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Tracks > Data Governance

Monday Morning Tutorials

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

Title Speakers Audience
T3: Delivering the Product in Data Product
Mark Cooper, The Data Brains

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Establishing an Accountable Data Governance Culture
Brendon Allen, SeekWell

 		Case Study
SIG: From Data Desert to Data Culture: A Discussion on Building and Sustaining a Data Governance Culture
Kerri Kienzle, JMA Resources

 		All Levels

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

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

Title Speakers Audience
T9: Building Modern Data Governance: Strategy, Platforms, and People Working Together
Anup Singh, Environment Canterbury (ECAN)

 		All Levels
T11: Accelerating Data Governance with Change Management and Data Fluency
Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting

 		Intermediate
T12: Tables AND Documents: Integrating the Governance of Structured and Unstructured Data
C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC

 		Advanced

Affinity Groups

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

Title Speakers Audience
Data and AI Governance for Higher Education
Zohra Razi, San Diego CCD

 		Business / Non-Technical

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
The Governance Shift: Flexible Frameworks for Real-World Impact
Beth Jones, Humana

 		Case Study
Data Governance as an AI Enablement Strategy
Jason E. Doerr, Xcel Energy

Eric Falthzik, Lovelytics

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
When Data Governance Becomes Prime Time News – Reframing Governance as a Business Risk Executives Can’t Ignore
Samuel Spencer, Aristotle Metadata

 		All Levels
Governance by Design: Embedding Data Governance Into Architecture at PayPal
Brandy O'Shields, PayPal

 		Advanced
Critical Data Management: Driving Compliance, Integrity, and Business Value
Syed M Ali, USAA

Michael C Noriega, USAA

 		All Levels

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

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

Title Speakers Audience
The Semantic Layer Is Now Critical Infrastructure - Here's How to Build It Right the First Time
Betty Wang, Actian

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Declutter Your Data: Do You Really, Really Need it?
Laurel Shifrin, American Express

Krystal Hughes, American Express

 		All Levels
From Fragmentation to Foundation: Building Enterprise-Ready Data Contracts That Scale
Alon Nafta, Foundational

Collin Marsden, Liberty Energy

 		All Levels
SIG: Mastering Data and AI Governance with Limited Resources
Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners

 		All Levels

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Scaling Data Governance Organization-Wide: How the Aristotle Metadata Registry Supports Dynamic Data Governance
Samuel Spencer, Aristotle Metadata

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Why AI Fails Without Data Products and Data Contracts
Jean-Georges Perrin, Actian

 		All Levels
Supercharging Data Governance: How Can AI Give Back?
Noah Yao, SC&H Group

Lani Chun, SC&H Group

 		Intermediate

The Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) Annual Summer Meeting

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

Title Speakers Audience
DGPO: Fostering Awareness of Your Data Governance Program (A Facilitated Discussion About Communication)
Jimm Johnson, DGPO

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Implemented a Data Governance and Quality Tool....Now What?
Marci Snyder, Brighthouse Financial

Evie Velazquez, Brighthouse Financial

 		Case Study
Data Governance and Third-Party Data: A Love Story
Brian Harding, Great American Insurance Group

Ryan Halevan, Great American Insurance Group

 		Case Study

Conference Presentations

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

Title Speakers Audience
Certified Data Assets - Tricking Stewards and Engineers Into Loving Data Governance
Andrew Machen, American Airlines

Anu Maradapu, American Airlines

 		Case Study
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
Mastering Unstructured Data
Malcolm Hawker, Profisee

 		Intermediate

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Beyond the Golden Record: How Multi-Directional Sync and Co-Existence MDM Build the Governance Foundation AI Demands
Jonathan Goldberg, Syncari

 		Advanced

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Data Governance Foundations: Discover Your Domains and Master Your Data
Ellen Mildred Brown, Slack Consulting Inc

 		Intermediate

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
Driving Data Governance Through the Enterprise Data Risk Committee
Sandra Bowman, Nationwide

 		All Levels
From Chaos to Clarity: Centralized Data Asset Platform and Resource Toolkit in Action
Christi Ernst, University of Kansas Health System

 		Case Study
ADGP Certification - What, Why and How
Barbara R Kneeshaw, DATAVERSITY

Jimm Johnson, DGPO

John Ladley, Sonrai

 		All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience
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

Post-Conference Workshops/Tutorials (One Day)

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

Title Speakers Audience
W1: The Data Governance Challenge
Anu Maradapu, American Airlines

Angie Phillips, Northwestern Mutual

 		All Levels
W2: Embedding Data Governance Into the Development Lifecycle: People, Process, and Practical Integration
Frances Stoor, Jackson Financial

 		All Levels

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

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

Title Speakers Audience
S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance
John Ladley, Sonrai

 		Advanced

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

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

Title Speakers Audience
S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance
John Ladley, Sonrai

 		All Levels
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