Humphrey Strategic Communications

Humphrey Strategic Communications is the proud founder and sponsor of the Pacific Northwest BI Summit, an annual weekend retreat that assembles the top industry thought leaders in the business intelligence and data warehousing industries in an informal setting to discuss the latest trends.

The BI Summit is headlined by four of the world’s leading experts — Dr. Claudia Imhoff, president of Intelligent Solutions, Colin White, president of BI Research, William McKnight, McKnight Consulting Group, and Jill Dyche, partner with Baseline Consulting.

Moderating the weekend’s discussions are editors of the BeyeNETWORK. A small, diverse group of vendors fill out the attendee list, taking advantage of the rare opportunity to mingle with these true industry experts and influencers in an intimate, relaxed setting. Scott Humphrey, president of Humphrey Strategic Communications, acts as host for the event.

Pacific Northwest BI Summit Panel of Experts Podcast Presentations

• Claudia Imhoff
Understanding the Information

• Colin White
Making Technology More Usable and Information More Consumable

• William McKnight
Information and the Recession

• Jill Dyché
The Changing Face of Data Stewardship.

meeting The Pacific Northwest BI Summit is held at the historic Weasku Inn located in Grants Pass, Oregon.

The agenda for the panel discussions are prepared with the assistance of the BI Summit’s distinguished experts. We cover the hot issues of today, as well as take a look into the crystal ball to see where trends might be headed. The intimate nature of the BI Summit means that vendors are able to air their own key issues and ask the experts to help resolve their most pressing challenges, often in a one-on-one setting.

Listen to Shawn Rogers of the BeyeNETWORK interview Scott Humphrey at the Pacific Northwest BI Summit

— Next Get Together —

July 29-Aug 2, 2010

“The conversations around the formal presentations as well as during our informal gatherings are some of the best I have all year long.”

— Claudia Imhoff, Intelligent Solutions

“I gain a tremendous amount of insight from the analyst and vendor communities and the tremendous interchange of ideas and thought.”

— Ron Powell, BeyeNETWORK

“This has been a tremendous event for collaboration, knowledge sharing and forging relationships.”

— William McKnight, McKnight Consulting Group

“Different from any other conference we attend during the year. Not a group of analysts and vendors, but simply a lot of Scott’s friends. It shows throughout the conference.”

— Michael Whitehead, WhereScape

“This event should be renamed the ‘BI Think Tank. Scott knows the industry and brings together the right people in the right setting. The level of discussions we are having here truly have the opportunity to make changes in the BI industry.”

— John Santaferraro, HP

“This event is a testament to Scott’s knowledge of the industry and his relationships with the leading minds in the BI space that makes this possible.”

— Dan Soceanu, DataFlux

“This is my 6th year at the Pacific Northwest BI Summit. I hope to be here year after year with this same crowd of flat smart people.”

— Jill Dyche, Baseline Consulting

“Scott Humphrey is a great relationship broker. He brings together the brightest minds and the greatest folks. The conversations out on the deck, under the trees or watching the river go by are great for rejuvenating the mind.”

— Scott Davis, Lyzasoft

“Every year I come here I learn more with wonderful company and wonderful people who have the most agreeable disagreements — and it’s all thanks to Scott Humphrey, who does tremendous job of organizing the Summit. No one else could do it.”

— Donald Farmer, Microsoft

“The Pacific Northwest BI Summit brings together BI vendors, analysts and the media in the most unique, networking-centric manner of any event I attend. I would highly recommend it to anyone who is fortunate enough to be invited to attend.”

— Shawn Rogers, BeyeNETWORK

Listen to what attendees say about the summit:

Jet Boat Madness

Take a wild ride during downtime at the BI Summit. Video courtesy of David Imhoff, photos courtesy of Jessica Imhoff.