Agenda At-a-Glance

Tuesday, 5/6/2025

Continental Breakfast (Anabella Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Tue, May 6

Conference Welcome and DAMA Awards (Carousel A-B)

08:30 AM - 08:45 AM Tue, May 6

Keynote Presentation

08:45 AM - 09:20 AM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Surf’s Up: Practical Tools for Leaning Into Big Changes in Data and Life	Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC	All Levels	Human Factors

Keynote Panel

09:20 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Adapting to Change: Professionally and Personally	Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC Stephanie Valarezo, IBM Wendy Turner Williams, Culstrata-ai and TheAssociation.AI	Business / Non-Technical	Human Factors Industry and Business Trends

Coffee Break (Anabella Foyer)

09:50 AM - 10:15 AM Tue, May 6

Conference Sessions

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
How Enterprise Data Becomes AI’s Most Powerful Tool (Premier Sponsor Presentation)	Stephanie Valarezo, IBM	All Levels	Generative AI
Bringing Everyone on Board: A Human-Centered Approach to Governance Success	Ajay Mathur, Motability Operations	All Levels	Data Governance
Eliminating Data Quality Risks From Your Next Major Project	Steven Munson, American University C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Data & Information Quality
Data Architecture Documentation for Project Success	Clay Rehm, RehmTech	Intermediate	Data Architecture
Next Generation Semantic Layers and the Evolution From Data to Knowledge Management	Malcolm Hawker, Profisee	All Levels	Master Data Management
Empowering Data Stewards: Innovating with Existing Tools for Effective Data Governance	Frances Stoor, Jackson Financial	Introductory	Data Governance
Journey to Data Governance via Data Catalog, Data Literacy, and Data Quality Governance	Salvatore Damante, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Victor Shashilov, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

Conference Sessions

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
High Velocity Governance: Invitation Homes’ Value-Focused Approach with Atlan (Platinum Sponsor Presentation)	Hemchand Kochukuttan, Invitation Homes	All Levels	Data Governance
Insights From the Trenches: A Case Study in Data Initiative Leadership	CC Chainey, Netflix	Intermediate	Human Factors
Strategic AI Governance: Building Trust and Sustainability in the Age of AI	Subasini Periyakaruppan, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)	Intermediate	AI Governance
Practical Data Governance Metrics	David Plotkin, Author and Data Governance Practitionery	All Levels	Metrics
Driving Value Through Data Governance: A Business-Driven Approach	Frederico Humberto Frossard Lima, Petrobras Paulo Mariath, Petrobras	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Revolutionizing Data Practices: Leveraging Machine Learning for Smarter Data Management	Paula Reece, Takeda	All Levels	Human Factors
From Chaos to Clarity: A CDO’s Guide to Unstructured Data for GenAI Success	Junaid Farooq, First Citizens Bank	All Levels	Data Strategy

Exhibits Open (Anabella A)

12:00 PM - 07:30 PM Tue, May 6

Lunch (Anabella B) and Desserts on the Exhibit Floor (Anabella A)

12:00 PM - 01:45 PM Tue, May 6

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Future-Proof Your Data Strategy with Data Intelligence	Rob Jackson-Jones, IBM	All Levels	Generative AI
Invisible Data and AI Governance: Future-Ready Programs with Atlan	Sean Uptigrove, Atlan	All Levels	Data Governance
One-Click NiFi Data Flow Deployment with 70% Lower Cost	Manish Gurnani, Ksolves India Limited	Advanced	Data Governance

Conference Sessions

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
From 0 to 60, Spreadsheets to Gen AI	Andrew Patricio, UnidosUS	Business / Non-Technical	Data Strategy
Data Strategy, Quality, and Trust Walk Into a Bar…	Cher Fox, Fox Consulting Kamal Maheshwari, Decube, The First Unified Data Trust Platform	All Levels	Data Strategy
Two Women, 400 Bunnies, and a New Era of Data Governance	Maria Alejandra Restrepo, Hablemos de Gobierno DATA & AI Jessica Zuñiga, Hablemos de Gobierno DATA & AI	Case Study	Data Strategy
Transforming Data Into a Strategic Asset Leveraging Business Architecture	Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome Whynde Kuehn, Business Architecture Guild William Ulrich, Business Architecture Guild	Intermediate	Data Architecture
Engaging Data Stewards When Starting a New Data Governance Program	Martin Nash, CPS Energy	All Levels	Stewardship
Foundational Tools: Data Competencies as a Path to Career Development and Organizational Planning	Julian Kirby, DFO	Business / Non-Technical	Data Literacy and Culture
Building a Scalable Data Warehouse to Empower Analytics and AI-Driven Innovations	Cassie Finer, Yes Energy Keith Evans, Right Triangle Consulting	All Levels	Data Architecture

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
How a Semantic Layer Unlocks the Full Potential of Explainable AI-Powered Insights	Martin Kaltenboeck, Graphwise	All Levels	Enterprise Semantics
Why Most Agentic RAG Projects Will Fail Compliance - And How to Avoid It	Nimit Mehta, TopQuadrant	All Levels	Generative AI
How Quality Scores Create Actionable Clarity (And How to Calculate Them)	Jonathan Agee, Validatar	All Levels	Data & Information Quality

Ice Cream Break & Exhibits (Anabella A)

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM Tue, May 6

Conference Sessions

03:45 PM - 04:30 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
PANEL: The Human Side of Data	Dave Wilkinson, D3Clarity, Inc. Cher Fox, Fox Consulting Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors Paula Reece, Takeda	All Levels	Human Factors
Data Management - The AI Differentiator: Elevating the AI Revolution with Intent and Trust	Wendy Turner Williams, Culstrata-ai and TheAssociation.AI Meenu Howland, Neuronova Consulting LLC	All Levels	AI Governance
EU Data Act - Defined Product Data Ownership as a Booster for Data Governance	Dominik Ebeling, Rolls-Royce Power Systems	All Levels	Data Governance
The Race For Data Quality in a Medallion Architecture	Christopher Bergh, DataKitchen	Intermediate	Data Architecture
Data Risk Redefined: Strengthening Risk Management in a Data-Driven World	Emily Gamlin, Eclipse Consulting Group Michael Ivie, Eclipse Consulting Group	All Levels	Risk Management
Realizing Our Potential – Building a Modern Data-Centric Workforce	Ruth Klann, North Highland Jennifer Elmore, PhD, North Highland	Introductory	Data Literacy and Culture
The Data Governance “Blueprint” - 10 Rules to Ensure Data Governance Success!	Michael Nicosia, Ahold Delhaize USA	All Levels	Data Governance

Conference Sessions

04:45 PM - 05:30 PM Tue, May 6

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Data Governance Mythbusters: Who Ya Gonna Call?	Mathias Vercauteren, Data Vantage Consulting	Business / Non-Technical	Data Governance
The Honest No-BS on Data Products	Tim Gasper, data.world Juan Sequeda, data.world	All Levels	Data Architecture
Leveraging Change Management for Data Governance	Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY Sara Horseman, University of Alberta	All Levels	Getting Business Buy-In
Elevating the Organizational Significance of Data Risk Management	Ronaldo Dy-Liacco, USAA	All Levels	Risk Management
Scaling Data Excellence: The Evolution of Data Discipline at ExxonMobil	Martin Obiozor, Exxon Mobil	All Levels	Data Literacy and Culture
SIG: From Local to Global: Elevating Spanish-Speaking Data Talent	Maria Alejandra Restrepo, Hablemos de Gobierno DATA & AI Jessica Zuñiga, Hablemos de Gobierno DATA & AI	All Levels	Data Governance
Affinity Group: Healthcare	John Moran, Thermo Fisher Scientific

Exhibit Reception (Anabella A)

05:30 PM - 07:30 PM Tue, May 6