Southern California CDAO Virtual Executive Summit

Following an opening keynote centered on fostering a data-driven culture, this interactive discussion allows data and analytics leaders to refine their own strategies for the year ahead. Learn how your peers are weaving data into the fabric of their businesses in a conversation that reveals long-ranging best practices, anchoring in areas such as:

• How do you achieve an empowered analytics-driven culture and cultivate talent internally?
• What are your best practices for aligning data strategy with business objectives and outcomes?
• How do you embed data into business processes and accelerate innovation?

Data and analytics leaders have been thrust into the forefront of decision making for the current and future states of their organizations. Faced with the intensifying pressure of accelerated data collection and insights, CDOs are challenged with the dynamic tension between data speed and quality.

In this session, we'll discuss:

• The role and evolution of data nerve centers to meet the real-time data needs of the business
• Approaches to balancing data speed, data quality and data governance
• Adopting a data-driven culture

Join this informal and interactive networking session to connect with your Southern California CDO peers. In this session, the Southern California community will have the chance to share their takeaways from the program in small groups and walk away with at least one new connection.

Data and analytics leaders possess the tools and resources to empower the business to navigate unstable conditions, plan for recovery, and tap new revenue streams for economic growth. In order to maximize the capabilities of these resources, CDOs must weave data into the fabric of the business and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making that spans the entire organization.

Join this keynote session to hear a diverse panel of CDOs discuss:

• How to achieve an empowered analytics-driven culture and cultivate talent internally
• Best practices for aligning data strategy with business objectives and outcomes
• How to embed data into business processes and accelerate innovation

This year had thrust data leaders and their teams into the spotlight. But with this increased focus comes a new set of challenges - ones for which there is no playbook. Learn how your peers are solving their biggest organizational challenges brought to light with a remote workforce and an ever-increasing demand for data and analytics.

Come prepared to discuss:

• Best practices for aligning data strategy with business objectives and outcomes
• Managing the human element and changing needs and usage of data
• Promoting an innovative data driven culture

Data literacy is essential for employing self-service analytics, yet many organizations continue to suffer from a lack of strategic prioritization. Learn approaches on how to successfully improve data literacy and self-service analytics throughout your organization.

In this session you will explore strategies for:

• Optimizing business data literacy to achieve an empowered analytics-driven culture

• Expanding data and analytics core competencies to increase self-service capabilities

• Providing quality data in an agile manner that accelerates value delivery

Today’s companies are facing increased competition and seeking innovative ways to remain at the top of their industries. With data at the center of everything, CDOs are challenged to re-envision business models, optimize operations and scale innovations within the confines of the enterprise.

Join this session to:

• Debate approaches to flexible and agile data management and governance to keep pace with evolving business needs
• Discuss methods for scaling investment enterprise-wide to ensure maximum ROI
• Brainstorm how to secure business stakeholder buy-in for data-driven business strategies