A conference program has been published for the Association for Co-operative Operations Research and Development’s (ACORD) first Australia Implementation Forum.

ACORD Chief Enterprise Architect Shane McCullough will give a detailed view of the association’s framework, including the business glossary, capability model, information model, data model and component model.

Allianz Data Architect Steve Tuften and The Hartford Technical Analyst Sandi Perillo will discuss their organisations’ experience implementing association standards. Other sessions will cover the messaging protocol and the ACORD translator.

Other sessions will cover the messaging protocol, the ACORD translator, common services and the business value of ACORD standards.

The forum will be at the Christie Conference Centre in Sydney on November 15 and 16.

ACORD is a US-based global not-for-profit organisation that works with insurers, reinsurers, brokers and other interested parties to create open data standards.