Agenda At-a-Glance

Wednesday, 5/6/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Wed, May 6

The Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) Annual Summer Meeting

07:30 AM - 08:15 AM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
DGPO: Fostering Awareness of Your Data Governance Program (A Facilitated Discussion About Communication)	Jimm Johnson, County of Santa Barbara	All Levels	Data Governance Human Factors

Zen with Len

07:45 AM - 08:15 AM Wed, May 6

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

Conference Sessions

08:30 AM - 09:15 AM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Navigating Data in the EU Single Market	Dominik Ebeling, Rolls-Royce Power Systems	Intermediate	Data Strategy
Implemented a Data Governance and Quality Tool....Now What?	Marci Snyder, Brighthouse Financial Evie Velazquez, Brighthouse Financial	Case Study	Data Governance
Adaptive Data Governance in Action — From Cataloging to Trusted Data	Anjita Shetty, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Samantha Reilly, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Case Study	Data Strategy
Metadata Remediation for AI Readiness: Enabling Intelligent Data Discovery Through Governance and Automation	Donny Bronson, Thermo Fisher Scientific Julie Giese, Thermo Fisher Scientific Shannon Gill, Thermo Fisher Scientific	All Levels	Metadata
Data Governance and Third-Party Data: A Love Story	Brian Harding, Great American Insurance Group Ryan Halevan, Great American Insurance Group	Case Study	Data Governance
Building Private Data Strategy	Anil Bastanoglu, Garanti BBVA Banking Company	Case Study	Data Protection and Security
SIG: DAMA-DMBOK® 3.0: What’s New, What’s Changing, What’s Ahead	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	All Levels	Professional Development

Conference Presentations

09:30 AM - 10:15 AM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Data Management Playbook: Developing a Simple to Use Guide	Brian Schardt, Pacific Gas & Electric Ben Brown, Pacific Gas & Electric	Case Study	Data Strategy
The Hidden Cost of Bad Data: How Digital Debt Undermines AI Outcomes	Eric Riz, eMark Consulting	Intermediate	AI Governance
The Evolution of AI-Driven Data Quality: From Traditional ML to Large Language Models	Niruta Talwekar, Meta	Intermediate	Data Engineering
Certified Data Assets - Tricking Stewards and Engineers Into Loving Data Governance	Andrew Machen, American Airlines Anu Maradapu, American Airlines	Case Study	Data Governance
Invisible and Impactful: Embedding Data Governance Into Daily Process Through Collaborative Culture	Catherine Mannell, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Mindy Becker, Right Triangle Consulting	Case Study	Data Governance
Mastering Unstructured Data	Malcolm Hawker, Profisee	Intermediate	Data Governance
SIG: Tending the Unicorn Farm - A Discussion on Quantum Computing	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY	Introductory	Quantum Computing

Exhibits Open

10:15 AM - 02:00 PM Wed, May 6

Coffee Break & Exhibits Open

10:15 AM - 11:45 AM Wed, May 6

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Beyond the Golden Record: How Multi-Directional Sync and Co-Existence MDM Build the Governance Foundation AI Demands	Jonathan Goldberg, Syncari	Advanced	Data Governance
When Identity Fails, Governance Fails: A Live Senzing Agentic Entity Resolution Demo	Gurpinder Singh Dhillon, Senzing	All Levels	AI Governance
Trust Runs Deep: How Patagonia Brings Its Commitment to Quality to Data, and Leverages Elementary AI Agents to Scale It	Collin Stone, Patagonia Maayan Salom, Elementary	Case Study	AI for Data Management
Engineering Reliable Data for Reliable AI	Subu Desaraju, iceDQ	All Levels	AI Governance

Certification Exams

11:30 AM - 01:30 PM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
CDMP Exams		All Levels

Conference Sessions

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Semantics and Schemes: Graph Analytics and the Semantic Layer	Kyle Garcia, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC Nick Sacoman, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC	Intermediate	Analytics Architecture
Building a Trusted Data Score: Lessons From Real-World Enterprise Implementation	Shane Morris, Nationwide Mutual	Case Study Intermediate	Metadata
Data Governance Foundations: Discover Your Domains and Master Your Data	Ellen Mildred Brown, Slack Consulting Inc	Intermediate	Data Governance
Driving Digital Transformation in Regulatory: Unlocking Success and Data Quality Through Change Management	Linda Chong, Sanofi	All Levels	Change Management
Asymmetric Access Safety: Governing AI Agents Across Permission Boundaries	Elliott Cordo, Datafutures.io	All Levels	AI Governance

Lunch and Desserts on the Exhibit Floor

12:30 PM - 02:00 PM Wed, May 6

Conference Sessions

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
GenAI for Data Professionals: Fast, Better, Cheaper, and Less Risky!	Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome	Intermediate	Data Literacy and Culture
Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution	John Moran, Thermo Fisher Scientific Becca Bates, Toyota Material Handling, North America Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Dale Martin, MortarCloud LLC Hamish Brookeman, S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization	Intermediate	Data Strategy
Driving Data Governance Through the Enterprise Data Risk Committee	Sandra Bowman, Nationwide	All Levels	Data Governance
From Chaos to Clarity: Centralized Data Asset Platform and Resource Toolkit in Action	Christi Ernst, University of Kansas Health System	Case Study	Data Governance
Enterprise Data Retention Framework: Turning Policies Into Solutions	Aju Jacob, Lockheed Martin	Case Study	Legal and Regulatory Issues
ADGP Certification - What, Why and How	Barbara R Kneeshaw, DATAVERSITY Jimm Johnson, County of Santa Barbara John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Governance Professional Development
SIG: Data Quality	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Wed, May 6

Conference Sessions

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Driving Enterprise Transformation: Cummins’ Decade-Long Journey in Data Governance and Quality Maturity	Manjula Raghunathan, Cummins Inc. Lizabeth Crawford, Cummins Inc.	Business / Non-Technical Case Study	Data & Information Quality
Building a Sponsor Coalition	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Change Management
One Size Doesn't Fit All: What Companies Learned on the Path to Data Maturity	Mike Chereso, Inland Real Estate Group Barbara R Kneeshaw, DATAVERSITY Beth Jones, Humana Brendon Allen, SeekWell	Case Study	Data Governance
From Docs to Governed Knowledge: Using AI to Bridge Structured and Unstructured Data	Chen Liu, DGWorkshop (Beijing) Technology Consulting Co., Ltd.	All Levels	AI for Data Management
SIG: Change Management	Aakriti Agrawal Kim, ANCHOR Your Change	All Levels	Change Management

Closing Keynote

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM Wed, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Making the Difference: The 5 Cs of Data Leadership	Dr. Joe Perez, NC Dept of Health and Human Services / CogniMind	All Levels	Professional Development

Certification Exams

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Wed, May 6

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