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June 7, 2018 | Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City
June 7, 2018
Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City
Get together with Southern California's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:
Adopting D&A strategies and operating models that deliver business value in volatile environments
Generating measurable economic benefits to the business from data assets and advanced analytics
Becoming a master change agent and driving data literacy across the enterprise
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CDAOs, for CDAOs.
Amy Cooper
The Walt Disney Company
Director, Consumer Data Platforms & Architecture
Victor Harris
Harbor Freight Tools
VP, Data Analytics & Technology
Eric Iverson
Creative Artists Agency
CIO
Nona Janssen Walls
Lionsgate
SVP, Enterprise Data & Analytics
Tomas Soderstrom
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
IT Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
7:00am - 8:25am Registration & Breakfast
8:25am - 8:55am Keynote
Carmen Simon
Cognitive Neuroscientist & Author
Impossible to Ignore: Creating Memorable Content to Influence Decisions
Success in any industry is a function of influencing others. This is no easy task because modern audiences and decision makers are bombarded with requests for their attention, many of which go ignored. In this session, discover strategies for transforming yourself and your message into something worth noticing. Carmen Simon delves into the field of neuroscience, revealing how the brain processes information. The key is understanding what makes people pay attention, remember you and ultimately act on what you say. Learn how to convert neuroscience insights into practical guidelines that will help you resonate with people and spark action.
8:55am - 9:25am Networking Break
9:25am - 10:15am Breakout Session
Hosted by Paxata
Brendan Aldrich
Chief Data Officer
California State University
Join Brendan Aldrich as he shows how the implementation of data-driven initiatives and the data-democracy approach are key in helping organizations achieve their business goals.
9:25am - 10:15am Breakout Session
Hosted by Dataiku
Lluis Canet
VP of Data Science and Engineering
21st Century Fox
Estevan McCalley
Enterprise Account Executive
Dataiku
For analytics at scale, there’s no question that you need to land all available data in a centralized hub. But how do you empower your users, both technical and non-technical, to be able to efficiently tap into that hub to make on-demand data-driven decisions? Fox, a multinational, mass media corporation with multiple business units such as 20th Century Fox, National Geographic, FX, and Fox Networks, asked the same question. In this session, learn how they came up with an effective solution with the help of Dataiku as a technology partner.
9:25am - 10:15am Executive Boardroom
Robert Gage
AVP, CDO Entertainment Group Engagement
AT&T
Mark Greninger
Chief Data Officer
County of Los Angeles
Ramesh Menon
VP, Data & Analytics
Infoworks
Discover how you can shift the mindset of your organization in order to help achieve your business objectives. Learn how companies are taking advantage of traditional and big data approaches to raise the visibility of the value of data to the bottom line. During this peer-discussion you will come away with answers to various questions including:
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs).
To reserve your seat, please contact:
Clay Gartner at +1-503-808-9833 or Clay.Gartner@evanta.com
10:15am - 10:45am Networking Break
10:45am - 11:35am Breakout Session
Johnson Kosgei
Principal Data Scientist
SAG-AFTRA
When it comes to communicating data to a broad spectrum of stakeholders, you need to bring them to common ground in order for them to be part of the data journey. Join Johnson Kosgei as he explains how to demystify data and advanced analytics. Discover the right path that will take your organization’s communities from just processing data to powerful insights.
10:45am - 11:35am Breakout Session
Rajesh Marar
Executive Director, Cloud Solutions
Ingram Micro
What do you have in your cloud toolkit? Join Rajesh Marar as he shares strategies to help you have a smooth digital transformation. No matter where you are in your cloud migration journey, you will come away with insights that will help your organization achieve its business goals.
10:45am - 11:35am Executive Boardroom
Hosted by Avanade Inc.
Tom Mullen
Chief Data Officer
County of Riverside, California
Bruce Yen
Sr. Director of Business Intelligence & Mobile
GUESS?, Inc.
Erwin Haasnoot
Senior Director, Analytics Architect
Avanade
Join your peers as they explore how to develop predictive and prescriptive analytics practices. You will come away with answers to various questions including:
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CDOs).
To reserve your seat, please contact:
Clay Gartner at +1-503-808-9833 or Clay.Gartner@evanta.com
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