08:30 - 09:00
Arrival, Registration & Breakfast Networking
09:005 - 09:05
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.
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
09:05 - 09:35
Why Embedding your Data Strategy at the Heart of your Business Strategy is Essential in Driving Success
- Why your data strategy should be an integral component of your overall business strategy
- Aligning your data strategy to the business objectives & breaking down silos. What do you need to know?
- People, Process, Technology – Understanding the challenges of taking people on your data journey
Paolo Maresca, Head of Data Platform Enablement, Philip Morris International
09:35 - 10:05
Generative AI & the Importance of Having a Well Crafted Data Strategy
- Why the advent of generative AI has put a renewed sense of importance & urgency around data quality
- Building a strong data foundation of an end-to-end data strategy
- Tips on setting up ‘guardrails’ around the effective & responsible use of generative AI
Torsten Grünewald, Senior Associate Director – Data Governance Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim
10:15 - 10:45
Panel: A Dive into the Data Landscape for 2025 – Key Insights from Chief Data Officers
- Analysing the primary responsibilities & challenges faced by the CDO in the current data landscape
- What technologies are currently available & on the horizon for CDO’s to derive meaningful insights?
- Developing a data infrastructure that can scale with business growth & adapt to changing business needs
Pedro Manzione, Director Strategic Analytics & Insights, IQVIA
Kumar Palan, Head of Launch Excellence, Roche
Paolo Maresca, Head of Data Platform Enablement, Philip Morris International
Dr. Eike Brechmann, Head of Technical Excellence, Allianz
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break & Networking
11.00 - 11:25
Open Forum Think Tank
Impacting Business Success with Predictive Modeling & Big Data Analytics
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Open Forum Think Tank
Impacting Business Success with Data Governance
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Workshop 3
Trusted data for trusted analytics & AI
Varun Jaitly, Product Marketing Director, Cloudera
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
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch hosted by Cloudera
Stream 1— Data Quality
14:00 - 14:35
Without Great Data it’s Just Garbage in, Garbage out!
- Making sure your data is accurate, complete, valid, consistent, up-to-date & traceable
- Why quality data is the basis for GenAI & other new technologies – invest in data or you will miss out soon!
- Creating a robust data quality framework to accurately assess, monitor & improve your data quality
Michael Taylor, Chief Data Scientist, Siemens
Stream 2—Master Data Management (MDM)
14:00 - 14:35
Tips on Defining your Business Outcomes for MDM Implementation & How as a CDO you can Reap the Benefits
- Tips on implementing a master data management (MDM) platform as the central component of your transformation journey
- How MDM can clean & harmonise data across all your disparate systems, so you have a complete, 360-degree view!
Nouman Ali, Senior Director, Global Data Governance & MDM, Radisson Hotels
Stream 1— Data & Analytics
14:35 - 15:10
Critical Success Factors for Data & Analytics
- Investigating detailed user & usage observability of data across internal platforms
- Data literacy for digital transformation at scale
- Data model & data solutioning architecture
Aart Labee, Global Head of Data, AI & Analytics, Syngenta Group
Stream 2—Data Governance
14:35 - 15:10
Understanding Data Governance in Hub-Spoke Mesh
- Exploring the data governance concerns which arise from adopting the data mesh approach
- A detailed outline of the hub-spoke mesh approach
- Understanding progress achieved by adopting the hub-spoke mesh approach, particularly in onboarding & data acquisition
Nitin Vashisth, Head of Data Governance, MediaMarktSaturn
15:10 - 15:25
Coffee Break & Networking
15:25 - 15:50
Open Forum Think Tank
Data Ingestion Made Easy
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
15:50 - 16:15
Networking
16:15 - 16:40
Open Forum Think Tank
Will your business improve by using Machine Learning & AI?
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
16:40 - 17:05
Networking
15:25 – 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
17:05 - 17:55
Panel: How as a CDO you Should be Cultivating & Growing your Organisational Data Culture
- What makes up a good data culture & what does it look like?
- The role the CDO plays in championing & promoting a data culture
- Discussing the strategies & tactics that can be introduced to shift existing mindsets
Johannes Ebner, Chief Data Officer, Pictet
Liudmila Hack, Head of Digital HR Roadmap, BASF
Roberta Pandolfi, Analytics Innovation Strategist, Boehringer Ingelheim
Robin Schlenga, Head of AI & Digital Products, Ramboll
19:00
Networking Drinks Reception & Dinner
8:30 - 9:00
Morning Registration & Breakfast
9:00 - 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: Data Quality
Andrei Duchko, Director Data & Analytics, GoStudent
Roundtable 2: Data Excellence & Data Products
Wolfgang Hackenbroch, Head of Data Governance Marketing & Sales, Hilti Group
Roundtable 3: Driving a Data Culture
Robin Schlenga, Head of AI & Digital Products, Ramboll
Roundtable 4: AI & Generative AI
Felix Wenzel, Head of Data Engineering & Strategy, ERGO
Roundtable 5: Data Literacy
Mark Azzam, Chief Data Officer, Head of Division, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety & Consumer Protection
Roundtable 6: Data Management
Nils Raabe, Head of Department – Data Solutions, Enercon
10:10 - 10:45
Roundtable 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.
10:45 - 11:00
Coffee Break & Networking
11:00 - 11:25
Open Forum Think Tank
Data Quality
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
11:25 - 11:50
Networking
11:50 - 12:15
Open Forum Think Tank
Data Mesh
Oliver-Andreas Leszczynski, Director of AI & Data, Meyer Werft
12:15 - 12:40
Networking
12:40 - 13:05
Networking
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
13:05 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
Stream 1 - Data Literacy
14:00-14:35
Laying the Groundwork for Organisational Data Literacy
- Why does everyone in your organisation possess a certain level of data & analytics literacy?
- How to support organisation-wide data & analytics literacy?
- Why does the CDO need to drive the topic?
Dr. Yves Gorat Stommel, Head of Data & Analytics, Evonik
Stream 2 - AI & ML
14:00-14:35
Building AI Solutions that are actually Used
- Identifying reasons why most AI projects fail
- The benefits of partnering with an SME in planning AI projects
- Key advice on how to achieve high adoption & successful change management on AI projects
Robin Schlenga, Head of AI & Digital Products, Ramboll
14:35 - 15:10
A Deep Dive into Behavioural Science & People Analytics
- Exploring the core concepts of behavioural science
- Evaluate the data-driven approach to people analytics
- Highlighting how combining behavioural insights with people analytics leads to demonstrable improvements
Jochen Baumeister, Head of Behavioural Science & Data Science, Sandoz
15:10 - 15:55
Panel: Analysing how you can Leverage your Data to Create a Competitive Advantage
- Analysing customer data to identify commercial gaps in the market & new business opportunities
- Evaluating organisational financial data to inform risk decision-making by senior leaders
- Utilising performance data of rival companies to demonstrate how your organisation outperforms competitors
Dawinder Singh, Head of Data, Analytics & AI, Mewa
Dr Martin Spindler, Professor of Data Science, Statistics & Econometrics, University of Hamburg
Sadegh Mohammadi, Head of Computer Vision & Sound Analysis, Bayer
Felix Wenzel, Head of Data Engineering & Strategy, ERGO
15:55
Chairperson's Closing Remarks