Toronto CDAO Virtual Executive Summit
December 16, 2021 | 8:00am - 3:00pm EST
December 16, 2021 | 8:00am - 3:00pm EST
Collaborate with your peers
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Toronto CDAO Virtual Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Embedding D&A in business strategy and results
Reengineering decision-making across the business
Scaling a data-first culture
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Allie Harris
Scotiabank
Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Global Banking and Markets
Donna Rudnicki
RBC Capital Markets
Global Head of Data Management/Chief Data Officer
John Walsh
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Chief Data Officer
Eugene Wen
Manulife
Vice President, Group Advanced Analytics
What to Expect
Connect with your CDAO community through a variety of different session formats at the upcoming Virtual Executive Summit. You'll have the opportunity to listen, engage and create lasting relationships with like-minded peers.
Agenda
December 16, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm EST Executive Boardroom
Protecting and Growing the Bottom Line Through Data Intelligence
Hosted by erwin by Quest
Prashant Parikh
VP, Products and Development Engineering
erwin by Quest
Adele Pugliese
Vice President, Data Governance
BentallGreenOak
Aida Tahiri
Enterprise Data Office Chair
Apotex
To meet key objectives and guarantee the health of the enterprise, data and analytics leaders must ensure data is stored and cataloged properly and that teams are leveraging cutting-edge intelligence tools that help organizations maximize data opportunity and protect against regulatory compliance and other data risks. These insights, in turn, can expedite the digital transformation of the business, safeguard competitive advantage, and generate new leads for data-based revenue streams.
Join this roundtable session as CDOs discuss:
- Parameters for data governance that enable teams to thrive and protect
- Best practices in driving meaningful insights and agile innovation
- Strategies to create a baseline for organizational data literacy
11:00am - 12:00pm EST Executive Boardroom
Real World Data Mesh for Data Leaders
Hosted by Starburst Data
Daniel Abadi
Darnell-Kanal Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland College Park
Starburst Data
George Iskenderian
Vice President, Data Science
Aviva Canada
Eugene Wen
Vice President, Group Advanced Analytics
Manulife
Investment in data, analytics and AI innovation is consistently increasing across industries, but these efforts have not yielded the kind of transformational results companies expect. This dissatisfaction gave rise to data mesh – a holistic approach to managing scale that has the potential to help organizations achieve the kind of results they’ve been hoping for since the beginning of the Big Data Era.
Join this interactive round table to:
- Get closer to the core principles of the data mesh concept
- Discuss the basic architectural patterns
- Share experiences of how data mesh is used in practice today
11:00am - 12:00pm EST Executive Boardroom
Modernize Your Data Warehouse to Unlock Business Value
Hosted by Yellowbrick
Mark Cusack
Chief Technology Officer
Yellowbrick
Patrick McCleary
AVP, Analytics
TD Bank Group
Performing analytics can become extremely challenging when data is spread across several locations – on-premises, legacy applications and private and/or public clouds. While there’s no magic formula when it comes to analytics and data management, modernizing your data warehouse is a good place to start.
Join this interactive boardroom session to discuss:
- Methods of accessing your data to deliver faster and more agile paths to insight
- Actionable insights and best practices to empower your business for growth
- The importance of a flexible, scalable and secure data warehouse
12:00pm - 12:45pm EST Keynote
Spotting the Information Gap in Your Data
Hosted by Matillion
Ciaran Dynes
Chief Product Officer
Matillion
Hoshang Chenoy
Principal Marketing Intelligence Scientist
Meraki, Inc.
Today’s organizations are collecting high volumes of diverse and dynamic data to use for modern analytics, yet they are struggling to derive insights from this data and put it to use. This is the “information gap.” It’s the inability to turn data into insights, information and knowledge to gain a competitive advantage.
Join this keynote as Matillion's Ciaran Dynes and Cisco Meraki's Hoshang Chenoy discuss how to spot information gaps by:
- Finding the right data to analyze
- Understanding, trusting and packaging the data for ease of use
- Developing the skills to analyze the data
8:00am - 8:45am EST Keynote
Cultivating a Data-Driven Culture
Hosted by Collibra
Stan Christiaens
Co-founder & Chief Data Citizen
Collibra
Jennifer Stott
SVP & Chief Data Officer
Royal Bank of Canada
Now is the time for real, sustainable change – not just another corporate initiative that fizzles out after a few months. The move toward a data-savvy operation shouldn’t have an end date. Join this keynote as Collibra's Stan Christiaens and Royal Bank of Canada's Jennifer Stott explore what it takes to shift an entire enterprise and embed data into its DNA.
Pull up a seat as they discuss:
- How to foster digital adoption effectively
- Why your strategy should evolve alongside the enterprise
- How a data-centered team can completely revitalize an organization
8:45am - 9:00am EST Break
9:00am - 10:00am EST Executive Boardroom
Bridging the Gap Toward Digital Transformation for the Modern Database
Hosted by Couchbase
Jeff Morris
VP Product & Solutions Marketing
Couchbase
Victor Dudemaine
AVP, Enterprise Data Management
OpTrust
The digital transformation journey can be intimidating, but it’s never impossible. A healthy first step toward modernization could be as simple as upgrading your database — leading to more efficient scalability and a better customer experience.
Let’s talk about:
- Where your enterprise is, and where it’s headed, in its transformation journey
- Which of your mission-critical applications could benefit from a modernized database
- How you can roll out new practices to enhance customer experience — all without missing a beat
9:00am - 10:00am EST Executive Boardroom
How to Create and Maintain Business Value With AI
Hosted by Dataiku
Conor Jensen
VP, Data Science
Dataiku
Joe Greenwood
Vice President, Data Strategy - North America
Mastercard
Adele Pugliese
Vice President, Data Governance
BentallGreenOak
Harvard Business Review estimates that AI will add $13 trillion to the global economy over the next decade. Despite this, organizations struggle to actually generate tangible business value with AI, meaning their efforts have fallen short when it comes to making key processes and functions better, faster, or more cost-effective.
Join this interactive session to discuss:
- Tracking value creation as early and as often as possible
- Operationalizing AI projects in parallel to infrastructure transformation projects
- Balancing auditability and permission management to avoid stagnating the organization’s efforts
9:00am - 10:00am EST Executive Boardroom
Future-Proofing Your Architecture Through Successful Data Strategies
Hosted by Dremio
Rob Keslick
Senior Consultant & Data Governance Lead
Bank of Montreal
Song Yu
Senior Director, Data & Analytics COE
Royal Bank of Canada
Jason Hughes
Product Director
Dremio
Organizations are looking beyond traditional strategies to adopt modern, future-proof data architectures to accelerate analytics. And they want to make it happen while keeping costs under control – a strategy Gartner research says is crucial for modern data management programs.
Join this interactive boardroom session to discuss:
- Limitations of legacy and traditional architectures
- Top trends for a successful data and analytics strategy
- Benefits of modern open data architectures
9:00am - 10:00am EST Executive Boardroom
Engaging the Holistic Customer Starts With Data Health
Hosted by Talend
Todd Pelletier
SVP & GM, Americas
Talend
Sami Ahmed
CDO
OMERS
Jane Moran
Chief Data Officer
Benevity
CDOs today are tasked with bringing the 360-degree view of the customer to life, providing the business with insights that incite meaningful interactions across the customer journey. As these customer-centric initiatives grow, so does the need for trusted, quality data.
Please join this session to discuss:
- Enabling data health to preventative measures easily
- Building a supportive culture across the data ecosystem for better business decisions
- Transforming consumer behavior data to empower enterprise decision making
10:00am - 10:45am EST Keynote
Implementing an Effective Governance Framework Through People, Process and Technology
Hosted by DataRobot
Haniyeh Mahmoudian
Global AI Ethicist
DataRobot
Recently, various industries have seized the opportunity to leverage the power of Big Data analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence in their work. However, greater use of data is accompanied by increasing concerns and ethical challenges regarding aspects of data collection, data security and privacy.
Join Global AI Ethicist Haniyeh Mahmoudian as she discusses:
- The benefits of implementing a data governance framework and standardizing the data life cycle
- How to identify principles that will guide your quest for a more robust approach to analytics and AI
- The importance of proactively addressing the inherent concerns of analytics and AI
10:45am - 11:00am EST Break
12:45pm - 2:15pm EST Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues
December 16, 2021
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