Agenda At-a-Glance

Monday, 3/27/2023

Monday Tutorial 1 (US Pacific Time)

08:00 AM - 11:00 AM Mon, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T1: How to Construct a Data Analytics Strategy	Wayne W Eckerson, Eckerson Group	Business / Non-Technical	Business Analytics Data Strategy
T2: Data Governance Bootcamp	John Ladley, Sonrai	Introductory	Data Governance and Quality
T3: Operational Data Architecture	Dave Wells, Infocentric	Intermediate	Data Architecture

Break (US Pacific Time)

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

Monday Tutorial 2 (US Pacific Time)

11:30 AM - 02:30 PM Mon, Mar 27

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T4: Data Fundamentals for Business	Michael Scofield, Loma Linda University	Introductory	Data Literacy
T5: Centralized Data Governance of a Distributed Data Landscape	Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality
T6: Mastering Master Data: A Blueprint for Exceptional Operations and Analytics	Frank Cerwin, Data Mastery Inc.	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality

Tuesday, 3/28/2023

Conference Keynote - Welcome Panel (US Pacific Time)

07:00 AM - 07:50 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Top Data Priorities in 2023 (Panel)	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd. George Yuhasz, Fresenius Medical Care John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors Kimber Roshelle Pederson, DOI and USDA Kiran Kanetkar, Pendulum Therapeutics Tony Shaw, DATAVERSITY	Business / Non-Technical	Business Data Strategy

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Leading the Modern AI and Analytics Strategy	John Thompson, EY	Business / Non-Technical	Business Analytics Data Strategy
The Data Management and Governance Journey: A Case Study	Romina Pyplacz, E.ON Digital Technologies	Intermediate	Data Strategy
Communicating the Value of Data Governance (Panel)	Heidi Lawson, Fidelity Investments Mark Milone, VirtuLaw Sherry Hidalgo, Shaw Industries Group, Inc.	Business / Non-Technical	Business Data Governance and Quality

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

09:00 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Agility vs. Governance: Finding the Balance	Vanessa Lam, Business Rule Solutions, LLC	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Data Architecture Demystified	William Burkett, Booz Allen Hamilton	Advanced	Data Architecture
Can You Win Buzzword Bingo?	Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners	Introductory	Data Architecture Data Literacy Data Literacy

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives (US Pacific Time)

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data for All: Knowledge, Literacy, and Culture	Matthew Bley, Alation		Business
Model and Optimize Anything with a Data Catalog	Stewart Coerver, data.world		Business
The Universal BI Portal - The Missing Ingredient to Your BI Strategy	Mike Smitheman, Metric Insights	Business / Non-Technical	Business

Lunch Break (US Pacific Time)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Tue, Mar 28

DAMAI Awards

10:40 AM - 10:55 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
DAMAI Chapter Awards	Marilu Lopez, DAMA International	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance and Quality

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives (US Pacific Time)

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Ditching Data Silos: A Simple Way to Collect and Protect Your Data	Paul Lazatin, FormAssembly	Business / Non-Technical	Business
Accelerate Innovation and Boost Agility with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform and CluedIn	Tim Ward, CluedIn		Business
How to Use Knowledge Graphs for Data Governance and Business Transformation	Norm Friend, TopQuadrant	Business / Non-Technical	Business

Keynote Presentation (US Pacific Time)

11:40 AM - 12:30 PM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Belonging Is Good Business	Adriana Gascoigne, Girls in Tech	Business / Non-Technical	Business

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

12:40 PM - 01:30 PM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
From Data to Insights – How FINRA Uses Machine Learning	Faarah Dordy, FINRA Aja Klevs, FINRA Hari Narayanan, FINRA	Intermediate	Business Analytics
Building Data Culture and Community	Kiersten Farmer, City of Henderson	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance and Quality
Data as a Product (Panel)	John Ladley, Sonrai Anthony J. Algmin, 8rain Station Jay Piscioneri, Eckerson Group Nellie McBride, First San Francisco Partners	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality Data Strategy

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

01:40 PM - 02:30 PM Tue, Mar 28

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data-Driven? Data-Informed? Just Help Me Use My Data!	Jamie Champagne, Champagne Collaborations	Business / Non-Technical	Business
Data Mesh and Data Fabric (Panel)	John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd. Jay Piscioneri, Eckerson Group Oana Turbatu, ING Hubs	Intermediate	Data Architecture Data Governance and Quality
HOW to Produce an Open and Integral Data Strategy with a Pragmatic Method	Marilu Lopez, SEGDA	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy

Wednesday, 3/29/2023

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

07:00 AM - 07:50 AM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Human Factors in Data (Panel)	Sarah Hampton, NASA Kateryna Zabolotna, E.ON Digital Technology GmbH Michael McMorrow, MMM Data Perspectives Ltd Ron Huizenga, Microsoft	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Taking Your MDM and Data Quality Program to the Next Level with Metadata Management and Data Governance	John Lieto, CT Corporation, Wolters Kluwer	Case Study	Data Governance and Quality
How to Use a Data-Centric Approach to Support Business Transformation	Kimber Roshelle Pederson, Department of the Interior GaBriella Branson, National Wildfire Coordinating Group Katy O’Hara, National Wildfire Coordinating Group	Case Study	Data Governance and Quality

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

08:00 AM - 08:50 AM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Building a Career in Data Management (Panel)	Shannon Kempe, DATAVERSITY April Reeve, Reeve Consulting David Plotkin, Author and Data Governance Practitionery Deron Hook, American Express Frank Cerwin, Data Mastery Inc.	Business / Non-Technical	Business
A Data Governance Scorecard for Establishing Priorities and Goals	Evan Levy, Integral Data, LLC.	Introductory	Data Governance and Quality
Data Observability – What Is It and Why Is It Important?	Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality

Sponsored Sessions - In Perspectives (US Pacific time)

09:00 AM - 09:30 AM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Plot a Course Through the Bermuda Triangle of Enterprise Data with an Enterprise Knowledge Graph	Michael Grove, Stardog		Business
Collibra Data Quality and Observability: Healthier Data and Trusted Data Insights	Steven Rizzardi, Collibra		Business

Keynote Presentation (US Pacific Time)

09:45 AM - 10:30 AM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Future History of Trust	Chunka Mui, Future Histories Group	Business / Non-Technical	Business Data Governance and Quality Data Strategy

Lunch Break (US Pacific Time)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wed, Mar 29

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Engaging Business Stakeholders with Data (and Vice Versa!)	Dora Boussias, DoraB Global	Introductory	Data Architecture
A Data Professional's Security Responsibilities (Panel)	Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors Brendan Newman, Newman IT Works Inc. Gail McAuliffe, Canadian Air Transport Security Authority Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY Michael Silves, Datamorphosis Thomas LaRock, Solarwinds	Introductory	Data Governance and Quality
Strategic Imperative: Enterprise Data Model	Ron Huizenga, Microsoft	Intermediate	Data Strategy

Conference Sessions (US Pacific Time)

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Wed, Mar 29

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Literacy Approaches and Models (Panel)	Laura Sebastian-Coleman, Prudential Mara Inglezakis Owens, Cargill Rajeev Sinha, Intel	Business / Non-Technical	Data Literacy
Ontologies: A Leading Edge Case Study	Elisa F. Kendall, Thematix Partners LLC	Intermediate	Data Architecture
What Makes Data Critical? Where Do I Start with Data Governance?	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality

Thursday, 3/30/2023

Thursday Tutorial 1 (US Pacific Time)

08:00 AM - 11:00 AM Thu, Mar 30

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T7: Data Governance and Organizational Change Management: Gaining Buy-in	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance and Quality
T8: Developing Your Essential Metadata Capabilities	Irina Steenbeek, Data Crossroads	Advanced	Data Architecture
T9: The Data-Centric Approach	Justin Dowdy, Semantic Arts Inc. Heather Moore, Semantic Arts Inc. Peter Winstanley, Semantic Arts Inc.	Introductory	Data Architecture

Break (US Pacific Time)

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Thu, Mar 30

Thursday Tutorial 2 (US Pacific Time)

11:30 AM - 02:30 PM Thu, Mar 30

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T10: Data Governance Roles and Responsibilities	Kathy Rondon, Independent	Introductory	Data Governance and Quality
T11: Data Quality Assessment and Measurement	Laura Sebastian-Coleman, Prudential	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality
T12: Modern Data Warehousing and Analytics in the Cloud	John O'Brien, Radiant Advisors	Intermediate	Business Analytics Data Architecture

Friday, 3/31/2023

Friday Tutorial 1 (US Pacific Time)

08:00 AM - 11:00 AM Fri, Mar 31

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T13: How to Build a Data Governance and Data Quality Framework	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting	Intermediate	Data Governance and Quality
T14: Implementing and Governing an Enterprise Data Catalog	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	Introductory	Data Governance and Quality
T15: Understanding Knowledge Graphs	Dave McComb, Semantic Arts Inc. Mark Wallace, Semantic Arts	Introductory	Data Architecture Data Strategy