Agenda At-a-Glance

Sunday, 3/24/2024

CDMP Preparation

11:30 AM - 01:00 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
CDMP Prep Session	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY	All Levels	CDMP Professional Development

Women in Data Management and Governance: Welcome and Keynote

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Crafting Your Career: A Guide to Intentional and Purposeful Professional Growth	Monique Ruff-Bell, TED Conferences	All Levels	Women in Data Management and Governance

Women in Data Management and Governance: Keynote Panel

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Bridging the Generations: Navigating the Gender Gap – Progress, Challenges, and Collective Empowerment	Shannon Kempe, DATAVERSITY Aakriti Agrawal, Manager, Data Governance Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Women in Data Management and Governance

Women in Data Management and Governance: Coffee and Networking Break

03:45 PM - 04:05 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Coffee and Networking Break			Women in Data Management and Governance

Women in Data Management and Governance: Conference Session

04:05 PM - 04:50 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Empower Hour: Negotiating Successfully as a Woman	Kathryn Valentine, Worthmore Strategies	All Levels	Women in Data Management and Governance

Women in Data Management and Governance: Roundtable Discussions

04:50 PM - 06:00 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Cultivating Excellence: A Roundtable Discussion	Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Women in Data Management and Governance

Women in Data Management and Governance: Networking Reception

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM Sun, Mar 24

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Cocktails and Conversation			Women in Data Management and Governance

Monday, 3/25/2024

Continental Breakfast (Grand Cypress Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Mon, Mar 25

Monday Morning Tutorials

08:30 AM - 11:45 AM Mon, Mar 25

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T2: Data Strategies for Data Governance…and More!	Marilu Lopez, SEGDA	Intermediate	Data Strategy
T3: Generative AI for Data Governance and Business Transformation	Stephanie Paradis, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	Introductory	Artificial Intelligence
T4: Master Data Management and Data Governance – Combining People, Process, and Data	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	All Levels	Master Data Management
T5: ALL NEW! Advanced Data Modeling Challenges Workshop	Steve Hoberman, Steve Hoberman & Associates	Advanced	Data Modeling
T6: Data Architecture Choices and Decisions Today	John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors	All Levels	Data Architecture
T7: Activate Your Data Governance and Stewardship Roles	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting	Intermediate	Data Governance
T8: Delivering a Data Culture Program	Jennifer Agnes, Cynozure Louise Hutchins, Cynozure	Advanced	Data Literacy and Culture
T9: Defining a Metadata Management Strategy	Irina Steenbeek, Data Crossroads	Advanced	Metadata
(SESSION FULL: DO NOT SELECT) T1: Data Escape Room: Gamified Experience That Brings Data Learning to Life	Phil Greenwood, The Data Escape Room	All Levels	Data Literacy

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Mon, Mar 25

Lunch (Portico)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Mon, Mar 25

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

12:45 PM - 04:00 PM Mon, Mar 25

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T10: Architecture and Design for Data Interoperability	Dave Wells, Infocentric	Intermediate	Data Architecture
T11: Executive Data Literacy and Data Ethics: A Primer Connecting Organizational Data Decisions to Value	Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors	Business / Non-Technical	Data Literacy
T12: Building and Growing a Successful Information Quality Function - Foundations	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Data and Information Quality
T13: How Does This Thing Work? How to Create an Effective Operating Model	David Kowalski, MIDAS Advisory Services	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
T14: Why and How to Monetize Your Organization's Data	Douglas Laney, West Monroe	Intermediate	Data Strategy
T15: Advanced Data Visualization	Michael Scofield, Loma Linda University	All Levels	Business Analytics
T16: Successful Data Policies	Malcolm D. Chisholm, Data Millennium LLC	All Levels	Data Governance
T17: Entrepreneurial Skills for Data Managers	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Aakriti Agrawal, Manager, Data Governance	All Levels	Data Strategy

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Mon, Mar 25

Conference Sessions

04:15 PM - 05:00 PM Mon, Mar 25

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric (The Alphabet Soup of Data Architectures)	James Serra, Microsoft	All Levels	Data Architecture
What Does GPT Mean? General Purpose Technology: The Future of Generative AI and BI	Sonny Rivera, ThoughtSpot	All Levels	Generative AI

CDMP Exams (Palm)

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Mon, Mar 25

Tuesday, 3/26/2024

Continental Breakfast (Grand Cypress Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Tue, Mar 26

Welcome

08:30 AM - 08:45 AM Tue, Mar 26

Keynote Presentation

08:45 AM - 09:45 AM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Trends in Data - Prepare for the Next Seismic Shift	Michele Goetz, Forrester Research	All Levels	Artificial Intelligence Data Governance

Coffee Break - Sponsored by Texas A&M (Grand Cypress Foyer)

09:45 AM - 10:15 AM Tue, Mar 26

Conference Sessions

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
How to Avoid Poor Tooling: An End to Bells and Whistles	Ellen Mildred Brown, Slack Consulting Inc	All Levels	New Data Management Technologies
Implementing and Sustaining OCM to Improve Data Quality	Teri Hinds, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Human Factors
GenAI Kickstart: Establishing a GenAI Readiness Baseline	Charity Queret, EXL	All Levels	Generative AI
Selling the Car While Building It: Driving Data Strategy Adoption in a Fast-Paced Environment	Lorraine Battaglia, Insmed, Inc.	All Levels	Data Strategy
The Benefits of Domain-Driven Data Modeling	Pascal Desmarets, Hackolade	Intermediate	Data Modeling
Data Architecture Documentation for Project Success	Clay Rehm, RehmTech	Intermediate	Data Literacy
From Boardroom to Battlefield: Accelerating Adoption of Data, Analytics, and AI Using Data Mesh	Efrain Rodriguez, Department of Defense	All Levels	Data Governance

Conference Sessions

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
CDMP You Said? What Is CDMP?	Michel Hebert, DAMA International	All Levels	CDMP Professional Development
Signal in the Noise: Prioritizing Data for Impact	Jenna Alden, West Monroe Alex Cruikshank, West Monroe	Business / Non-Technical	Artificial Intelligence
Navigating the Data Strategy Landscape: A Comprehensive Checklist	David J Alzamendi, Actionable Data Analytics	All Levels	Data Strategy
Demonstrably "In Control" of Data (Quality) Management	Gerard Koster, Rabobank	All Levels	Data and Information Quality
What’s a Conceptual Data Model and Why Should I Care?	Laurel English Sturges, Sila Kasi Anderson, Flow Control Group	All Levels	Data Modeling
Establishing Data Governance Globally in the Middle of Chaos	Jeff Brock, LYB	All Levels	Data Governance
SIG: What Is a Semantic Layer and Why Is It Useful?	Lulit Tesfaye, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC.	Introductory	Data Architecture Data Integration

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Modernizing Your Data Estate Demands a Modern Data Platform	Kiran Rangaswamy, OwlFinancial Technologies	All Levels	New Data Management Technologies
7 Tips for Master Data Management Success with Ashley Furniture	Sam Orszulak, Semarchy Michael Overholt, Ashley Furniture	All Levels	Master Data Management
OvalEdge: End-to-End Data Governance	Eric Kopins, OvalEdge	All Levels	Data Governance

Lunch (Portico)

12:45 PM - 01:45 PM Tue, Mar 26

Conference Sessions

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Operationalizing Data Licensing from the Legal Perspective	William A Tanenbaum, Moses & Singer LLP	All Levels	Data Protection and Security
AI Alignment Unleashed: Supercharging Business Success with AI	Douglas R. Briggs, Daugherty Business Solutions	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Privacy-Preserving Data Governance and Architecture	David Hendrawirawan, University of Texas at Austin	All Levels	Data Protection and Security
A Collaborative Environment and Repeatable Process for Successful Knowledge Graph Development	Elisa F. Kendall, Thematix Partners LLC	All Levels	Knowledge Graphs
Turning Data into Value	Nicole J Bills, Data Strategy Professionals	Case Study	Data Strategy
Recovering from Data Governance False Starts – Back to Basics	Kari Albers, General Dynamics Information Technology	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
SIG: Skills Gaps and Upskilling for Data Management	John Ladley, Sonrai	Business / Non-Technical	Data Literacy

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Data Escape Room: How Is Gamified Learning Transforming Data Literacy	Phil Greenwood, The Data Escape Room	All Levels	Data Literacy
Future-Proofing Data: Holistic QA for Quality and Reliability	Jonathan Agee, Validatar	All Levels	Data and Information Quality
Future-Proof Data Management Through Logical Architectures: Data Fabric and Data Mesh	Sardor Davlenov, Denodo	Intermediate	Data Integration

Ice Cream Break & Exhibits Open (Grand Cypress G-I)

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM Tue, Mar 26

Conference Sessions

03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Agility vs Governance: Finding the Balance	Vanessa Lam, Business Rule Solutions, LLC	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
Federated Data Governance: 3 Strategic C's to Make It Happen	Leonardo Blunk, Globo	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
Unlocking the Future of Master Data Management with Generative AI	Gurpinder Singh Dhillon, Dun & Bradstreet	All Levels	Generative AI
Implementing a Data Quality Framework	Missy Clymer, Verizon Christina Smith, Verizon Nathan Schmitt, Verizon	All Levels	Data and Information Quality
Evolving Towards a Data Mesh Architecture	Pragnya Gandhi, FINRA Rakhi Bhatia, FINRA	Introductory	Data Architecture
Curating a Data Library: From Zero to Data Governance	Laura Rodriguez, HealthStream Melissa Casey, HealthStream	Introductory	Data Governance
Top Pitfalls to Avoid for a Successful Data Strategy Implementation	Dora Boussias, DoraB Global	All Levels	Data Strategy

Conference Sessions

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM Tue, Mar 26

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
No Data Pour from a Cloud Secure!	Leena Bongale, TD Bank	All Levels	Data Protection and Security
Data Mesh for the Real World	Elliott Cordo, Datafutures.co	All Levels	Data Architecture
Panel: Presidential Executive Order - Consumer Data, Privacy, Security, and Safety in the Age of AI	Deepak Bhaskar, Leonis Consulting LLC Loretta Mahon Smith, DAMA International Lulit Tesfaye, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC. William A Tanenbaum, Moses & Singer LLP	All Levels	Industry and Business Trends
What? Create a Data Strategy for All the Freshwater in Canada?	Jim M.C. Young, Canada Water Agency	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Data Governance Build in A Box	Michael Colbert, Verizon	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
Ending the Cycle of Sadness: Why Data Management Projects Fail	Steven MacLauchlan, Ippon USA	Business / Non-Technical	Data Literacy
Driving Innovation and Business Transformation by Starting with Information Flow	Rachel Beaulieu, TriNet Group	Business / Non-Technical	Human Factors
SIG: CDMP Study Group	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY	All Levels	CDMP Professional Development

Exhibits Opening Reception (Grand Cypress G-I)

05:30 PM - 07:30 PM Tue, Mar 26

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 Literacy and 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

Thursday, 3/28/2024

Continental Breakfast (Grand Cypress Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Thu, Mar 28

Post-Conference Workshops (One Day)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
W1: Advanced Issues in Data Governance	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	Advanced	Data Governance
W2: Predictive Data Analytics in Business	Prashanth Southekal, DBP-Institute	All Levels	Business Analytics
W3: Data Architecture to Modernize Analytics and Data Science	Mark Madsen, Third Nature	Intermediate	Data Architecture

2-Day Seminars (Continuing to Friday)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Application of Generative AI to Enterprise Data Management (continues to Friday)	David J Alzamendi, Actionable Data Analytics	Introductory	Artificial Intelligence
S2: Data Governance Strategy and Design Sprints (continues to Friday)	Mathias Vercauteren, Data Vantage Consulting	All Levels	Data Governance
S3: Data Strategy: Two Day Bootcamp (continues to Friday)	John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Strategy
S4: Leading Change and Data Culture Transformation: The People Dimension (continues to Friday)	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Thu, Mar 28

Lunch (Portico)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Thu, Mar 28

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Thu, Mar 28

Friday, 3/29/2024

Continental Breakfast (Grand Cypress Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Fri, Mar 29

2-Day Seminars (Continuing from Thursday)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Fri, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Application of Generative AI to Enterprise Data Management (continued from Thursday)	David J Alzamendi, Actionable Data Analytics	Introductory	Machine Learning
S2: Data Governance Strategy and Design Sprints (continued from Thursday)	Mathias Vercauteren, Data Vantage Consulting	All Levels	Data Governance
S3: Data Strategy: Two Day Bootcamp (continued from Thursday)	John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Strategy
S4: Leading Change and Data Culture Transformation: The People Dimension (continued from Thursday)	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Fri, Mar 29

Lunch (Portico)

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Fri, Mar 29

Coffee Break (Grand Cypress Foyer)

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Fri, Mar 29