Agenda At-a-Glance

Monday, 12/4/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

Monday Morning Tutorials

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T1: Getting Started with Data Governance	Anthony J. Algmin, 8rain Station	Introductory	Data Governance
T2: Business Value Assessment to Identify Data Governance Priorities	David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity	Business	Data Governance
T3: Data Governance Metrics: Data Quality, Data Literacy, and More	Monika Kapoor, Thermo Fisher Scientific	Intermediate	Data Governance
T4: Implementing Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions	April Reeve, Reeve Consulting	All Levels	Data Governance
T5: Legally Defensible AI Governance	Mark Milone, VirtuLaw	Intermediate	AI and Analytics Governance Legal and Regulatory Issues
T6: A Roadmap for Building a Successful Data Quality Program	John R. Talburt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Introductory	Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

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

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Mon, Dec 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
OvalEdge Demo: End-to-End Data Governance	Rachel E McGuirk, OvalEdge	All Levels	Data Governance
Cutting Edge Solutions for Data Products – Consider an All-Encompassing Model to Marketplace Platform	Susan Laine, Quest Software	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Informatica: Not Your Grandma’s Data Governance	Charlie Hughes, Informatica Yomar Rosendo, Informatica	All Levels	Data Governance
Ensuring a Reliable Data Foundation for Business with Data Observability	Kyle Kirwan, Bigeye	All Levels	Data Governance

Lunch

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Mon, Dec 4

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

01:30 PM - 04:45 PM Mon, Dec 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
T7: Aligning Data Strategy with Data Governance	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	All Levels	Data Strategy
T8: Making Sense of Stewardship	Jimm Johnson, HireRight	Introductory	Stewardship
T9: Governing Data Catalogs, Business Glossaries, and Data Dictionaries	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting/TDAN.com	Intermediate	Metadata
T10: Running and Designing Your Own Perfect Data Governance Workshops	Mathias Vercauteren, Mathias Vercauteren BV	All Levels	Data Governance
T11: Innovative Approach to Improve Data Quality Leveraging Six Sigma	Abhi Ahuja, IGM Financial	Intermediate	Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Mon, Dec 4

Special Interest Group

05:00 PM - 05:45 PM Mon, Dec 4

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
SIG: Women in Data Management and Governance, followed by Cocktails and Conversation	Shannon Kempe, DATAVERSITY Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Human Factors Industry and Business Trends

CDMP Exams

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Mon, Dec 4

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
A Deeper Dive into the DGPO’s Data Governance Framework, the DGPO CAP (Core Areas of Practice)	Kira Chuchom, Data Governance Professionals Organization	All Levels	Data Governance
CDMP You Said? What Is CDMP?	Michel Hebert, DAMA International	All Levels	Data Governance

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
Data and Human Empowerment	Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions	All Levels	Getting Business Buy-In Human Factors

Keynote Panel

09:20 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, Dec 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Building Data Culture: Be the Change	Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC Carol Kim, IBM Corporation Marilu Lopez, SEGDA	Business	Human Factors

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
Navigating the Data Governance Journey: Insights and Strategies	Jim Barker, Alation Rene Rubio, Hilton	All Levels	Data Governance
Ensure Your Data Governance Program Is Ready for AI	Scott Buckles, IBM	All Levels	Data Governance
Creating a Data Governance Awareness Campaign	Laura Madsen, Moxy Analytics	All Levels	Getting Business Buy-In
Driving Data Quality Through Data Literacy Initiatives	Anjita Shetty, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
AI Data Governance: What Is Needed To Ensure Trust in Your AI/Analytics Agenda?	John Bottega, EDM Council	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance
Strategies for Strategies	Coral Holladay, Federal Emergency Management Agency Adrianna Steele, Federal Emergency Management Agency	Case Study	Data Strategy

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Chat with the Data Benchmark: Improving the Accuracy of LLM Responses in the Enterprise with Knowledge Graph	Juan Sequeda, data.world	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance
A Data Literacy Case Study: Succeeding with Data Transformation Using a Common Data Language	Brooke Gajownik, Beck's Hybrids	All Levels	Data Governance
20 Ways AI Can Assist with Data Quality	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance
Mastering Data Governance Communication: Powerful Pitches to Gain Executive Attention and Buy-In	James Bell, Robinson Ryan	All Levels	Getting Business Buy-In
Rebooting Data Governance: Pragmatic and Practical Experience	Nate Lee, K Hovnanian	Intermediate	Getting Business Buy-In
The Evolution of Data Culture Within a Chief Data Office	Diane E Schmidt, Government Accountability Office (GAO)	All Levels	Industry and Business Trends

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Tue, Dec 5

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Survival Kit: How Prepared Are You for Data Governance?	Evan Lewis, D3Clarity, Inc.	All Levels	Data Governance
Data for the People: Wouldn’t It Be Fun if You Could Achieve Data Literacy at the Snap of Your Fingertips?	Laurent Dresse, DataGalaxy	All Levels	Data Governance
Maximizing ROI with Data Products: A Data Marketplace Approach	Marc-Eric LaRocque, Incept Data Solutions, Inc. Vivek Patel, Incept Data Solutions, Inc.	All Levels	Data Governance
So You Need Data Governance for AI…Now What?	Minh Tran, IBM Pat Marcello, IBM	All Levels	Products and Services

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
An Architect’s Guide to Surviving Data Governance	Dave Wilkinson, D3Clarity, Inc.	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Enterprise Data Governance Across the Full Data Lifecycle	Chris Zettler, Citizant, Inc.	Intermediate	Data Governance
Accelerating Data Governance Adoption – A Case Study	Allen J Thompson, The Hanover Insurance Group Daniel Lederman, The Hanover Insurance Group	All Levels	Data Governance
The Problems with Data Literacy	Malcolm Hawker, Profisee	All Levels	Data Literacy
Why Data Governance Is Critical to Successfully Leveraging AI	Wendi O'Neill, CDW, Inc.	All Levels	Data Governance
Data Culture: A 12-Month Roadmap	Vanessa Lam, Business Rule Solutions	All Levels	Human Factors

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Getting Started with Data Governance	Bobbi Caggianelli, Collibra	Introductory	Data Governance
Data Governance in The Data Intelligence Platform	Jim Barker, Alation	All Levels	Data Governance
Get the Trusted Data You Need to Deliver the Insights that Matter with Modern Master Data Management (MDM) from CluedIn	John Fitzpatrick, Mattang	All Levels	Master Data Management

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
Data Governance 3.0: Aligning Data Governance with the Objectives of the Modern Business	Zack Alami, CluedIn	All Levels	Data Governance
Navigating the Data Catalog Landscape: Unraveling Features, Advantages, and Real-World Applications	Gina Harris, Right Triangle Consulting, LLC Fatimah Elabdallah, Right Triangle Consulting LLC Mindy L Becker, Right Triangle Consulting	All Levels	Data Governance
Change Agent, Tax Collector, Concierge: Which Data Governance Costume Are You Wearing Today?	Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute	All Levels	Human Factors
Techniques for Improving Data Quality: The Key to Machine Learning	Scott W. Ambler, Ambysoft Inc.	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Data Architecture and Governance Strategy at HP	Swapna Tom, HP Inc.	All Levels	Data Strategy
Developing a Data Strategy for Unmanaged Organizational Data: A Case Study	David Collister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada	All Levels	Data Strategy
SIG: Data Products	Anthony J. Algmin, 8rain Station	All Levels	Data Strategy

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
CDO's Data Quality Makeover: A 4-Step Blueprint for Success	Manu Bansal, Lightup.ai	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
What Does Sustainability Mean in Sustainable Data Governance?	Erin Olshefski, ERM Lee Kurzhal, ERM	Business	Industry and Business Trends
Governance Need Not Be a Four-Letter Word	Kevin Hunter, Fidelity Investments Lee E Murphy, Fidelity Investments Sreevani Konda, Fidelity Investments	All Levels	Data Governance
Implementing Fair Data Principles: Case Study	Allana LeBlanc, Health Canada, Office of the Chief Data Officer Clôtilde Fascione, Health Canada	Intermediate	Data Strategy
Data Mesh: Federated Query and Access Control Over Data Products	Barbara Eckman, Comcast	All Levels	Data Strategy
From Chaos to Clarity: Architecting for Data Quality in a Data Collection System	Karen Akens, Merakata Becky Tippett, Virginia Early Childhood Foundation	Case Study	Data & Information Quality
SIG: Ethics and AI	Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance

Exhibits Opening Reception

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

Wednesday, 12/6/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

Zen with Len

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Zen with Len: What Does Zen Have To Do with Data Governance? The Answer is "Everything." Find Out Why	Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
How Data Governance and AI Impact Each Other	Ron Zurawski, Prolifics	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance
The Art of Data Valuation	Sean Hewitt, Succeed Data Governance Services Josh Reid, Succeed Data Governance Services	All Levels	Data Governance
Case Study: Applications of Data Governance in the Enterprise	Thomas Mitrevski, Enterprise Knowledge Lulit Tesfaye, Enterprise Knowledge, LLC.	All Levels	Data Governance
What's in Your Policy?	David Kowalski, MIDAS Advisory Services	All Levels	Industry and Business Trends
Data Governance Communication: Making it CLEAR	Valerie Calvo, CBRE Investment Management	All Levels	Data Governance
Patient Identification: The Core of Data Governance in Health Care	Howard M Sragow, Evernorth, Inc.	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

Keynote Presentation

09:30 AM - 10:10 AM Wed, Dec 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Entrepreneurial Skills for Data Governance and Information Quality Professionals	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Aakriti Agrawal, American Express	Business	Data Strategy Human Factors

Keynote Panel

10:10 AM - 10:45 AM Wed, Dec 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Forks in the Road - Career Journeys of Data Governance Professionals	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Aakriti Agrawal, American Express Diane E Schmidt, Government Accountability Office (GAO) Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY Monika Kapoor, Thermo Fisher Scientific Valerie Calvo, CBRE Investment Management	All Levels	Human Factors Organizational Structure and Roles

Coffee Break and Exhibits Open

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM Wed, Dec 6

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Wed, Dec 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Expanding Data Lineage Insights with the IBM Manta-Prolifics Connector	Ron Zurawski, Prolifics	Intermediate	Products and Services
Why Fortune 500 Companies Use Lightup to Solve Data Quality	Bryan Feuling, Lightup Data	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Improving Regulatory Compliance with Data Lineage	Joe Chmielewski, Manta, an IBM Company	All Levels	Data Governance
Datactics DQaaS: Leveraging Automation and an Insights Driven Approach to DQ Monitoring and Remediation for Your Data Management Initiative	Luca Rovesti, Datactics	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

Exhibits Open

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Wed, Dec 6

CDMP Exams

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

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Wed, Dec 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Making Enterprise Lineage Work: Columnar Cross Source Lineage on the Legacy Data Stack	Kyle Kirwan, Bigeye	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Collaborative Synergy: Leveraging the Three Lines of Defense to Safeguard Against Data Risks and Foster Organizational Data Maturity	Chandra Donelson, United States Space Force Cindy Tu, Discover Financial Services Peggy Tsai, BigID Ananeya Abebe, KeyBank Kshitij Grover, Capital One	All Levels	Getting Business Buy-In
Why Successful Data Governance Is Ever More Crucial as Automation and AI/ML Gets a Foothold	Sarah Rasmussen, First San Francisco Partners	Advanced	AI and Analytics Governance
On Using a Metamodel for Metadata Governance	Robin B Rappaport, IRS – RAAS - DMD Elainie Abebe, Analytica	Advanced	Metadata
The Long and Winding Road: Establishing Data Governance in a County Agency	Elena Tindall, Santa Clara County- Social Services Ag Ely Turkenitz, County of Santa Clara Sandy Stier, Santa Clara County- Social Services Ag	Introductory	Data Governance
SIG: Automating DG and DQ with AI	Malcolm Hawker, Profisee	All Levels	AI and Analytics Governance

Lunch, Desserts on the Exhibit Floor

12:45 PM - 02:00 PM Wed, Dec 6

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Realizing Value Through Data Maturity Throughout Your Data Governance Journey	Earin Persson, D3Clarity, Inc.	Introductory	Data Governance
You Can't Do It All! Strategies to Federate Metadata Management	Adam Milward, MetadataWorks	All Levels	Metadata
Preparing for Change: How Can AI Governance on LLMs Equip Us for the Upcoming EU and US AI Act?	Alexandre t'Kint, Collibra	Intermediate	Data Governance
The Data Journey That Leads to Quality and Observability At Scale	Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Built to Last: Implementing a Sustainable Data Governance Model	Alice Fleck, UNC Greensboro Chase Goode, BerryDunn Joe Traino, BerryDunn	All Levels	Data Governance
SIG: Change Management	Aakriti Agrawal, American Express	All Levels	Data Governance

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Adapting to Increasing Data Regulations and Readying Compliance with AI Regulations: Lessons from the Trenches	Kimberly Zink, Finnigan Law James Denvil, Hogan Lovells	Intermediate	Legal and Regulatory Issues
Data Strategy SOS: Signs Your Data Governance Program Needs CPR	David Woods, Precisely Shannon Kelly, Ascensus	Intermediate	Data Governance
Welcome to the Team!	Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute Daniel Osae, World Bank - IFC John Ladley, Sonrai Monika Kapoor, Thermo Fisher Scientific	All Levels	Organizational Structure and Roles
CANCELED: A Synergistic Approach to Data Governance Work Streams	Bridget M Miller, Arcadia University	Intermediate	Data Governance
Aligning Your Data Governance Program in a Product-Centric Environment	Nitesh Mohanlal, Elevance Sejal Patel, Elevance	All Levels	Data Governance
The Power of Soft Skills in Data Governance and Information Quality	Brianna Vandre, GitLab	All Levels	Data Governance
SIG: Organizing Your Data Governance Office	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	All Levels	Data Governance

Coffee Break

03:45 PM - 04:00 PM Wed, Dec 6

Closing Keynote Panel

04:00 PM - 04:45 PM Wed, Dec 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
The Practitioners Panel: What We're Doing Now, and What We'll be Doing Next	Adrianna Steele, Federal Emergency Management Agency Brianna Vandre, GitLab Jimm Johnson, HireRight Nate Lee, K Hovnanian	Business	Data & Information Quality Data Governance

CDMP Exams

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

Thursday, 12/7/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

Post-Conference Workshops/Tutorials (One Day)

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
W1: Data Governance Strategy and Design Sprints	Mathias Vercauteren, Mathias Vercauteren BV	All Levels	Data Governance
W2: Building and Growing a Successful Information Quality Function	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

2-Day Seminars (Continuing to Friday)

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

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Data Strategy Bootcamp	John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Strategy
S2: Practical Negotiation Techniques for Data Governance Professionals	Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors
S3: Data Policy Governance: Defining and Operationalizing Data Policies	David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity	Introductory	Data Governance
S4: How to Implement and Govern an Enterprise Data Catalog and Business Glossary	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	Introductory	Data Governance Metadata

Coffee Break

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

Lunch

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

Coffee Break

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

Friday, 12/8/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

2-Day Seminars (Continuing from Thursday)

08:30 AM - 03:00 PM Fri, Dec 8

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
S1: Data Strategy Bootcamp	John Ladley, Sonrai	All Levels	Data Strategy
S2: Practical Negotiation Techniques for Data Governance Professionals	Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors
S3: Data Policy Governance: Defining and Operationalizing Data Policies	David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity	Introductory	Data Governance
S4: How to Implement and Govern an Enterprise Data Catalog and Business Glossary	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners	Introductory	Data Governance Metadata

Coffee Break

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

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Fri, Dec 8

Coffee Break

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Fri, Dec 8