Presentation delivered by Christian Walenta, IAIDQ President, at IDQ2008

1. President's Address

2. Problems are Opportunities travelling in disguise Chinese proverb

3. Organizations can no longer afford to 'play' at information quality. Pressure Is Up Economy is down We are leaders in a serious discipline with immense potential for significant positive impact.

4. “ Moody's is moving to re-examine the accuracy of all its computer models and place them under a centralised monitoring system after it formally acknowledged that a glitch had appeared in one such mathematical model used to rate complex products .” Financial Times, July 3 rd 2008.

5. “ Moody's is moving to fix a problem with the quality of information used by banks to assess credit risk in complex products and improve the governance and control of their information assets after they owned up to a problem”. Information Quality Translation

6. . .. In case of sudden fiscal decompression, oxygen masks will be available for $700 billion +..

7. Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Thomas Alva Edison

8. “ Can we fix it? Yes we can!”

9. By building on the knowledge, experience and learning of our community and profession we can create a better future

10. If I see further than you it is because I stand on the shoulders of giants Issac Newton

11. By grounding our efforts on sound approaches that have demonstrated success, we can create successful outcomes. Embracing continous improvement in our thinking adds rocks to the stack, building our professional skills

12. There are clear first steps to take to a brighter future Sell value of good IQ as well as downside of bad Work to educate leadership on value Develop our Profession Build our community Learn from each other

13. Help us to help you by contributing to the development of the Association Strategic workteams rolling out from today – an excellent chance to help