This opening session will feature a top Canadian business leader share their vision for the data driven business.  You’’ll hear how analytics releases the power of that data and enables leaders to better navigate uncertainty, identify opportunity, discover new markets, innovate more effectively, and grow the business.  You will learn first-hand what it takes to succeed as a data and digital first organization and some of the key things more traditional organizations need to know as they advance on their digital journey

Throughout the event you will experience a series of carefully curated, short videos, that provide a valuable and practical glimpse into some of the most innovative and powerful analytic tools available in Canada.

These information intense vignettes will provide you with different perspectives on what is possible now and in the future.

Today’s organizations face a dizzying array of options and new technologies in the area of data and analytics.  This wide-ranging discussion of data leaders will share their experiences at the leading edge and offer their best advice as to how to stay at the front of the technology curve without risking overreach.

Topics for discussion will include Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Natural Language Processing, new developments in AI

As data and analytics become a ubiquitous and vital resource and tool informing decisions throughout your organization so the issue of data governance increases in importance.  Ownership becomes decentralized, data democratized improving performance but risking confusion and loss of control.

In this session you will hear some of the essentials of data governance in a rapidly changing environment to ensure you know who has your data, what they are doing with it and ensure compliance with privacy regulations.

Analytics is the route to extracting business value from your data.  But no matter how good your analytics, you won’t realize the full value of your data if your people continue to work in silos without collaboration.

As many experts in this field assert – data management is not a technology issue but a people issue.  Well that means you need to address the culture of your organization and its structure so that you enable your people to work together to achieve the best possible results for the business

Building on the previous discussion of democratization and culture, this extended pre-lunch session will address two key human resource aspects of the digital organization – Recruitment and Retention and Training:

Talent shortages have been a common feature of IT for many years but the situation has intensified as more organizations embark on digital transformation and become more reliant on data.  Combined with the current “Great Resignation” many employers find themselves facing chronic and acute shortages of vital talent. And while current layoffs among tech companies are making the headlines, few experts doubt that skill shortages present a long term challenge.

This session will include discussion of the need for greater diversity and inclusion in the tech space.

While recruitment, retention, greater diversification, and inclusion all play a vital role in ensuring you have the right people with the right skills in your organization, there is an imperative to ensure that your existing employees gain the skills necessary for future success.  Join this discussion on how you can best ensure your core employees keep current.

While data delivers tangible benefits to companies it also creates new vulnerabilities.  This session will cover some of the latest developments in security and highlight priorities that will help leaders reduce the risk of malicious attacks, data loss and other crises.

Successful analytics requires that you be able to communicate complex information to a broad audience – to the C-Suite executives who make decisions, to the Board of Directors overseeing the corporation, to those leading change and to the employees implementing it.  This session will offer new insights into how to turn data and analytics into a compelling narrative that will inform better decision making and help drive change.

Choose the case study most relevant to your current challenges – Select a session A, then a Session B:

Data, Analytics, and the Customer Experience

Data Meets Disruption – How Data and Analytics Can Help Manage Supply Chains During Challenging Times

Analytics Inside the Organization – Using People Analytics To Supercharge Your Workforce

Analytics in the Public Sector

AI and machine learning are advancing at a rapid rate and their deployment is becoming more widespread.  But their implementation is not straightforward, and issue of bias can result in damaging results.

Based on use cases this session will look at the most promising applications and help identify some of the pitfalls so that your initiative in this area support better decisions.

The day will conclude with a wide-ranging discussion among three leading CDO’s.  They will discuss the route they took to the role, the skills they see as critical now and in the future, how they work with other C-Suite executives and share what they see as the most important future developments in the field.