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Boston CDAO Executive Summit
June 25, 2025 | Hyatt Regency Boston/ Cambridge
June 25, 2025
Hyatt Regency Boston/ Cambridge
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Boston's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Driving Business Value by Aligning Data, Analytics and AI Strategies
Fostering a Data-Driven Culture with Strategic Democratization and Empowered Decision-Making
Transforming Data Governance to Support Scalable and Impactful AI & Analytics
Boston CDAO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CDAOs, For CDAOs™.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Douglas Clark
Biogen
Executive Director, Technology, Analytics and Data Insights
Matt Griffiths
Stanley Black & Decker
Vice President, CDO
Shahidul Mannan
Orlando Health
Chief Data, Analytics, and AI Officer
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.
Community Networking
Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Boston CDAO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
Keynote Session
Governing Agentic AI — Building Scalable Data Architectures for the Future
Governing generative and agentic AI and building a scalable data architecture are crucial for CDAOs to drive innovation while ensuring data integrity, compliance and security. Strong governance mitigates risks, while a scalable data architecture enables efficient AI-driven decision-making.
Join this session as Leo Barella, SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Takeda shares how to:
- Prevent bias, security threats and regulatory issues
- Ensure seamless data integration and accessibility
- Support trustworthy and responsible AI adoption
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Advancing Data Unification for Efficiency and Growth
The journey to timely, high-quality data is crucial yet seems like a long and complex endeavor. Organizations must align disparate data sources, overcome legacy system limits, and foster a data-driven culture to turn data into a strategic advantage for sustained success.
Join this session to discuss:
- Boost trust and governance with frameworks
- Utilize customer data with AI
- Maintain quality without slowing delivery
Unlocking Business Potential Through Self-Service Data
Data democratization enables employees at all levels of an organization to make data-driven decisions that improve business outcomes. However, achieving this goal requires overcoming technical debt, legacy technology, and employee adoption challenges. By prioritizing execution and investing in talent development and new technologies, organizations can build a data-driven culture that drives growth and innovation.
Join this roundtable discussion as CDAOs discuss:
- Overcoming persistent data democratization challenges
- Building a data-driven culture for better ownership and outcomes
- Developing talent and investing in tech for unlocking business potential
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