Chicago CDAO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

AI has taken an exponential leap forward over the past two years, generating equal amount of excitement and concern from corporate offices to dining room tables. As organizations work to incorporate these transformational capabilities, many struggle with core questions and constraints: How can we trust the results? Does the existing data governance program align to the new capabilities of the technology? Can our organizations effectively scale at the same pace as the Open-Source community releasing new features into the market?

 Join this keynote to hear:  

• How best-of-breed organizations are adapting to the ever-changing technology AI landscape
• How to assess your data governance program with an AI lens
• Practical recommendations on how to scale these capabilities within your enterprise

With new, innovative capabilities like generative AI, it's incumbent upon chief data and analytics officers to be agile in implementing and championing these tools. But with this quick adaptation, inevitably comes stress on traditional D&A practices, processes and systems.

Join this Gartner-facilitated workshop to:

• Clarify the most effective strategies for supporting innovation
• Strategize on the creation of more adaptable and responsive operating models
• Share ways to propel the business forward

When it comes to Gen AI implementation and application, some CDAOs are in active implementation mode while others are still exploring the theoretical space. What successful approaches are companies using to incorporate GenAI into their data strategy, no matter where they are on the journey? 

Join this deep dive with case studies to examine: 

• Approaches to data governance 
• Embedding a culture of change acceptance
• Best practices with juggling competing priorities

When the gates to organizational data are open to all, innovation and business outcomes accelerate across the enterprise as actionable insights are delivered directly to your front-line workers. However, with this vast access comes great responsibility. As companies expand self-service data, how can they ensure that data privileges and data literacy increase at the same rate to ensure success while mitigating risks?

Join this boardroom as CDAOs discuss:

• Evolving from a siloed to democratized data model
• Determining data privileges for data owners and users across the enterprise
• Challenging your workforce to become data literate and embrace self-service data

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 CDAOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Andreina Pelaez, Community Program Manager | andreina.pelaez@evanta.com

With all the recent hype, it's hard to sift through the noise surrounding Generative AI. But how can your team move beyond the lab and build real and safe GenAI applications at enterprise scale? Discover the key differentiators and relevant nuances this new technology brings to your business and how it can propel your organization forward.

Join this interactive roundtable as CDAOs discuss:

• How to effectively implement Generative AI
• Ways to use this technology to drive ROI
• Roadblocks in GenAI implementation and ways to overcome them to gain a competitive edge

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 CDAOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Andreina Pelaez, Community Program Manager | andreina.pelaez@evanta.com

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

What's your community's top priority? What do your C-Level peers consider the largest hurdle to accomplishing their goals? What percentage of your peers are experiencing the same struggles as you? In this fun, highly interactive, game-show-style session, we'll put your knowledge to the test and provide insight into your community.

Head on over to:

• Compete in a data-driven, community-specific, gamified quiz
• Learn more about the struggles and opportunities reported by members of your community
• Share and expand on these reported goals and challenges

For an organization's data function to be successful, the business must first align on a data governance program. CDAOs should establish the proper teams and tooling and gain crucial leadership buy-in. This conversation will serve as a guide for data leaders, shedding light on the strategic adoption of a data intelligence platform as a catalyst for data-driven innovation and organizational success. 

Join this session to explore how to: 

• Create a roadmap for launching data governance
• Steward third party data and compliance 
• Adopt a governance framework that supports GenAI

Like it or not, every organization needs a generative AI strategy whether to take advantage of its capabilities, or to allay stakeholder enthusiasm and FOMO. But how do you identify and operationalize the most promising GenAI use cases and build the capabilities necessary to spark a virtuous cycle of impact and adoption?

Join this roundtable session to discuss:

• Identifying “low-hanging” GenAI use cases
• Operationalizing fine-tuned LLMs responsibly and cost effectively
• Upskilling the workforce and leadership on GenAI

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 CDAOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Andreina Pelaez, Community Program Manager | andreina.pelaez@evanta.com

As AI and machine learning models work endlessly to pull enterprise data, it is vital to have a knowledge base to integrate numerous datasets and show the relationship between different data points. For D&A leaders, understanding and designing their semantic architecture is one of the most fundamental aspects for making sure graph intelligence does not become stale or irrelevant.

Join this session as CDAO’s discuss:

• Ensure data is clean, secure and trustworthy
• Streamline data access and discovery to improve analytics insights
• Empower self-service across the enterprise

IT and business executives talk about information as one of their most important assets, but few behave as if it is. Executives report to the board on the health of the workforce, financials, customers and partnerships, but rarely the health of information assets.

Grab a chair as Infonomics author Doug Laney shares how organizations can treat their data as an enterprise asset by:

• Strategically monetizing insights, including real-world examples
• Measuring the potential and realized value of data
• Applying classic microeconomic concepts to D&A

Join us for an informal networking break exclusively for women in CDAO leadership and their allies. Connect and build relationships with like-minded leaders in Chicago who are making an impact in their organizations and communities. Come prepared to share ideas, inspire and be inspired and forge new connections that can help empower each other to achieve your goals and broaden your perspectives.

This session is aimed at, but not limited to women who are leading the D&A function at their organizations (CDAO or equivalent).