Dallas CDAO Executive Summit

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

A successful D&A strategy is built from a framework crafted in service of long-term business goals. When done right, it has the potential to rapidly transform both internal and external stakeholders experiences. But what is the right strategy?

Join this session as CDAO’s discuss:

• Identifying metrics to evaluate D&A initiatives
• Aligning business and technology to a common goal
• Learning from use cases to accelerate scaling enterprise strategy

AI adoption is increasingly used to beat the competition, release innovative products and services, better meet customer expectations, and drive revenue growth. However, AI is not straightforward. With disruptors like generative AI, novel use cases to serve customers, and emerging regulations, effective governance is a challenge needing to be solved. Stakeholders, customers, and government entities are demanding responsible and explainable AI.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Operationalize AI with confidence in your organization
• Better manage AI risk to avoid brand degradation
• Scale while complying with the growing AI regulations

Gartner reports 80% of organizations seeking to scale digital business will fail without a modern approach to governance. As data and analytics leaders seek to mature their frameworks, they must not only address technical challenges but also issues of trust, risk and ethics. Learn from your peers about what has and hasn't worked and leave with a framework to help guide the assessment of your program's maturity. 

Join this session to explore: 

• Analyzing current governance trends with your peers 
• Reshaping and deriving value from data 
• Outlining a path to ensure scalability of your governance framework

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: 

Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

Modern businesses understand the power of big data, but they also understand that it can be even more powerful when merged with intelligent automation. Data and analytics leaders are challenged to improve productivity and profitability by finding valuable insights buried within their organization's database. Machine learning automates the data analysis workflow to provide faster, deeper and more comprehensive insights.

Join this peer roundtable to discuss:

• Deploying ML effectively across the enterprise
• Aligning disparate data sources and eliminating duplicates
• Uncovering insights to generate new revenue streams

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: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

According to Gartner research, by 2024 75% of organizations will have deployed AI in some form for a variety of use cases. For data and analytics leaders, having a solid understanding of AI technologies is critical to stay ahead of the curve and remain competitive in their industries.

Join Seemit Sheth, as he shares ways to work with AI to:

• Drive innovation across different industries
• Leverage AI to transform the role of the CDAO
• Address AI’s ethical, privacy, and security challenges proactively

Leveraging AI and machine-learning algorithms to generate insights from vast amounts of data can be a powerful way to automate and optimize complex tasks, assist front-line decision-making, and ultimately improve business outcomes. However, successful implementation of machine learning capabilities requires careful planning, specialized skills, and ongoing evaluation and refinements. To fully realize the benefits of AI-based transformation, organizations must invest in quality data, advanced analytics tools, and a culture of collaboration.

Join this session as CDAO’s discuss ways to:

• Identifying business use cases ripe for AI-based experimentation
• Investing in data readiness, integration, and data management tools to ensure high quality data
• Fostering a culture of collaboration to drive your transformation goals

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 CDOs 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 CDOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

Organizations are under constant pressure to speed up and improve decision making, which is growing more complex. Utilizing machine learning to learn from use cases optimizes operations and gives organizations a competitive advantage. With the help of predictive analytics tools and models, organizations can use past and current data to reliably forecast trends and make accurate future predictions.

Join this round table discussion as CDAOs discuss:

• Aligning your predictive analytics strategy with business objectives
• Ensuring data is clean, secure and accessible
• Delivering self-service capabilities for enterprise collaboration

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: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@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.

CDAOs play a critical role in enabling data-driven decision making within the organization. But to effectively communicate the value of data and secure the resources necessary to drive key initiatives, CDAO's must hone their executive pitch. Join this interactive session to improve your executive pitch for the next time you’re in the hot seat.

In this session, CDAOs will work together in groups to:

• Create and present executive pitch aligned to key business objectives
• Share strategies to refine their messaging for a more engaging and persuasive pitch
• Receive real-time feedback from your peers

Data democratization enables employees at all levels of an organization to make data-driven decisions that improve business outcomes. However, achieving this goal requires overcoming technical debt, legacy technology, and employee adoption challenges. By prioritizing execution and investing in talent development and new technologies, organizations can build a data-driven culture that drives growth and innovation.

Join this roundtable discussion as CDAOs discuss:

• Overcoming data democratization challenges: technical debt, legacy tech, and adoption
• Building a data-driven culture for better ownership and outcomes
• Developing talent and investing in tech for unlocking business potential

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: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

In today's data-driven world, the role of the Chief Data and Analytics Officer (CDAO) is essential in driving innovation and growth. To succeed in this role, the CDAO must possess a unique skill set that includes technical and business acumen, effective communication skills, and the ability to build strong partnerships and retain top data talent. By doing so, the CDAO can become a key driver of data-driven strategies and ensure compliance with evolving regulations and ethical standards.

Join this roundtable discussion as CDAOs discuss:

• Strategic thinking to identify and prioritize opportunities for data-driven innovation
• Agility to adapt to changing business needs and emerging technologies
• Ethical and regulatory understanding to ensure data privacy and compliance

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: Christopher Cresci at christopher.cresci@evanta.com

Measuring data and analytics initiatives is critical for data and analytics leaders to understand the effectiveness and impact of their strategies as well as earning trust with leadership and peers. By setting clear metrics, KPIs, and mechanisms organizations can track the progress of their initiatives and identify areas for improvement.

Join Monish as he discusses best practices to:

• Align and demonstrate ROI on initiatives to stakeholders
• Leverage power of anecdotes
• Identify new opportunities to meet changing market demands