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Data Quality in Korea

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Seoul, where I, and fellow B-Eye-Network expert Bill Inmon had been invited to present tutorials at the 2005 Korea Database Grand Conference. Although this was the third year in a row being invited to present as a guest speaker at this conference, this was the first year I was able to attend. My original speaking proposal was about data profiling, but apparently the conference organizers, the Korea Database Promotion Center (if you can read Korean), expressed an interest in my presenting a high-level tutorial on building a data quality program. I also prepared a case study on developing a data standards program.

It is very encouraging to see a large number of attendees at the conference, and especially so to see how many people had an interest in learning more about data quality. Despite the communications gap, the simultaneous translation between English and Korean (and back again) worked well, and the questions asked were quite good ones.

Another interesting things was the fact that a number of the sponsoring vendors focused on data quality and business intelligence solutions, and many had a desire to learn more about penetrating the US markets for products and services.

Overall, I give the conference organizers high marks for putting together a top-notch program!

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