Executive Summit

Organizations are transforming their data ecosystem to support agility, innovation, and future growth. This interview-style session explores the realities of transformation, from overcoming roadblocks to celebrating milestones.

Join this session to hear:

• Where organizations stand on their modernization journey
• Common pitfalls and challenges faced along the way
• Key wins and practical strategies for successful transformation

Over the past year, Baltimore has rebuilt its data and analytics foundation to drive meaningful change across city operations. By adopting cloud infrastructure and user-friendly data tools, the city empowered teams to solve problems and track progress, transforming services and setting a new public sector standards.

 In this interactive session you will learn how to:

• Modernize data architecture to support analytics and AI readiness
• Develop data products that empower decision makers at all levels
• Drive operational improvement and accountability through data-driven practices

CDAOs play a pivotal role in expanding digital fluency programs to include data literacy, AI literacy and the cultural mindset shifts needed to thrive in a digital-first world. Industry standouts are coming together to share how they're inspiring culture-based approaches to empowering the workforce.

Join in the interactive discussion to explore:

• Setting effective data literacy guardrails to ensure data governance
• Inspiring an impactful shift in embracing data culture
• Elevating data literacy approaches to propel innovation

Can you see the true potential of your unstructured data in the era of AI? Before organizations can fully realize the promise of AI and analytics, they must first tackle the foundational challenge of data quality.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Identifying non-structural data within your organization
• Maintaining ongoing data integrity
• Creating new opportunities for AI and analytics

Driving lasting business outcomes from D&A initiatives takes more than a great strategy—it requires focused stakeholder engagement, adaptive program management, and a relentless commitment to change.

Join this session to discuss:

• Mapping and prioritizing the stakeholders who matter most for D&A success
• Building an always-on change plan to drive adoption and minimize fatigue
• Demonstrating and communicating measurable business impact at every stage

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

Unlocking the full potential of enterprise data requires more than just breaking down siloes—it demands a strategic, scalable approach to MDM and metadata that evolves alongside business needs.

Join this session to explore:

• Accelerating value with MDM, governance, and best practices
• Engaging the business to secure buy-in and funding
• Leveraging trusted data for better insights and lasting value

Open Data Infrastructure is essential for organizations in the AI era, helping leaders scale analytics and AI while maintaining control. CDAOs must balance innovation, flexibility and cost as data platforms expand.
Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Designing interoperable architectures to avoid lock-in
• Applying openness to semantics, metadata and governance
• Enabling AI and operations with flexibility and cost transparency

As organizations shift to agentic AI, success hinges on engineering data environments that deliver precise context for autonomous, role-based agents. Leaders face challenges in redefining workflows and proving ROI as machine intelligence drives decisions beyond traditional dashboards, demanding new metrics and governance.

Join this boardroom to explore:

• Building context-rich data for agentic AI

• Designing role-based agents for enterprise workflows

• Quantifying ROI and risk in agent-driven operations