Agenda At-a-Glance

Monday, 5/4/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Mon, May 4

Monday Morning Tutorials

08:30 AM - 11:45 AM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T1: Adapting Your Data Strategy for AI	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	All Levels	Data Strategy
T2: Translating Business Strategy Into Data Architecture	Dawn Carter, Canada Life	All Levels	Data Architecture
T3: Delivering the Product in Data Product	Mark Cooper, The Data Brains	All Levels	Data Governance
T4: Data Preparation for Analytics and AI	Prashanth Southekal, DBP-Institute	All Levels	Data & Information Quality Data Engineering
T5: Designing and Implementing Semantic Data Layers	Dave Wells, Infocentric	Intermediate	Data Architecture
T6: Advanced Data Modeling Challenges Workshop: Mixing Data Modeling and AI	Steve Hoberman, Technics Publications	Advanced	Data Modeling
T7: Leveraging AI to Accelerate Data Governance	Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners Josh Henderson, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Generative AI
T8: Aligning Agentic AI Governance and Data Risk	Sunil Soares, Tavro AI	All Levels	AI Governance

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Mon, May 4

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
No CDO? No Problem! How to Find the Right Executive to Champion Data and AI Governance	Jimm Johnson, County of Santa Barbara	All Levels	Organizational Structure and Roles
Establishing an Accountable Data Governance Culture	Brendon Allen, SeekWell	Case Study	Data Governance
Old School, New School: A Guide to Successfully Bridging Generations of AI Users	Micah Dalton, DLG Strategic Arlyne Aranda, DLG Strategic	All Levels	Change Management
SIG: From Data Desert to Data Culture: A Discussion on Building and Sustaining a Data Governance Culture	Kerri Kienzle, JMA Resources	All Levels	Data Governance

Lunch & Social Roundtables

12:45 PM - 01:45 PM Mon, May 4

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

01:45 PM - 05:00 PM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T9: Building Modern Data Governance: Strategy, Platforms, and People Working Together	Anup Singh, Environment Canterbury (ECAN)	All Levels	Data Governance
T10: Understanding and Using Data Architecture Patterns	Mark Madsen, Third Nature	Intermediate	Data Architecture
T11: Accelerating Data Governance with Change Management and Data Fluency	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting	Intermediate	Data Governance
T12: Tables AND Documents: Integrating the Governance of Structured and Unstructured Data	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	Advanced	Data Governance
T13: AI in Action: Practical Approaches to Scaling Data Governance	Maiquel Sampaio de Melo, IDB Invest	All Levels	Generative AI
T14: Data Quality for AI	Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions	All Levels	AI Governance Data & Information Quality
T15: Operationalizing Responsible AI: Making Governance Work in the Real World	Leigh Felton, AI for Job Security Foundation	All Levels	AI Governance
T16: Modeling Techniques for Agentic AI	Dave Wells, Infocentric	Intermediate	AI and Machine Learning

Coffee Break

03:15 PM - 03:30 PM Mon, May 4

Affinity Groups

05:15 PM - 06:00 PM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Strategy at Nonprofit Organizations	Rokki Espie, Interfaith America	All Levels	Data Strategy
Data and AI Governance for Higher Education	Zohra Razi, San Diego CCD	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
Spanish-Speaking Data Talent, Year Two – Building a Global Network	Maria Alejandra Restrepo, DataLink Global	All Levels	Professional Development

Certification Exams

05:15 PM - 07:15 PM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
CDMP Exams		All Levels
ADGP Exams		All Levels

Data Hour (Speed Networking Event)

05:15 PM - 06:15 PM Mon, May 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Hour - Building Connections Behind the Data		All Levels	Professional Development Women in Data Management and Governance