2025 Data Governance & Information Quality (DGIQ) West + Enterprise Data World (EDW) Conference

Tracks > Data Governance

Monday Morning Tutorials

08:30 AM - 11:45 AM Mon, May, 5

Title	Speakers	Audience
T4: Delivering the "Product" in Data Product	Mark Cooper, The Data Brains	All Levels
T7: Standing Up Enterprise Data Governance for Driving Operational Excellence	Abhi Ahuja, IGM Financial	All Levels
T8: Data Governance Tools, Templates, and Techniques	Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting	All Levels

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Mon, May, 5

Title	Speakers	Audience
Data Asset Inventory: First Step for Effective Data Management	Michael Scofield, Loma Linda University	Introductory

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

01:45 PM - 05:00 PM Mon, May, 5

Title	Speakers	Audience
T14: Building a Data Governance Strategy	Nate Lee, K. Hovnanian Enterprises	Introductory
T15: Applying Data Governance to Drive Down Costs and Improve Agility	Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners Josh Henderson, First San Francisco Partners	Intermediate

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
Bringing Everyone on Board: A Human-Centered Approach to Governance Success	Ajay Mathur, Motability Operations	All Levels
Empowering Data Stewards: Innovating with Existing Tools for Effective Data Governance	Frances Stoor, Jackson Financial	Introductory

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
High Velocity Governance: Invitation Homes’ Value-Focused Approach with Atlan (Platinum Sponsor Presentation)	Hemchand Kochukuttan, Invitation Homes	All Levels

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
Invisible Data and AI Governance: Future-Ready Programs with Atlan	Sean Uptigrove, Atlan	All Levels
One-Click NiFi Data Flow Deployment with 70% Lower Cost	Manish Gurnani, Ksolves India Limited	Advanced

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
EU Data Act - Defined Product Data Ownership as a Booster for Data Governance	Dominik Ebeling, Rolls-Royce Power Systems	All Levels
The Data Governance “Blueprint” - 10 Rules to Ensure Data Governance Success!	Michael Nicosia, Ahold Delhaize USA	All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
Data Governance Mythbusters: Who Ya Gonna Call?	Mathias Vercauteren, Data Vantage Consulting	Business / Non-Technical
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

The Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) Annual Summer Meeting

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
Demonstrating Value for Your Data Governance Program (A Facilitated Discussion About Metrics)	Jimm Johnson, HireRight David Street, CGI	All Levels

Sponsored Sessions - Products and Solutions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
AI for Data Governance: Powering the Next Phase of Governance Programs	Alon Nafta, Foundational	All Levels
Enterprise Data Governance Without the Enterprise Price: Strategies, Tools, and Trade-Offs	Manish Gurnani, Ksolves India Limited	All Levels

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU): The Journey to Put Data Into Its DNA	Alejandro Alvarez, BROU Gustavo Mesa, BROU	Case Study

Conference Sessions

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
CANCELED: Implementing a Defensible Data Retention Program	Kalu Kalu, Cox Communications	All Levels

Post-Conference Workshops/Tutorials (One Day)

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

Title	Speakers	Audience
W2: Holistic Data Governance - Building the Policy and Standards That Work for You	David Kowalski, MIDAS Advisory Services	Intermediate