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Data in the D Conference 2025
Nov 8, 2025 · WSU Industry Innovation Center at TechTown Detroit, Detroit, MI, United States
- Conference
- Data in the D Conference Data science & ML
- Dates
- Nov 8, 2025
- Venue
- WSU Industry Innovation Center at TechTown Detroit
- Place
- Detroit, MI, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —Organizer says the event sold out; no headcount published.
- Website
- datainthed.org
- Recorded
- 21 sponsors · 33 speaker appearances
- Notes
- First edition. One day, four tracks (Analytics & BI, AI & Data Science, Data Culture & Innovation, Data Engineering) plus a town hall; keynote by Joe Reis. Sessions in person only, not recorded; some slides posted. Early-bird discount of $20 until Sep 1 (prices not archived). Lead Sponsors mapped to gold, Supporter to silver. The about page says the 2025 event "is officially SOLD OUT!" but gives no headcount.
Ticket prices
No ticket prices recorded
Sponsors 21
Title / headline 1
- Portable · Title Sponsor
Gold 5
- Amazon Web Services · Lead Sponsors
- Boston Consulting Group · Lead Sponsors
- Count · Lead Sponsors
- MotherDuck · Lead Sponsors
- Nagarro · Lead Sponsors
Silver 3
- Alation · Supporter Sponsors
- Astronomer · Supporter Sponsors
- Rocket Mortgage · Supporter Sponsors
Community 9
- Automation Bird Dog · Community Sponsors
- DataGalaxy · Community Sponsors
- DATAVERSITY · Community Sponsors
- Insight · Community Sponsors
- Snowflake · Community Sponsors
- Snowplow · Community Sponsors
- Thompson Data Consulting · Community Sponsors
- WIT Solutions · Community Sponsors
- Zenlytic · Community Sponsors
Other 3
- IBM · Lunch Sponsor
- Sigma Computing · Happy Hour Sponsor
- SingleStore · Lunch Sponsor
Speakers and talks 33
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Reis | — | Keynote | — | — |
| Alex Monahan | MotherDuck | Speaker | Making Big Data Feel Small with MotherDuck and DuckLake | Slides |
| Anupam Banerjee | — | Speaker | Building Real World AI Agents: Lessons from Automotive & Manufacturing Domain | Slides |
| Apurva Wadodkar | TI Automotive | Panelist | Panel Discussion: How Data & AI are Reshaping Michigan’s Industrial Core | — |
| Brendan Fuller | Stella & Chewy’s | Speaker | Small Teams, Big Impact: How lean teams can utilize partners, tech and AI to foster growth and data culture. | — |
| Brian O'Connell | Kellanova | Panelist | Panel Discussion: How Data & AI are Reshaping Michigan’s Industrial Core | — |
| Chris Bawden | 3Cloud | Panelist | The Human Side of Artificial Intelligence Panel: The successes, failures, and unintended consequences of AI | — |
| Craig Tucker | VERN AI | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Detroit Startup Data-Driven Products | — |
| Danielle Wittorp | Owens Corning | Panelist | Panel Discussion - People Data in Action: Real Applications from Hiring to Retention & Beyond | — |
| Dave Aaron | Boston Consulting Group | Speaker | Data Apps: Examining real-world use cases | — |
| David Bloom | Pointe Angels | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Detroit Startup Data-Driven Products | — |
| David Corliss, PhD | DTE Energy | Speaker | Ethical Challenges and Best Practices in Analytics and AI | Slides |
| Eric Schwartz | BlueConduit | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Detroit Startup Data-Driven Products | — |
| Ethan Aaron | Portable | Speaker | Small Teams, Big Impact: How lean teams can utilize partners, tech and AI to foster growth and data culture. | Slides |
| Harini Rajagopal | AAA Life Insurance Co | Panelist | Panel Discussion: The Truth About Data Engineering: Why It’s Hard - and How to Get It Right | — |
| Jason Altenburg | OneMagnify | Panelist | Panel Discussion - People Data in Action: Real Applications from Hiring to Retention & Beyond | — |
| Jean-Georges Perrin | Bitol / Actian | Speaker | Product-Oriented Data Engineering and Management: From Assembly Line to AI, Detroit’s Legacy, Reimagined for Data | — |
| Jeff Vagg | North Data | Panelist | Panel Discussion: How Data & AI are Reshaping Michigan’s Industrial Core | — |
| Melissa Gregory | Automation Bird Dog | Panelist | The Human Side of Artificial Intelligence Panel: The successes, failures, and unintended consequences of AI | Slides |
| Michael Morgan | Ford Motor Company | Panelist | Panel Discussion - People Data in Action: Real Applications from Hiring to Retention & Beyond | — |
| Mike Onslow | Clarity Voice | Speaker | From Vibe to Value: Building Trustworthy AI with Human-in-the-Loop + RAG | — |
| Neeraj Kumar | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | Reimagine Business Intelligence with Agentic AI | — |
| Ollie Hughes | Count | Speaker | The 4 Tenets of High Impact Data Teams: How to always be valuable in a world of AI and BI | Slides |
| Pete Cooney | Jackson National Life | Panelist | Panel Discussion: The Truth About Data Engineering: Why It’s Hard - and How to Get It Right | — |
| Reed Bramble | Talkdesk | Panelist | Panel Discussion - People Data in Action: Real Applications from Hiring to Retention & Beyond | — |
| Sarah Thompson | Thompson Data Consulting | Panelist | The Human Side of Artificial Intelligence Panel: The successes, failures, and unintended consequences of AI | — |
| Sawyer Nyquist | EnrollHere, Inc | Speaker | Data for Decision-Making: Metrics that Matter: A framework for data leaders to think strategically and practically about measurements in their organization. | — |
| Shallu Sarvari | Nagarro | Panelist | Panel Discussion: The Truth About Data Engineering: Why It’s Hard - and How to Get It Right | — |
| Steven Stark | CVS Health | Speaker | Uncovering the Hidden Engine of Data Science: Optimization & Operations Research | — |
| Tanyella Leta | Maka Media | Panelist | Panel Discussion: Detroit Startup Data-Driven Products | — |
| Vaidy Janardhanam | Amazon Web Services | Speaker | Reimagine Business Intelligence with Agentic AI | — |
| Virginia Conti | Snowflake | Panelist | Panel Discussion: How Data & AI are Reshaping Michigan’s Industrial Core | — |
| Ziyad Muflahi | Wayne State University | Panelist | Panel Discussion - People Data in Action: Real Applications from Hiring to Retention & Beyond | Slides |
Sources
- https://www.datainthed.org/about-the-2025-conference
- https://www.datainthed.org/2025speakers
- https://www.datainthed.org/2025sessions
- https://www.datainthed.org/2025event-agenda
- https://www.datainthed.org/2025sponsorship
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250910144029/https://www.datainthed.org/about-the-conference