Executive Summit

Open Data Infrastructure is essential for organizations in the AI era, helping leaders scale analytics and AI while maintaining control. CDAOs must balance innovation, flexibility and cost as data platforms expand.
Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Designing interoperable architectures to avoid lock-in
• Applying openness to semantics, metadata and governance
• Enabling AI and operations with flexibility and cost transparency

Before organizations can fully realize the promise of AI and analytics, they must first tackle the foundational challenge of data quality. Effective cleanup and management lay the groundwork for modern architecture, seamless integration, and new opportunities with advanced data and AI.

Join this boardroom to discuss: 

• Cleaning and managing non-structural data
• Maintaining ongoing data integrity 
• Creating new opportunities for AI and analytics

Turning promising AI ideas into real business outcomes requires more than inspiration—it takes a clear process, the right tools, and a practical roadmap. As organizations look to scale, leaders must decide which resources are essential, how to upskill or recruit talent, and how to prioritize when time and budget are tight.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Designing a practical roadmap for developing and deploying AI
• Identifying incremental tools necessary for AI proficiency
• Aligning talent and resources to advance business priorities

AI agents are accelerating decision-making across the enterprise — but many leaders find that even with mature data foundations, organizations still struggle to deploy and scale agents with confidence. The emerging challenge isn’t preparing data alone, but ensuring agents can interpret it with the right context and clarity to make trusted decisions.

Join this session to discuss:

• The “decision trust gap” limiting AI agent performance
• How context, meaning, and governance shape reliable agent actions
• A practical model for assessing agent readiness for auditable outcomes

As AI maturity accelerates, governance must evolve just as quickly. The most effective frameworks are business-led, transparent and inclusive—empowering teams without slowing innovation. Discover how to validate, modify or implement a governance structure that drives value across the enterprise.

In this session, you’ll learn how to:

• Build a structured, business-driven data governance framework
• Use rubrics to balance complexity, risk, and ROI
• Foster a data-driven culture while scaling responsible AI

In a world where attention is currency and authenticity is strategy, personal branding is essential for leaders at every level. Dr. Justin D. Key shares how curiosity, clarity, and courage can help you amplify your voice, stand out, and create opportunities aligned with your purpose. Move beyond job titles and craft a narrative that reflects who you are, what you stand for, and the impact you want to make.

Join this keynote to hear how to:

• Identify and communicate your unique value with confidence
• Build a brand presence that resonates online and in person
• Leverage curiosity as a leadership competency to strengthen your voice

The CDAO role is transforming, moving from tactical oversight to strategic leadership at the heart of business innovation. As organizations demand more from data and AI, CDAOs are redefining their impact, shaping culture, and driving measurable outcomes across the enterprise.

Join this keynote to hear:

• Approaches for influencing executive priorities and business value
• Lessons for building agile, future-ready data organizations
• Insights for cultivating a culture of innovation and accountability