Agenda At-a-Glance

Wednesday, 3/27/2024

Continental Breakfast (Grand Cypress Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Wed, Mar 27

Zen with Len

07:30 AM - 08:00 AM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Zen with Len: What Does Zen Have to Do with Data Management?	Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors

Conference Sessions

08:30 AM - 09:15 AM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Application in Data Aggregation and Reporting	Michael Ivie, Phyton Consulting Aron Elston, Phyton Consulting Yves Meyer, Phyton Consulting	Introductory	Machine Learning
How to Get Ready for the Graph Revolution	Dan Collier, Semantic Partners Jeremy Debattista, Semantic Partners	All Levels	Knowledge Graphs
Building an Analytical Data Lake and Starting a Data Governance Journey: A Case Study	Kevin Love, Radwell International Peter F. Carr, CapTech Consulting	All Levels	Data Strategy
DMBOK - The What and the Who	Raymond McGirt, Data Expeditions NLLC	All Levels	Data Culture
Initiating Data Governance in a Science-Based Public Sector Organization	David Collister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada	Introductory	Data Governance
Playful - Data Governance Journey	Ilker Tufan, King	Intermediate	Data Governance
Improving the Odds: Creative Ways to Keep Your Projects on Track	Julie Amling, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center	All Levels	Human Factors
SIG: Data Ethics - What's Needed to Guide Organizations in North America?	John Ladley, Sonrai	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance Human Factors

Keynote Presentation

09:30 AM - 10:10 AM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Accessibility-Driven AI	Joe Devon, Global Accessibility Awareness Day	Business / Non-Technical	Artificial Intelligence Human Factors

Keynote Presentation

10:10 AM - 10:45 AM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Betting on Yourself: How a Data Career of Wrong Jobs Led to Finding a Forever Home	Anthony J. Algmin, 8rain Station	All Levels	Professional Development

Coffee Break and Exhibits Open (Grand Cypress G-I)

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Wed, Mar 27

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Knowledge Graphs for Data Architecture and Governance	Nimit Mehta, TopQuadrant	All Levels	Semantic Integration
Business Intelligence Portal - Engage Your Users with Governed BI	Mike Smitheman, Metric Insights	All Levels	Business Analytics

Exhibits Open (Grand Cypress G-I)

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wed, Mar 27

CDMP Exams (Palm)

11:30 AM - 01:30 PM Wed, Mar 27

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Redefining Limits: The Power of "How Hard Can It Be?"	Dawn Carter, BAE Systems	All Levels	Professional Development
The Jedi Mind Tricks of Data Organization - Role of Data Taxonomy in Data Governance	Laurel Shifrin, American Express Saheel Shah, American Express	Introductory	Data Governance
How to Build Your Own Data Catalog	Ted Martin, CARFAX Canada	Technical (may include code)	Data Governance
Driving Behavioral Change for Information Management Through Data-Driven Green Strategy	Urmi Majumder, Enterprise Knowledge Fernando Aguilar Islas, Enterprise Knowledge	All Levels	Machine Learning
Data Products: Turning These Mythical Creatures into Real Deliverables	Cathy S Normand, ExxonMobil	Technical (may include code)	Data Engineering
Using Knowledge Graphs and LLMs for Deep Entity Exploration	Jans Aasman, Franz Inc.	All Levels	Knowledge Graphs
SIG: Architecture and Quality for AI and Advanced Analytics	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	Advanced	Artificial Intelligence

Lunch (Portico), Desserts on the Exhibit Floor (Grand Cypress G-I)

12:45 PM - 02:00 PM Wed, Mar 27

Conference Sessions

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
How to Leverage Generative AI Using Enterprise Data	Roochir N Purani, IBM GBS	All Levels	Generative AI
How Do We Help Executives "Get" Data Governance?	Tim Goswell, Robinson Ryan	All Levels	Data Governance
Unified Data Layer - A Curated Data Access Layer	Mitesh Mangaonkar, Airbnb	All Levels	Data Modeling
The Agility of Quantum Data	Caroline Carruthers, Carruthers and Jackson	All Levels	Data Strategy
Data Governance and Data Quality in an Agile Environment	Prakash Kewalramani, Data Value Framework.org	All Levels	Data and Information Quality
Confluence: Joining Governance Streams to Form Data Products	Dominik Ebeling, Rolls-Royce Power Systems	Case Study	Data Strategy

Conference Sessions

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Demystifying Vector DBs and Other Options to Accelerate Generative AI	Mike King, Dell	Advanced	Generative AI
The Seven Deadly Sins of Data Swamps	Billy Tilson, GoDaddy	Intermediate	Data Governance
Creating a New Training Curriculum with AI	Andrew Patricio, UnidosUS Armando Garcia, Unidos US	All Levels	Generative AI
Advanced Data Visualization Techniques for Effective Decision-Making	Rail Atay Kuliev, SAUDI ARAMCO Arunkumar Ranganathan, Infosys Ltd.	Introductory	New Data Management Technologies
Analogies in Action: Bridging the Divide in Data Governance Communication	Shannon Moore, Daugherty Business Solutions	All Levels	Data Governance
SIG: What Is Data Risk and How Should It Be Managed?	Loretta Mahon Smith, DAMA International	Intermediate	Data Governance

Coffee Break - Sponsored by DGPO (Grand Cypress Foyer)

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM Wed, Mar 27

Closing Keynote

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM Wed, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Burning Question - How Do Humans Make Decisions?	Bart van Leeuwen, Founder, Netage B.V. / Fire Captain, Brandweer Amsterdam	All Levels	Artificial Intelligence Human Factors

CDMP Exams (Palm)

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Wed, Mar 27