Agenda At-a-Glance

Monday, 11/16/2026

Continental Breakfast

07:00 AM - 08:30 AM Mon, Nov 16

Monday Morning Tutorials

08:30 AM - 11:45 AM Mon, Nov 16

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
AI Governance 101: A Starter’s Guide	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	Introductory	AI Governance
Engineering Governance: Integrating DDLC, SDLC, Agile Delivery, and AI Governance	Cindy Lou Vogel, Right Triangle Consulting Mindy Becker, Right Triangle Consulting	All Levels	AI Governance
From Automation to Autonomy: Governing Agentic AI with Process Driven Intelligence	Abhi Ahuja, IGM Financial	Intermediate	AI Governance
Taming the Wild: How to Govern Unstructured Data for Trusted AI and Business Outcomes	C. Lwanga Yonke, Padouk Consulting, LLC	All Levels	Data Governance for AI
Meaning Matters: Semantic Layers for AI Governance, Grounding, and Contextualization	Dave Wells, Infocentric	Intermediate	Semantic Layers
The Data Domain Trilogy: Discover, Define, and Assign Accountability for Your Data Domains	Ellen Mildred Brown, Slack Consulting Inc	All Levels	Data Governance Stewardship
Using AI to Start a Data Governance Program	John Ladley, Sonrai Mark Cooper, The Data Brains	All Levels	Data Governance

Coffee Break

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Mon, Nov 16

Conference Sessions

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Mon, Nov 16

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Building a Data Governance Program: Ten Steps to Success	Ryan Doupe, DataFit Consulting	Introductory	Data Governance
AI Governance - Context Is Key! Let’s Understand What It Takes to Make Data “AI READY”	Martha Dember, Datavail	All Levels	AI Governance
AI Risks and Risk Mitigation Strategies	Nicole J Bills, Data Strategy Professionals	All Levels	AI Risk Management
Data Governance "Chopped" Edition: Building a Practice with Spaghetti, Mixed Nuts, and Clams	Yolanda Eyre, Breakthrough T1D	All Levels	Data Governance

Lunch & Social Roundtables

12:45 PM - 01:45 PM Mon, Nov 16

Monday Afternoon Tutorials

01:45 PM - 05:00 PM Mon, Nov 16

Title	Speakers	Audience	Track
Adapting Your Data Strategy for AI	Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Ltd.	All Levels	Data Strategy Data and AI Leadership
Not Everything Deserves Governance: Triaging Your AI Inventory	Mathias Vercauteren, Data & AI Governance Partners	Intermediate	AI Governance
AI Governing AI - A Pragmatic Approach	Nate Lee, K. Hovnanian Enterprises	All Levels	AI Governance
Quality Data and Trusted AI: Turning Data Quality Expertise Into an AI Accelerator	Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Charles Bloche, DataKitchen	All Levels	Artificial Intelligence Data & Information Quality
How to Build an Aligned DG and AI Governance Decision Framework	Becky Lyons, First San Francisco Partners	Intermediate	Data and AI Leadership
Data Products: Delivering the Foundation for AI and Analytics	Mark Cooper, The Data Brains	All Levels	Data Governance

Coffee Break

03:15 PM - 03:30 PM Mon, Nov 16

Data Hour (Speed Networking Event)

05:15 PM - 06:15 PM Mon, Nov 16

CDMP + ADGP Certification Exams (Times to be Confirmed)

05:15 PM - 07:15 PM Mon, Nov 16

Affinity Groups

05:15 PM - 06:00 PM Mon, Nov 16