Toronto CDAO Executive Summit

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

In an organization where the process of recording data is known only through tribal knowledge, how are you ensuring your data stays accurate and up to date? In today’s climate employees want quick and efficient self-service models. To do this organizations need to step away from word-of-mouth training and evolve their employee data literacy programs.

Join this session to discuss:

• Maturing organizational data literacy programs
• Enabling employees to efficiently use self-service models
• Evolving organizational technical lineage capabilities

Deploying high-performance, cutting-edge technology doesn't come without its challenges. Artificial intelligence technology and applications require alignment between data, analytics and business leaders as key organizational stakeholders. Mastercard is putting Responsible AI front and center as it navigates the integration of AI into business processes.

Join this session to explore ways to: 

• Start a meaningful and productive dialogue around responsible use of data and technology
• Identify and prevent data misuse issues from entering AI
• Develop a framework for managing projects across the organization

Actionable data is key to remain competitive in the marketplace. Yet, the growing volume of data spread across many clouds and applications presents a challenge for data governance and protection. A data fabric architecture can abstract away the technological complexities to provide ‘always on’ reliable compliance.

Join this interactive boardroom to discuss:

• Zero Trust architecture, compliance risks and audit costs
• Automated governance as the pre-requisite for self-service access to data products in a data fabric architecture
• Data observability, lineage and auto policy enforcement throughout data lifecycle

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: Alison Topliff at Alison.Topliff@Evanta.com

More than two-thirds of CEOs view insights, generated from collected data and advanced analytics, as a competitive business advantage. But despite the benefits, data and analytics leaders are challenged by a lack of workforce skills and a siloed operating model. 

Join this roundtable as CDOs discuss ways to:

• Upskill the workforce to be data-driven and enable self-service models
• Evaluate your operating model to allow for cross-collaboration
• Generate and communicate business value from analytics-based decisions
  

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: Alison.Topliff@evanta.com

According to Gartner, by 2025 80% of organizations looking to scale digital business will fail because they haven't taken a modern approach to governance. Join Palantir's Technical Lead, Matt Howells, as he shares how his team is powering an operational data mesh to upgrade data warehouses, data lakes and other legacy infrastructure to unlock unprecedented value.

In this session, you’ll learn how to: 

• Create a trust model that evaluates the reliability of data
• Collaborate with teams across the business to tear down silos
• Unlock value via interoperable architecture and automated deployment

In order to keep pace with a growing digital landscape, data and analytics leaders must be seen as business enablers, championing data modernization and digital innovation. To do this, CDOs must shift the perception and reality of the data office(r) from a “Center of Excellence” to a “Center of Enablement," and overcome challenges facing them today, like employee adoption and siloed operating models.

Join this session to explore:

• Tying governance activities to business outcomes
• Enabling collaboration among teams across the enterprise
• Endorsing data democratization and self-service models

In this hyper-competitive landscape, it's more challenging than ever for data and analytics leaders to acquire the talent they need to support a digital business. CDOs grapple with the best ways to attract and retain top prospects that are capable of empowering the future enterprise. In this session, we take a unique approach by listening to talent entering the workforce tomorrow.

In this interactive Q&A session, students from the University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and data and analytics leaders explore:

• Identifying the data and analytics skills needed now and for the future
• Understanding the expectations of data talent entering the workforce
• Pinpointing gaps in enterprise expectations vs. collegiate curriculum

The cost of migrating data management to the cloud will be the single largest item in the enterprise IT budget for the next five years, according to Gartner expectations. How can CDOs minimize their risk and get the ROI quickly from their spending on cloud data warehouses and data lakes?

Join this session to discuss:

• Outlining the role of cloud data warehousing in the business and the future
• Tracking and meeting objectives for your organization’s cloud journey
• Minimizing cost overruns and spend unpredictability
  

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: Alison.Topliff@evanta.com

To modernize business and push for complete digitalization, organizations must adopt a winning data strategy. To truly propel the organization forward, this approach effectively addresses gaps within the business that can be solved and optimized with data and analytics.

In this session we will explore:

• Transforming organizational culture to support data-driven aspirations
• Identifying opportunities where data can propel key business objectives
• Creating an operating model that connects teams across the business, democratizing data
  

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: Alison.Topliff@evanta.com

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Organizations today are faced with a growing challenge — how to extract real business value from the vast amounts of data they hold. CDOs must look beyond conventional approaches and use bold, innovative strategies to unlock the hidden value of their data.

Join this session to learn how to:

• Align data initiatives to your business needs
• Reduce friction to access data when you need it
• Tap into the network effect of data sharing and data monetization

As the data and analytics landscape continues to evolve, organizations must be able to balance risk management while driving a path-to-value for their data and analytics programs. This requires an agile data governance strategy, that when deployed thoughtfully such policies can increase efficiency, promote data literacy and ensure clean data, all while mitigating risk.

Join this session to explore ways to:

• Implement robust data practices to build a consulting team
• Gain organizational buy-in to shift the focus beyond policy
• Navigate a changing relationship with internal partners

As digital business transformation speeds up, Gartner research finds that it will take both incremental change and bold, strategic thinking to embed data and analytics into organizational decision-making. How can CDOs create a true data-driven culture that will influence all areas and operations?

Join this session to discuss:

• Tying data and analytics strategy to the business strategy
• Driving cultural change from the C-suite
• Enabling data literacy within the workforce

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: Alison.Topliff@evanta.com

One of the most prevalent priorities among data and analytics leaders today is establishing a data-driven culture. However, doing so is an ongoing process that requires collaboration across the enterprise. At Apotex, Medhanie Tekeste and Aida Tahiri are exemplifying how a CIO and CDO partnership can produce an organizational culture that values data and analytics.

Join this keynote as they share ways to:

• Encourage data-driven decision making
• Promote organizational change management and continuous learning
• Influence data-driven mindsets and behaviors