For detailed session descriptions and who will be speaking for each session, download the agenda.
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Krishna Karuturi, Senior Director, Computational Sciences, The Jackson Laboratory
Venkat Gopalan, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Belcorp
Alex Golbin, Chief Data Officer, Morningstar
Victoria Gamerman, Global head of data governance and insights, Boehringer IngelheimBST | AEST | ET | SAST
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Data privacy has been in the front of minds for most business users, since the rise of GDPR, but do they have good knowledge of what that means in reality? Do they understand the difference between confidential and personal data? Should all data be treated the same? How do we encourage greater collaboration, convergence, and business synergy? What benefits can a risk-based approach achieve?
Reena Shah, Regional Legal Advisor, Regional Compliance Lead & Market Data Privacy Officer, Nestlé
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Data is becoming part of each department's story, but for the InfoSec function few come close to how collaborative their relationships have become with the data function. During this fireside chat, we will unpick what it takes to have a meaningful and successful collaboration between the two departments.
Craig Napier, Chief Data Officer, University of Technology Sydney
Anna Aquilina, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Technology Sydney
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It’s imperative that data is aligned at all times to the business ROI, whether that be in physical dollars or business KPI’s. How do we ensure that each part of the data strategy can be pulled back to both elements? Within this interview we will hear from a global leader in how they continue to do this with each data project.
Krishna Cheriath, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Head of Digital, Zoetis Inc
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Presentation: Self-Driving Telecom, The Next Frontier of AI
Whilst everyone is distracted by self-driving cars, our speaker joining us first for our USA track has been busy working on a fascinating project seeking to automate much of the manual/monotonous work still being done by humans within the telecommunication industry.
David Cote, Chief Data Scientist, Blue Planet Division, Ciena |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe PresentationFit for Purpose: Company Acquisition Considerations
Acquisition due diligence is becoming central to many organizations success. It’s imperative the data function has a seat at the table, given the multi-variate consequences, including: data rights, culture/ethics, governance, localization, security, , synergies, post-acquisition integration, etc. What do we need to consider and benchmark to get this right?
Neil Taylor, VP, Data Strategy, Mastercard |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Panel Discussion: Data Leadership Trends What are the upcoming trends in the data leadership? What does it take to be a successful data leader in 2022?
Reserved, Cloudera Meenal Iyer, Sr. Director, Data Science and Experimentation, Tailored Brands Sean MacCarthy, VP of Analytics, Good Sam Venkat Gopalan, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer & Chief Technology Officer, Belcorp
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Data & Analytics Live, Europe Panel Discussion: Centralized, Decentralized or Hybrid? Data Platforms for 2022 A cookie-cutter approach is never the best method when it comes to deploying a data platform in your organization, but what lessons can we learn from today’s panel in regards to the data platform they’ve chosen.
Kate Sargent, SVP, Data & Analytics, Collinson Group Jason Bunce, World Wide Director, Supply Chain Analytics Enablement, Colgate-Palmolive Juan Iglesias, Chief Data Officer, Capital Energy Lindsay Mason, MoD |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Interview Model Engineers, a New Role or an Extension of the Data Science Role? As ModelOps continues to be deployed into more organizations than ever, the decision of who looks after this process must be decided. Is it an entirely new role, or does it form part of the data scientist's job description?
Korri Jones, Senior Lead, Machine Learning Engineer, Enterprise Analytics, Chick-Fil-A |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Interview: What Role can Geospatial Data Play in Supporting the Business? Geospatial Data is still vastly under-utilized in many organizations and Industries. What can we do to encourage its use and realize its benefits of it? Diego Vallarino, Global Data Acquisition Manager, Group Information Services, Coface
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Panel Discussion: Governance vs Data Management, “whose job is that?” Increasingly for many organizations, the lines between data governance and data management have become blurred. How do you decide who does what in your organization? What lessons can we learn from our expert panel in how they organize their DG & DM structure.
Reserved, Starburst Margey Lawson, Vice President, Data Governance, Data Risk, & Data Literacy, Mastercard Morgan Templar, VP Information Management, Highmark Health Devshree Golecha, VP of Data, Analytics and Data Governance, TDECU |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Panel Discussion: Building for Scale, Secrets to Success Almost every data product built must-have in the back of its mind the capability to be scaled-up. What are the successes behind building for scale, what are the risks of not considering how a project could scale? Alex Gray, Director, Data & Insights, Blue Light Card Mohit Joshi, Head of Data Science and Engineering, Collinson Group Pete Williams, Director, Data & Online, Penguin Random House Nikki Miles, Head of Data & Analytics, MPB |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Presentation: What Makes a Compelling Data Story? Storytelling as a skill is making its way onto more and more recruitment advertisements and is becoming a strong focus for data leaders in 2022 and beyond. But what really makes a good data story? Jason Gislason, Chief Digital Officer, Chevron Phillips Chemical |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Presentation: Build it and they will come – Why this Method is Doomed Although it would be nice, seldom rare does the phrase “build it and they will come” ring true for the D&A function in any organization. How can we achieve buy-in, collaborate effectively and communicate efficiently so that when we do eventually build something, they’re already there? Naomi Freeman, CTO/Sr. Leadership Fellow, Women Who Code London |
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We will be kicking off day two of the Business of Data Festival by exploring what it takes to make your digital transformation truly successful. What capabilities need to be realized? What’s the cost? What expectations need to be set in order to benchmark?
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In this panel discussion, our guests will offer their insights into what it takes to get the business enabled for successful self-service, whilst also weighing up the pros and cons of doing so.
Patrick Mcgraw, Director, Global Analytics Integration, Colgate-Palmolive
Deepak Jose, Global Director – Demand Analytics, Mars
Harish Nankani, Executive Director, Data & Analytics, Merck
Kunde Ramamoorthy Govindarajan, Director, The Jackson Laboratory
Xu Cheng, Head of Business Intelligence and Insights, Ascot Group
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Before we get to realize many exciting processes and technology first we must ensure our data quality is improved and at a level where there is a reduced risk of negative impacts such as bias. How can we improve our DQ in a sustainable way? What approaches have worked best?
Shree Chathanoor Seshan, Global Head of Data & Analytics, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
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In a time where resources need to be stretched, how can you be using your data warehouse for more than just analytics? What capabilities as an industry are yet to be realized? What is the future of the data warehouse?
Matt Lovell, Global Director of Data and Insight, Pret A Manger
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More leaders than ever before are grappling with creating a standard of Ethics for their organizations to follow as they begin deploying more AI models than ever before. How do you draw a line in the sand as we all seek to formalize “just because we can, doesn’t mean we should”?
Haroon Abbu, Digital, Data, and Analytics Vice President, Bell And Howell
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The expectations when you first begin as a Data Leader expectations of what you’re meant to deliver can be astronomical. How do you appropriately guide those expectations so that they’re ambitious but not unachievable? When is the right time to tell the CEO no?
Edosa Odaro, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Tawuniya
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Presentation: Centralizing Capabilities, a Story of 1000 Excel Spreadsheets The sheer number of excel spreadsheets in an organization is probably enough to make any data leader shudder. So how do we centralize capabilities to avoid duplicating work, data, and analytics? Wendy Gilbert, Deputy Director, Enterprise BI, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Data & Analytics Live, Europe Presentation: Competing with Sexy: A D&A Talent Challenge For many older brands, it can be hard to compete with the digitally native start-ups who are working on cutting-edge projects. So how do legacy companies compete?
Roger Halliday, Chief Executive Officer, Research Data Scotland |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Panel Discussion: Talent In 2022: Top Trends
As the talent market continues to be disrupted what are the biggest trends we’re noticing on the ground, and what we can do to set ourselves up for success for the near future.
Joshua Peterson, Director Business Analytics, Alsana Roberta Hyland, Chief Data Officer, National Student Clearing House Jasper Milliken Executive Director of Business Intelligence, Colorado Permanente Medical Group Shadaab Kanwal MBA. MISM., Executive Leader Digital, Data, and Analytics, Charles Schwab |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Panel Discussion: How Can We Build Agility into our Strategy? If the Covid-era has taught us anything it is that those who are agile in their strategies have an easier time adapting to change. What can we do to ensure we’re as agile as we can be strategical? What are the benefits of doing so? What challenges must we still work through?
Mark Beckwith, Director of Data Strategy and Governance, Financial Times Tim Lum, Chief Data Officer, WPP Dee Samra, Director, Data Excellence, Liberty Global Olivia Hawkins, Head of Business Consulting, EMEA, Wunderman Thompson |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Fireside Chat: The Future of Data Science What are the top trends and interests for 2022 for Data Science? Within this fireside chat we will discuss with two experts what their view is of the future of data science
Krishna Karuturi, Senior Director, Computational Sciences, The Jackson Laboratory Snehit Prabhu, Chief Data Scientist, Cancer Cell Therapy, Stanford, Stanford Cancer Institute |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Fireside Chat: Controlling the Data Passion: Effective Data Reporting Within the Covid-era many organizations saw data reporting grow exponentially. However, as leaders how do we claw back control and provide meaningful reports in a timely manner?
Kate Sargent, SVP, Data & Analytics, Collinson Group Simon Hayter, Partner & Group Head of Data, Knight Frank |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Presentation: Cloud Capability Transformation in 2022
Within this presentation, we’ll hear from an expert in the adoption and transformation of their cloud capabilities and what they are seeking to capitalize on this year and beyond.
Drew Buikema, Senior Business Intelligence Specialist, Elite Transit Solutions |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Fireside Chat: Best use-cases of Data Visualization
Within this panel discussion, we will understand our guests best uses of data visualization and why they were so successful. What value can excellent visualization provide? What can happen if we don’t get this right?
David Pires, Head of Data Visualization, Expedia Group Axel Goris, Global Visual Analytics Lead, Novartis |
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Data & Analytics Live, USA Presentation: Cloud Capability Transformation in 2022 Within this presentation, we’ll hear from an expert in their adoption and transformation of their cloud capabilities and what they are seeking to capitalize on this year and beyond. |
Data & Analytics Live, Europe Presentation: Using Your Data Warehouse For More Than Analytics In a time where resources need to be stretched, how can you be using your data warehouse for more than just analytics? What capabilities as an industry are yet to be realized? What is the future of the data warehouse? |
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