conference Practices and Methods

Preliminary Program

 

October 9, 2001

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and coffee
8:45 - 9:00 Opening remarks: Gordon Brackstone, Assistant Chief Statistician (STC)
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: Enterprise Architecture and Standards in the OPS "Meeting the Challenges"
Dave Wallace, Head Architect, Corporate Architecture Branch, Government of Ontario
10:00 - 10:15 Break
 

Technical Stream

Management Stream

10:15 - 11:00 Session # 1 Session # 2 Session # 3
Government On-Line - Common Infrastructure and Federated Architecture, Jim Alexander, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada Experiences in Thin Client Solutions Mark Steski, Tax Data; Eric Belzile, Income and Expenditure Accounts; Roberto Casagrande, Informatics Technology Services (STC) Management of IT Infrastructure Sherry Brown-Scoggins, and Mark Britton, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
11:00 - 11:45 Session # 4 Session # 5 Session # 6
Entreprise Architecture: What is it and why is it important? L.C. (Skip) Lumley, President and Senior Partner, Chartwell IRM Inc. Using a Framework in the Development of Large Object Oriented Applications Narciso Zorzi, Systems Development Division (STC) Recruitment & Development at Statistics Canada Speaker: Francine Hardy, Director, Recruitment and Development (STC)
11:45 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:00 Session # 7 Session # 8 Session # 9
Enterprise Architecture: How is it accomplished in the public sector?L.C. (Skip) Lumley, President and Senior Partner, Chartwell IRM Inc. Specifying Validation Rules Using Decision Tables and LogiPlus Pierre Lafrance, Chief, Income Statistics Division (STC) and
Yves Deguire, Chief, System Development Division (STC)
Results of the Pilot Survey of IT Occupations Monica Weise, Small Business and Special Surveys Division (STC)
14:00 - 14:45 Session # 10 Session # 11 Session # 12
Applying the Zachman Framework Larry Sullivan and Ron Graves, Chiefs, Systems Development Division (STC) A case for CASE (Computer Aided Software Engineering) Mark Steski, IT Chief, Tax Data Division (STC) Competencies for IT Professionals and Project Managers Lionel Dufour, Chief Information Officer Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 15:45 Session # 13 Session # 14 Session # 15
STC Network A - Architecture Danielle Fournier, Informatics Technology Services Division (STC) T-Facts on the Internet Salah Hamzawi, Transport Canada The Enhanced Management Framework for IM/IT Lise Lamadeleine, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada
15:45 - 16:30 Session # 16 Session # 17 Session # 18
Zachman Framework for Systems Architecture Marc St-Germain, Environment Canada Oracle SQL Performance Tuning Techniques Joe Holmes, Project Leader, Systems Development Division (STC) Project Management and Human Resources Tyra Smith, United States Bureau of Census
16:30 - 18:00 Reception



STC IT Conference Practices and Methods

Preliminary Program

 

October 10, 2001

8:00 - 8:45 Coffee
8:45 - 9:00 Opening remarks: Brian Williams, Director, Survey Operations Division
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: U.S. Census Bureau Project Management Initiative
Nancy Potok, Principal Associate Director & Chief Financial Officer, United States Bureau of Census
10:00 - 10:15 Break
 

Technical Stream

Management Stream

10:15 - 11:00 Session # 19 Session # 20 Session # 21
e-Learning: "KLICK" and Beyond Angie St-Amour, Business & Trade Statistics (STC) Managing Software Components in the Census of Population - 2001 Census Collection Project Suzanne McMartin, Chief, Systems Development Division (STC) Practices for Hiring & Retention of Entry Level IT Professionals Mel Turner, Director General, Informatics Branch, (STC), Mark Steski, Chief, Tax Data Division (STC)
11:00 - 11:45 Session # 22 Session # 23 Session # 24
STC Network B - Architecture and Practices Jose Buceta, Informatics Technology Services Division (STC) Testing Service Request System (TSRS) Dilshad Manji, System Analyst, Census Operations Division (STC) Project Delivery Management in DND's IM Group Lt.Col Rejean Boucher, Acting Director Information Project Planning and Control, Department of National Defense
Pat Breathet, Department of National Defense
11:45 - 13:15 Lunch
13:15 - 14:00 Session # 25 Session # 26 Session # 27
Unattended Operations at Statistics Canada using PATROL Enterprise Manager Robert B. Otoo, Informatics Technology Services Division (STC) Developing applications using SAS Yves Deguire, Systems Development Division (STC) Task Force on IT Project Management - Preliminary Results Mike Maydan, Chief, Survey Operations Division (STC)
14:00 - 14:45 Session # 28 Session # 29 Session # 30
Successful Partnerships Between IT and Information Professionals: Effective Practices Irene Vokac and Michele Sura, Library and Information Center (STC) Two Examples of Electronic Data Reporting: Generic Data Return and Census Internet Model Armin Braslins, Chief Infrastructure, Operations Research and Development Division (STC) Guidelines for developing large project proposals Philip Smith, Assistant Chief Statistician, National Accounts and Analytical Studies Field (STC)
14:45 - 15:00 Break
15:00 - 16:00 A Dream in the Making Bernard Voyer, explorer and speaker
16:00 - 16:15 Closing Remarks: Mel Turner, Director General, Informatics Branch