Agenda At-a-Glance

Thursday, 5/8/2025

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Thu, May 8

Post-Conference Workshops/Tutorials (One Day)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, May 8

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Strategies for Data Governance…and More!	Marilu Lopez, SEGDA	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Holistic Data Governance - Building the Policy and Standards That Work for You	David Kowalski, MIDAS Advisory Services	Intermediate	Data Governance
Managing Data Debt – Communicate, Measure, and Justify Data Governance	Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome John Ladley, Sonrai	Advanced	New Ideas and Technologies
Data Architecture to Modernize Analytics and Data Science	Mark Madsen, Third Nature	Intermediate	Analytics Architecture

2-Day Seminars (Continuing to Friday, Ends 12:00pm Friday)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Thu, May 8

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Integrating Data and AI Governance Frameworks to Ensure Ethical, Compliant, and Effective AI Practices	Mathias Vercauteren, Data Vantage Consulting	All Levels	AI Governance
Ten Steps to Quality Data	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Driving Sustainable Data Projects: From Discovery to Cultural Transformation	Christine Haskell, Dative.Works	Business / Non-Technical	Stewardship
Designing and Modeling Ontologies for Knowledge Graphs and AI	Gary Carlson, Factor Erik Lee, Factor	Intermediate	Data Architecture Enterprise Semantics
Unpacking Microsoft Fabric and Purview: Practical Insights and Lessons with Hands-On Exercises	David Alzamendi, Level Up Your Data	All Levels	Analytics Architecture

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Thu, May 8

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Thu, May 8

Coffee Break

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Thu, May 8