Chicago CDAO Executive Summit

Pressure to excel in people analytics is growing more intense—yet organizations still struggle to find measurable returns from Big Data. Evan Sinar recently led a global research study with more than 25,000 leaders and 2,500 HR professionals that reinforces how leading with data-driven decisions can result in stronger strategies and higher returns. How can leaders own and maximize the value of people analytics, and prepare for the age of AI, in today’s data-rich business context?

In this keynote, you’ll explore:

• Success, trends, and impact of people analytics practices
• Cultural traits of a data-driven enterprise and what skills leaders need to prepare for AI
• How CDOs can work with CHROs to drive high-impact talent decisions

With the evolution of today’s information economy and advance of big data and analytics technologies, organizations are spending enormous amounts of resources to generate, collect, store, and manage their growing data assets. Despite this effort and investment, many organizations still struggle to achieve tangible business value from their untapped data investments.  To remain competitive, organizations must identify opportunities to monetize their data – driving real value for their customers, partners and internal stakeholders.

In this keynote presentation you’ll discover:

• How to define data monetization for both internal and external uses
• First hand experiences for monetizing data and obtaining business value
• Communicating your mission to internal stakeholders and partners

In the last 10 years, more than 90% of the world’s data was created.  This session will give technology and data leaders a practical approach to getting started on or continuing your data journey even when you feel like the headwinds are blowing strong against you.  

In this session you’ll discover:

• How to move forward with a data strategy, among so many other priorities
• Business communication tactics to get leadership to listen
• Talent and technology best practices to encourage data monetization and advanced analytics

Warning: Your data is not all neatly defined, structured, organized and secured in your datacenter. Determining or defining the data that matters most for a business to thrive. Hear from a CISO as they disclose how security and data leaders can collaborate effectively. 

In this session, you'll discuss:

• Find out best practices in where data should be stored
• How to communicate data governance to the wider team and define data uses and risks
• Discuss how to be compliant and ensure data security

The data leader is often the key to create profit, as they guide companies through innovation to achieve value for customers and drive digital transformation. The role of the data leader has become as much a cultural battle as it is a technical one. In this session, discuss the best communication strategies of how you can be that force for change.

In this boardroom you'll discuss:

• How data teams are participating in digital transformation and the possible talent gap?
• Strategies to position your team to drive data literacy and digital transformation
• Communication strategies to use and integrate the data team into future digital projects 

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Joseph Nattress at 971-222-2379 or Joe.Nattress@evanta.com.

In a world of fragmentation, consumers are harder to reach than ever. Yet, data capture and personalization are stagnating for many brands, despite new opportunities for breakthroughs. Advances in data collection, AI and cross-channel personalization make it possible to engage shoppers at scale based on their Buyer DNA.  Hear from Catalina’s Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Head of Digital Product Management and Innovation, and Chief Marketing Officer on how their company optimizes data from 650 million shopper IDs to drive sales and loyalty.

In this keynote you will discover:

• The most valuable data to collect across digital touchpoints
• Reaching shoppers at the right time and place across channels
• Using AI and machine learning to process Big Data on the Cloud at scale

Gartner and others have said it; Data Literacy, or the lack thereof, is one of the biggest inhibitors to success in analytic projects, according to CDOs. Too often there is analysis paralysis, and a growing gap between the data that comes out of the exhaust, and our ability to consume it. It prompts the question we should have never had to ask; are organizations getting any better at all in making data driven decisions?

In this keynote you'll learn:

• How corporate data literacy has a direct correlation with enterprise value and performance
• How the data gap can be closed, from an individual, organizational and societal perspective
• How the CDO can be the key enabler

Making AI Real: Operational Strategies for Artificial Intelligence

Organizations' ambition to employ artificial intelligence (AI) is reaching critical mass, as many businesses identify it to be in their short- or middle-term plans, but still see themselves as unready to implement it. Learn from examples in fraud detection, precision medicine and supply chain optimization.

In this session, you’ll discover solutions to:

• The challenges of ingesting data in real-time
• The rear-view mirror effect of latency between real-time business data and ML models
• The talent challenges of enabling IT to leverage scale out architectures

Successfully implementing governance requires both leadership and execution. Great data leaders understand that executing governance programs requires process, discipline and creativity.

Key takeaways from this peer led session include:

• How data leaders can monetize their data and mitigate risks
• How data leaders can design or adjust their governance and master data management (MDM)
• How data leaders can determine the effectiveness of their data and analytics governance

To unleash the power of predictive analytics, organizations must understand the objectives, techniques and the limits of these models. Specific data strategies are needed and the whole company must collaborate.

In this boardroom you'll discuss:

• Where leading organizations are using predictive analytics to achieve better bottom-line
• How to set business goals and understand which specific predictions are going to help
• Why an organizational plan — not just a technical plan — for execution on insights is crucial

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Joseph Nattress at 971-222-2379 or Joe.Nattress@evanta.com.