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November 29, 2023 | etc.venues at 360 Madison Avenue
November 29, 2023
etc.venues at 360 Madison Avenue
Get together with New York's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Democratizing data to enable self-service analytics
Refining master data and tracking lineage of metadata
Revising data governance frameworks to incorporate generative AI
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.
Andrew Foster
M&T Bank
Chief Data Officer
Eric Hirschhorn
BNY Mellon
Chief Data Officer
Jodi Morton
KPMG
Global and U.S. Chief Data Officer
John Nicastro
Major League Soccer
Chief Data Officer
Kalyani Sekar
Verizon
Chief Data Officer, SVP, AI & Data
Gaurav Shah
Sanofi
Global Head of Data & Analytics for Consumer Healthcare
Vikram Somaya
PepsiCo Inc
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
JoAnn Stonier
Mastercard
Chief Data Officer
Kendell Timmers
New York Times
SVP, Head of Data and Insights Group
Pawan Verma
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Chief Data Officer
Governing Body Welcome Reception
Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.
Decoding Generative AI— Essential Insights for Your Enterprise
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: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
The Changing Face of the Data Analyst
Due to the evolution and maturity of tools within the data and analytics space, traditional D&A roles are changing. Many data consumers are now able to source their own reports, shifting the focus of and demand for data analysts. How can this role within the D&A function evolve to provide more value to the business?
In this session, join your peers to discuss:
Assessing areas of opportunity to provide value with data
Creating new avenues for analysts to deliver insights
Identifying gaps in business strategy that can be solved with 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: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
Driving Decisions with Trusted Master Data
One of the biggest goals for data and analytics leaders in 2023 is to make data-driven decisions. But to effectively do this, chief data and analytics officers must ensure enterprise master data is clean and trusted throughout the organization. With the proper people, processes and technologies to address Master Data Management, D&A leaders are provided with a single source of truth (or a golden record) to make better, more informed decisions.
Join this session as CDAOs discuss:
Tracking your MDM maturity journey
Identifying successes and/or challenges to your MDM strategy
Implementing a data-centric culture to enhance decision-making
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: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
Building Foundational Trust in Data
To move the business forward with data and analytics, the enterprise must trust data and the insights derived from it. D&A leaders should address trust and demonstrate reliability, not only through data security, but also with leadership buy-in, purpose-driven AI and data sharing.
Join this session to discuss:
Establishing a baseline for data quality to build trust in data
Certifying trust in data sharing and security
Instituting trust within data-driven decision making
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: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
Data Governance — Modernizing Your Framework
Positioning data governance as enablement rather than restrictive is a tactic more data and analytics leaders are taking to gain buy-in. But as the digital enterprise rapidly evolves, governance frameworks must modernize, maturing to address trust, risk and ethics.
Join this session as CDAOs discuss:
Understanding the baseline for effective governance
Identifying common pitfalls or challenges within your policies and teams
Outlining a path to ensure framework scalability
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: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
Launching Data Strategy — A Roadmap for Success
For all modern organizations within the digital age, the goal is to build a data strategy that aligns with the goals of the business and creates value. To execute on this, data and analytics leaders should gain buy-in from key stakeholders and showcase measurable impacts of D&A initiatives on the bottom line.
In this session, join your peers to discuss:
Identifying the key focus areas for your D&A strategy
Showcasing digestible data use cases for leadership buy-in
Scaling digital business and generating 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 CDAOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Bailey Brewer at (402) 639-2062 or bailey.brewer@evanta.com
Accelerating Adoption of Your Data Foundation — a BNY Mellon Masterclass
The race to prove the art of the possible is what lies at the heart of innovation. Within data and analytics, this progress will be stunted without a standard for data quality, a robust system of data management and delivering value for the business. At BNY Mellon, America’s oldest bank, the heads of D&A say it’s all about going back to the basics.
Join this session to learn how to:
Implement an impactful system for data quality
Manage master and metadata with uniformity and consistency
Partner with the business to leave a lasting impact with data and analytics
Championing Diverse Leaders Through Deliberate Sponsorship
The road to the top looks different for everyone; especially for those who must shatter a glass ceiling to get there. As a more diverse talent pool vies for opportunities to lead, how can those who currently hold positions of power remove barriers to entry?
In this interactive session, join your peers to discuss:
Identifying hurdles tied to the promotion/hiring process
Committing to allyship; what works and what doesn’t
Creating and socializing opportunities for elevation
Putting AI to Work
AI adoption has more than doubled since 2017 and its evolution leaped forward in 2023 with advances in large language models. This advancement holds the potential to unlock trillions of dollars in economic value over the next decade. But, implementing AI for business has unique requirements – it needs to be open, properly governed, designed for the enterprise and most importantly, create value.
Explore the age of AI including:
From Theory to Practice — Successful GenAI Implementation
When it comes to GenAI 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:
Words That Work — Using Impactful Language to Deliver Results
Effective communication is a critical component of success for CDAOs. Using "words that matter" when articulating the value of your data and analytics strategy can make all the difference for key stakeholders. In this keynote conversation author, Val Wright offers fresh perspective and techniques to help you elevate the conversation to deliver results.
In this session Val shares how to:
Generating Value from Data and Analytics — Top 10 Tips to Thrive
Whether you have a centralized data ecosystem or rely on multiple, shared sources, the goal for CDAOs is to ensure data is trusted, governed and accessible, so teams can confidently use it to drive the business forward. In this session we’ll cover the Top 10 tips you’ll need to get the most from data-driven insights so your business can thrive.
Join this keynote session to explore:
Building a foundation for trusted insights
Enabling trusted, self-service data for your entire workforce
Segmenting, testing and personalizing data to drive deeper engagement
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