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Agenda At-a-Glance

Monday, 6/5/2023

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Mon, Jun 5

Monday Morning Tutorials

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
T1: Getting Started with Data Governance
Anthony J. Algmin, Algmin Data Leadership
 Introductory
Data Governance
T2: Centralized Data Governance of a Distributed Data Landscape
Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd
 Intermediate
Data Governance
T3: Making Data Governance Stick
Sue Geuens, Elsevier
 All Levels
Data Governance
T4: Developing Data Acumen (Literacy) Across the Board
John Ladley, Sonrai
 Intermediate
Data Literacy
T5: A Roadmap for Incorporating Ethics in Data Governance
Karen Lopez, InfoAdvisors
Peter Aiken, VCU/AnythingAwesome
 Intermediate
Data Literacy
Human Factors
T7: A Roadmap for Building a Successful Data Quality Program
John R. Talburt, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
 Introductory
Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Mon, Jun 5

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Mon, Jun 5

Title Speakers Audience Track
Zero Trust Database Access and Management with DBHawk
Manish Shah, Datasparc
 All Levels
Data Protection
OvalEdge: End-to-End Data Governance
Eric Kopins, OvalEdge
 All Levels
Data Governance
Data Governance in Retail: How Data Lineage Helps Unlock Improved Decision-Making and ROI
Wren Hansen, MANTA
 All Levels
Data Governance

Lunch

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM Mon, Jun 5

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

01:30 PM - 04:45 PM Mon, Jun 5

Title Speakers Audience Track
T8: Building the 12 Must-Have Data Capabilities for Your Organization
Vanessa Lam, Business Rule Solutions
 Business
Data Strategy
T9: Aligning Data Strategy with Data Governance
Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.
 Business
Data Governance
Data Strategy
T10: Legally Defensible Data Governance
Mark Milone, VirtuLaw
 Advanced
Legal and Regulatory Issues
T11: Data Privacy and Protection Fundamentals
Evan Levy, Integral Data, LLC.
 Introductory
Data Protection
Privacy
T12: Building Data Culture: Why, What, and How
Thomas Redman, Data Quality Solutions
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Human Factors
T13: Getting Data Quality Right for Analytics and Machine Learning
Bryan Lee, GIC Private Limited
 Intermediate
Analytics Governance
Data & Information Quality
T14: Human Behavior Tools and Frameworks for Data Governance
Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC
 All Levels
Human Factors

Coffee Break

03:00 PM - 03:15 PM Mon, Jun 5

Conference Sessions

05:00 PM - 05:45 PM Mon, Jun 5

Title Speakers Audience Track
Understanding Why We Govern, What We Govern, How We Govern
Lara Gureje, DatOculi LLC
 All Levels
Data Governance
Building a Future Leaders in Data Program
Sara L Jones, SAIC
 All Levels
Organizational Structure and Roles
Pioneering Governed Data Quality
Regis Deshayes, ZEISS Digital Partners
Stefan Hilbert, Carl Zeiss AG
 Case Study
Data & Information Quality

CDMP Exams

05:00 PM - 07:00 PM Mon, Jun 5

Tuesday, 6/6/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

The Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO) Annual Summer Meeting

07:35 AM - 08:20 AM Tue, Jun 6

Title Speakers Audience Track
The Six Core Areas of the DGPO Data Governance Framework, the Foundation for Best Practices
Kira Chuchom, DGPO
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Data Governance

Welcome

08:30 AM - 08:40 AM Tue, Jun 6

Keynote Presentation

08:40 AM - 09:15 AM Tue, Jun 6

Title Speakers Audience Track
Walk, Run, Fly to a Data-Driven Culture
Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
 Business
Data Literacy
Data Strategy

Keynote Panel

09:15 AM - 09:50 AM Tue, Jun 6

Title Speakers Audience Track
Organizing for Effective Change: Critical Success Factors for Creating a Meaningful Impact with Data Governance
Kelle O'Neal, First San Francisco Partners
Antoinette Cashwell-Robinson, Lincoln Financial Group
Balaji Ganesan, Privacera
Solomon Williams, IBM
Theresa M Ancick, Accura Business Services LLC
 Business
Getting Business Buy-In

Coffee Break

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

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
Turning Data Governance into a Business Driver with Automation and Decentralization
Stephanie McReynolds, data.world
Nancy Prabhakar, data.world
 All Levels
Data Governance
What Did Your Data Do Last Night? A Deep Dive into Trusting Your Data and AI
Anne Ratcliffe, IBM
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Common MDM Pitfalls - Why Is MDM So Difficult?
Amy Cooper, Dun & Bradstreet
 All Levels
Master Data Management
Leveraging a Continuous Improvement Program to Introduce and Maintain Data Quality
Lisa M Williams, Arizona Department of Water Resources
 Intermediate
Getting Business Buy-In
ABCs of Data Governance
Antoinette Cashwell-Robinson, Lincoln Financial Group
Lynn Mulligan, Lincoln Financial Group
Robyn Black, Lincoln Financial Group
 Introductory
Data Governance

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
Fireside Chat: Using Data Governance to Support and Accelerate Data Science
Amir Assar, Denodo
Sathyan Munirathinam, ASML
 All Levels
Analytics Governance
Transforming Your Data Management: Adopting a Sustainable Approach to Data Governance
Greg Kordelski, Prolifics
 All Levels
Data Governance
How the Need for Better Metrics Changed Our MDM Reputation
Paula Reece, Takeda
 Intermediate
Master Data Management
Metrics
Data Quality Twists and Turns – How to Move Forward?
Sukanya Gopinath, Royal Bank of Canada
Tony J Basil, Royal Bank of Canada
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Data Governance Maturity Assessments: A Case Study
Jamie DePastino, Carnegie Mellon University
 Introductory
Data Governance
Data Observability – What Is It and Why Is It Important?
Mike Ferguson, Intelligent Business Strategies Ltd
 Intermediate
Industry Trends

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM Tue, Jun 6

Title Speakers Audience Track
Data Lineage in a Complex Data Landscape
Greg Kordelski, Prolifics
 All Levels
Metadata
Improved Curation and Data Discovery with data.world and Generative AI
Juan Sequeda, data.world
 All Levels
Data Strategy
Informatica: Not Your Grandma’s Data Governance
Yomar Rosendo, Informatica
Wesley Matthews, Informatica
 All Levels
Data Governance
Achieving the Elusive Goal of Enterprise Data Awareness
Steven Zagoudis, MetaGovernance
 All Levels
Data Governance

Lunch

12:45 PM - 01:45 PM Tue, Jun 6

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
You Can’t Govern Data You Don’t Understand: A Modern Approach to Discover and Manage Your Unstructured Data
Steve Woodward, DryvIQ
 All Levels
Data Governance
Building a Scalable and Sustainable Global Data Governance Program
Stephen Kennedy, ResMed
 Intermediate
Data Governance
Enterprise Data Dictionary: Data Culture Defined
Christen Pentek, State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
Sara Walker, State of Minnesota Department of Human Services
 All Levels
Data Governance
Becoming a Data Governance Enabler
Chantal Marcoux, Bank of Canada
Iris Zhang, Bank of Canada
 All Levels
Data Governance
Where’s the Right Place to Get My Data? Improving Data Management Maturity Through System Certification
Laurel Shifrin, American Express
Sameer Puranik, American Express
 Intermediate
Data Governance
How Are We Doing? Effective Approaches to Measuring Program Progress
David Kowalski, Ortecha
 All Levels
Metrics
SIG: What are the Next Challenges in Data Protection, Tracking and Privacy?
Evan Levy, Integral Data, LLC.
 All Levels
Data Protection
Privacy

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
Feeling Lost? Navigate with D3Clarity's Revolutionary Governance Playbook
Earin Persson, D3Clarity, Inc.
Dave Wilkinson, D3Clarity, Inc.
 All Levels
Products and Services
Alation - House of Data Demo
Jim Barker, Alation
 All Levels
Data Governance
Accelerating a Data Governance Program with a Logical Data Fabric
Suntosh Murthy, Denodo
 All Levels
Data Governance
Know, Trust, Use - Invigorate Your Governance Initiatives Using IBM Data Governance Solutions
Matt Crittenden, IBM DataOps
Pat Marcello, IBM
 All Levels
Data Governance

Ice Cream Break & Exhibits Open

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

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
How To Scale Digital Business With Modern Data Governance
Ryan Glasunow, Informatica
Blake Andrews, Independent Financial
 All Levels
Data Governance
A Framework for Data Literacy
Josh Reid, Succeed Data Governance Services
Sean Hewitt, Succeed Data Governance Services
 Business
Data Literacy
Jump Start Your Metadata Management Journey
Nichole Blight, HireRight
Jimm Johnson, HireRight
 Introductory
Metadata
Case Study: How the Implementation of Data Standards Can Lead to Better Data Quality
Lauren A Cook, Mecklenburg County Public Health
Jonathan L Ong, Mecklenburg County Public Health
 Case Study
Data & Information Quality
LOST IN TRANSLATION: Data Governance in State Government
Diana Barrett, IN Department of Workforce Development
 Case Study
Data Governance
People: The Forgotten Key to Successful Data Governance
Ben Fox, Electronic Arts (EA)
 All Levels
Data Governance
SIG: Shared Governance across Multiple Organizations
Malcolm Hawker, Profisee
 All Levels
Industry Trends

Conference Sessions

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
Creating a Roadmap That Works for Your Organization
Theresa M Ancick, Accura Business Services LLC
 Intermediate
Data Governance
Establishing Sound Data Governance: A Data Catalog Story
John Moran, Thermo Fisher Scientific
 All Levels
Getting Business Buy-In
Connecting Data Governance to What Business Leaders Care About - Money!
Aaron C Wilkerson, Carhartt
 Intermediate
Getting Business Buy-In
Time for Big Brother to Get a Makeover
Samantha Schrader, Washington State Health Care Authority
Mitsuyo Maser, Washington State Health Care Authority
 All Levels
Data Strategy
How Newell Brands Aligned Data Governance with Business Strategy to Enable Change
James D Tuenge, Newell Brands
Lisa Henry Horne, Newell Brands
 All Levels
Data Governance
Engaging Data Stewards in a Collaborative Approach to Data Governance - A Case Study
Marisa Nickle, University of Washington
Ann Nagel, University of Washington
 All Levels
Stewardship
SIG: Data Governance as a Product
Anthony J. Algmin, Algmin Data Leadership
 All Levels
Data Governance

Exhibits and Reception

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

Wednesday, 6/7/2023

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:15 AM Wed, Jun 7

Zen with Len

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
Zen with Len: What Does Zen Have to Do with Data Governance?
Len Silverston, Universal Mindful, LLC
 All Levels
Human Factors

Conference Sessions

08:15 AM - 09:00 AM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Clear the Fog from Your Data Landscape: Demystifying the Enterprise Data Model for Governance
Dave Wilkinson, D3Clarity, Inc.
Earin Persson, D3Clarity, Inc.
 All Levels
Data Governance
Data Strategy and Governance - The Journey Continues
Kiersten Farmer, City of Henderson
David Dellett, City of Henderson
 Case Study
Data Governance
Building Core Change Management Expertise to Empower Your Data Governance Program
Lacy D Smith, ERM
Erin Olshefski, ERM
Lee Kurzhal, ERM
 All Levels
Human Factors
Accelerating Metadata Onboarding with Gamification
Adam Milward, MetadataWorks
 All Levels
Data Governance
Discovering and Governing Confidential Data
Tami Flowers, MetaGovernance
 All Levels
Legal and Regulatory Issues
Brag Session (Because We Understand You!)
Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute
 All Levels
Data Governance
SIG: Data Quality for Healthcare Organizations (Especially with Non-Technical Users)
Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality

Keynote Presentation

09:15 AM - 10:00 AM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Adventures in Data Governance
Toby Hall, Roosevelt Innovations
Curtis Mischler, Roosevelt Innovations
 All Levels
Data Governance

Keynote Presentation

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Music and Data?! A Journey of Learnings for Creativity
Tiankai Feng, adidas
 All Levels
Human Factors

Coffee Break and Exhibits Open

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM Wed, Jun 7

Sponsored Sessions - Data Governance and Data Quality Solutions

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
The Future of MDM
Malcolm Hawker, Profisee
 All Levels
Master Data Management
Making Your Data Governance Program Successful!
Matthias Czerwonka, DATAROCKET® (by innoscale AG Germany)
 All Levels
Data Governance
5 Factors That Cause Data Quality Projects to Fail (And How to Overcome Them)
Michael M. Ott, Innovative Systems, Inc.
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
Controlling the Chaos: How to Discover, Manage, and Govern Your Unstructured Data
Steve Woodward, DryvIQ
 All Levels
Data Governance

Exhibits Open

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Wed, Jun 7

CDMP Exams

11:15 AM - 01:15 PM Wed, Jun 7

Conference Sessions

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Jumpstarting and Unsticking Your Data Governance Program
Scott Peachey, Invesco Ltd.
Ashley Daniel, Invesco
Jennifer Loffredo, Invesco
 All Levels
Data Governance
Data Governance Communication: Making it CLEAR
Valerie Calvo, CBRE Investment Management
 All Levels
Data Governance
The Fine Art of Data Governance – A Sommelier’s Guide to Cataloging Data
Anjali Bansal, Cervello, a Kearney Company
 All Levels
Metadata
Universal Data Access…Tear Down This Data Wall!
Pragnya Gandhi, FINRA
Joanna Chodzynska, FINRA
 All Levels
Analytics Governance
Putting the Ducks in a Row: Going from Low to High Quality Data
Valentina Niklasson, Volvo Penta
Håkan Edvinsson, Informed Decisions Consulting
 Business
Data & Information Quality

Lunch, Desserts on the Exhibit Floor

12:30 PM - 01:45 PM Wed, Jun 7

Conference Sessions

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Building Lasting Momentum with Data Governance (Panel)
Anthony J. Algmin, Algmin Data Leadership
Christine Haskell, Christine Haskell Consulting LLC
Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute
Lisa Henry Horne, Newell Brands
Scott Peachey, Invesco Ltd.
 All Levels
Data Governance
Scaling Master Data Management via Data Mesh
Samia Rahman, Seagen
Marcie Stoetzel, Seagen
 All Levels
Master Data Management
Are We Even Allowed to Say That? Normalizing DEIA Metadata to Meet Tomorrow’s Governance Needs
Erica Hornung, Salt Flats
 All Levels
Metadata
Converting Data Language Into Business Speak – Can You Talk the Talk?
Scott Garner, Data Management Consultant
 Intermediate
Data Strategy
Enabling Automated Data Quality Management with a Data Catalog
Holly Maykow, Enterprise Knowledge LLC
Fernando Aguilar Islas, Enterprise Knowledge
 Case Study
Data & Information Quality
Business Value Assessment to Identify Data Governance Priorities
David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
 All Levels
Data Strategy

Conference Sessions

02:45 PM - 03:30 PM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Emotional Intelligence Disciplines for Data Governance Professionals
Andrew Andrews, Senior Business and Technology Leader
 All Levels
Human Factors
Data Management from a Risk Management Perspective
Gerard Koster, Rabobank
 All Levels
Risk Management
Governance by Design - Not as an Afterthought
Anil Kumar Kunden, AmFam Group
 All Levels
Data Governance
Who Gets the Soup? Prototyping Cross-Functional Data Governance
Lance K Tucker, Boston College
Daniel Riehs, Boston College
 All Levels
Analytics Governance
Next Gen Data Quality Monitoring
April Reeve, Reeve Consulting
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality
SIG: Data Governance Implications of ChatGPT and Generative AI
Juan Sequeda, data.world
 All Levels
Industry Trends
Privacy

Coffee Break

03:30 PM - 03:45 PM Wed, Jun 7

Closing Keynote Session

03:45 PM - 04:45 PM Wed, Jun 7

Title Speakers Audience Track
Award-Winning Data Governance: Journey to Building a Mature Data Governance Program
Diane Schmidt, London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)
 Business
Data Governance
Data Strategy

CDMP Exams

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

Thursday, 6/8/2023

Continental Breakfast

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

Post-Conference Tutorials (One Day)

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
W1: How to Build a DG-IQ Framework and Data Strategy
Robert S. Seiner, KIK Consulting/TDAN.com
 Intermediate
Data Governance
W2: A.N.C.H.O.R.ing Data Governance in Your Organization – 6 Steps to Sustaining Change
Aakriti Agrawal, American Express
 All Levels
Data Governance

2-Day Seminars (Continuing to Friday)

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

Title Speakers Audience Track
S1: Data Policy Governance: Defining and Operationalizing Data Policies (Continues to Friday)
David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
 Introductory
Data Governance
S2: How to Implement and Govern an Enterprise Data Catalog and Business Glossary (Continues to Friday)
Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners
Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners
 Introductory
Data Governance
Metadata
S3: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship (Continues to Friday)
David Plotkin, Financial Services Company
 All Levels
Stewardship
S4: Ten Steps to Quality Data (Continues to Friday)
Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

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

Lunch

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

Coffee Break

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

Friday, 6/9/2023

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Fri, Jun 9

2-Day Seminars (Continuing from Thursday)

08:30 AM - 04:00 PM Fri, Jun 9

Title Speakers Audience Track
S1: Data Policy Governance: Defining and Operationalizing Data Policies (Continues from Thursday)
David Loshin, Knowledge Integrity
 Introductory
Data Governance
S2: How to Implement and Govern an Enterprise Data Catalog and Business Glossary (Continues from Thursday)
Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners
Gretchen Burnham, First San Francisco Partners
 Introductory
Data Governance
Metadata
S3: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship (Continues from Thursday)
David Plotkin, Financial Services Company
 All Levels
Stewardship
S4: Ten Steps to Quality Data (Continues from Thursday)
Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls
 All Levels
Data & Information Quality

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Fri, Jun 9

Lunch

11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Fri, Jun 9

Coffee Break

02:15 PM - 02:30 PM Fri, Jun 9

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