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for
Data CANNOT Be Governed! But Sometimes People Can (With the Right Tools and Skills)
with Len Silverston
and
Next Generation Semantic Layers: Embedding Organizational Knowledge as an AI Differentiator
with Malcolm Hawker
When: Friday, Jan 31st - 2:30pm-5:30pm
Location: City of Centennial Community Room
Address: 7272 S. Eagle St, Centennial, CO, 80112
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Presentations:
Data CANNOT Be Governed! But Sometimes People Can (With the Right Tools and Skills)
with Len Silverston
Biography
Len Silverston is a best-selling author, consultant, and speaker with over 40 years of experience in helping organizations around the world integrate data.
He is an internationally recognized thought leader in the fields of data modeling and data management as well as in the human dynamics that lies at the core of synthesizing and effectively using information. He is the author of the ‘The Data Model Resource Book’ series (Volumes 1, 2, and 3), which was rated #12 on the Computer Literacy Best Seller List and which provide hundreds of reusable data models and have been translated into multiple languages. He is the winner of the DAMA International Professional Achievement Award as well as the DAMA Community Award. Mr. Silverston's company, Universal Mindful, LLC, provides training and consulting to data organizations and groups to boost productivity and results through an extensive methodology and set of organizational change management and human behavior tools.
He is also a fully ordained Zen priest and life coach. He provides training, coaching, corporate mindfulness workshops, and retreats through his organization, 'Zen With Len'.
Linked In - Len Silverston
Abstract:
I once tried telling a piece of data to change and to follow a policy. The response was underwhelming - it didn’t do anything.
This presentation focuses on what’s most important in successful data governance and data management: how to work with people. It offers frameworks, tools, and techniques for effectively navigating and managing the human dynamics involved in data governance and data management.
There are common, ‘Ground Hog Day’ scenarios that frequently occur in data programs so why not understand and have tools readily available to address them? The presenter will share various insights, showing pitfalls of where data efforts can and have gone off course as well as sharing keys to successful efforts. There will be fun and interactive exercises where participants can practice handling difficult issues that commonly arise by applying principles leading to effective data programs.
Participants of this session will learn about:
- Tools, principles and techniques including facilitating shared purpose, understanding motivations, enhancing communications, developing trust, and managing conflict
- An understanding of political and cultural factors for which successful data governance and data management teams need to be aware and prepared
- Stories of how culture and politics either killed or fostered data programs
- Exercises allowing participants to practice overcoming challenges that data professionals often face.
- Education and experience in preparing for cultural and political challenges as well as applying powerful techniques for developing more effective environments, in this nonthreatening, setting.
Next Generation Semantic Layers: Embedding Organizational Knowledge as an AI Differentiator
with Malcolm Hawker 
Biography
Malcolm Hawker is the CDO of Profisee and is a thought leader in the fields of Data Strategy, Master Data Management (MDM), and Data Governance. As a former Gartner analyst, Malcolm has authored industry-defining research and has consulted some of the largest businesses in the world on their enterprise data and analytics strategies. Having served as a Chief Product Officer, Head of IT, and strategic business consultant, Malcolm is an industry leader with over 25 years’ experience at the forefront of data-enabled business transformations.
Malcolm is a frequent public speaker on data and analytics best practices, and he cherishes the opportunity to share practical and actionable insights on how companies can achieve their strategic imperatives by improving their approach to data management. When not sharing his passion for data or recording episodes of the CDO Matters podcast, Malcolm is an avid hobbyist landscape photographer and lives with his wife and two dogs in a small beach town in Florida.
Linked In - Malcolm Hawker
Abstract
The era of AI requires a new approach to managing data. Next generation semantic layers enable the knowledge-based paradigm needed to bridge the gap between legacy approaches and those needed to optimize the performance of the AI-based solutions.
Summary: It is increasingly likely that GenAI based solutions will form the backbone of an entirely new computing platform, not unlike the internet of the cloud. If true, then companies must rapidly adapt how they manage the data and analytical insights to needed to optimize the outcomes of this new AI-driven platform. Companies seeking to leverage AI as a competitive differentiator must:
Come hear industry expert and the CDO of Profisee Software, Malcolm Hawker, as he shares valuable insights on the foundational role that next generation semantic layers in will increasingly play in all companies. Learn the top actions that data leaders must take in order to realize the full value of AI-driven automation of their data, and their businesses.
Other Details:
Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.
Doors open at 2:00pm for networking and presentations begin promptly at 3:00pm.
Event table/booth and other sponsorship and job promotion opportunities available. See Sponsor Benefits for more information.
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