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, DGPO	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

Tuesday, 5/5/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Tue, May 5

Conference Welcome and DAMA Awards

08:30 AM - 08:45 AM Tue, May 5

Keynote Presentation

08:45 AM - 09:25 AM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Human Operating System: Rewriting Organizations for the AI-First Future Through Story-Driven Enablement	Ajay Mathur, Jupiter Asset Management	All Levels	Data Strategy

Fireside Chat

09:25 AM - 09:35 AM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
What Global Leaders Think of AI Governance - A Fireside Chat	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	Business / Non-Technical	AI Governance Getting Business Buy-In Risk Management

What To Look For...

09:35 AM - 09:45 AM Tue, May 5

DGPO Data Governance Best Practice Award

09:45 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, May 5

Coffee Break - Sponsored by SC&H

09:50 AM - 10:15 AM Tue, May 5

Conference Sessions

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Your AI Still Doesn’t Know Who It’s Talking About	Gurpinder Singh Dhillon, Senzing	All Levels	AI Governance
The Governance Shift: Flexible Frameworks for Real-World Impact	Beth Jones, Humana	Case Study	Data Governance
Dashboards Don't Fix Data: Six Practices That Do, For Teams and AI Agents Alike	Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen	All Levels	AI for Data Management
Panel: Make Your Data AI-Ready: A Comprehensive Framework	Anita M Lotlikar, Vanguard Kristy Tomcykoski, Vanguard Matthew DiNatale, Vanguard	All Levels	Data Strategy
Data Governance as an AI Enablement Strategy	Jason E. Doerr, Xcel Energy Eric Falthzik, Lovelytics	All Levels	Data Governance
The Automation Path: KPIs and Quality Metrics for Real-World Municipal Data Governance	Anthony Nunez, City of Ontario	Introductory	Data & Information Quality

Conference Sessions

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
When Data Governance Becomes Prime Time News – Reframing Governance as a Business Risk Executives Can’t Ignore	Samuel Spencer, Aristotle Metadata	All Levels	Data Governance
Why AI Agents Fail Without Real-Time, Trusted Context	Mark Brooks, IBM	All Levels	AI Governance
Governance by Design: Embedding Data Governance Into Architecture at PayPal	Brandy O'Shields, PayPal	Advanced	Data Governance
Critical Data Management: Driving Compliance, Integrity, and Business Value	Syed M Ali, USAA Michael C Noriega, USAA	All Levels	Data Governance
Data Literacy at Vanderbilt: It’s Not a Class…It’s a Culture!	Jeannette Wolff, Vanderbilt University	All Levels	Data Literacy and Culture
SIG: Fear x Data Quality	Aakriti Agrawal Kim, ANCHOR Your Change Tammy Baker, Data Strategy Lead	Business / Non-Technical	Change Management Data & Information Quality

Exhibits Open

12:00 PM - 07:30 PM Tue, May 5

Lunch and Desserts on the Exhibit Floor

12:00 PM - 01:45 PM Tue, May 5

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Fueling AI Agents with Trusted, Governed Context	Robert Jackson-Jones, IBM	All Levels	AI Governance
The Semantic Layer Is Now Critical Infrastructure - Here's How to Build It Right the First Time	Betty Wang, Actian	All Levels	Data Governance
Get a Free Spoon: Open Source Data Quality and Observability in Action — A Live Demo	Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen	Business / Non-Technical	Data & Information Quality

Conference Sessions

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
AI-Ready Data	Hamish Brookeman, S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization	All Levels	Data Strategy
Built-In, Not Bolted On: Embedding Data Governance in Core Enterprise Workflows	Martin Nash, CPS Energy Stephen Garcia, CPS Energy	Case Study	Getting Business Buy-In
Gen AI-Based Data Stewardship	Nakul Bijoor, ZS Associates	All Levels	AI Governance
Declutter Your Data: Do You Really, Really Need it?	Laurel Shifrin, American Express Krystal Hughes, American Express	All Levels	Data Governance
From Fragmentation to Foundation: Building Enterprise-Ready Data Contracts That Scale	Alon Nafta, Foundational Collin Marsden, Liberty Energy	All Levels	Data Governance
Rounding in a Digital World: Rebuilding Trust and Policy Adherence Through Human-Centered Data Governance	Will Train, The University of Kansas Health System	Case Study	Stewardship
SIG: Mastering Data and AI Governance with Limited Resources	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	All Levels	Data Governance

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Scaling Data Governance Organization-Wide: How the Aristotle Metadata Registry Supports Dynamic Data Governance	Samuel Spencer, Aristotle Metadata	All Levels	Data Governance
Data Governance Goes Agentic: Bringing Agents and Context into Data Governance	Alon Nafta, Foundational	All Levels	AI for Data Management
Best of Both Worlds: Optionality and Governance in the AI Era	Adam Blalock, Starburst Data	All Levels	Generative AI
Don't Let Vendors Own Your Context: Interoperable, AI-Ready Data Foundations for Regulated Enterprises	Nimit Mehta, TopQuadrant	All Levels	AI Governance
Validation at Scale: How Governed Agentic AI Unlocks Data Trust Through Testing, Monitoring, and Reconciliation	Matt Agee, Validatar Jonathan Agee, Validatar	All Levels	AI for Data Management

Ice Cream Break & Exhibits

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM Tue, May 5

Conference Sessions

03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Why AI Fails Without Data Products and Data Contracts	Jean-Georges Perrin, Actian	All Levels	Data Governance
Supercharging Data Governance: How Can AI Give Back?	Noah Yao, SC&H Group Lani Chun, SC&H Group	Intermediate	AI for Data Management Data Governance
Thriving in Constant Change: Modern Data Strategy	Becca Bates, Toyota Material Handling, North America	All Levels	Data Strategy
Quantifying Data Quality Risk	Gautam Tamhane, Truist Bank Andrew Bonniwell, Truist Bank	All Levels	Metrics
Panel: Next-Generation Data Quality and Semantics for Agentic AI Systems	James Short, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego James Cooper, California Western School of Law James Massa, JPMorganChase Suresh Mani, Solix Technologies	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
AI Governance: Findings and Lessons From Across Industry (presented in Spanish)	Gustavo Mesa, DAMA Uruguay Cecilia Poittevin, DAMA Uruguay	All Levels	AI Governance

Conference Sessions

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM Tue, May 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Get That "Good Jeans" Fit: Tailoring Data Governance Training to Fit Any Role - Perfectly	Kari Albers, RTX (Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney, Collins)	Case Study	Data Literacy and Culture
Panel: AI Governance Strategy: LLM vs. Human-in-the-Loop	Priya Sarathy, Wheel Data Strategies Lakshmi Devulapalli, Limoneira Company Peter Vennel, Finastra	Case Study	AI Governance
Data Reconciliation: The Nerve Center of Trust for Data Quality and AI Governance	Steven Zagoudis, MetaGovernance	Advanced	AI Governance
Public Sector AI: Lessons From the Frontlines of Federal Government	Dia Adams, Datafolx AI	All Levels	AI Governance
Managing Difficult Co-Workers on Data Governance Projects	Gregory Serapiglia, NEPC, LLC	Introductory	Stewardship
Building Data Readiness for AI: A Practical Framework Connecting Business Processes, Data, and Governance (presented in Spanish)	Jessica Zuñiga, BlueYeti	Case Study	AI Governance AI Readiness
CANCELLED - SIG: Spatial Data	Lauri Young, Esri	Business / Non-Technical	New Ideas and Technologies

Exhibit Reception

05:30 PM - 07:30 PM Tue, May 5

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, DGPO	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, DGPO 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

Thursday, 5/7/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Thu, May 7

Post-Conference Workshops/Tutorials (One Day)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, May 7

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
W1: The Data Governance Challenge	Anu Maradapu, American Airlines Angie Phillips, Northwestern Mutual	All Levels	Data Governance Women in Data Management and Governance
W2: Embedding Data Governance Into the Development Lifecycle: People, Process, and Practical Integration	Frances Stoor, Jackson Financial	All Levels	Data Governance
W3: AI Data Quality Lab	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors	All Levels	AI and Machine Learning

2-Day Seminars (Continuing to Friday, Ends 12:00pm Friday)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, May 7

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance	John Ladley, Sonrai	Advanced	Data Governance
S2: Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management	Aakriti Agrawal Kim, ANCHOR Your Change	All Levels	Change Management
S3: Ten Steps to Quality Data	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
S4: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship	David Plotkin, DNP for Data	All Levels	Stewardship
S5: The Governance Sprint: Build Data and AI Governance in Weeks, Not Months	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	All Levels	AI Governance

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Thu, May 7

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Thu, May 7

Coffee Break

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Thu, May 7

Friday, 5/8/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Fri, May 8

2-Day Seminars (Continuing From Thursday) - Ending at 12:00pm

08:30 AM - 12:00 PM Fri, May 8

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance	John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Governance
S2: Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management	Aakriti Agrawal Kim, ANCHOR Your Change	All Levels	Change Management
S3: Ten Steps to Quality Data	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
S4: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship	David Plotkin, DNP for Data	All Levels	Stewardship
S5: The Governance Sprint: Build Data and AI Governance in Weeks, Not Months	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	All Levels	AI Governance

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Fri, May 8

Seminars Conclude (Lunch is not provided on this day)

12:00 PM - 12:00 PM Fri, May 8