28 - 30 April, 2019
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, ON
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, ON
Day 3: Tuesday, April 30th
8:00 am - 8:30 am Networking Breakfast
8:30 am - 8:35 am Chairperson's Remarks
8:35 am - 9:15 am Panel Discussion: Raising Unicorns - Strategies for Talent Acquisition, Development and Retention
Speakers:
Ghalem Ben Nouna Senior Director Data Management & BI Ivanhoé Cambridge
Ade Oridate Director, Analytics Governance Sun Life Financial
Palash Thakur Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Moderator:
Karl Martineau Chief Information Officer Legal Aid Ontario
Ghalem Ben Nouna Senior Director Data Management & BI Ivanhoé Cambridge
Ade Oridate Director, Analytics Governance Sun Life Financial
Palash Thakur Senior Director, Enterprise Analytics Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Moderator:
Karl Martineau Chief Information Officer Legal Aid Ontario
The war for talent is very real within the data and analytics space. The significant shortage of experienced talent makes finding candidates with the right skills and experiences a rare thing indeed. When you d find that rare person, the development and retention strategies must be properly defined and well executed or the talent you do manage to get in the front door will quickly walk right out the back door.
Join this discussion to learn about innovative and creative strategies that are being used to build effective data and analytics organizations
9:15 am - 9:45 am Implementing the Data Infrastructure – Corralling the Business to Support New Initiatives
This session will detail the practical steps EllisDon has taken to accelerate the implementation of its data infrastructure. We will explore specific examples of the journey so far and the road still ahead.
You will hear how EllisDon:
•Established the value of new initiatives with business users
•Built consensus and support for the strategy
•Systematically created a roadmap for implementation
9:45 am - 10:00 am Networking Break
10:00 am - 10:30 am Business Meetings
10:30 am - 11:00 am Business Meetings
11:00 am - 11:30 am How the Right MDM Strategy Can Accelerate the Enterprise Data Journey
MDM is an integral part of organizational analytics efforts. There is need for high-quality data that helps improve business outcomes with trusted, relevant, and authoritative information. Customer experience will be their primary basis for competition and that can only be supported with a well implemented MDM strategy.
MDM implementations continue to be characterized by lengthy timelines, effort and obscurities. Knowing the best practices and learning from experience is one of the best ways to ensure you make your adoption fail proof.
Key discussion points
:
• Making the business case for MDM
• Creating an MDM centric culture
• Implementing MDM Governance
• Modern trends in MDM
11:30 am - 12:00 pm The Future Role Of The Chief Data Officer
As the roles of the CDO continue to evolve from a mere carve out of the CIO to a true seat at the table many questions about the future of the role exist. How will the role and organizational structure evolve from a very tactical role to one of increased strategy, vision and leadership? How will those skills be developed? What is the ideal reporting structure to allow for true innovation and creativity?
Listen and participate in this very topical and important discussion about what the future will be and where you will fit in.