As the CDAO role continues to evolve in the AI era, organizations face critical decisions about the direction and impact of their data leadership. This session explores the future of the CDAO through three distinct archetypes: Expert, Collaborator and Pioneer. Attendees will learn how to assess and choose the archetype that best aligns with their organization’s AI ambition and strategic goals. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to define their CDAO journey and position themselves and their organizations for success in a rapidly changing digital landscape.

Responsible AI decisions are not black and white, they require trade-offs. Learn to make trade-offs and debate the alternatives to make AI governance and responsible AI decisions. Discuss controversial ideas in AI with your peers. Express your opinion and listen to what others are saying. Learn to ask the right questions and get the right answers to ensure responsible, trustworthy and ethical AI.

Asking your colleagues how analytics can help them often results in blank stares, defensiveness, or wildly incoherent suggestions involving AI. This session will show you how to work with your colleagues to pinpoint how you can help, identify the most helpful capabilities to build, and explain how to measure your impact.

When an organization’s thoughts turn to AI, the CDAO’s name should be one of the first they think of. The CDAO must have a leading voice in their organization’s AI conversation. This session discusses techniques for the CDAO to take this position including real-world examples of success.

With high D&A ambitions and AI pilots becoming increasingly ubiquitous, focus is shifting toward consistent execution. We will share how to continue innovating and experimenting while scaling success. In this keynote, Gartner’s perspective will guide you on preparing for the expected and adapting to the unexpected. Learn to enhance your D&A and AI capabilities on the path to success.

Asking your colleagues how analytics can help them often results in blank stares, defensiveness, or wildly incoherent suggestions involving AI. This session will show you how to work with your colleagues to pinpoint how you can help, identify the most helpful capabilities to build, and explain how to measure your impact.

CDAOs are making investments daily. Perhaps you're looking to grow your team, or maybe making a technology investment to support GenAI, or another investment where you need to build buy-in and gain funding. This workshop will help you develop personal influence skills while also building a strong story for investment.

The biggest cause of D&A failure is that the users don't use the data, insights, or tools to drive business value. Ensuring adoption is never easy, but there are some proven techniques to drive pervasive D&A usage.