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2023 Agenda

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  • Day 1
  • Day 2
Monday 5th June 2023
08:30 - 09:00

Arrival, registration & breakfast networking

09:00 - 09:10

Introduction from the Network Group & Chairperson

A brief introduction to the event software, SNS — this software, unique to the industry, empowers our attendees to make the most effective use of their time at the event by maximising networking opportunities. The software designs a personalised agenda & enables attendees to arrange one-to-one meetings with each other. This will be followed by a welcome from the Chairperson.

Tony Zona, Chief Data Officer, Grant Thornton

09:10 - 09:40

How to Achieve Data Governance in 2023 and Beyond

  • Understanding why organisations have appointed CDOs
  • How Data governance can deliver your enterprise high-quality, trusted, and compliant data
  • An overview of the key aspirations of the Data Value Chain

Aravindhan Rajasekar, Head of Data, Cabinet Office

09:40-10:10

Data Strategy and the Long Game: Aligning Value & Vision with Data Maturity

  • RNLI Data Strategy approach: understanding the ask but changing the answer, mapping the way ahead but
    evolving the outward-facing vision
  •  How to evolve the outward-facing vision with the developing maturity of your stakeholders, finding the hacks to accelerate your progress, and building the skills you need at the time you need them

Debra Cummings, Head of Data & Insight, RNLI

10:10-10:40

“So You’ve Assessed Your Data Quality. What Now?”

  • A very good place to start
  • Data Quality isn’t just for Christmas
  • Which came first – the owner or the quality?

Chris Gullick, Group Head of Data, International SOS

10:40 - 11:00

Coffee break & networking

11:00 - 11:25

Workshop 1

AI for decision-making – Navigating the hype

Darko Matovski, PhD, CEO, causaLens

11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15

Workshop 2

Impacting Business Success with Data Governance

Gianthomas Volpe, Regional Sales Director, Alation

 

 

12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05

Workshop 3

How data integration is FUNDAMENTAL to the implementation of your unified data governance strategy?

Dom Orsini, Lead Solution Architect, Enterprise, Fivetran

 

11:00 – 13:05

One-to-One meetings

Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:

  • Advanced Analytics
  • IOT
  • Digital Transformation
  • Enterprise Information Management
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Big Data
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Privacy/Security
  • Cloud
  • Data Management
  • Data Integration
  • Risk, Compliance & Regulation
  • Data Visualisation
  • Data Storage/Infrastructure
  • Data Governance
13:05 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

Stream 1—Data Management
14:00-14:35

Current & Future Data Management Strategies

  • Getting to grips with data ecosystems and financial governance as well as the full set of tools, metadata management and MDM
  • Importance of embedding robust data management principles across your organisation to capitalise on data assets

Sohaib Irshad, Data & Analytics Director – Europe & Australia, AXS

Stream 2—Data Education
14:00-14:35

Changing your Organisation’s Business Intelligence with Data Literacy

  • Analysing the importance of a data culture within the business
  • Learning key techniques to implement the data culture
  • Discussing the beginning of the business data transformation – what to expect

Rebecca Fitzgerald, Director of Data, Yorkshire Building Society

Stream 1—Data Governance
14:40-15:15

Data Governance in Sensitive Health Data

  • State of regulations globally in processing and levering data (e.g., GDPR, new FDA evidence guidance, EU AI legislation)
  • Key common principles in governance
  • Practical tools to implement your strategy (e.g., privacy software, data & AI catalogues)

Ben Hughes, SVP of Data & AI, IQVIA

Stream 2—Business Transformation
14:40-15:15

Driving ‘Customer Centric Digital Transformation’ by keeping data strategy well intact with business priorities and value creation

  • The complex eco-system for Vodafone, geographical spread, huge customer base and data volume
  • Vodafone Purpose, vision and business priorities, how data strategy is weaved into business objectives keeping the customers in fore front

Satish Kapsikar, Senior Data Product Lead, Vodafone

15:15 - 15:25

Coffee break & networking

15:25 - 15:50

Workshop 4

How AI & ML is revolutionising Data Management

Steve Holyer, Head of Cloud Data Management, North EMEA, Informatica

15:50 - 16:15
Networking
16:40 - 17:05
Networking

15:15 – 17:05

One-to-One meetings

Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:

  • Advanced Analytics
  • IOT
  • Digital Transformation
  • Enterprise Information Management
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Big Data
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Privacy/Security
  • Cloud
  • Data Management
  • Data Integration
  • Risk, Compliance & Regulation
  • Data Visualisation
  • Data Storage/Infrastructure
  • Data Governance
17:10 - 17:50

Panel Discussion: Staying on Top of a Multi-Layered Workload: Covering the Core Qualities of  The Operational CDO

  • Analysing leadership and people management to improve work flow
  • Exploiting advanced analytics to boost product offerings & gain customers
  • Increasing your profit margins by leveraging analytics to forecast comprehensive insights & customer spending

Martin French, Chief Technology Data Officer, Apex Group
Mark Howden, Chief Data Officer, Santander UK
Steven Wyer, Chief Data Officer, The Crown Estate
Sateesh Vidhyanadhan, Head of Digital Transformation & Technology, Centrica

 

19:00
DRINK RECEPTION & NETWORKING DINNER
Tuesday 6th June 2023
8:30 - 9:05

Morning registration & breakfast

Informal Networking over breakfast before the sessions begin.

09:05 - 09:10

Chairperson’s opening remarks

Tara Davanzati, Head of Brand Insight & Cultural Data Analytics, BBC

09:10 - 10:10

Roundtable discussions

Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging & significant data topics—please confirm attendance prior to the session. Each host will facilitate the discussion & give a short presentation of key findings in the wrap up session.

Roundtable 1: Advanced Analytics

Michael Sinclair, Head of Data, Analytics & Insight, Lambeth Council

 

Roundtable 2: Growing Data Talents

 

Ilya Yakovlev, Head of Data & Analytics, Stonegate

Roundtable 3: Data Monetisation

Ashley Goodwin, Head of Data Analytics, Capital One

Roundtable 4: How to communicate data findings throughout an organisation

Tara Davanzati, Head of Brand Insight & Cultural Data Analytics, BBC

Roundtable 5: Data Literacy

Remi Martins-Tonks, Head of Data and Insight, Barnardo’s

Roundtable 6: Driving Data Culture

Mark Howden, Chief Data Officer, Santander UK

 

Roundtable 7: Data Sustainability

Nasir Arafat, Technical Lead – Data & Analytics, Scottish Power

Roundtable 8: CDO Success

Jean Perez, Director of Data & Analytics, Collinson-Valuedynamx

 

Roundtable 9: Data Quality

Patrick Giordani, VP of Data, Kiwi.com

Roundtable 10: Effective Data Storytelling

Lien Bailey, Chief Data Officer, Intellectual Property Office

10:10 - 10:50

Wrap-up session

Each host gives a short overview of key findings from their discussion & creates an ideas board to be distributed post event with the presentations.

10:50 - 11:00

Coffee break & networking

11:00 - 11:25

Open Forum Think Tank

What are the biggest challenges around accessing and using data within the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors?
Josh Berle, Director Health/ Pharma/ Data, Mastercard

 

11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15

Open Forum Think Tank

How to drive better operational efficiency, and how to measure the benefits
Tarun Ahuja, Group Director of Data & Analytics, RWS Group

 

12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05

Open Forum Think Tank

As a CDO, if you could select just three capabilities for your team to excel at, what would they be and why?
Gavin Meggs, VP Advanced Analytics, QVC

11:00 – 13:05

One-to-One meetings

Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:

  • Advanced Analytics
  • IOT
  • Digital Transformation
  • Enterprise Information Management
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • Big Data
  • Business Intelligence
  • Data Privacy/Security
  • Cloud
  • Data Management
  • Data Integration
  • Risk, Compliance & Regulation
  • Data Visualisation
  • Data Storage / Infrastructure
  • Data Governance
13:05 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

Stream 1—Metadata Management
14:00 - 14:35

Leveraging the Sociological Aspect of Metadata Management to Empower your Business in a New Era of Generative AI for Everyone

  • Understanding metadata management
  • Sociology of metadata management
  • Achieving effective metadata management

Mikhaël Mazu, Head of Data Management, Deutsche Bank

Stream 2—The future of Data-Driven Marketing
14:00 - 14:35

The future of Data-Driven Marketing in a World Without Cookies

  • The current state of data-driven marketing
  • Cookie deprecation: A paradigm shift
  • Emerging solutions & their implications
  • Case study: Planning, activating & measuring media in a cookie-less world
  • Building a future-facing media data strategy

Krishen Joshi, Head of Data & Marketing Science, Mindshare UK

 

Stream 1—Data Analytics
14:40-15:15

Creating Growth and Resilience with Analytics

  • Shifting your focus beyond the implementation of analytics capabilities toward the delivery of business outcomes
  • How can organisations make the most out of their analytic investments to build growth, resilience & maximum ROI
  • Diversifying data analytics roles to accommodate new trends and stay ahead of the curve

Michael Sinclair, Head of Data, Analytics & Insight, Lambeth Council

Stream 2—AI
14:40-15.15

Should we try to control AI?

  • We can’t just ‘ban’ or ‘block’ AI; it is inherent in many aspects of our Society now.
  • Do we therefore need a new approach to Internal Policy and Control (does the traditional approach to Policy and Control support/enable)?
  • Do we adapt to meet this changing world? Can we?
  • How might we use AI and Automation ‘as a force for good’ to better enable transparency, ‘Governance and Assurance’ in our organisations?

Leanne Bridges, Head of Data Policy & Control, Nationwide Building Society 

15:20 - 15:55

Panel Discussion: Leveraging your Data to Improve your Competitive Advantage

  • What is the role of the modern-day CDO?
  • Leveraging data to get ahead and stay ahead. Top tips from the panel
  • What are the top challenges the CDO will face in 2023

Oliver Davey, Head of Data, University of London
Nikhil Asthana, Head of Digital Transformation & Technology, Grant Thornton
Simon Dawson, Director of Data Services, Rightmove
Suresh Daniel, Director Data & Integration, Coats

15:55 - 16:00
Chairpersons closing remarks

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