CDO/ML/AI National Virtual Summit
April 20, 2021
CDO/ML/AI National Virtual Summit
In today’s digital landscape, the role of the CIO/ CDO has become the most dynamic amongst their peers. CIOs are focused on finding the most transformative technologies that enable them to bring value to their enterprise and customers.
Adopting an enterprise wide transformation strategy is driven by fundamental shifts in internal and external forces that impact the business and how it operates. Disruptive technologies are being introduced to the market faster than ever and executives must have the ability to align and address the enterprise-wide transformation challenges. These changes will ultimately influence strategic planning, business operations and the overall trajectory of the operating model moving forward. With unceasing demands, technology has become more complex and solution providers more difficult to decipher.
Apex Assembly will unite visionary leaders and industry experts for a half day of content and discussion, where we will examine the challenges of 2020 and concentrate on the most pressing issues of 2021 in the information technology sector.
Through collaboration with our executive community, we have discovered key industry challenges and trends. These topics form the foundation of the Summit and will be addressed through Panels, Disrupter sessions, and Fireside chats.
Hosted using video conferencing technology, our Virtual Summit gives executives and service providers the opportunity to engage with like-minded executives and industry leaders without having to leave their office or home.
Anyone can log in from anywhere. All you need is WiFi.
The Assembly will feature members from...
Agenda
* All Times In EST
12:00pm-12:05pm
Opening Remarks
12:05pm-12:50pm
Keynote Panel: “Developing Sustainable Data Pipelines Through Automation“
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Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ |
Vanguard |
Sallie Mae |
Thrivent |
| Shawn Roberts Vice President of Solution Strategy |
Vijay Venkatesan Chief Analytics Officer |
Prakash Kamath Head of Data Management & Governance |
Wendy Zhang Director Data Governance & Data Strategy |
Sravan Kasarla Chief Data Officer |
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If your organization is like most, more time goes into finding and preparing enterprise data than deriving actionable intelligence from it. As data landscapes continue to become more extensive and complex, so does the CIO/CDO challenge of flipping this paradigm. In this interactive panel session, we’ll discuss:
- The top challenges IT teams face when developing, managing and documenting data pipelines
- Opportunities to close the data intelligence gap between technical and business stakeholders
- How automation builds and maps data pipelines faster, providing visibility and greater opportunities for meaningful analysis
- Laying the groundwork to reduce risks and deliver major data and digital transformation initiatives more quickly
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12:55pm-1:20pm
CXO Fireside: “How ML and Data Enrichment Make Cloud Migrations a Whole Lot Easier“
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JPM Chase |
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| Ravi Hulasi Chief Cloud Evangelist |
Michael Stonebraker Turing Award Winner, Adjunct Professor at MIT, Co-Founder of Tamr |
Prashant Dhingra Managing Director of Machine Learning |
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1:25pm-1:50pm
CXO Fireside: “Managing Risk in Digital Transformation “
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| Brandon Reese Risk Solution Expert, ServiceNow |
Brian Rizman Partner, GRC, Security and Cloud Solutions, Edgile |
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Join ServiceNow to learn about Managing Digital Risk in Digital Transformation! ServiceNow Risk Solution expert, Brandon Reese, will discuss the latest capabilities in Risk Management as well as share how ServiceNow can power your resilient business with risk-informed decisions embedded in daily work, across the enterprise.
During this session, you will learn about:
- The current state of GRC
- Risk in Digital Transformation
- Preparing to tackle Digital Risk
- Building a sustainable Risk and Compliance program.
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1:55pm-2:30pm
CXO Panel: “2021 State of ModelOps Survey takeaways“
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TIAA |
Deutsche Bank |
Freddie Mac |
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| Stu Bailey Co-founder and Chief Enterprise AI Architect, ModelOp |
Robert Serena Director ERM Model Risk |
Ruchi Sharma Head of Model Development |
George Soulellis Enterprise Model Risk Officer |
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ModelOps is a new and evolving area. The first annual “State of ModelOps” survey has just been released. Learn about the results, including the big challenges, trends, and strategic directions. A panel of AI and business leaders will provide insights into the key issues as well as recommendations for AI success.
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2:35pm-2:50pm
Disrupter Presenter: “Smart Apps Win Markets: Why “Fast Data” is the New Gold“
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| Bryan Kirschner Vice President, Strategy |
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Technology is not a strategy, but some strategies are only possible with the right technology in place, backed by an operating model tuned to make the most of its capabilities. More data than ever is available to CIOs and CDOs–but architecture and practices fit for handling “less data, more slowly” aren’t enough to use it compete and win. We will dive into how today’s leaders have shown the path toward starting, scaling, and sustaining shared mastery of the new “fast data” powering winning apps to drive growth:
- Why you want the modern open source data stack
- How to break the organizational barriers to data velocity
- Why “fast, smart, and big” are the future of data for the apps that matter most
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2:55pm-3:20pm
CXO Fireside Chat: “Data Governance is Killing Your Business — Time to Fix It“
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Uber |
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| Jon Loyens Chief Product Officer, VP of Engineering |
Anuradha Gali Head of Data Analytics Infrastructure |
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Enterprises waste millions of dollars on failed data initiatives because they apply outdated thinking to new data problems. Trying to fix these issues with technology just makes it worse. Deploying new self-service BI and data science tools and adding a layer of governance over the top typically results in overly complex, rigid processes that benefit the few and make everyone else less productive. Agile data governance is a new practice that applies the best of agile, DevOps, and open software development to data and analytics. It iteratively captures knowledge as data producers and consumers work together so that everyone can benefit.
Attendees will learn:
- How to build a data-driven culture by embracing data literacy and inclusion
- How to use agile and open methodologies to identify business problems and assemble the teams and data to help solve them
- How DataOps rescues your data infrastructure and operations from the endless waterfall cycle
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3:25pm-3:40pm
Virtual Disrupter: “Liberate your data with logical data fabric“
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| Paul Moxon SVP Data Architectures & Chief Evangelist |
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The best of breed big data fabrics should deliver actionable insights to the business users with minimal effort, provide end-to-end security to the entire enterprise data platform and provide real-time data integration, while delivering self-service data platform to business users.
While big data initiatives have become necessary for any business to generate actionable insights, big data fabric has become a necessity for any successful big data initiative. The best of breed big data fabrics should deliver actionable insights to the business users with minimal effort, provide end-to-end security to the entire enterprise data platform and provide real-time data integration, while delivering self-service data platform to business users.
Attend this session to learn how big data fabric enabled by data virtualization:
- Provides lightning fast self-service data access to business users
- Centralizes data security, governance and data privacy
- Fulfills the promise of data lakes to provide actionable insights
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3:45pm-4:25pm
Closing Keynote Panel: “The Future Enterprise AI: Data Analytics, Data Science and Machine Learning “
Moderator:
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| Bhavani Rao, Product Marketing Lead |
Labcorp |
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Microsoft |
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| Minoo Agarwal Head of Informatics, (Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, Data Science) |
Amit Arora VP – AI Product Management |
Iksha Herr Managing Director, Data & AI Healthcare & Life Sciences |
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* All Times In EST
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Why should I attend?
Your time is valuable and we make sure to make the most of it! We take the time to figure out your challenges and customize your experience to meet your needs. Our agendas are tailored to your feedback and we pride ourselves in covering the most cutting-edge content delivered by renowned industry experts. Look forward to building enduring partnerships and together we’ll go straight to the top.
Where is the event taking place?
The event is by invitation-only. The location will be released to all attendees once your registration has been confirmed.
What is the dress code?
We recommend business attire. Most attendees wear suits or comparable attire. Ties are optional.
Can I bring a colleague with me?
Yes! We always urge our members to refer their colleagues! We love adding new members to the community, especially if they come highly recommended by a current member. Either have them reach out to your Apex POC or have them fill out the Member Registration Form.
What if I have dietary restrictions?
No problem! Please let your Apex POC know as soon as possible in order for us to work with the venue on providing alternate options for you at the event.
What if I want to speak at an assembly?
Apex is always looking for speakers that can contribute their valuable insight. If you would like to speak, please contact your Apex POC or fill out the Speaker Registration Form on the Assemblies page. Please keep in mind that we receive many inquiries for speaking and sessions are available on a first come first served basis. But no need to worry, we have plenty of opportunities available at future assemblies.
I plan on being in attendance, but what if something comes up and I have to cancel?
We understand that something may come up on your calendar! Before canceling with us, please know that we will have a separate room for attendees to step out for work-related activities (meetings, emails, conference calls, etc.). If you must cancel, we just ask that you let us know at least 48 hours in advance so that we can open up the waitlist for another member.
A cloud migration offers the opportunity to improve your data as well as move it to a modern infrastructure. Leverage machine learning to clean, curate and enrich your data as part of your move to the cloud sets your organization up for analytic success and overcomes data management issues found on-premise, like duplicate and incomplete records and data silos.
To help organizations move and improve their data, the panelists will share how large enterprises made machine learning and data quality a key part of their transition to the cloud.
You’ll learn: