Executive Summit

Opportunities for new commercial applications of big data analytics are growing exponentially. Meanwhile, businesses are facing increasingly complex challenges in making these innovations readily accessible to managers, employees and customers. A design-driven, human-centered, approach to data visualization tools can effectively help closing the divide between numbers and reality. Turn data assets into measurable value, both inside and outside of the C-suite, by making data finally speak to the business.

In this keynote you’ll hear about:

• A new approach to working with information, a work philosophy Giorgia calls Data Humanism
• How to use the tools to rethink the way we interact with data
• The tools and experiences that can reconnect to ideas, experiences and people

The intelligent enterprise is the ultimate data-driven organization. It harnesses traditionally counteractive forces – agility and governance, convenience and security, ease of use and enterprise functionality – to go beyond business intelligence and deliver transformative insights to every user, constituent and partner. Today, every forward leaning company is racing to become an intelligent enterprise. Why? Because organizations that build this intelligent edge over competitors will be the dominant force of tomorrow.

In this keynote, you’ll hear:

• How to map out your organization into an intelligent enterprise
• Best practices to build Data Analytics throughout the organization
• Ecosystem solutions to help manage data securely but remain agile

Data executives face dual challenges in scaling their teams while creating a data-driven culture that supports investments in data infrastructure, training and tool deployment. This interactive session, allows peers to compare initiatives and baseline their teams against their peers and a framework established by the General Assembly Data Science Standards Board.

Interact with your peers and discover:

• Obstacles to attracting data leaders and how to develop them
• Insights on making an effective data culture
• Best practices for engaging participants in culture change

As we continue to shift into a data-driven digital society, it’s crucial to ensure a cohesive strategy between the chief data officer and chief digital officer.

In this session you’ll learn:

• The inter-dependencies, ambiguities, and complications between data and digital
• A cohesive strategy to enhance enterprise operations and improve your bottom line
• Communication best practices to use as a data leader

Data and analytics can fuel digital transformation and the CDO is the natural leader to drive this change. Benefit from this interactive session as discussion leaders provide true examples of how to drive change.

In this boardroom, you’ll discuss:

• How Chief Data Officers should participate in digital transformation
• Strategies to position data and analytics principles as key components of success
• Tactics to persuade others in the organization for future projects using 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: Jared Bral at 971 271 6881 or jared.bral@evanta.com.

Many organizations become obsessed with AI capabilities but fail to determine the most strategic value drivers. The challenge to integrate AI into an organization is a substantial undertaking for many organizations and true case studies are hard to come by until now...

In this boardroom, you will:

• Discover the latest updates and a real life AI use case 
• Find out best practices in selection and appointment of an AI tech platform
• Learn how to measure ROI and strategies to scale AI 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: Jared Bral at 971 271 6881 or jared.bral@evanta.com.

The complexity of programmatic advertising, hinders the Publishers to get optimal dollars paid by the Advertiser. The key takeaway of this case study is how PCH, used AI on Billions of transactions of Impression level data to improve profits.

In this session you will discover:

• Details on the challenges of using Log level data
• Best practices in the infrastructure required
• Strategies to use certain AI algorithms that can be the game changers

Fannie Mae is on the forefront of making enterprise self-service a reality. As the data analytics space continues to explode, forcing further fragmentation of environments, most companies still struggle to make their data lake something that is adopted and consumable by enterprise users.

In this session you'll hear how Fannie Mae is:

• Migrating a platinum data layer into the hybrid cloud, starting with analytics
• Employing an active analytics catalog vs. a static data catalog
• Building an approach to self-service that incorporates consistency & a new concept of governance
• Leaning into existing behaviors and tools, passive optimization vs. ad hoc IT projects

Data governance is a mission critical aspect of the CDO role. As rivers of data flow through an organization, it is imperative that the data management system support the business objectives and avoid preventable costs. This session includes several key facets for leaders to consider when leveraging their investments in data management platforms.

In this boardroom you’ll discuss:

• Whether you should invest for conformance and competitiveness
• The costs associated in audits and change management
• The price of non conformance

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: Jared Bral at 971 271 6881 or jared.bral@evanta.com.

The leaders of data in an organization often have a multi-purpose function within any business and, while the role will differ depending on the circumstances of the business needs. We’ll discuss how the role has changed over the last several years, and how the realities of the position may differ from the expectations set forth. In addition, the session will work through the themes of the day and how these key questions will change the CDOs role in 2019 and beyond.

In this keynote session you’ll discover:

• Communication strategies from the data team to the executive boardroom
• Strategies to manage data responsibly in the era of the data economy
• The future of the data executive: embracing waves of change for a successful roadmap