2026 Conference Tracks

2026 Conference Tracks at a Glance

The 2026 agenda delivers the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights most critical to D&A leaders and their teams.

Track A: Leadership

A track designed for CDAOs, data, analytics and AI leaders tasked with creating a strategy and operating model that delivers business value. These leaders develop talent and mature a data-driven culture by building trust and managing data while evolving technology capabilities.

Hot topics:

  • Strategy and operating models
  • Delivering business value
  • Talent development
  • Building a data-driven culture
  • Evolving technology capabilities

 

Track B: AI

This track covers everything you need to be successful with AI including: AI strategy, responsible AI, AI governance, agentic AI and AI agents, generative AI, LLMs, retrieval augmented generation, AI engineering, prompt engineering, AI architecture, data science, ML, and scalability. This track is designed for D&A leaders and practitioners such as heads of AI, AI experts, AI architects and AI engineers.

Hot topics:

  • AI strategy
  • AI agents (and agentic AI)
  • Cost management
  • Responsible AI
  • AI risk and governance
  • AI engineering

Track C: Analytics

This track covers everything you need to be successful with analytics and business intelligence, including: self-service analytics, the adoption and impact of generative AI, agentic analytics, ecosystems, composability, natural language query, metrics and dashboards, data storytelling and decision intelligence. This track is designed for D&A leaders and practitioners such as heads of analytics, business analysts, analytics developers, analytics architects and engineers.

Hot topics:

  • Self-service analytics
  • Agentic analytics
  • Impact of GenAI
  • Decision intelligence
  • Data storytelling

Track D: Data Management

This track covers everything you need to be successful with data management. This includes topics, such as AI readiness for data, federated data management, data management platform convergence, DataOps, data product management, cost optimization across the data management value chain, data fabric design for scalability, resilience and reliability of data management architectures. This track is designed for leaders responsible for data management as well as data architects and data engineers.

Hot topics:

  • AI-readiness for data
  • Federated data management
  • Data management platform convergence
  • Data Ops
  • Data products
  • Cost optimization
  • Data fabric for scalability
  • Resilience of data management architectures

Track E: Governance

A track designed for D&A leaders responsible for governance as well as those who take on governance roles like stewardship. This track covers everything you need to be successful no matter where you are in your D&A governance journey including: adaptive governance, achieving stakeholder buy-in, establishing your governance operating model, the impact of AI on D&A governance, the future of D&A governance roles and evolution of D&A governance platforms.

Hot topics:

  • Adaptive governance
  • Stakeholder buy-in for governance programs
  • D&A governance operating model
  • AI impact on D&A governance
  • Future of D&A governance roles
  • Evolution of D&A governance platforms

Track F: CDAO Circle Program

The CDAO Circle Program is an exclusive experience designed for both new-to-role and experienced CDAOs to elevate their performance and brand. The program provides targeted content, focused workshops and valuable networking lunches. Join your CDAO peers to explore how you and your teams can use data, analytics and AI to drive better business value and improve culture, communication and change.