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Day 1 - All Times are in Eastern Time Zone
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11:00 AM
Opening Remarks
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11:05 AM
Opening Keynote: Beyond the Hype: Best Practices for Using AI to Reimagine and Transform Analytic Business Processes
Heather Harris - Field Chief Data & Analytics Officer - Alteryx
Alteryx’s Field Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Heather Harris, presents how to successfully and practically lead your organization to reimagine and transform data and analytic processes using AI. Leveraging the Alteryx One low-code/no-code platform, everyday knowledge workers are rapidly achieving results for their organizations.
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11:35 AM
Panel: Navigating AI Governance, Ethics & Regulatory Compliance
- How organizations are adapting to new AI laws, bias mitigation, and ethical concerns.
- The business risks of AI non-compliance & lack of governance.
- Frameworks for responsible AI deployment and transparency.
Moderator:
Raman Kaur, Vice President of Technology, ELSEVIER
Panelists:
Akhil Khunger, VP of QA Financial Modelling, BARCLAYS
Drew Smith, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, OHIO HEALTH
Gopal Renganathan, Senior Director, Data & Analytics, ANYWHERE REAL ESTATE INC.
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12:05 PM
Keynote: Real-Time & Streaming Analytics – Moving Beyond Batch Processing
- The rise of event-driven architecture & real-time AI insights.
- Leveraging streaming data for fraud detection, customer personalization, and operational intelligence.
- Optimizing cloud data pipelines for speed, scale, and cost efficiency.
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12:35 PM
Architecting Enterprise-Ready Data Strategies: Scaling Governance, Trust & Compliance for the Age of AI
Craig Milroy - SVP, Enterprise Architecture - Data and AI - M&T BANK
- Strategies for ensuring data integrity & security in AI-driven environments.
- Addressing compliance with global data regulations (GDPR, AI Act, evolving privacy laws).
- Best practices for managing AI bias, transparency, and explainability.
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12:55 PM
The Role of Generative AI in Business Intelligence – Disruptor or Hype?
Joe Greenwood - Vice President of AI and Data Growth Office - MASTERCARD
- How organizations are integrating LLMs into analytics workflows.
- Risks of hallucination, misinformation, and security vulnerabilities in GenAI models.
- Practical applications: Automating reporting, enhancing self-service BI, and AI-driven storytelling.
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1:15 PM
Panel: Data Democratization – Enabling Self-Service Analytics Without Losing Control
- How to balance accessibility with governance & security.
- Strategies for driving data literacy & adoption across business teams.
- The impact of AI-powered BI & automation on self-service analytics.
Moderator: Jasper Cannon, MSMKT (c), CSSGB, CSM, CSPO, CSBI, CSAF, Strategy Consultant/ Venture Partner, CANNON CONSULTING/ MEDSTARTR VENTURES
Panelists:
Nitish Mathew, Head, Data Engineering, Platforms & Governance, CASH APP (former)
Scott Olson, VP Data and Analytics, COASTHILLS CREDIT UNION
Aswini Atibuthi, Distinguished Software Engineer, WALMART
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1:45 PM
Federated Learning & Secure Data Sharing: AI for Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Research
Krishna Karuturi - Director, Research Data & Analytics - SUTTER HEALTH
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2:05 PM
Live Boardroom Session hosted by Dell Technologies Capital: Emerging AI Architecture for the CDAO Office
Join this exclusive boardroom session to explore the next generation of AI architecture shaping the future of enterprise innovation. Hosted by Dell Technologies Capital, this interactive discussion will dive into cutting-edge developments in AI infrastructure, from scalable model deployment to data-centric architecture design. Whether you're optimizing performance, cost, or compliance, gain insights from industry leaders on how to build and future-proof your AI stack for real-world impact.
Moderated by Chris Hillock, Operating Partner - Head of Portfolio Development – Ventures at Dell Technologies Capital, the session will feature speakers:
Tyler Jewell, CEO,
AKKA
- Akka is a platform to build and run apps that are elastic, agile, and resilient. Industry titans and disruptors rely on Akka when application responsiveness must be guaranteed. Engineering teams use a simple SDK and powerful libraries to build transactional, durable, and real-time services that distribute logic and data together. Operations are fully automated in serverless and BYOC environments, and a self-hosted option is available.
Manvinder Singh, VP, AI Product Management,
REDIS
- Redis is the world’s fastest data platform. Redis provides cloud and on-prem solutions for caching, vector search, and more that seamlessly fit into any tech stack. With fast setup and fast support, Redis makes it simple for digital customers to build, scale, and deploy the fast apps our world runs on.
Zhen Lu, CEO,
RUNPOD
- RunPod provides cost-effective GPU cloud computing services for training, deploying, and scaling AI models. With GPU Cloud, users can spin up an on-demand GPU instance in a few clicks. With Serverless, users can create autoscaling API endpoints for scaling inference on their models in production.
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3:05 PM
End of Summit
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