All 2027 Conference Tracks

2027 Conference Tracks at a Glance

The 2027 agenda will deliver the latest technology, strategy and leadership insights most critical to CDAOs and their teams.

Track A: Lead Data and AI-Driven Organizations

A track designed for data, analytics and AI leaders, including CDAOs,  tasked with delivering business value through data, analytics and AI. These leaders deliver value 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 an AI-first culture

  • Evolving technology capabilities

Track B: Scale AI and Analytics

This track covers everything a data, analytics and AI leader need to be successful with AI including: AI strategy, responsible AI, generative AI, LLMs, retrieval augmented generation, prompt engineering, data science, ML and scalability. A track designed for leaders responsible for AI, as well as AI experts, architects and engineers.

Hot topics

  • AI strategy

  • AI agents (and agentic AI)

  • Cost management

  • Responsible AI

  • AI impact on analytics, DSML and DI

  • Decision intelligence

  • Predictive/prescriptive analytic approaches

Track C: Drive Business Value With Data, Analytics and AI

This track covers everything you need to connect data, analytics and AI with value. It includes decision intelligence, prioritizing the D&A and AI portfolio, communicating value and managing cost.

Hot topics

  • D&A value management

  • Stakeholder engagement and discovery of data, analytics and AI use cases

  • FinOps for AI and tokenomics

  • Prioritising of data, analytics and AI portfolios

  • Funding and investments

  • Communicating D&A value

  • Decision intelligence

Track D: Build Modern Data Foundations

This track covers everything you need to be successful with  data management including data fabric, data products; data observability, cost optimization, scalability, resilience and reliability of data management architectures. 

Hot topics

  • AI-readiness for data and agents

  • Agentic data management

  • Data engineering

  • Federated data management

  • Data management platform convergence

  • DataOps

  • Data products and data contracts

  • Cost optimization

Track E: Strengthen Data, Analytics and AI Governance

A track designed for data, analytics and AI leaders responsible for governance programs as well as those who take on governance roles like stewardship. It addresses governance programs and platforms for data, analytics and AI as well as the strategies for coordinating distinct governance programs.

Hot topics

  • Adaptive governance

  • AI risk and governance

  • Stakeholder buy-in for governance programs

  • D&A governance operating model

  • Governance platforms

  • Unstructured data governance

  • Agentic governance/automated governance

  • Sovereignty

Track F: The CDAO Circle Program

Designed specifically for the CDAO and AI leaders, the CDAO Circle Program provides exclusive sessions for eligible attendees of the Data & Analytics Summit to explore new strategies, share innovative ideas and grow your community of peers. 

Hot Ttopics

  • Business value from data, analytics, and AI

  • Your future as a CDAO and business leader

  • Change management, data literacy and AI literacy

  • Strategic planning for data, analytics and AI

  • AI-first: Ignorable, indispensable or inevitable?