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    • 2025-04-14
    • 2025-06-23
    • 11 sessions
    • Zoom Meeting
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    DAMA Canada's 2025 CDMP Virtual Study Group

    DAMA Calgary is excited to offer a CDMP study group for professionals preparing for the CDMP exam! This 10-week program provides interactive discussions and quizzes designed to cover key concepts from the DMBOK, helping you build the knowledge and confidence needed to succeed.

    In past sessions, 50% of participants took the exam—and everyone passed! Join us to enhance your understanding, connect with peers, and take the next step toward CDMP certification.

    Details

    DatesWeekly, 5:30 - 8:00 MT April 14, 2025 to Jun 23, 2025

    Registration closes: April 20th, 2025

    Format: Weekly sessions, 150 minutes in length, with chapter presentations and quiz questions.

    You need your copy (hardcopy / PDF bundle is recommended) of the DMBoK V2.0 Revised Edition is available for purchase from Technics Publications.

    We recommend giving yourself 2 hours per week to read the chapter, in addition to the 150-minute review/quiz session.

    Don’t delay, register for the study group today!

    You will receive an invitation for a Zoom meeting for all the sessions. You will also receive access to a private folder (Study Group participants only) with the session recordings and presentation decks as they are compiled.

    Getting CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) certification offers several key benefits for data management staff:

    1. Credibility and Recognition
      • Provides independent verification of your expertise to employers and clients
      • Demonstrates commitment to professional standards and best practices
      • Distinguishes you in a competitive job market
    2. Career Advancement
      • Many organizations now list CDMP as preferred or required in job descriptions
      • Can lead to salary increases (typically 5-15% premium for certified professionals)
      • Creates opportunities for leadership roles in data governance initiatives
    3. Comprehensive Knowledge Framework
      • Ensures balanced understanding across all data management domains
      • Fills knowledge gaps in areas outside your current specialization
      • Provides structured approach to complex data management concepts
    4. Practical Application
      • DAMA-DMBOK framework behind the certification offers practical methodologies for common challenges
      • Helps apply consistent approaches to data quality, metadata, and governance issues
      • Improves ability to communicate data concepts to business stakeholders
    5. Networking Opportunities
      • Connects you to a global community of certified professionals
      • Creates mentorship possibilities with senior data management leaders
      • Provides access to implementation experiences across different industries
    6. Organizational Benefits
      • Improves team consistency in applying data management principles
      • Provides common vocabulary and approach for data initiatives
      • Creates internal experts who can guide data governance and quality programs


    Pricing

    $250 for Non-members

    $150 for DAMA Calgary Professional Members, corporate or individual.

    $50 for DAMA Calgary Student/Unemployed Members


    • 2025-05-15
    • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Arcurve 1700 - 308 4th Ave SW, Calgary / Virtual Via Teams

    ABSTRACT

    “The AI Act” aka AIDA (Artificial Intelligence and Data Act) what it means for Data Protection. With Dianna Pieper of Innovus Techne. Dianna read the AIDA so you don't have to.

    Artificial intelligence (AI) systems are poised to have a significant impact on the lives of Canadians and the operations of Canadian businesses. In June 2022, the Government of Canada tabled the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA) as part of Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act, 2022. The AIDA represents an important milestone in implementing the Digital Charter and ensuring that Canadians can trust the digital technologies that they use every day. The design, development, and use of AI systems must be safe, and must respect the values of Canadians.

    The framework proposed in the AIDA is the first step towards a new regulatory system designed to guide AI innovation in a positive direction, and to encourage the responsible adoption of AI technologies by Canadians and Canadian businesses. The Government intends to build on this framework through an open and transparent regulatory development process. Consultations would be organized to gather input from a variety of stakeholders across Canada to ensure that the regulations achieve outcomes aligned with Canadian values.

    PRESENTER

    Dianna Pieper is influential and forward-thinking Executive Leader with a history of success driving transformative change and continuous improvement for corporations across multiple industries. She is calm, challenging the status quo, grounded in fairness, collaborative working style, fosters curiosity and experimentation, diligent in practice, and develops high-performing teams.

    Dianna advocates developing work environments where people can share opinions, disagree, feel safe, and speak up respectfully to embrace change and move the needle towards organizational and individual progress. She supports leadership development through guidance and opportunities to grow skillsets and strengthen weaknesses.

    • 2025-06-03
    • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Improving Calgary Office 2535 3 Ave SE Suite 102, Calgary, AB T2A 7W5
    • 48
    Register

    Please join us on Tuesday June 3rd for a full day workshop on Data Strategy for Data Governance led by Marilu Lopez.
    Just like her
    Workshop at the DGIQ + EDW Conference in California

    Agenda: 

    • 08:30 - 09:00 Networking, coffee, and muffins

    • 09:00 - 12:00 Workshop Part 1

    • 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch (provided) 

    • 13:00 - 16:30 Workshop Part 2

    The workshop is based on Marilu's book "Data Strategies for Data Governance: Creating a Pragmatic, Agile and Communicable Foundation for your Data Management Practice"

    Synopsis

    Many organizations struggle with the absence of a clear and effective Data Strategy. While the need for one is widely acknowledged, it's often viewed as a time-consuming effort—especially when urgent data challenges demand immediate action. This tutorial will show you how to develop a robust Data Strategy in just 9 weeks, using a practical and proven method.

    In today’s data-driven landscape, organizations aspire to be more than just data-informed—they aim to be data-centric and leverage AI to enhance customer experiences and gain predictive insights. Yet, when asked about their Data Strategy, many point to technology-centric documents that focus solely on platform migrations or infrastructure upgrades. This falls far short of what’s truly needed.

    To succeed with data initiatives, organizations need a holistic, integrated, and accessible Data Strategy—one that guides decisions and aligns stakeholders. While CxOs and data leaders recognize the importance of such a strategy, they’re often caught in a cycle of quick fixes, investing in tools without a clear plan. The result? Misaligned efforts and missed opportunities.

    This tutorial introduces the PAC Method—Pragmatic, Agile, and Communicable—as featured in the book Data Strategies for Data Governance. Through a real-world case study, you'll explore a ten-step approach that helps you craft a strategy that is not only effective but also easy to communicate and implement.

    Key Takeaways:

    • A clear understanding of why a strong Data Strategy is essential to the success of data initiatives.

    • A step-by-step guide to creating a Pragmatic, Agile, and Communicable Data Strategy in just 9 weeks.

    • Real examples of Data Strategy Canvases you can adapt to your organization.


    Marilu's Biography

    Marilu is the owner of SEGDA, a firm focused on data management education and assisting organizations in defining their data strategies and implementing their data management operating models. Her recent book, "Data Strategies for Data Governance," outlines a comprehensive and pragmatic approach that involves people from all levels of the organization. She is a founder and former president of the DAMA (Data Management Association) Mexico Chapter, a former DAMA Regional Coordinator for Latin America, and the former chairperson of the DAMA International Presidents' Council. Currently, she serves as the DAMA International VP of Chapter Services. With over 30 years of experience in the financial sector working for one of Mexico's leading banks, she has dedicated more than 15 years to data management practices. Marilu holds a CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) Master from DAMA International and a CIMP (Certified Information Management Professional) in Data Governance, Data Quality, and Information Management from eLearning Curve. Additionally, she is a TOGAF-certified professional, certified by The Open Group.

    Ticket Price 

    250.00 For Members early bird rate before May 2nd

    300.00 For Members regular price

    350.00 For Non-Members early bird rate before May 2nd

    400.00 For Non-Members regular price

    Location

    Improving office

    2535 3 Ave SE Suite 102, Calgary, AB T2A 7W5 



    • 2025-06-19
    • 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
    • Arcurve 1700 - 308 4th Ave SW, Calgary / Virtual Via Teams

    ABSTRACT

    Dear Diary: The Sensor Drama is Hourly

    Across oil & gas operations, thousands of sensors are generating valuable data every second—but capturing it is just the first step. Data historians are critical for storing, organizing, and accessing that information so it can be used to investigate operational anomalies, detect issues early, and make better decisions.

    This session offers a practical introduction to what data historians are, who uses them, and why they matter across roles—from operators and engineers to analysts and leadership. We’ll walk through key use cases, common pitfalls, and best practices for implementation, including tips on how to structure tags, manage context, and build user trust. Whether you’re working with an existing data historian like Canary or PI or considering your first implementation, this talk will help you lay the foundation for making your sensor data work smarter.


    PRESENTER

    Data Historians for fun and profit –Shayne Chidlaw of Chairality Research.

    Shayne Chidlaw is a Professional Geologist with nearly 30 years of experience in Canada’s petroleum exploration industry. Over the course of her career, she’s worked across the full value chain—from drilling, evaluations and acquisitions to investor relations—collaborating with cross-functional teams and learning firsthand what different experts need (and when) to make better decisions.

    In recent years, Shayne has shifted her focus to data analytics and digital transformation, building and leading a team at an operator dedicated to advancing data literacy, integrating workflows, and making technology more accessible across disciplines. Now leveraging those skills at Chirality, a data consultancy, her client-side experience gives her a grounded perspective on how to drive real value from data systems—especially when they’re built with the end user in mind.

    She’s passionate about bringing together technical and non-technical voices to create solutions that are not only innovative, but actually usable—because good ideas don’t scale unless people trust the tools behind them.

Past events

2025-04-17 The Dimensional Data Model is a thing of beauty!
2025-03-20 ERP Modernization and Data Governance
2025-02-27 Data Monetization
2024-12-19 December Social for Calgary
2024-12-19 Managing Information as an Asset
2024-11-21 Using ML for Climate Science, and the importance of Data management
2024-10-17 Data Governance Renaissance - Stories and Real Strategies in Operational Data Quality
2024-09-19 Building the Data Ecosystem to Scale AI
2024-07-25 DAMA Calgary AGM 2024
2024-06-20 Show me your Architecture: Hockey Canada
2024-05-16 Data Self Service for Data Democratization
2024-03-21 Documents, Databases, Knowledge Graphs, LLMs and Their Common Roots in Natural Language
2024-02-21 CDMP Study Group Winter/Spring 2024
2024-02-15 Your Data is Exposed - 5 Cloud Application Security Risks
2024-01-18 Strategic Digital Transformation: Empowering your Cloud Journey through Data Intelligence
2023-12-14 Wind Energy Digitalization, Opportunities and Challenges for Optimization and Operational Excellence
2023-11-16 My Journey of Digital Transformation as a Non-Data Scientist/Business User
2023-11-04 DAMA Days Canada - Calgary CDMP Exam
2023-11-02 DAMA Days Canada - Calgary
2023-11-02 DAMA Days Canada - Regina
2023-10-19 Good Data, Bad Information
2023-09-21 What is Data Centricity and Why moving to Data Centric Architecture will save your Business
2023-07-20 Semantic journeys: The present status and future vision of the Fortune 500
2023-06-22 A Data Management Endeavor
2023-05-18 What makes a good standard?
2023-04-20 AMA - Ask Me Anything
2023-03-16 How to Build An Analytics Team: The SaskEnergy Analytics Story
2023-02-16 Demystifying Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas
2023-02-15 CDMP Study Group Winter/Spring 2023
2023-01-19 Azure Data Lake and Warehouse Architecture
2022-12-15 Calgary December Social
2022-12-15 Regina December Social
2022-12-15 Digital Twin; The Biggest Data Management-Driven Digital Transformation Opportunity in Oil and Gas Today?
2022-11-17 Evolution of Data Delivery
2022-10-20 DAMA Days Canada 2022
2022-09-15 Innovation Journey at SaskPower
2022-07-21 Deliver an Enterprise-Class Reporting Platform
2022-06-23 AMA - Ask Me Anything
2022-05-19 “Data Strategy” with Dr. Peter Aiken
2022-04-28 Data and Movement Informatics for "Cooperative Truck Platooning Systems" - A Trial
2022-03-17 The National Information Exchange Model
2022-02-23 CDMP Study Group Winter/Spring 2022
2022-02-17 AI Ethics & Data Dilemmas
2022-01-20 Data Literacy - What it is and why we need it
2021-12-16 DAMA Calgary Virtual Christmas Gathering (Sask.)
2021-12-16 DAMA Calgary Christmas Gathering
2021-11-18 Bringing Unstructured Data to the Data Party
2021-10-21 How to Use a Faceted Business Glossary Graph to Improve Intranet Search
2021-10-13 CDMP Study Group 2021
2021-09-16 AI Governance – An Implementation Use Case
2021-08-19 Blockchain for the DBA & Data Professional
2021-07-15 Telling your data Story with Scott Taylor
2021-07-15 Annual General Meeting
2021-06-17 Considering the Cloud with Simon Pane
2021-05-20 DAMA Edmonton presents - Insurance Fraud with Joseph Paul, Peace Hills Insurance
2021-04-15 Data Strategy with Samir Sharma
2021-03-25 Data Security - assuring protection for your data sources & data flows from internal and external actors.


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