Make the case. Justify the trip.
 

Compress six months of research into five days.

Vendors, practitioners, and peers are in one place, across real sessions, exhibitor demos, and hallway conversations. You won't just collect information. You'll get the context to act on it. Walmart Global Tech on agentic AI governance, ExxonMobil on their 4 Disciplines of Execution framework, Intermountain Health on scaling AI oversight to 70,000 people. That's the kind of density that actually moves a roadmap.

Learn from what's already been tried.

The practitioners in this room have already hit the walls you're heading toward, and they'll tell you exactly what happened. You'll hear from dozens of real-world programs, with real results, real failures, and real lessons. You'll leave knowing which shortcuts are traps and which ones actually work.

Evaluate tools and strategies before you commit.

Case studies from organizations with real stakes give you the reference points your vendor conversations are missing. See the ExxonMobil GOLLUM framework, hear from Vanguard on AI testing for generative and agentic systems, and walk the exhibitor floor with actual criteria in hand.

Stress-test your current approach.

Benchmark your program against what leading organizations are doing right now. Whether you're confirming you're on the right track or finding out where you've drifted, you'll leave with a clearer picture of where you actually stand.

Give your team what they need for the next 12 months.

You'll find practical frameworks across data governance, AI governance, data quality, semantic layers, risk and regulation, and change management. If your next big initiative needs executive buy-in, clearer ownership, or a model that actually scales, the answers are here.

Grow your impact. Expand your influence.
 

Become the person your organization calls first.

You'll bring back frameworks, language, and context drawn from governance programs at USAA, AI governance at OpenAI, and agentic AI at Walmart, giving your leadership what they need to understand what's coming and trust you to handle it. That's professional development that changes your role, not just your resume.

Build skills the field is actively asking for.

Semantic layers for AI governance, governing agentic systems, operationalizing frameworks like NIST AI RMF and the EU AI Act, change management when adoption stalls. These aren't theoretical topics. They're the specific gaps practitioners are fighting through right now.

Have conversations you can't have anywhere else.

The person next to you on Tuesday morning may be the Head of Data Governance at a global airline or a CDO from a major financial institution who solved your exact problem six months ago. The sessions get you in the room. The people are why you come back.

Invest in a career that's moving faster than you think.

Malcolm Hawker's session on self-disruption, Leigh Felton's keynote on conscious participation, Eric Riz on digital debt. This program is built by practitioners for practitioners, and it takes seriously that the field is shifting under everyone's feet right now. You'll leave knowing what's next.

Earn credentials that open doors.

Certification signals to your organization, and the broader field, that you've done the work. Sit for the CDMP or DATAVERSITY's Applied Data Governance Practitioner (ADGP) exam on-site with no upfront risk. You only pay if you pass. Prepare with DATAVERSITY's Mark Horseman, a CDMP Master and peer contributor to the ADGP, then get a first look at where the field is heading through a SIG on DAMA-DMBOK 3.0 led by its Project Manager, Mathias Vercauteren. You have the opportunity to leave Providence certified, with demonstrated proof of your expertise and a credential the field recognizes.