There's more to PARTNERS than sessions—where to eat, what's happening each day, how to get around, and who you'll network with. These links should help you figure out what to expect while you're in Seattle this September.
PARTNERS Information Centers
Transportation
PARTNERS Daily News
Recommended Dress
Breakfast and Lunch
New! PARTNERS 2003 Conference Orientation
PARTNERS Post-Conference 2003 Presentations
New! Special Interest Groups
Seattle, Washington
PARTNERS Information Centers
The PARTNERS Information Centers are the right places to obtain details regarding the latest conference information. Conveniently located across the hall from the Conference Registration Area, you can:
Stay in touch with other attendees with the PARTNERS email system.
Check out the daily conference agenda to find out more about speakers and session
contents.
Look up your colleagues at this year's PARTNERS Conference.
Discover more about upcoming evening events, the previous night's highlights, the latest conference updates, and other hot news:
Check out the special events planned for your evening's enjoyment.
Apply to any of the four PARTNERS Customer Committees: the Steering Committee, the
Product Advisory Council, the Analytical Applications Product Advisory Council, or the Service
Focus Team.
Find out who the daily winners are for all drawings, raffles, tournaments, etc.
Subscribe to Teradata Magazine, the Data Warehouse Report, or the Relationship
Management Report.
Find out which exhibitors are participating and view the list of exhibiting companies and
products.
Check out the Vendor Forums schedule.
Transportation
No need to rent a car. There are shuttles that run between the conference hotels on a regular basis, and the conference is conveniently located downtown in the heart of Seattle's shopping district, where public transportation and taxis are cheap and plentiful.
Teradata Times, the PARTNERS Daily Newspaper
Be a part of history in the making, find out more about colleagues, get a recap of the day and of the evening's special events, and have fun looking for yourself and your friends in the ever-popular Teradata Times, your daily news update. Created on-site to capture the latest conference news, you will find it difficult to get your day started without the Times.
Recommended Dress
Don't bother with a suit and tie unless that's your style. The PARTNERS Conference and Expo is totally business casual. We just ask that you save the jeans for your free night. Remember that meeting rooms can be chilly because of the air conditioning, so it's probably a good idea to bring a light sweater.
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Breakfast and Lunch
Continental breakfast will be served Monday through Thursday. Lunch is provided Monday through Wednesday. The cost of breakfast and lunch, as well as food for the conference-scheduled evening events, is included with your full conference registration fee.
New! PARTNERS 2003 Conference Orientation
Start your PARTNERS 2003 Conference off in the fast lane! Come and join members of the PARTNERS Steering Committee for this orientation session on Sunday, September 21, 12:30pm-1:30pm, Rooms 606 and 607, as they guide you through the content and logistics of the conference. This will be your chance to ask questions before the conference shifts into high gear.
Find out what will be happening at the conference.
Understand what is relevant to you.
Learn about how to get around at the conference.
Maximize your time for the week.
Avoid missing key events and sessions.
This orientation session is meant for all first-time attendees plus those who have been to PARTNERS before but want to "accelerate" their way through the conference. Don't miss it!
PARTNERS Post-Conference 2003 Presentations
Copies of most of the presentations from the 2003 PARTNERS Conference will be posted on the Teradata PARTNERS User Group website (www.teradata-partners.com) after the conference. These presentations will be accessible to attendees who have paid full conference registration fees.
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New! Special Interest Groups
This year PARTNERS is introducing a new forum for attendees to foster and encourage interactive dialogue: Special Interest Groups (SIGs). SIGs will be open to all participants on a first-come, first-served basis. These groups will provide an opportunity to hold practical discussions on topics with other users and learn firsthand from the experts—each other. Topics have been selected by popular demand from Teradata customers.
Technical
Backup, Archive, and Restore (BAR)
(Rooms 605 and 610)
Stored Procedures
(Rooms 613 and 614)
Teradata Warehouse Miner
(Rooms 611 and 612)
Upgrade to Teradata Database V2R5
(Rooms 608 and 609)
Workload Management, including Teradata Priority Scheduler and Teradata Dynamic Query Manager
(Rooms 606 and 607)
Business
CRM: Prospecting Campaigns
(Rooms 618, 619, and 620)
Meeting the Needs of Finance with Data Warehousing
(Rooms 602, 603, and 604)
Using Customer Behavior-Based Profitability Metrics
(Rooms 615, 616, and 617)
Look for more information in the Registration area.
Seattle, Washington
The 2003 Teradata PARTNERS User Group Conference and Expo takes place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington—the Emerald City. Set in the heart of downtown Seattle, this premier conference facility is a sparkling centerpiece mere steps from the city's finest hotels and restaurants. Located 20 minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Convention Center offers covered on-site parking, as well as on-site business support services, shops, and eateries. The building is no cookie-cutter structure, either; it's ingeniously built over the I-5 freeway, with a spiral of gardens, a galleria with rotating art displays, and a new arch over Pike Street leading to more exhibit space and meeting rooms.
During your stay, take advantage of Seattle's many cultural, outdoor, and sports attractions:
Stroll through the Pike Place Market, the nation's oldest continually working farmer's market
(since 1907), for local produce, fresh flowers, cheese, crafts, and more
Dine at one of the city's many eclectic restaurants, where cuisine is influenced by a number of
cultures—particularly those of the Pacific Rim
Don't miss the city's iconic Space Needle, a rotating 607-foot tower built in 1962 for the
Seattle World's Fair
Get your art fix at one of Seattle's 190 galleries and 14 museums
If shopping is your thing, Seattle is the world center for contemporary glass
A short drive away are some of the most scenic parks around: Mt. Rainier National Park,
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, North Cascades National Park, Olympic
National Park and Rainforest, and Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
Seattle is the only city in the Northwest with major league teams in all three primary sports:
baseball, basketball, and football. Take in a Mariners baseball game at Safeco Field or watch
the Seahawks play football at their new stadium
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