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Agenda At-a-Glance
Tuesday, 12/5/2023
Continental Breakfast
07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Tue, Dec 5
Association Meetings - DGPO and DAMA
07:30 AM - 08:15 AM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Kira Chuchom, Data Governance Professionals Organization |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Michel Hebert, Pixlog inc. |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Welcome
08:30 AM - 08:40 AM Tue, Dec 5
Keynote Presentation
08:40 AM - 09:20 AM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions |
All Levels |
Getting Business Buy-In
Human Factors
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Keynote Panel
09:20 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC Carol Kim, IBM Corporation Marilu Lopez, SEGDA |
Business |
Human Factors
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Coffee Break - Sponsored by DGPO
09:50 AM - 10:15 AM Tue, Dec 5
Conference Sessions
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Jim Barker, Alation Rene Rubio, Hilton |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Scott Buckles, IBM |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Laura Madsen, Moxy Analytics |
All Levels |
Getting Business Buy-In
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Anjita Shetty, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
All Levels |
Data & Information Quality
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John Bottega, EDM Council |
All Levels |
AI and Analytics Governance
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Coral Holladay, Federal Emergency Management Agency Adrianna Steele, Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Case Study |
Data Strategy
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Conference Sessions
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Juan Sequeda, data.world |
All Levels |
AI and Analytics Governance
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Brooke Gajownik, Beck's Hybrids |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY |
All Levels |
AI and Analytics Governance
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James Bell, Robinson Ryan |
All Levels |
Getting Business Buy-In
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Nate Lee, K Hovnanian |
Intermediate |
Getting Business Buy-In
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Diane E Schmidt, Government Accountability Office (GAO) |
All Levels |
Industry and Business Trends
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Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions
12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Evan Lewis, D3Clarity, Inc. |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Kash Mehdi, DataGalaxy Laurent Dresse, DataGalaxy |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Mark-Eric LaRocque, Incept Data Solutions, Inc. Vivek Patel, Incept Data Solutions, Inc. |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Minh Tran, IBM Pat Marcello, IBM |
All Levels |
Products and Services
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Lunch
12:45 PM - 01:45 PM Tue, Dec 5
Conference Sessions
01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Dave Wilkinson, D3Clarity, Inc. |
All Levels |
Data & Information Quality
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Chris Zettler, Citizant, Inc. |
Intermediate |
Data Governance
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Allen J Thompson, The Hanover Insurance Group Daniel Lederman, The Hanover Insurance Group |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Malcolm Hawker, Profisee |
All Levels |
Data Literacy
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Wendi O'Neill, CDW, Inc. |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Vanessa Lam, Business Rule Solutions, LLC |
All Levels |
Human Factors
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Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions
02:45 PM - 03:15 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bobbi Caggianelli, Collibra |
Introductory |
Data Governance
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Jim Barker, Alation |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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John C. Fitzpatrick, Mattang, Inc. |
All Levels |
Master Data Management
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Ice Cream Break & Exhibits Open
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM Tue, Dec 5
Conference Sessions
03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
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Zack Alami, CluedIn |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Gina Harris, Right Triangle Consulting, LLC Fatimah Elabdallah, Right Triangle Consulting LLC Mindy Becker, Right Triangle Consulting |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute |
All Levels |
Human Factors
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Scott W. Ambler, Ambysoft Inc. |
All Levels |
Data & Information Quality
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Swapna Tom, HP Inc. |
All Levels |
Data Strategy
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David Collister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada |
All Levels |
Data Strategy
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Anthony J. Algmin, 8rain Station |
All Levels |
Data Strategy
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Conference Sessions
04:45 PM - 05:30 PM Tue, Dec 5
| Title | Speakers | Audience | Track |
|---|---|---|---|
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Manu Bansal, Lightup.ai |
All Levels |
Data & Information Quality
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Erin Olshefski, ERM Lee Kurzhal, ERM |
Business |
Industry and Business Trends
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Kevin Hunter, Fidelity Investments Lee E Murphy, Fidelity Investments Sreevani Konda, Fidelity Investments |
All Levels |
Data Governance
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Allana LeBlanc, Health Canada, Office of the Chief Data Officer Clôtilde Fascione, Health Canada |
Intermediate |
Data Strategy
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Barbara Eckman, Comcast |
All Levels |
Data Strategy
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Karen Akens, Merakata Becky Tippett, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation |
Case Study |
Data & Information Quality
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Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors |
All Levels |
AI and Analytics Governance
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