Agenda - DACH Chief Data Officer Network

2026 Agenda

Your time is maximised onsite through a combination of keynote presentations, workshops, interactive discussion groups, pre-arranged one-to-one meetings & quality networking sessions

Day 1
Day 2

Monday 2nd November 2026

08:30 - 09:00

Arrival, Registration & Breakfast Networking

09:00 - 09:15

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.

Ekaterina Abramovich, Head of Data Platforms & Data Services, Hyundai

09:15 - 09:45

Data Architecture and Modern Platforms: Building the Foundation for the Intelligent
Enterprise

Modernizing data architectures to enable scalable, real-time access to trusted data across the enterprise
Simplifying and unifying data platforms to improve agility, reduce complexity, and accelerate innovation
Building cloud-ready, AI-ready foundations that support advanced analytics and future business growth

Ashutosh Mishra, VP - Data Strategy & Platform, Deutsche Telekom

09:45 - 10:15

The Intelligent Enterprise: Turning Data into Strategic Advantage

Aligning data strategy with business priorities to drive growth, efficiency, and competitive advantage
Scaling AI and analytics capabilities to accelerate innovation and improve decision-making
Strengthening data governance and quality to build trust and maximize business value

Gigi Wan Chi Lam, Senior Director Business Data Steering, Brenntag

10:15 - 10:45

We Gave Everyone AI: Now What?

AI adoption, are we measuring the wrong thing?
Is AI literacy changing behaviour?
Where does context create advantage?
What does capturing AI productivity look like?

Howard Sanders, Senior Director, Business Intelligence & Process Automation, Lonza

10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break & Networking

11.00 - 11:25

Workshop 1

From "What Happened?" to "What Next?": AI Analytics You Can Trust

Till Haug, COO & Co-Founder, Veezoo

11:25 - 11:50

Networking

11:50 - 12:15

Workshop 2

Can AI Agents Help Sustain Data Governance Operating Models?

Gaston Hummel, EMEA Lead, Data Strategy Services, Precisely

12:15 - 12:40

Networking

12:40 - 13:05

Workshop 3

Sovereign, Governed, AI-Ready: A Practical Blueprint for Trusted Enterprise Intelligence

Steffen Märkl, Director Solutions Engineering, 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

13:05 - 14:00

Networking Lunch Hosted by Cloudera

Stream 1 - Data & AI

14:00 - 14:35

The Missing Middle: Turning Data Governance from Regulatory
Obligation into AI Enablement

Delivering governed discoverable and trusted data usable for AI
Building the context, quality, lineage, and platforms needed to scale AI safely
Guidance on adapting governance structures from compliance control to faster, more trusted AI delivery

Angela Schaeferbarthold, Head of Data & AI Strategy &
Transformation, DWS
Christina Spelthahn, COO Data Officer, DWS

Stream 2 - Business & Data

14:00 - 14:35

Data, Domain and Dominion: The Hidden Economics of AI Advantage

Data as a strategic asset - Guidance on unlocking the hidden economics of data foundation
Domain expertise - mastering the value conversion path in a data driven organization
Dominion / sovereign control - the capability to build defensible moats for business over the life cycle

Prashanth Halady, Chief Product Owner - AI & Data, Bosch

Stream 1 - Data & AI

14:35 - 15:10

Circumventing Enterprise AI Agentic Chaos

Key challenges and risks with agentic AI: Everyone is asking what agentic AI can do, are we asking enough about what could go wrong?
Exploring the hidden dependencies, unintended consequences, and control gaps that can emerge when AI agents access “Enterprise data”, make decisions, and act across business processes and system

Naveen Kanneganti, Global Lead Data & AI Enterprise Architect, E.ON
Veera Babu Manyam, Global Enterprise Agentic AI Architect, E.ON

Stream 2 - Business & Data

14:35 - 15:10

No Data is Forever: Information Lifecycle Management to Comply
with GDPR and to Improve Data Quality

Regulations like GDPR don't allow storing data without time limit. Measures and tools for information lifecycle management must be established.
Lifecycle management must also ensure that changes, refreshes, regular checks are done across the whole lifecycle to support high data quality.
Data quality management that focuses only on data that is still required and allowed to manage will deliver better business value and saves money.

Holger Frietsch, Director, Big Data Solutions, The Berner Group

15:10 - 15:25

Coffee Break & Networking

15:25 - 15:50

Workshop 4

From Data Theatre to Decision Governance: A Bold, Unified Data Strategy for the CDO Agenda

Tobias Rebele, Data & AI Platform Sales Leader, Informatica from Salesforce

15:50 - 16:15

Networking

16:15 - 16:40

Workshop 5

Open Data Infrastructure: Unlocking SAP Data for AI Readiness

Richard Brouwer, Principal Sales Engineering Specialist - SAP, Fivetran & dbt Labs

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

17:05 - 17:55

Panel Discussion: From Data Strategy to Business Value: Proving ROI in the Age of AI

Align data initiatives with business goals to deliver measurable revenue growth and cost savings
Define clear data and AI success metrics, improving executive visibility and investment decisions
Focus on high-value use cases to accelerate adoption and business outcomes

Ekaterina Abramovich, Head of Data Platforms & Data Services, Hyundai (moderator)
Angela Schaeferbarthold, Head of Data & AI Strategy & Transformation, DWS
Sotirios Perdikeas, Executive Director Health Data Analytics and Solution Design, Novartis
Ashutosh Mishra, VP - Data Strategy & Platform, Deutsche Telekom
Taufique Shoogufan, Head of Markets Ops - UniCredit Bank Austria, UniCredit
Gigi Wan Chi Lam, Senior Director Business Data Steering, Brenntag

19:00

Networking Drinks Reception & Dinner Hosted by Veezoo

Tuesday 3rd November 2026

08:30 - 09:00

Morning Registration & Breakfast

09:00 - 10:10

Roundtable Discussions

Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging & significant topics. Each host will facilitate the discussion & give a short summary of key findings in the wrap-up session.

Roundtable 1: Data Governance

Holger Frietsch, Director, Big Data Solutions, Berner Group

Roundtable 2: Business & Data

Florian Hottner, Senior Director Consumer Intelligence, Penguin Random House

Roundtable 3: AI-Ready Data

Jürgen Tschierske, Senior Sales Executive, Stibo Systems

Roundtable 4: Legacy Systems

Maks Kiamos Shah, Head of Data Design Authority, Syngenta

Roundtable 5: Data Enablement

Roundtable 6: Generative AI

Anton Kleymenov, Regional Director Analytics & Insights, Haleon

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

Workshop 6

From "Looks Right" to "Proven Right": Making Data Trustworthy at Scale

Uwe Klemt, Enterprise Solution Architect, Tricentis

11:25 - 11:50

Networking

11:50 - 12:15

Workshop 7

When AI Agents Fail Silently: Making AI Accountable

Boris Michel, Solutions Architect, ClickHouse

12:15 - 12:40

Networking

12:40 - 13:05

Open Forum Think Tank

Data Privacy

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

13:05 - 14:00

Networking Lunch

Stream 1 - Data Strategy

14:00 - 14:35

No Shortcut to a Data-Driven Airport

What a shared live picture changes in airport operations
Foundation first: processes, standards and people
Staying in the driver’s seat of airport digitalisation

Steffen Brand, Director Aviation Data & Resources, Stuttgart Airport

Stream 2 - Business Processes

14:00 - 14:35

Integrating Behavioural Data Science into Working Systems & Processes to Increase Operational Efficiency

Aligning data science policies across all departments to create joined-up operational processes
Developing data-informed approaches to decision-making processes to reduce risk in working practices
Tools to maintain behavioural data quality and strengthen working systems

Maksat Amangeldiyev, Director, Fintech Data, Delivery Hero

Stream 1 - Data Strategy

14:35 - 15:10

Building a Modern Enterprise Data Strategy

Adopt a data product approach to increase data reuse and business value
Establish clear ownership and governance, improve data quality and trust
Build an AI-ready data foundation to speed up innovation and insights

Dr Alec Sproten, Head of Department AI, Analytics & Data, Fischer Group

Stream 2 - Business Processes

14:35 - 15:10

Is There an AI-Ready State?

How to transform an organisation when the destination keeps moving
Tailoring engagement with board members and staff to highlight how AI can be incorporated into business processes
Regular reviews of working systems to identify gaps in efficiency where AI tools can increase productivity

Franziska Roediger, Director of Data, Analytics & AI, Kleinanzeigen

15:10 - 15:55

Panel Discussion: Future Trends and Emerging Topics: Preparing for the Next Era of Data and AI

How can emerging technologies such as Agentic AI and synthetic data be used to gain insight into future business opportunities
Evolving regulations and data sovereignty requirements. How to strengthen preparedness and reduce risk
The future role of the CDO in an AI-driven enterprise and building strategies for a long-term competitive advantage

Ekaterina Abramovich, Head of Data Platforms & Data Services, Hyundai (moderator)
Nicolas Grunder, Group VP, Lead Counsel Digital, Data & Cyber, ABB
Maks Kiamos Shah, Head of Data Design Authority, Syngenta

Steffen Brand, Director Aviation Data & Resources, Stuttgart Airport

15:55

Chairperson's Closing Remarks

2026 Agenda

Arrival, Registration & Breakfast Networking

Introduction from the Network Group & Chairperson

Data Architecture and Modern Platforms: Building the Foundation for the Intelligent Enterprise

The Intelligent Enterprise: Turning Data into Strategic Advantage

We Gave Everyone AI: Now What?

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

One-to-One Meetings

The Missing Middle: Turning Data Governance from Regulatory Obligation into AI Enablement

Data, Domain and Dominion: The Hidden Economics of AI Advantage

Circumventing Enterprise AI Agentic Chaos

No Data is Forever: Information Lifecycle Management to Comply with GDPR and to Improve Data Quality

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

One-to-One Meetings

Panel Discussion: From Data Strategy to Business Value: Proving ROI in the Age of AI

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Data Architecture and Modern Platforms: Building the Foundation for the Intelligent
Enterprise

The Missing Middle: Turning Data Governance from Regulatory
Obligation into AI Enablement

No Data is Forever: Information Lifecycle Management to Comply
with GDPR and to Improve Data Quality