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New York CDAO Executive Summit

November 29, 2023 | etc.venues at 360 Madison Avenue

November 29, 2023
etc.venues at 360 Madison Avenue

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Collaborate with your peers

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

New York CDAO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.

Co-Chairs

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

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your New York CDAO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.

Agenda


Governing Body Welcome Reception Session

Governing Body Welcome Reception

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


Executive Boardroom Sessions

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


Breakout Sessions

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:

  • Developing a foundational data fabric architecture to support LLMs
  • Delivering a competitive business advantage through strategic use cases
  • Deploying governed AI with responsibility

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:

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


Keynote Sessions

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:  

  • Create communication that resonates and simplifies complex information
  • Foster productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop powerful responses to navigate resistance and achieve results

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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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Bailey Brewer

Senior Community Program Manager

402-639-2062

bailey.brewer@evanta.com