Rick van der Lans is an independent analyst, consultant, author and internationally acclaimed lecturer specializing in data warehousing, business intelligence, and database technology. Rick helps clients worldwide to design their data warehouse, big data and BI architectures.

Pieter den Hamer has 20+ years of experience in the area of big data, analytics and business intelligence, working as consultant, manager and researcher. Currently, he is a strategist at Alliander, focusing his expertise mostly on themes like the smart grid and the energy transition. He is also associated with the Copernicus Institute at Utrecht University.

Mark Madsen, president and founder of Third Nature, is a well-known consultant and industry analyst. Mark is a former CTO and CIO with experience working for both IT and vendors, including a company used as a Harvard Business School case study. He now advises companies worldwide on data strategy, technology and management, and designs and builds analytics systems.

Lex Pierik started working in the ICT industry in 2000 and by extensive field experiences he quickly grew into his current role as a principal BI consultant. He is a seasoned ICT professional with a particular expertise in both the conceptual as well as the technical complexities of BI challenges.

Mr. Krishnan is a recognized expert worldwide in the strategy, architecture and implementation of high performance big data analytics, data warehousing, analytics and business intelligence solutions. He is a visionary data warehouse thought leader, ranked as one of the top 20 data warehouse consultants in the world.

Kishan Shri has a background in Data Warehousing and Business Process Management and is currently advisor Business Intelligence at Erasmus MC.
In this position he is involved in the many uses of BI within the organization.

Jos Kuiper is an experienced Enterprise Architect. He has been working in the financial industry for more than 30 years, in the IT domain since 1990. In april 2016 he joined Volkswagen Pon Financial Services in Amersfoort, the Netherlands.

Jan Henderyckx is trusted advisor, speaker and author who has been active in the field of Information Management and Information Governance and strategy since 1986. He has presented, moderated and taught workshops at many international conferences and User Group meetings worldwide.

James Robertson has been associated with hundreds of projects. From this rich experience he has witnessed time and again that development efforts only succeed when they profoundly understand the problem to be solved, and derive a solution that elegantly delivers the needed functionality and qualities. James is the author of six books, numbers courses, video instruction, and many articles and talks that have provided insights to better business analysis.

Harm van der Lek is an experienced designer. His specialization is modelling, especially in the area of Business Intelligence. From information analysis and modelling to architecture and database design to implementation.