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Agenda At-a-Glance

Wednesday, 5/7/2025

Continental Breakfast (Anabella Foyer)

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Wed, May 7

The Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) Annual Summer Meeting

07:30 AM - 08:15 AM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Jimm Johnson, HireRight
David Street, CGI
All Levels
Data Governance

Zen with Len

07:45 AM - 08:15 AM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC
All Levels
Human Factors

Conference Sessions

08:30 AM - 09:15 AM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Eric Riz, eMark Consulting
All Levels
Data Strategy
Carol Henry, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets
All Levels
Human Factors
Andrew Andrews, Enterprise Data Management Council
Howard Diesel, DAMA Southern Africa
All Levels
Data Strategy
Lakshmi Isukapally, American Express
Shoma Samir Chakravarty, American Express
Intermediate
Data Architecture
Junio Cezar Souza Almeida, Minerva Foods
All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Mark Horseman, DATAVERSITY
All Levels
AI Governance

DGPO Best Practices Award (Carousel A-B)

09:30 AM - 09:40 AM Wed, May 7

Keynote Presentation

09:40 AM - 10:30 AM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Eric Haseltine, US Technology Leadership Council
All Levels
AI Governance

Exhibits Open (Anabella A)

10:30 AM - 02:00 PM Wed, May 7

Coffee Break & Exhibits Open (Anabella A)

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Wed, May 7

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Ryan Zombo, IBM
All Levels
AI Governance
Alon Nafta, Foundational
All Levels
Data Governance
Manish Gurnani, Ksolves India Limited
All Levels
Data Governance

CDMP Exams (Gloriana C)

11:30 AM - 01:30 PM Wed, May 7

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Alejandro Alvarez, BROU
Gustavo Mesa, BROU
Case Study
Data Governance
Scott Taylor, MetaMeta Consulting
All Levels
Getting Business Buy-In
Robert Bagley, Perficient
All Levels
AI Governance
Adrian Porter, SeekWell
All Levels
Professional Development
Elliott Cordo, Datafutures.io
Intermediate
Data Architecture
Geir Myrind, The Norwegian Tax Administration
Intermediate
Enterprise Semantics

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

12:45 PM - 02:00 PM Wed, May 7

Conference Sessions

02:00 PM - 02:45 PM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Ram Kumar Nimmakayala, Western Governors University
Narendra Pandya, Western Governors University
All Levels
Data Literacy and Culture
Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors
Intermediate
Data Architecture
Dan Everett, Insightful Research LLC
All Levels
Getting Business Buy-In
Jimm Johnson, HireRight
Introductory
Risk Management
Sherrard Glaittli, Eggcorn, LLC
Business / Non-Technical
AI Governance
April Reeve, Reeve Consulting
All Levels
Human Factors
Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls
All Levels
Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break (Anabella Foyer)

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM Wed, May 7

Conference Sessions

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Lindsey Jarrett, Center for Practical Bioethics
Cindy Lou Vogel, Right Triangle Consulting
All Levels
AI Governance
Norman Hussey, CruxWise
All Levels
Data Literacy and Culture
Riham Elhabyan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Intermediate
AI Governance
Richard Ernst, Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare
Julie Gibson, Oregon Department of Human Services, Child Welfare
All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Kalu Kalu, Cox Communications
All Levels
Data Governance
Anup Singh, Environment Canterbury (ECAN)
All Levels
Data Strategy
Jason Preston, Eli Lilly and Company
Business / Non-Technical
Data Literacy and Culture

Women in Data Management and Governance - Closing Keynote

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM Wed, May 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Chandra Donelson, The Data Detective
Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome
All Levels
Data Literacy and Culture

Women in Data Management and Governance: Reception (Carousel Foyer)

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM Wed, May 7

CDMP Exams (Gloriana C)

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Wed, May 7

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