Conferences / Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ)
DGIQ West + Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2026
May 4–8, 2026 · The Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa, San Diego, CA, United States
- Conference
- Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ) Vendor & industry
- Dates
- May 4, 2026 – May 8, 2026
- Venue
- The Catamaran Resort Hotel and Spa
- Place
- San Diego, CA, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —
- Website
- dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net
- Recorded
- 25 sponsors · 157 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Combined DGIQ West + EDW. Speakers: full printed agenda (program.cfm?scheduleDay=PRINT), one entry per speaker per session; affiliation as printed (a few entries print a job title instead of a company). Role: keynote / tutorial (tutorials, workshops, seminars) / sponsored (sponsored sessions) / speaker. Prices: only the 5-day full package and Conference Only (2-day) options are recorded; the registration page also lists 3- and 4-day combinations and single tutorial days.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference Only (2 Days), Super Early Bird | $2,095 | Feb 27, 2026 | web.archive.org | |
| Conference + Monday Tutorials + 2-Day Seminar (5 Days), Super Early Bird | $3,595 | Feb 27, 2026 | web.archive.org | |
| Conference Only (2 Days), Early Bird | $2,295 | Apr 3, 2026 | web.archive.org | |
| Conference + Monday Tutorials + 2-Day Seminar (5 Days), Early Bird | $3,795 | Apr 3, 2026 | web.archive.org | |
| Conference Only (2 Days), Standard | $2,395 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Conference + Monday Tutorials + 2-Day Seminar (5 Days), Standard | $3,995 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Silver Sponsorship | $8,950 | — | content.dataversity.net | |
| Gold Sponsorship | $14,950 | — | 8 available | content.dataversity.net |
| Platinum Sponsorship | $24,950 | — | 6 available | content.dataversity.net |
| Premier Sponsorship | $34,950 | — | 2 available | content.dataversity.net |
Sponsors 25
Platinum 4
- Actian · Platinum Sponsors
- Aristotle Metadata · Platinum Sponsors
- IBM · Platinum Sponsors
- Senzing · Platinum Sponsors
Gold 9
- DataKitchen · Gold Sponsors
- elementary · Gold Sponsors
- Foundational · Gold Sponsors
- iceDQ · Gold Sponsors
- SC&H Group · Gold Sponsors
- Starburst · Gold Sponsors
- Syncari · Gold Sponsors
- TopQuadrant · Gold Sponsors
- Validatar · Gold Sponsors
Silver 4
Other 8
- DAMA · Additional Sponsors
- DGPO · Additional Sponsors
- Global Data Strategy, Ltd · Additional Sponsors
- Tavro AI · Additional Sponsors
- TDAN.com · Additional Sponsors
- Technics Publications · Additional Sponsors
- The Data Governance Institute (DGI) · Additional Sponsors
- Women in Data Management and Governance · Additional Sponsors
Speakers and talks 157
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Mathur | Jupiter Asset Management | Keynote | The Human Operating System: Rewriting Organizations for the AI-First Future Through Story-Driven Enablement | — |
| Dr. Joe Perez | NC Dept of Health & Human Services | Keynote | Making the Difference: The 5 Cs of Data Leadership | — |
| Aakriti Agrawal Kim | ANCHOR Your Change | Speaker | SIG: Fear x Data Quality | — |
| Aakriti Agrawal Kim | ANCHOR Your Change | Tutorial | S2: Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management | — |
| Aakriti Agrawal Kim | ANCHOR Your Change | Tutorial | S2: Every Data Leader Needs an ANCHOR: Master Change Management | — |
| Aakriti Agrawal Kim | ANCHOR Your Change | Speaker | SIG: Change Management | — |
| Adam Blalock | Starburst | Sponsored | Best of Both Worlds: Optionality and Governance in the AI Era | — |
| Aju Jacob | Liberty Mutual | Speaker | Enterprise Data Retention Framework: Turning Policies Into Solutions | — |
| Alon Nafta | Foundational | Sponsored | Data Governance Goes Agentic: Bringing Agents and Context into Data Governance | — |
| Alon Nafta | Foundational | Speaker | From Fragmentation to Foundation: Building Enterprise-Ready Data Contracts That Scale | — |
| Andrew Bonniwell | Truist | Speaker | Quantifying Data Quality Risk | — |
| Andrew Machen | American Airlines | Speaker | Certified Data Assets - Tricking Stewards and Engineers Into Loving Data Governance | — |
| Angie Phillips | Northwestern Mutual | Tutorial | W1: The Data Governance Challenge | — |
| Anil Bastanoglu | Garanti BBVA Banking Company | Speaker | Building Private Data Strategy | — |
| Anita M Lotlikar | Vanguard | Speaker | Panel: Make Your Data AI-Ready: A Comprehensive Framework | — |
| Anjita Shetty | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Speaker | Adaptive Data Governance in Action — From Cataloging to Trusted Data | — |
| Anthony Nunez | City of Ontario | Speaker | The Automation Path: KPIs and Quality Metrics for Real-World Municipal Data Governance | — |
| Anu Maradapu | American Airlines | Speaker | Certified Data Assets - Tricking Stewards and Engineers Into Loving Data Governance | — |
| Anu Maradapu | American Airlines | Tutorial | W1: The Data Governance Challenge | — |
| Anup Singh | Environment Canterbury (ECAN) | Tutorial | T9: Building Modern Data Governance: Strategy, Platforms, and People Working Together | — |
| Arlyne Aranda | DLG Strategic | Speaker | Old School, New School: A Guide to Successfully Bridging Generations of AI Users | — |
| Barbara R Kneeshaw | DATAVERSITY | Speaker | ADGP Certification - What, Why and How | — |
| Barbara R Kneeshaw | DATAVERSITY | Speaker | One Size Doesn't Fit All: What Companies Learned on the Path to Data Maturity | — |
| Becca Bates | Toyota Motor Europe | Speaker | Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution | — |
| Becca Bates | Toyota Motor Europe | Speaker | Thriving in Constant Change: Modern Data Strategy | — |
| Becky Lyons | First San Francisco Partners | Speaker | Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution | — |
| Becky Lyons | First San Francisco Partners | Speaker | Building a Sponsor Coalition | — |
| Ben Brown | Pacific Gas & Electric | Speaker | The Data Management Playbook: Developing a Simple to Use Guide | — |
| Beth Jones | Humana | Speaker | One Size Doesn't Fit All: What Companies Learned on the Path to Data Maturity | — |
| Beth Jones | Humana | Speaker | The Governance Shift: Flexible Frameworks for Real-World Impact | — |
| Betty Wang | Actian | Sponsored | The Semantic Layer Is Now Critical Infrastructure - Here's How to Build It Right the First Time | — |
| Brandy O'Shields | PayPal | Speaker | Governance by Design: Embedding Data Governance Into Architecture at PayPal | — |
| Brendon Allen | SeekWell | Speaker | Establishing an Accountable Data Governance Culture | — |
| Brendon Allen | SeekWell | Speaker | One Size Doesn't Fit All: What Companies Learned on the Path to Data Maturity | — |
| Brian Harding | Great American Insurance Group | Speaker | Data Governance and Third-Party Data: A Love Story | — |
| Brian Schardt | Pacific Gas & Electric | Speaker | The Data Management Playbook: Developing a Simple to Use Guide | — |
| C. Lwanga Yonke | Padouk Consulting, LLC | Tutorial | T12: Tables AND Documents: Integrating the Governance of Structured and Unstructured Data | — |
| Catherine Mannell | National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) | Speaker | Invisible and Impactful: Embedding Data Governance Into Daily Process Through Collaborative Culture | — |
| Cecilia Poittevin | DAMA | Speaker | AI Governance: Findings and Lessons From Across Industry (presented in Spanish) | — |
| Chen Liu | DGWorkshop (Beijing) Technology Consulting Co., Ltd | Speaker | From Docs to Governed Knowledge: Using AI to Bridge Structured and Unstructured Data | — |
| Christi Ernst | The University of Kansas Health System | Speaker | From Chaos to Clarity: Centralized Data Asset Platform and Resource Toolkit in Action | — |
| Christopher Bergh | DataKitchen | Sponsored | Get a Free Spoon: Open Source Data Quality and Observability in Action — A Live Demo | — |
| Christopher Bergh | DataKitchen | Speaker | Dashboards Don't Fix Data: Six Practices That Do, For Teams and AI Agents Alike | — |
| Collin Marsden | 3si | Speaker | From Fragmentation to Foundation: Building Enterprise-Ready Data Contracts That Scale | — |
| Collin Stone | Patagonia | Sponsored | Trust Runs Deep: How Patagonia Brings Its Commitment to Quality to Data, and Leverages Elementary AI Agents to Scale It | — |
| Dale Martin | MortarCloud LLC | Speaker | Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution | — |
| Danette McGilvray | Granite Falls | Speaker | SIG: Data Quality | — |
| Danette McGilvray | Granite Falls | Tutorial | S3: Ten Steps to Quality Data | — |
| Danette McGilvray | Granite Falls | Tutorial | S3: Ten Steps to Quality Data | — |
| Dave Wells | Infocentric | Tutorial | T5: Designing and Implementing Semantic Data Layers | — |
| Dave Wells | Infocentric | Tutorial | T16: Modeling Techniques for Agentic AI | — |
| David Plotkin | DNP for Data | Tutorial | S4: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship | — |
| David Plotkin | DNP for Data | Tutorial | S4: The Complete Guide to Data Stewardship | — |
| Dawn Carter | Canada Life | Tutorial | T2: Translating Business Strategy Into Data Architecture | — |
| Dia Adams | Datafolx AI | Speaker | Public Sector AI: Lessons From the Frontlines of Federal Government | — |
| Dominik Ebeling | Rolls-Royce Power Systems | Speaker | Navigating Data in the EU Single Market | — |
| Donna Burbank | Global Data Strategy, Ltd | Speaker | What Global Leaders Think of AI Governance - A Fireside Chat | — |
| Donna Burbank | Global Data Strategy, Ltd | Tutorial | T1: Adapting Your Data Strategy for AI | — |
| Donny Bronson | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Speaker | Metadata Remediation for AI Readiness: Enabling Intelligent Data Discovery Through Governance and Automation | — |
| Ellen Mildred Brown | Slack | Speaker | Data Governance Foundations: Discover Your Domains and Master Your Data | — |
| Elliott Cordo | Datafutures.io | Speaker | Asymmetric Access Safety: Governing AI Agents Across Permission Boundaries | — |
| Eric Falthzik | Lovelytics | Speaker | Data Governance as an AI Enablement Strategy | — |
| Eric Riz | eMark Consulting | Speaker | The Hidden Cost of Bad Data: How Digital Debt Undermines AI Outcomes | — |
| Evie Velazquez | Brighthouse Financial | Speaker | Implemented a Data Governance and Quality Tool....Now What? | — |
| Frances Stoor | Jackson Financial | Tutorial | W2: Embedding Data Governance Into the Development Lifecycle: People, Process, and Practical Integration | — |
| Gautam Tamhane | Truist | Speaker | Quantifying Data Quality Risk | — |
| Gregory Serapiglia | NEPC, LLC | Speaker | Managing Difficult Co-Workers on Data Governance Projects | — |
| Gurpinder Singh Dhillon | Senzing | Speaker | Your AI Still Doesn’t Know Who It’s Talking About | — |
| Gurpinder Singh Dhillon | Senzing | Sponsored | When Identity Fails, Governance Fails: A Live Senzing Agentic Entity Resolution Demo | — |
| Gustavo Mesa | DAMA | Speaker | AI Governance: Findings and Lessons From Across Industry (presented in Spanish) | — |
| Hamish Brookeman | S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization | Speaker | AI-Ready Data | — |
| Hamish Brookeman | S&P Global Enterprise Data Organization | Speaker | Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution | — |
| James Cooper | California Western School of Law | Speaker | Panel: Next-Generation Data Quality and Semantics for Agentic AI Systems | — |
| James Massa | JPMorgan Chase | Speaker | Panel: Next-Generation Data Quality and Semantics for Agentic AI Systems | — |
| James Short | San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC San Diego | Speaker | Panel: Next-Generation Data Quality and Semantics for Agentic AI Systems | — |
| Jason Doerr | Xcel Energy | Speaker | Data Governance as an AI Enablement Strategy | — |
| Jean-Georges Perrin | Actian | Speaker | Why AI Fails Without Data Products and Data Contracts | — |
| Jeannette Wolff | Vanderbilt University | Speaker | Data Literacy at Vanderbilt: It’s Not a Class…It’s a Culture! | — |
| Jessica Zuñiga | BlueYeti | Speaker | Building Data Readiness for AI: A Practical Framework Connecting Business Processes, Data, and Governance (presented in Spanish) | — |
| Jimm Johnson | County of Santa Barbara | Speaker | DGPO: Fostering Awareness of Your Data Governance Program (A Facilitated Discussion About Communication) | — |
| Jimm Johnson | County of Santa Barbara | Speaker | No CDO? No Problem! How to Find the Right Executive to Champion Data and AI Governance | — |
| Jimm Johnson | County of Santa Barbara | Speaker | ADGP Certification - What, Why and How | — |
| John Ladley | Sonrai | Tutorial | S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance | — |
| John Ladley | Sonrai | Tutorial | S1: Advanced Methods: Master Class for Data Governance | — |
| John Ladley | Sonrai | Speaker | ADGP Certification - What, Why and How | — |
| John Moran | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Speaker | Enterprise Data Strategy First vs. Use Case–Led Execution | — |
| Jonathan Agee | Validatar | Sponsored | Validation at Scale: How Governed Agentic AI Unlocks Data Trust Through Testing, Monitoring, and Reconciliation | — |
| Jonathan Goldberg | Syncari | Sponsored | Beyond the Golden Record: How Multi-Directional Sync and Co-Existence MDM Build the Governance Foundation AI Demands | — |
| Josh Henderson | First San Francisco Partners | Tutorial | T7: Leveraging AI to Accelerate Data Governance | — |
| Julie Giese | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Speaker | Metadata Remediation for AI Readiness: Enabling Intelligent Data Discovery Through Governance and Automation | — |
| Karen Lopez | InfoAdvisors | Tutorial | W3: AI Data Quality Lab | — |
| Kari Albers | RTX (Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney, Collins) | Speaker | Get That "Good Jeans" Fit: Tailoring Data Governance Training to Fit Any Role - Perfectly | — |
| Kelle O'Neal | First San Francisco Partners | Tutorial | T7: Leveraging AI to Accelerate Data Governance | — |
| Kerri Kienzle | JMA Resources | Speaker | SIG: From Data Desert to Data Culture: A Discussion on Building and Sustaining a Data Governance Culture | — |
| Kristy Tomcykoski | Vanguard | Speaker | Panel: Make Your Data AI-Ready: A Comprehensive Framework | — |
| Krystal Hughes | American Express | Speaker | Declutter Your Data: Do You Really, Really Need it? | — |
| Kyle Garcia | Enterprise Knowledge | Speaker | Semantics and Schemes: Graph Analytics and the Semantic Layer | — |
| Lakshmi Devulapalli | Limoneira Company | Speaker | Panel: AI Governance Strategy: LLM vs. Human-in-the-Loop | — |
| Lani Chun | SC&H Group | Speaker | Supercharging Data Governance: How Can AI Give Back? | — |
| Laurel Shifrin | American Express | Speaker | Declutter Your Data: Do You Really, Really Need it? | — |
| Lauri Young | Esri | Speaker | CANCELLED - SIG: Spatial Data | — |
| Leigh Felton | AI for Job Security Foundation | Tutorial | T15: Operationalizing Responsible AI: Making Governance Work in the Real World | — |
| Len Silverston | Universal Mindful, LLC | Speaker | Zen with Len: What Does Zen Have to Do with Data Management? Everything! Find Out Why | — |
| Linda Chong | Sanofi | Speaker | Driving Digital Transformation in Regulatory: Unlocking Success and Data Quality Through Change Management | — |
| Lizabeth Crawford | Cummins Inc | Speaker | Driving Enterprise Transformation: Cummins’ Decade-Long Journey in Data Governance and Quality Maturity | — |
| Maayan Salom | elementary | Sponsored | Trust Runs Deep: How Patagonia Brings Its Commitment to Quality to Data, and Leverages Elementary AI Agents to Scale It | — |
| Maiquel Sampaio de Melo | IDB Invest | Tutorial | T13: AI in Action: Practical Approaches to Scaling Data Governance | — |
| Malcolm Hawker | Profisee | Speaker | Mastering Unstructured Data | — |
| Manjula Raghunathan | Cummins Inc | Speaker | Driving Enterprise Transformation: Cummins’ Decade-Long Journey in Data Governance and Quality Maturity | — |
| Marci Snyder | Brighthouse Financial | Speaker | Implemented a Data Governance and Quality Tool....Now What? | — |
| Maria Alejandra Restrepo | DataLink Global | Speaker | Spanish-Speaking Data Talent, Year Two – Building a Global Network | — |
| Mark Brooks | IBM | Speaker | Why AI Agents Fail Without Real-Time, Trusted Context | — |
| Mark Cooper | The Data Brains | Tutorial | T3: Delivering the Product in Data Product | — |
| Mark Horseman | DATAVERSITY | Tutorial | W3: AI Data Quality Lab | — |
| Mark Horseman | DATAVERSITY | Speaker | SIG: Tending the Unicorn Farm - A Discussion on Quantum Computing | — |
| Mark Madsen | Third Nature | Tutorial | T10: Understanding and Using Data Architecture Patterns | — |
| Martin Nash | CPS Energy | Speaker | Built-In, Not Bolted On: Embedding Data Governance in Core Enterprise Workflows | — |
| Mathias Vercauteren | Data & AI Governance Partners | Speaker | SIG: Mastering Data and AI Governance with Limited Resources | — |
| Mathias Vercauteren | Data & AI Governance Partners | Speaker | SIG: DAMA-DMBOK® 3.0: What’s New, What’s Changing, What’s Ahead | — |
| Mathias Vercauteren | Data & AI Governance Partners | Tutorial | S5: The Governance Sprint: Build Data and AI Governance in Weeks, Not Months | — |
| Mathias Vercauteren | Data & AI Governance Partners | Tutorial | S5: The Governance Sprint: Build Data and AI Governance in Weeks, Not Months | — |
| Matt Agee | Validatar | Sponsored | Validation at Scale: How Governed Agentic AI Unlocks Data Trust Through Testing, Monitoring, and Reconciliation | — |
| Matthew DiNatale | Vanguard | Speaker | Panel: Make Your Data AI-Ready: A Comprehensive Framework | — |
| Micah Dalton | DLG Strategic | Speaker | Old School, New School: A Guide to Successfully Bridging Generations of AI Users | — |
| Michael C Noriega | USAA | Speaker | Critical Data Management: Driving Compliance, Integrity, and Business Value | — |
| Mike Chereso | Inland Real Estate Group | Speaker | One Size Doesn't Fit All: What Companies Learned on the Path to Data Maturity | — |
| Mindy Becker | Right Triangle Consulting | Speaker | Invisible and Impactful: Embedding Data Governance Into Daily Process Through Collaborative Culture | — |
| Nakul Bijoor | ZS | Speaker | Gen AI-Based Data Stewardship | — |
| Nick Sacoman | Enterprise Knowledge | Speaker | Semantics and Schemes: Graph Analytics and the Semantic Layer | — |
| Nimit Mehta | TopQuadrant | Sponsored | Don't Let Vendors Own Your Context: Interoperable, AI-Ready Data Foundations for Regulated Enterprises | — |
| Niruta Talwekar | Meta | Speaker | The Evolution of AI-Driven Data Quality: From Traditional ML to Large Language Models | — |
| Noah Yao | SC&H Group | Speaker | Supercharging Data Governance: How Can AI Give Back? | — |
| Peter Aiken | VCU/AnythingAwesome | Speaker | GenAI for Data Professionals: Fast, Better, Cheaper, and Less Risky! | — |
| Peter Vennel | Finastra | Speaker | Panel: AI Governance Strategy: LLM vs. Human-in-the-Loop | — |
| Prashanth Southekal | DBP-Institute | Tutorial | T4: Data Preparation for Analytics and AI | — |
| Priya Sarathy | Wheel Data Strategies | Speaker | Panel: AI Governance Strategy: LLM vs. Human-in-the-Loop | — |
| Robert Jackson-Jones | IBM | Sponsored | Fueling AI Agents with Trusted, Governed Context | — |
| Robert S. Seiner | KIK Consulting | Tutorial | T11: Accelerating Data Governance with Change Management and Data Fluency | — |
| Rokki Espie | Interfaith America | Speaker | Data Strategy at Nonprofit Organizations | — |
| Ryan Halevan | Great American Insurance Group | Speaker | Data Governance and Third-Party Data: A Love Story | — |
| Samantha Reilly | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | Speaker | Adaptive Data Governance in Action — From Cataloging to Trusted Data | — |
| Samuel Spencer | Aristotle Metadata | Speaker | When Data Governance Becomes Prime Time News – Reframing Governance as a Business Risk Executives Can’t Ignore | — |
| Samuel Spencer | Aristotle Metadata | Sponsored | Scaling Data Governance Organization-Wide: How the Aristotle Metadata Registry Supports Dynamic Data Governance | — |
| Sandra Bowman | Nationwide | Speaker | Driving Data Governance Through the Enterprise Data Risk Committee | — |
| Shane Morris | Nationwide | Speaker | Building a Trusted Data Score: Lessons From Real-World Enterprise Implementation | — |
| Shannon Gill | Thermo Fisher Scientific | Speaker | Metadata Remediation for AI Readiness: Enabling Intelligent Data Discovery Through Governance and Automation | — |
| Stephen Garcia | CPS Energy | Speaker | Built-In, Not Bolted On: Embedding Data Governance in Core Enterprise Workflows | — |
| Steve Hoberman | Technics Publications | Tutorial | T6: Advanced Data Modeling Challenges Workshop: Mixing Data Modeling and AI | — |
| Steven Zagoudis | MetaGovernance | Speaker | Data Reconciliation: The Nerve Center of Trust for Data Quality and AI Governance | — |
| Subu Desaraju | iceDQ | Sponsored | Engineering Reliable Data for Reliable AI | — |
| Sunil Soares | Tavro AI | Tutorial | T8: Aligning Agentic AI Governance and Data Risk | — |
| Suresh Mani | Solix Technologies | Speaker | Panel: Next-Generation Data Quality and Semantics for Agentic AI Systems | — |
| Syed M Ali | USAA | Speaker | Critical Data Management: Driving Compliance, Integrity, and Business Value | — |
| Tammy Baker | Nexus Data Foundations LLC | Speaker | SIG: Fear x Data Quality | — |
| Thomas Redman | Data Quality Solutions | Tutorial | T14: Data Quality for AI | — |
| Will Train | The University of Kansas Health System | Speaker | Rounding in a Digital World: Rebuilding Trust and Policy Adherence Through Human-Centered Data Governance | — |
| Zohra Razi | San Diego CCD | Speaker | Data and AI Governance for Higher Education | — |
Sources
- https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/
- https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/program.cfm?scheduleDay=PRINT
- https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/sponsors.cfm
- https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/travel.cfm
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260107105318/https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/registration-welcome.cfm
- https://dgiq-edw2026.dataversity.net/FAQs
- https://content.dataversity.net/rs/656-WMW-918/images/2026-DGIQ-W%2BEDW-Prospectus.pdf