Conferences / MIT CDOIQ Symposium
20th Annual CDOIQ Symposium
Jul 21–23, 2026 · Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, United States
- Conference
- MIT CDOIQ Symposium Vendor & industry
- Dates
- Jul 21, 2026 – Jul 23, 2026
- Venue
- Hyatt Regency Cambridge
- Place
- Cambridge, MA, United States
- Format
- Hybrid
- Status
- Past
- Attendance
- —Organizer home-page counter: '2500 Expected Attendees' (pre-event; includes virtual attendees).
- Website
- 2026cdoiq.org
- Recorded
- 20 sponsors · 159 speaker appearances
- Notes
- Held on-site at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge (GovCDOIQ lists it as a hybrid event; livestream on Whova). Speakers: full Whova agenda, including the pre-symposium Agentic Data Quality certificate sessions on 20 July; talk_title is the session name. One Tier-3 logo without a link was not identified, so coverage is partial. Sponsor packages (speaking slot, booth, registrations) are offered on request; no prices published.
Ticket prices
No ticket prices recorded
Sponsors 20
Platinum 4
- Citizant · Tier-1 Sponsors
- Informatica · Tier-1 Sponsors
- KPMG · Tier-1 Sponsors
- Reltio · Tier-1 Sponsors
Gold 11
Media 1
- Tiny Tech Guides · Media Partner
Other 1
- Solix Technologies · Dinner Table Sponsors
Speakers and talks 159
| Speaker | Company | Role | Talk | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Kumar | Speaker | Session 4-B: The Data Lifecycle Control Plane: Governing Agentic AI at Machine Speed | — | |
| Alan Jacobson | Alteryx | Speaker | Session 12-D: Unstructured data killed my AI agent. Now what? | — |
| Alok Prasad | TiE Angels | Moderator | Session 14-B: Data Investments in the AI World – Where are Early-Stage Investors Investing? | — |
| Amin Venjara | ADP | Speaker | Session 3-B: Value = Data + Capabilities: A Field Guide to Product-Led Data Platforms | — |
| Amit Shivpuja | Walmart | Speaker | Session 3-A: Preparing Enterprises for Agentic AI, What CDO's Must Redesign Now | — |
| Amy Lenander | Capital One | Speaker | Session 12-A: Doubling Down on Data Products to Drive the Business | — |
| Andy Ghosal | JPMorgan Chase | Panelist | Session 4-A: AI in Financial Services: What’s Actually Working (and What Isn’t) | — |
| Angela Chen | — | Speaker | Session 15-E: Evolving IT Leadership: How CDOs Become CIOs to Build Resilient Organizations | — |
| Ansh Kanwar | Reltio | Speaker | Session 4-D: The Missing Layer: Context Intelligence for Agentic AI | — |
| Anthony Deighton | Tamr | Speaker | Session 10-B: The Basis for AI Success: How Iron Mountain Built Confidence in Its Data to Fuel Agentic Workflows | — |
| Art Morales | CSL | Panelist | Session 15-D: Thinking Beyond the Pilot: What it Takes to Scale AI | — |
| Arvind Murali | iOPEX Technologies | Speaker | Session 5-B: Your AI confidently gives you incorrect answers... Because it has no CONTEXT. | — |
| Ashish Nachane | David Yurman | Panelist | Session 15-D: Thinking Beyond the Pilot: What it Takes to Scale AI | — |
| Ashley Nelle Davis | Data Foundation | Panelist | Session 13-E: Synergy of Driving Forces in Data Leadership for the Next Twenty years | — |
| Azhar Rahman | NC Department of Information Technology | Moderator | Session 8-E: How Organizations are Currently Governing Data and AI: What’s Working and What’s Not | — |
| Bao Nguyen | Adobe | Speaker | Session 15-A: Why most enterprise retention metrics fail — and what CDOs must standardize to unlock reliable growth analytics | — |
| Barbara Cohn | Xentity Corporation | Speaker | Session 6-E: The Human Algorithm: People, Policy, and Decisions in an AI Era | — |
| Bhagyesh Phanse | Humana | Panelist | Session 11-C: The CDO Role: 20 Years Later -- Why Organizations Need a Chief Data, Analytics, & AI Officer | — |
| Bill Snider | Nationwide | Speaker | Session 7-A: Trusted Data Score: Turning Data Governance into Measurable Trust | — |
| Brendan Sullivan | KeyBank | Panelist | Session 13-A: Why Strong Data Management Beats a New Platform, Every Time | — |
| Bryan Lane | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation & Stimson Center Loomis Innovation Council | Speaker | Session 13-D: From AI Governance to Production: How to Operationalize AI at Enterprise Scale | — |
| C. Lwanga Yonke | Padouk Consulting, LLC | Panelist | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Carl Gerber | Independent Consultant | Speaker | Session 9: Recap of Day 1 | — |
| Carl Gerber | Independent Consultant | Speaker | Welcome and Opening Remarks | — |
| Carl Gerber | Independent Consultant | Speaker | Session 6-C: Crossing the GenAI Divide: Rescuing Failing AI Pilots with "AI-Ready" Data and Illuminating the Dark Data Within | — |
| Carl Gerber | Independent Consultant | Speaker | Session 16: Recap of Day 2 | — |
| Caroline Buckley | Ford Motor Company | Panelist | Session 11-C: The CDO Role: 20 Years Later -- Why Organizations Need a Chief Data, Analytics, & AI Officer | — |
| Caroline Serio | KeyBank | Moderator | Session 13-A: Why Strong Data Management Beats a New Platform, Every Time | — |
| Chandhu Nair | Lowe's | Panelist | Session 11-C: The CDO Role: 20 Years Later -- Why Organizations Need a Chief Data, Analytics, & AI Officer | — |
| Chris Pierpan | Informatica | Speaker | Session 11-A: The Agentic Data Contract: Redefining Data Readiness for Autonomous Decision-Making | — |
| Chris Pierpan | Informatica | Panelist | Session 18-C: AI Data Governance for the Enterprise - Using Data Governance & Risk Management to protect your Data | — |
| Christina Egea | Capital One | Speaker | Session 12-A: Doubling Down on Data Products to Drive the Business | — |
| Christopher Reichert | MIT | Speaker | Session 14-E: From Event to Ecosystem: Rethinking Leadership Development in the AI Era | — |
| Dan Everett | Insightful Research LLC | Panelist | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Danette McGilvray | Granite Falls | Panelist | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Daniel Morgan | US Department of Transportation | Speaker | Session 6-B: Proven Under Pressure: Federal CDOs, AI, and What 2026 Demands | — |
| Danielle Beringer | KPMG | Speaker | Session 3-D: Data Modernization, Ontology & Data Products - Rethinking the Interaction Model for Business & IT | — |
| David Johnson | KPMG | Speaker | Session 12-C: Driving Value with Data | — |
| Davide Tavella | AbbVie | Panelist | Session 8-A: AI/ML for Biologics | — |
| Dia Adams | Datafolx AI | Panelist | Session 8-E: How Organizations are Currently Governing Data and AI: What’s Working and What’s Not | — |
| Dora Boussias | DoraB Global | Panelist | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Douglas Kanouff | KeyBank | Panelist | Session 13-A: Why Strong Data Management Beats a New Platform, Every Time | — |
| Douglas Laney | — | Speaker | Session 5-C: Leading Enterprise AI: The Future of Leadership, Talent, and Transformation | — |
| Douglas Laney | — | Speaker | Session 15-C: The Actual Data, Analytics, and AI Practices of High-Performing Organizations | — |
| Dr. Adita Karkera | Deloitte | Moderator | Session 7-E: The AI Fuel: Modern Data Sharing Strategies | — |
| Dr. John Talburt | University of Arkansas Little Rock | Speaker | Session 5: ADQ Architecture: Systems, Components, and Process | — |
| Elena Alikhachkina | Infofluence.ai | Speaker | Session 17-D: AI Oversight in the Boardroom: The Evolving Role of the CDO | — |
| Eleonore Fournier-Tombs | NYS Information Technology Office | Panelist | Session 7-E: The AI Fuel: Modern Data Sharing Strategies | — |
| Eric Ferguson | Wilson Bank & Trust | Panelist | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Fern Halper | AI Foundations Group & TDWI | Panelist | Session 8-E: How Organizations are Currently Governing Data and AI: What’s Working and What’s Not | — |
| Gokula Mishra | Formerly of Direct Supply | Panelist | Session 17-C: A Leaders Guide, Accelerate Data & AI Culture for Sustainable Business Value | — |
| Graham Rong | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Speaker | Session 4-E: Scaling AI: From Research Collaboration to Enterprise Value | — |
| Gwen Thomas | The Data Governance Institute (DGI) | Speaker | Session 11-E: Aligning Legacy Data Governance with AI-Era Mandates | — |
| Harish Vundavalli | Strategic Education INC | Speaker | Session 17-B: Building Trusted AI: Ensuring Data Consistency, Governance, and Information Quality in Distributed Enterprise Systems | — |
| Hema Seshadri | Akamai Technologies and Northeastern University | Panelist | Session 7-C: Swarm Intelligence in the Enterprise: From Orchestration to Organizational Impact and the Future of Work | — |
| Hemasundara Reddy Lanka | Publicis Sapient | Speaker | Session 17-B: Building Trusted AI: Ensuring Data Consistency, Governance, and Information Quality in Distributed Enterprise Systems | — |
| Jack Smith | Syncari | Speaker | Session 11-D: MDM Drives Good Business — And Now It Has to Drive AI Too | — |
| Jarrett Garcia | Iron Mountain | Speaker | Session 10-B: The Basis for AI Success: How Iron Mountain Built Confidence in Its Data to Fuel Agentic Workflows | — |
| Jeff Knox | Innospark | Panelist | Session 14-B: Data Investments in the AI World – Where are Early-Stage Investors Investing? | — |
| John Ladley | — | Panelist | Session 13-E: Synergy of Driving Forces in Data Leadership for the Next Twenty years | — |
| John Ladley | — | Speaker | Session 11-E: Aligning Legacy Data Governance with AI-Era Mandates | — |
| Jonathan Agee | Validatar | Speaker | Session 6-D: Validation at Scale: How Governed Agentic AI Unlocks Data Trust Through Testing, Monitoring, and Reconciliation | — |
| Joseph Sommer | EY | Speaker | Session 15-C: The Actual Data, Analytics, and AI Practices of High-Performing Organizations | — |
| Juan Sequeda | ServiceNow | Speaker | Session 6-A: Scar Tissue: 20 Lessons from 20 Years of Building the Foundation AI Actually Needs | — |
| Julia Bardmesser | Data4Real LLC | Speaker | Session 18-A: Driving Business Value with Data and AI: A CEO's Perspective | — |
| Julia Cherashore | Fordham University | Moderator | Session 18-E: The Governance Imperative | — |
| Kappu Ramasubramanian | Rutgers University | Speaker | Session 12-E: Advancing Data Leadership in Higher Education: Translating Executive Intent into Measurable Impact | — |
| Karan Dhawal | ZS | Moderator | Session 17-C: A Leaders Guide, Accelerate Data & AI Culture for Sustainable Business Value | — |
| Karthik Ravindran | Microsoft | Speaker | Session 13-B: AI H.O.P.E. AI for People, Purposes, and a Future worth building | — |
| Karthik Yajurvedi | Commonwealth of Massachusetts | Panelist | Session 7-E: The AI Fuel: Modern Data Sharing Strategies | — |
| Keith Kennedy | Cognetryx | Panelist | Session 18-E: The Governance Imperative | — |
| Ken Kaufman | Worthington Enterprises | Panelist | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Kevin Eichas | KeyBank | Panelist | Session 13-A: Why Strong Data Management Beats a New Platform, Every Time | — |
| Kevin Petrie | BARC | Speaker | Session 18-D: From Chaos to Competitive Edge: Governing Unstructured Data for AI Context | — |
| Kim Herrington | Forrester | Moderator | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Kishore Aradhya | Frontdoor | Panelist | Session 7-C: Swarm Intelligence in the Enterprise: From Orchestration to Organizational Impact and the Future of Work | — |
| Kris Mork | Leidos | Speaker | Session 5-A: From Zero to Product, Accelerating Data Strategy | — |
| Larry Shiller | Shiller & Company, Inc | Speaker | Session 19-C: Adopting Metadata-First: The New Data Operating System | — |
| Leticia Naqvi | Apple | Speaker | Session 17-A: Bridging the AI Readiness Gap: From Insight to Implementation | — |
| Lindy Kresl | Tecnologia, Inc | Moderator | Session 18-C: AI Data Governance for the Enterprise - Using Data Governance & Risk Management to protect your Data | — |
| Lloyd Muttom | Deloitte | Speaker | Session 5-D: Navigating the Data & AI Trust Paradox | — |
| Lloyd Muttom | Deloitte | Speaker | Session 13-D: From AI Governance to Production: How to Operationalize AI at Enterprise Scale | — |
| Lorena van Gestel | Rabobank | Panelist | Session 8-E: How Organizations are Currently Governing Data and AI: What’s Working and What’s Not | — |
| Mark Johnson | CoStrategix | Speaker | Welcome and Opening Remarks | — |
| Mark Johnson | CoStrategix | Speaker | Session 16: Recap of Day 2 | — |
| Mark Johnson | CoStrategix | Speaker | Session 9: Recap of Day 1 | — |
| Mark Johnson | CoStrategix | Moderator | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Mark Ramsey | Ramsey International LLC | Speaker | Session 6: ADQ Demonstration | — |
| Mark Ramsey | Ramsey International LLC | Speaker | Session 3: Foundations of GenAI & Agents for Agentic Data Quality | — |
| Mark Ramsey | Ramsey International LLC | Speaker | Session 7: Building a Data Quality GenAI Solution | — |
| Mark Ramsey | Ramsey International LLC | Speaker | Session 4-C: The CDO in the Age of Generative AI: Lead the Asset—or Lose the Mandate | — |
| Mark Sutera | Secuvy | Speaker | Session 3-E: The Agentic AI Reckoning: Why Your Data Governance Won't Survive Contact | — |
| Markus Placzek | ams OSRAM | Panelist | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Martha Dember | Datavail | Speaker | Session 19-D: Context as the Cornerstone of AI Governance | — |
| Martha Dember | Datavail | Speaker | Session 11-E: Aligning Legacy Data Governance with AI-Era Mandates | — |
| Matt Agee | Validatar | Speaker | Session 6-D: Validation at Scale: How Governed Agentic AI Unlocks Data Trust Through Testing, Monitoring, and Reconciliation | — |
| Matt McQueen | Ortecha | Speaker | Session 8-D: Swarm Intelligence in the Enterprise: Building the Semantic Foundation for Safe, Measurable AI Execution | — |
| Melvina Sparks | EMBRACEIT AI | Panelist | Session 18-C: AI Data Governance for the Enterprise - Using Data Governance & Risk Management to protect your Data | — |
| Michael Butts | Burtch Works | Speaker | Session 5-C: Leading Enterprise AI: The Future of Leadership, Talent, and Transformation | — |
| Michael Stonebraker | MIT | Speaker | Session 17-E: My Journey with LLMs | — |
| Michail Vlysidis | AbbVie | Panelist | Session 8-A: AI/ML for Biologics | — |
| Muzakkiruddin Ahmed Mohammed | UA Little Rock | Speaker | Session 2: Building an Enterprise Knowledge Assistant for Data Quality, Governance, and AI Solutions Using Open-Source LLMs and RAG | — |
| Nachiket Mehta | The Hartford | Moderator | Session 4-A: AI in Financial Services: What’s Actually Working (and What Isn’t) | — |
| Nandagopal Jayaram | CoStrategix | Speaker | Session 7-D: From Active Metadata to Agentic AI: Building Context for Autonomous Execution | — |
| Narayanan Nair | Farm Credit Services of America | Panelist | Session 4-A: AI in Financial Services: What’s Actually Working (and What Isn’t) | — |
| Nick Dobbins | Informatica | Speaker | Session 5-D: Navigating the Data & AI Trust Paradox | — |
| Nick Hart | Data Foundation | Speaker | Session 6-B: Proven Under Pressure: Federal CDOs, AI, and What 2026 Demands | — |
| Nicole Janeway Bills | Data Strategy Professionals | Panelist | Session 8-E: How Organizations are Currently Governing Data and AI: What’s Working and What’s Not | — |
| Nisha Paliwal | AbbVie | Panelist | Session 17-C: A Leaders Guide, Accelerate Data & AI Culture for Sustainable Business Value | — |
| Nisha Paliwal | AbbVie | Panelist | Session 8-A: AI/ML for Biologics | — |
| Nishit Sadhwani | New York Life Insurance Company | Panelist | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Nishkam Prabodh | Venture Guides | Panelist | Session 14-B: Data Investments in the AI World – Where are Early-Stage Investors Investing? | — |
| Olivia Kew | Vanderbilt University | Speaker | Session 12-E: Advancing Data Leadership in Higher Education: Translating Executive Intent into Measurable Impact | — |
| Or Zabludowski | Flexor | Speaker | Session 11-B: From Noise to Clarity: Turning Unstructured Enterprise Data into AI-Ready Context | — |
| Or Zabludowski | Flexor | Speaker | Session 12-D: Unstructured data killed my AI agent. Now what? | — |
| Patty Haines | — | Panelist | Session 18-C: AI Data Governance for the Enterprise - Using Data Governance & Risk Management to protect your Data | — |
| Pete Scherf | Concord | Moderator | Session 15-D: Thinking Beyond the Pilot: What it Takes to Scale AI | — |
| Peter Aiken | VCU/AnythingAwesome | Moderator | Session 13-E: Synergy of Driving Forces in Data Leadership for the Next Twenty years | — |
| Peter Manta | Informatica | Speaker | Session 11-A: The Agentic Data Contract: Redefining Data Readiness for Autonomous Decision-Making | — |
| Puneet Singh | Intuit | Speaker | Session 15-B: From Reactive to Proactive: How Intuit Credit Karma Solved Data Quality at Scale | — |
| Radha Kuchibhotla | CVS Health | Panelist | Session 15-D: Thinking Beyond the Pilot: What it Takes to Scale AI | — |
| Raghuvaran Reddy Kalluri | Royal Bank of Canada | Speaker | Session 18-B: Modernization of Data Management from Traditional On-Prem Solutions to Cloud-Native Solutions | — |
| Randy Bean | Data & AI Leadership Exchange | Moderator | Session 11-C: The CDO Role: 20 Years Later -- Why Organizations Need a Chief Data, Analytics, & AI Officer | — |
| Richard Wang | CDOIQ Program | Speaker | Session 1: Welcome Remarks and Introduction | — |
| Richard Wang | CDOIQ Program | Speaker | Welcome and Opening Remarks | — |
| Richard Wang | CDOIQ Program | Panelist | Session 13-E: Synergy of Driving Forces in Data Leadership for the Next Twenty years | — |
| Rick Grinnell | Glasswing Ventures | Panelist | Session 14-B: Data Investments in the AI World – Where are Early-Stage Investors Investing? | — |
| Ryan Day | Conference of State Bank Supervisors | Panelist | Session 18-E: The Governance Imperative | — |
| Salema Rice | IntelliCon Global | Panelist | Session 17-C: A Leaders Guide, Accelerate Data & AI Culture for Sustainable Business Value | — |
| Sanjay Reddy | Vanguard | Speaker | Session 12-D: Unstructured data killed my AI agent. Now what? | — |
| Sarah Roberts | KPMG | Speaker | Session 12-C: Driving Value with Data | — |
| Scott Gausland | Rhode Island Department of Administration | Panelist | Session 7-E: The AI Fuel: Modern Data Sharing Strategies | — |
| Sebastian Wernicke | Oxera Consulting | Speaker | Session 13-C: Beyond Data-Driven: Why the Future Belongs to the Data Inspired | — |
| Selim Mimaroglu | Fannie Mae | Speaker | Session 10-E: From Scratch to Scale: A Blueprint for Building an Enterprise AI Organization | — |
| Shahid Azim | C10 Labs | Panelist | Session 14-B: Data Investments in the AI World – Where are Early-Stage Investors Investing? | — |
| Simon Nip | AUO Display Plus America Corp | Speaker | Session 4-E: Scaling AI: From Research Collaboration to Enterprise Value | — |
| Stacie Christensen | H-E-B | Speaker | Session 19-B: Why Data Initiatives Fail Before Technology Ever Becomes the Problem | — |
| Stephen Gatchell | Ortecha | Moderator | Session 7-C: Swarm Intelligence in the Enterprise: From Orchestration to Organizational Impact and the Future of Work | — |
| Stephen Gatchell | Ortecha | Speaker | Session 8-D: Swarm Intelligence in the Enterprise: Building the Semantic Foundation for Safe, Measurable AI Execution | — |
| Steve Kimmett | KeyBank | Panelist | Session 13-A: Why Strong Data Management Beats a New Platform, Every Time | — |
| Steven Nunez | Supply Technologies | Panelist | Session 12-B: Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Data’s Context | — |
| Stewart Bond | IDC | Speaker | Session 5-E:From Data Lakes to Agentic Enterprises: Governing Real-Time, Model-Native Data Ecosystems | — |
| Stuart Madnick | Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) | Speaker | Welcome and Opening Remarks | — |
| Stuart Madnick | Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (CAMS) | Speaker | Day 1 Keynote: Innovation Insights from the First 20 Years of CDOIQ at MIT | — |
| Sunil Soares | Tavro AI | Speaker | Session 8-C: Agentic AI Governance | — |
| Syed Qadri | Western Financial Group | Speaker | Session 2: Building an Enterprise Knowledge Assistant for Data Quality, Governance, and AI Solutions Using Open-Source LLMs and RAG | — |
| Taka Ariga | Data Foundation | Speaker | Session 6-B: Proven Under Pressure: Federal CDOs, AI, and What 2026 Demands | — |
| Tammy Baker | Nexus Data Foundations LLC | Panelist | Session 3-C:Data Quality’s Invisible Foe: FEAR | — |
| Terry Dorsey | Denodo | Speaker | Session 14-D: The Hidden Data Problem Blocking AI at Scale | — |
| Thomas Redman | Navesink Consulting | Speaker | Session 14-C: People and Data (and, oh yes, AI!) | — |
| Tom Davenport | Babson College/MIT/Stanford | Speaker | Session 10-C: Achieving and Measuring Value from Artificial Intelligence | — |
| Tom Mazzaferro | Cyera | Speaker | Session 7-B: How Data, AI and Security Converge to Transform the Modern Company | — |
| Tony Mazzarella, PhD | — | Speaker | Session 14-A: Toward Adaptive Data Governance | — |
| Troy Leach | CSAI Foundation | Panelist | Session 18-E: The Governance Imperative | — |
| Uma Sridharan | AbbVie | Moderator | Session 8-A: AI/ML for Biologics | — |
| Vasa Krishnan | Lüt | Speaker | Session 15-E: Evolving IT Leadership: How CDOs Become CIOs to Build Resilient Organizations | — |
| Veenit Shah | Intuit | Speaker | Session 15-B: From Reactive to Proactive: How Intuit Credit Karma Solved Data Quality at Scale | — |
| Vinod Surasani | RBC | Speaker | Session 18-B: Modernization of Data Management from Traditional On-Prem Solutions to Cloud-Native Solutions | — |
| Yashaswi Vemuganti | Scotiabank | Speaker | Session 11-B: From Noise to Clarity: Turning Unstructured Enterprise Data into AI-Ready Context | — |