Conferences / Disney Data & Analytics Conference
DDAC 2025
Sep 8–10, 2025 · Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States
- Conference
- Disney Data & Analytics Conference Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Sep 8, 2025 – Sep 10, 2025
- Venue
- Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
- Place
- Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States
- Format
- In person
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —Homepage: 'over 2,500 executives, managers and analysts representing more than 250 organizations' (generic marketing copy).
- Website
- disneydataconference.com
- Recorded
- 51 sponsors · 36 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Sept 8 Training Day, main conference Sept 9-10. Keynotes include Pixar CTO Steve May, ESPN's Rosalyn Durant and Cassie Kozyrkov. Speakers: all speakers on the official speakers page (Sept 11, 2025 snapshot); affiliations derived from titles; abstracts truncated.
Ticket prices
| Ticket | Price | Valid until | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Early Bird (individual and group) | $2,399 | Mar 21, 2025 | web.archive.org | |
| Group Early Bird per person (3+) | $2,599 | Jul 26, 2025 | web.archive.org | |
| Early Bird (individual) | $2,849 | Jul 26, 2025 | web.archive.org | |
| Training Day (one course) | $825 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Training Day (two courses) | $1,500 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Group per person (3+) | $2,749 | — | web.archive.org | |
| Individual (regular) | $2,999 | — | After Jul 26, 2025 | web.archive.org |
Sponsors 51
Title / headline 1
- Salesforce · Platinum Plus
Platinum 1
Silver 15
Other 30
- Alteryx · Showcase
- Amazon Web Services · Showcase
- Braze · Showcase
- Dagster Labs · Showcase
- Databricks · Showcase
- DataCamp · Showcase
- Datafold · Showcase
- dbt Labs · Showcase
- Dell Technologies · Showcase
- Domino Data Lab · Showcase
- Factspan · Showcase
- Fivetran · Showcase
- Glean · Showcase
- Hightouch · Showcase
- Informatica · Showcase
- Knit · Showcase
- LTIMindtree · Showcase
- Meltwater · Showcase
- Monte Carlo · Showcase
- Neuralift AI · Showcase
- Nielsen · Showcase
- Optomi · Showcase
- Pure Storage · Showcase
- Revenue Management Solutions · Showcase
- SAS · Showcase
- Stack Overflow · Showcase
- Suzy · Showcase
- Vercara · Showcase
- Wipro · Showcase
- Wizeline · Showcase
Speakers and talks 36
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baris Sarer | Deloitte | Keynote | AI Factory Unleashed: Creating Moments of Wonder | — |
| Cassie Kozyrkov | Kozyr LLC | Keynote | The Cognitive Advantage: Why Great Leaders Will Thrive in the AI Era | — |
| Madhav Thattai | Salesforce | Keynote | The Agentic Enterprise | — |
| Matt Hull | NVIDIA | Keynote | AI Factory Unleashed: Creating Moments of Wonder | — |
| Rosalyn Durant | ESPN | Keynote | Data, Disruption and the Decisions That Define Us | — |
| Steve May | Pixar Animation Studios | Keynote | Pixar by the Numbers: Toys, Tech and Tools with Chief Technology Officer Steve May | — |
| Achille Ettorre | — | Featured | Insights into Disney's Robotic Character Platform | — |
| Andrew Wright | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Beyond the Local Maximum: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Data Science | — |
| Brian Walters | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Simulation for Disney Parks and Experiences | — |
| Cara Dienes | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Human Intelligence: Leading with Wisdom in an Algorithm-Driven World | — |
| Chris Szydlo | Disney Institute | Featured | Five Ways to Balance People and Business, Disney Style | — |
| Christopher Fults | Disney Institute | Featured | Five Ways to Balance People and Business, Disney Style | — |
| Frederick Zahrn | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Simulation for Disney Parks and Experiences | — |
| Haley Smith | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | To Saving the Planet and Beyond | — |
| Jeff Hollan | Snowflake | Featured | Beyond the Dashboard: Making Agentic AI Real for Enterprise Data | — |
| Joe Duane | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Silos to Synergy: Unifying Data and Analytics for Operational Excellence | — |
| Justin Hoffman | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Andy's Toy Box: Sketching Out Research Methodology | — |
| Justin Huang | University of Washington | Featured | Andy's Toy Box: Sketching Out Research Methodology | — |
| Kevin Farrar | IBM | Featured | Lights, Camera, Analytics: How Data and AI are Driving the Future of Business | — |
| Kevin Masick | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Andy's Toy Box: Sketching Out Research Methodology | — |
| Kiran Pendyala | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Bubbling Up Insights Without Boiling the Ocean: Framing Data for General Audiences | — |
| Kristen Swerzenski | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | To Saving the Planet and Beyond | — |
| Lauren Boyer | National Geographic | Featured | From Uncharted Waters to Actionable Charts: Navigating Data with a Reporter's Mindset | — |
| Lauren Puishys | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | To Saving the Planet and Beyond | — |
| Maham Sadiq | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | To Saving the Planet and Beyond | — |
| Mark Gamble | Couchbase | Featured | Why Your Database Matters More Than Ever in an AI World | — |
| McKay Curtis | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | The Missing Lecture: What Stats Courses Forgot to Tell You | — |
| Melissa Hadley | IBM | Featured | Lights, Camera, Analytics: How Data and AI are Driving the Future of Business | — |
| Moritz Bächer | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Insights into Disney's Robotic Character Platform | — |
| Paige Berry | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Pop Hits and Power Moves: Career Lessons from Pop Music | — |
| Peter Reale | Couchbase | Featured | Why Your Database Matters More Than Ever in an AI World | — |
| Sara Shapiro | National Geographic | Featured | From Uncharted Waters to Actionable Charts: Navigating Data with a Reporter's Mindset | — |
| Sierra Duncan | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Bubbling Up Insights Without Boiling the Ocean: Framing Data for General Audiences | — |
| Teresa Causin | The Walt Disney Company | Featured | Silos to Synergy: Unifying Data and Analytics for Operational Excellence | — |
| Tong Wang | Yale University | Featured | Insights into Disney's Robotic Character Platform | — |
| Traci Gusher | EY | Featured | The Four Futures of AI | — |
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250911174916/https://disneydataconference.com/sponsors/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250911185047/https://disneydataconference.com/speakers/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250620225014/https://disneydataconference.com/register/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250719164932/https://disneydataconference.com/training/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20250815153919/https://disneydataconference.com/faq/