JOIN US October 19-20, 2027 | Renaissance Boston Seaport District
CDAO Fall
That's a wrap on 2026! Stay tuned for our 2027 agenda
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for their help in making our 2026 event such a great success.
View the people and themes that inspired us, and watch this space for exciting news about 2027.
Drive organizational innovation through data and analytics excellence
CDAO Fall 2026, our 15th flagship edition, is the premier gathering for senior data, analytics, and AI leaders across industries.
Join us for a transformative experience where industry experts share the latest strategies for leveraging data-driven decision-making, AI adoption, governance, and ethical frameworks to accelerate business growth and innovation. This year, CDAO Fall also explores the intersection of technology, strategy, and responsible data use, shaping the future of enterprise intelligence.
In 2026, CDAO Fall will bring together a diverse audience of senior data leaders, offering an unparalleled opportunity to gain actionable insights, build meaningful connections, and position your organization at the forefront of the evolving data and analytics landscape.
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Two events. One place to be.
You can your team can now experience double the insights and connections with two events under one roof. Enjoy deep-learning, across multiple facets of data, analytics and AI and form new strategies that will lead to a 'big picture' view of how to future-proof your business.
Our key themes for 2026
Human Side of Data Transformation
Explore how leading organisations are navigating the cultural, talent, and change management challenges that determine whether data transformation efforts succeed at scale.
AI Architecture & Governance
Learn how enterprises are designing modern data architectures, governance frameworks, and AI oversight models that enable innovation.
Data Strategy to Business Reality
Discover how senior data and AI leaders are turning ambitious transformation strategies into measurable operational outcomes.
The Next Era of AI Leadership
Examine how the evolving partnership between data and AI leadership is reshaping enterprise strategy, operating models, and competitive advantage.
2026 Speakers
SESSION REWIND
Manajit Barman, Chief Data Officer at the United States Air Force, will deliver a keynote exploring the critical architecture decisions shaping the future of enterprise data and AI.
He will examine how organizations can strategically approach their data and AI platform foundations, navigate build versus buy versus partner decisions, avoid long-term technology lock-in, and move from fragmented tools toward integrated, AI-ready architectures that enable innovation and long-term competitive advantage.
Session Rewind
Who: Manajit Barman, Chief Data Officer - United States Air Force
Title: Keynote Presentation: The Architecture Decision That Will Define Your Next Five Years
When: 9:50 AM, October 26, 2026

Manajit Barman
Chief Data Officer
United States Air Force

Ash Dhupar
Chief Data & AI Officer
Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
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Duyum Ryan
Finance Chief Operating Officer & SVP (Finance Data Strategy)
The Cigna Group
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Achuth Rao
Chief Product Officer & Head of Data, Analytics & AI Products
New York Life Insurance
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Dartanion Williams
Chief Data Officer & Executive Director
City of Baltimore
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Adem Albayrak
Chief Data & AI Officer
Alzheon
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Sanjay Sidwani
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Valley Bank
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Nondas Sourias
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
Closeknit
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Yvonne Li
Chief Data & AI Officer
Starr Insurance
What's being said about us?
βCDAO Fall was an excellent ensemble of speakers, topics, trends, and solution providers that not only provided the state-of-the-art in big data, analytics, and AI, but also helped in understanding where we are going and emerging trends."

Director, Analytics and Global Data Management - Colgate Palmolive
Why attend?
The 15th Edition of CDAO Fall, our flagship gathering for senior data and analytics leaders shaping the future of the enterprise. Step into an environment built to inspire, challenge, and accelerate your data, analytics, and AI strategy. Hear from industry trailblazers, connect with fellow decision-makers, and gain actionable insights into the technologies and capabilities transforming modern organizations.
Engage with peers to explore how leading enterprises are aligning data and analytics initiatives with core business objectives, navigating risk in a shifting regulatory landscape, and harnessing advanced analytics and AI to drive innovation, agility, and sustainable growth.
Who will be there?
CDAO Fall is built for senior data and analytics leadersβincluding CDOs, CAOs, CIOs, VPs, Directors, and Managers from across industries. Whether you focus on data strategy, analytics, AI, data governance, compliance, or automation, our flagship event provides an unparalleled opportunity to learn from top practitioners, exchange real-world insights, and expand your network within the wider data and analytics community.
As the 13th edition of this premier gathering, CDAO Fall brings together the leaders shaping the future of data-driven transformationβmaking it the must-attend event for anyone driving strategic impact in their organization.
Lead Sponsor
Delinea
Delinea uses runtime authorization to control what AI agents, humans and machines can do after access is granted, helping organizations accelerate AI adoption and defend against AI-driven attacks. Visit websiteCorinium Partners
Actian
Actian powers the full data value chain for the AI era. We deliver databases that store and secure data at scale; platforms to connect, manage, govern, and observe it; and solutions to activate it through BI, conversational analytics, and AI agents. More than 20,000 organizations worldwide, including 30 of the Fortune 100, rely on Actian to fuel intelligent decisions and autonomous systems. Visit websiteAlteryx
AI-ready business analytics software for the intelligent enterprise
Alteryx One connects data, business context, and AI for insights that lead to confident decisions
Corinium Associate Partners
Fivetran + dbt Labs
Fivetran + dbt Labs deliver the data infrastructure layer that makes agents trustworthy β from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context an agent reasons from.
The Fivetran platform moves, manages, and transforms data from every system a business runs on into a secure, reliable foundation engineered to evolve, with the flexibility to work across clouds, engines, and tools. With Fivetran, analytics, operations, and AI run on data you trust and control. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including OpenAI, LVMH, Pfizer, and Verizon, rely on Fivetran to turn data into a competitive advantage.
Learn more at Fivetran.com, or follow Fivetran on LinkedIn.
Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help data practitioners create and disseminate organizational knowledge. dbt is the standard for AI-ready structured data. Powered by the dbt Fusion engine, it unlocks the performance, context, and trust that organizations need to scale analytics in the era of AI. Globally, more than 100,000 data teams use dbt, including those at Siemens, Roche and CondΓ© Nast.
Learn more at getdbt.com, and follow dbt Labs on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.
Google Cloud
Build with AI. Deploy and scale apps fast. Analyze and secure your data. Visit websiteGold Sponsors
Pyramid from ServiceNow
In a reality of ever-growing analytics needs, Pyramid prevents the exponential growth in complexity. Possible isn't enough, it has to be easy for data teams and business users to keep up with the pace of the modern business Visit websitePortal26
Enabling Enterprise AI From Visibility to Value.
As the most mature AI governance offering, Portal26 is the only platform that uniquely provides full-life cycle management of AI consumption from security to ROI.
Capgemini
Capgemini is the business transformation partner for enterprises in the age of AI. We help organizations imagine and build an intelligent, sustainable future, combining AI, technology and human ingenuity to transform how they operate, innovate and grow. With unique end-to-end capabilities spanning strategy, technology, engineering and intelligent operations, we bring together deep industry expertise and market-leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data to turn ambition into measurable business outcomes at scale. Supported by a robust ecosystem of partners and nearly 60 years of expertise, Capgemini is a responsible and diverse global organization of over 410,000 team members in more than 50 countries. The Group reported 2025 revenues of β¬22.5 billion.
Make it real | www.capgemini.com
Qualytics
Qualytics validates data at the moment it's used, applying data quality as a shared control layer where AImaintains coverage and your teams govern what trusted means. Visit website
Prophecy
Prophecy builds agentic data preparation and analysis software for data analysts and business users who need to work with data without writing code. Specialized Claude Code agents generate data workflows from plain-language requests, which users can inspect and refine visually.Workflows compile to native SQL or Spark and run directly on Databricks, Snowflake, or BigQuery, transforming AI-generated drafts into governed, production-ready data pipelines. Prophecy enables business users to answer data questions faster while giving data engineering teams the governance, scalability, and production-grade execution they require.
Prophecy is used across industries including finance, healthcare, retail, and more. Learn more at prophecy.ai. Visit website
Precisely
As a global leader in data integrity, Precisely ensures that your data is accurate, consistent, and contextual. Our portfolio, featuring the Precisely Data Integrity Suite, brings together software, data, and data strategy consulting services. This unique combination enables organizations to move to Agentic-Ready Data, the highest-quality of data that is integrated, governed, and enriched for AI, automation, and analytics initiatives at enterprise scale. Over 12,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, including 95 of the Fortune 100, trust Precisely to support some of the worldβs most complex, regulated, and mission-critical data environments. Learn more at www.precisely.com.
Visit websitePerforce Delphix
Unify data delivery, governance, and compliance for agentic software development in one secure data automation platform with Perforce Delphix. Visit websitepromptql
PromptQL is built by the team at Hasura β creators of the Hasura GraphQL Engine (HGE) and the Hasura Data Delivery Network (DDN), used by millions of developers and running at scale inside Fortune 100 enterprises to deliver fast, secure access to their most critical data.
With PromptQL, weβre taking on the next frontier:
Making AI reliable when it works with your data.
Visit website
Silver Sponsors
Simba from insightsoftware Data + Analytics
We help builders embed trusted intelligence into every product. With 30 years of data and analytics innovation behind it, the Simba family from insightsoftware Data + Analytics brings together trusted connectivity, governed AI, and embedded analytics to help software teams build smarter customer experiences. Connect the data. Govern the AI. Embed the intelligence. Visit websiteEthyca
Runtime governance for empowered AI.
Control how every model, agent, and system uses enterprise data in real time, for AI that yields ROI instead of risk.
Visit websiteSaturam
Saturam simplifies the data and AI engineering lifecycle across multi-cloud,hybrid, and modern ecosystems. Our products build, operate, and govern trusted
data for analytics, ML models, AI systems, and agentic workflows. Engineering-led,
autonomous by design, and measured on the outcomes we ship in production
across the US, Europe, and beyond. Visit website
Trail
Trail turns your policies, procedures, and the know-how stuck in peopleβs heads into one Brain. Every rule cites the source it came from, so Claude, ChatGPT, and your own agents all give the same answer. Visit websiteExhibitors
Tiger Analytics
Weβre passionate about solving some of the toughest business problems out there using AI and analytics Visit websiteHuwise
With Huwise, turn data into a source of insight, innovation, and performance. Visit websiteData & AI Literacy Academy
Bridge the data & AI skills gap.Accelerate your data & AI culture to drive measurable business outcomes. Visit website
romb.ai
Romb is the intelligence platform for data teams. It connects everything a team has learned, the findings, the context around them, and the approaches that produced them, and puts it to work across the organization.Companies spent the last twenty years turning data into an asset. What teams learn from that data never got the same treatment. Why a number moved, why a decision was made, which approach finally worked: it all ends up in decks, threads, and people's heads, and most of it gets lost.
Romb gives the organization a brain. Every finding, decision, and approach becomes part of one connected record, linked to the metrics and segments it touches and to the work that produced it. Romb reasons over that record. It knows which finding builds on which, which has since been replaced, and which approach held up on which kind of problem.
That is why questions get answered from work the team already did, new analysis starts with full context instead of from zero, and leaders see what is driving results across teams. Every answer is cited to the actual work and the person behind it, and when Romb can't back an answer, it says so.
It fits into the day-to-day without adding to it. When work is finished, Romb drafts the insight in seconds and the person who did it confirms it. Nothing extra to write, no new place to check. Answers show up where questions are asked, context appears when new work begins, and leadership briefings assemble themselves from real work.
Every company can rent the same AI models. What it has learned is the one thing it can't. Romb turns that into intelligence the organization can use, and it deepens with every piece of work the team finishes. Visit website
SqlDBM
Your data team builds it. Your whole org trusts it.
Start with enterprise data modeling. Add a governed semantic layer when your people and your AI agents need to know exactly what your data means.
Spitfyre
Designed to create a governed, trusted source of data that sits between the different systems where your data lives today and everything that needs to use it, whether that is reporting, analytics, applications, automation, AI, or AI agents. Spitfyre delivers governance, security, and independence for your data solutions. It is a managed data service built around open formats and designed with data independence in mind. Visit websiteQueryStory
QueryStory brings agentic analytics to the last mile of decision-making. It unifies enterprise data, context, and governance to produce decision-ready narratives that explain what changed, why it matters, and what to do nextβgrounded in traceable logic and cited sources. Built for enterprise control, QueryStory routes publishable outputs through human review and uses conflict detection, impact-based approvals, and auditable change control so decisions stay trusted, repeatable, and ready to act on as the business changes. www.querystory.ai Visit website(x)cube LABS
[x]cube LABS is a Dallas-headquartered digital product engineering and enterprise AI company with a team of 1,000+. We build AI-native products, Data and cloud platforms, taking US enterprises and growth-stage companies from strategy to production code with one partner. Because we build and run our own enterprise products (WorkGraph, Mina.ai, Upshot.ai), we bring a product ownerβs perspective to every one of our 200+ client engagements. Visit websiteNetworking Sponsor
Affine AI
Affine is the enterprise AI firm that builds agentic AI and production ML. Engineered for production. Fifteen years building, deploying, and scaling AI for Fortune 500 clients. We didn't pivot. We evolved naturally. Visit websiteOur Industry & Media Partners
Unite AI
Unite.ai is a completely decentralized organization with a team that currently offers news, interviews, and access to the best AI tools β But this is only the beginning of a multilayered masterplan.Our goals are to inform the wider public about progress on AI, to unify the AI community, to push forward the democratization of AI, to follow Our Charter on responsible AI, and to assist in the development of beneficial AGI (artificial general intelligence). Visit website
Cryptoken Media
We help crypto, blockchain, and fintech companies grow through intelligent data-driven marketing and advertising. Visit websiteCoinPedia
Coinpedia - Trusted Crypto Agency for News, Information, Exchange, PR, Blockchain Events, Crypto Wallet and Else related to Decentralized World. Visit websiteThe AI Journal
The AI Journal was established before the COVID-19 pandemic, preceding the surge in AIβs popularity. Recognizing AIβs potential, AI Journal CEO Tom Allen foresaw the need for a reliable, trusted source to help businesses through the impending AI revolution, positioning AI Journal as that future guide.To date, The AI Journal has experienced remarkable growth amassing 150,000+ monthly subscribers and surpassing a million monthly visitors on its platforms with contributions from over 600 global experts, many of whom hold C-Suite positions.
More than a digital entity, AI Journal has a tangible presence at all major AI and Tech events, engaging with industry leaders and collaborating closely with brand and media partners to experience the technology firsthand.
Considered the gold standard in AI, the developing research arm of the business serves as a much-needed aid to ensure organisations are equipped with the necessary knowledge to make the right AI decisions. Visit website
Coinfea
Welcome to Coinfea, your go-to source for the latest crypto, web3, and blockchain news that truly matters. At Coinfea, we are passionate about exploring the exciting possibilities of the digital world and staying ahead of the curve when it comes to technological advancements and their impact on our lives.Our team of expert writers and analysts is dedicated to providing our readers with insightful analysis and in-depth coverage of the most pressing topics in the crypto and blockchain space. Whether you are a seasoned investor or simply curious about the world of digital assets, our platform is the perfect place to keep up with the latest news, trends, and developments in this rapidly-evolving field.
At Coinfea, we believe that technology has the power to transform society for the better, and we are committed to promoting the responsible use and adoption of emerging technologies such as blockchain and web3. We are also passionate about educating our readers and helping them to make informed decisions about their investments and participation in the digital economy.
In addition to our news coverage, we also offer a range of educational resources, including in-depth guides, tutorials, and explainers, to help our readers deepen their understanding of the complex world of crypto and blockchain.
Whether you are an enthusiast, a professional, or simply curious about the digital world, we invite you to join our community of readers and explore the exciting possibilities of the future. Thank you for choosing Coinfea as your trusted source for reliable, insightful, and in-depth coverage of the digital world. Visit website
HPCwire
HPCwire, TCI Mediaβs 35+ year-old flagship publication, covers the fastest computers in the world and the people who run them. Itβs been the trusted source for HPC news since 1987, serving as the publication of record on the issues, opportunities, challenges, and community developments relevant to the global High Performance Computing space. Our reporting covers the vendors, technologies, users, and the uses of high performance, AI- and data-intensive computing within academia, government, science, and industry. Visit websiteAIwire
AIwire, the successor to the 11-year-old βEnterpriseAI,β continues as the trusted global news site for scientific and technical AI. As the proliferation of artificial intelligence in scientific computing intensifies, our reporting explores use cases illustrating its dramatic impact across scientific and technical disciplines and industries. We cover ground-breaking developments in machine and deep learning, LLM training and inferencing, and the GenAI ecosystem, showcasing how leading organizations and global community initiatives combine HPC, big data, and AI to accelerate the utilization of AI for scientific discovery and innovation. Visit websiteBigDATAwire
BigDATAwire, which spent its first 13 years building a stellar reputation as βDatanami,β covers the tools, technologies, and techniques that unlock value from big data, as well as the people and communities that develop and use them. Todayβs data science, advanced analytics, and AI offerings for scientific discovery and the enterprise have evolved quickly, but effective data management remains a bottleneck for many organizations, especially when it comes to ensuring privacy, security, and governance in line with emerging regulations. Both enterprise and the sci-tech segments have many overlapping challenges and use cases. Visit websiteQCwire
HPCwire, TCI Mediaβs 35+ year-old flagship publication, covers the fastest computers in the world and the people who run them. Itβs been the trusted source for HPC news since 1987, serving as the publication of record on the issues, opportunities, challenges, and community developments relevant to the global High Performance Computing space. Our reporting covers the vendors, technologies, users, and the uses of high performance, AI- and data-intensive computing within academia, government, science, and industry. Visit websiteAIMojo
AIMOJO.io kicked off in 2024 with a simple mission: to demystify AI for everyone, from tech-heads to total newbies. Our founders, a mix of industry veterans, data wizards, and AI geeks, saw a problem-AI was exploding, but the info was scattered, jargon-heavy, and, frankly, a bit overwhelming for most. Visit websiteCryptopolitan
We cover crypto markets incessantly. Day and night, we are watching, asking the right questions, reporting the latest findings. We publish reliable, relevant and timely news focusing on the cryptocurrency world, complemented with a dash of AI, and of course gaming β areas already heavily intertwined with crypto. Visit websiteSilicon Valleys Journal
Silicon Valleys Journal covers startups, venture capital, leadership, artificial intelligence (AI), M&A, IPOs, and broader technology trends. Visit websiteWorld Lifestyler
World Lifestyler is a digital lifestyle, art, culture, and travel publication. Visit website
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