DataConnect Conference 2024 Agenda

Pre-Conference Workshop | Transitioning to Data Leadership: A Practical Workshop

Denison Edge

July 10

Pre-Conference Workshops are sold separately! Purchase an Executive Ticket, Combo Pass or Workshop Only Pass for access.

Jaya Zenchenko

Senior Director of Engineering

ZenBusiness

Pre-Conference Workshop | Big SQL Energy Unleashed: Solving Real Business Problems in Tech

Denison Edge

July 10

Pre-Conference Workshops are sold separately! Purchase an Executive Ticket, Combo Pass or Workshop Only Pass for access.

Jess Ramos

Founder & CEO at Big Data Energy Analytics

Sr. Data Analyst at CrunchBase

Pre-Conference Workshop | SOlving the Data Culture Code with Data Literacy

Denison Edge

July 10

Pre-Conference Workshops are sold separately! Purchase an Executive Ticket, Combo Pass or Workshop Only Pass for access.

Veronica Vilski

Content & Engagement Director

The Data Lodge

Valerie Logan

Founder

The Data Lodge

Breakfast

Regency Foyer

July 11

An assortment of self-serve beverages and breakfast items will be available outside the Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom) area when you arrive.

Registration

Expo Hall

July 11

Join us in the Expo Hall, near the Fairfield Foyer, to grab your badge and kick off the day!

Day 1 Opening

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Welcome to the 2024 DataConnect Conference, hosted by Women in Analytics!

Lauren Burke

Data Scientist

CoverMyMeds

Rehgan Avon

Co-Founder & CEO

AlignAI

Opening Keynote | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Sol Rashidi

Founder

ExecutiveAI

Tutorial | No-Code and Low-Code AI: A Practical Project Driven Approach to ML

Union CDE

July 11

Gwendolyn D. Stripling, PhD

Artificial Intelligence Technical Content Developer

Google Cloud

InfoQ: A Data Quality-Centric Approach To Improving Targeted and Generative AI Model Performance

Delaware

July 11

Mary Fitch

Data Science Team Lead

Aware

Build-a-Byte: Constructing Your Data Science Toolkit

Union AB

July 11

Jarai Carter

Senior Manager of Data Science

John Deere

STEM Community Information Session

Fairfield

July 11

Join us for an STEM Community Info Session featuring leading organizations in the field! This session will provide an opportunity to learn about the latest innovations in STEM communities and how these organizations are working to build sustainable solutions to better integrate technology, uplift diverse voices, and curate collaborative communities. During the session, representatives from each organization will share their unique perspectives on the STEM community, discuss their programs, and share success stories. You'll also have the opportunity to ask questions and engage in discussions with the presenters.

Featured Speaker | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Tiarne Hawkins

Director of Artificial Intelligence Services (AIS)

Welocalize

Breakout Session | Coming soon!

Union AB

July 11

Rachel Kurtz

Analytics Architect

InterWorks

Industry Session | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

A Data Driven Approach to Becoming an AI Enabled Organization

Union CDE

July 11

Sadie St. Lawrence

Founder & CEO

Women in Data

WIA After Hours Podcast | Coming soon!

Delaware

July 11

Lauren Burke

Data Scientist

CoverMyMeds

AI-Powered Search: Extracting Insights from Unstructured Data

Union AB

July 11

Priscilla Parodi

Principal Developer Advocate

Elastic

Tutorial | From Concept to Code: Crafting API Calls with AI

Fairfield

July 11

Holly Spellmann Burdette

Digital Analytics Data Steward-II

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Demo | Coming soon!

Delaware

July 11

Ticketing Tools Are Where Data Teams Go To Die

Union CDE

July 11

Akia Obas

Director - Data & Insights

Netlify

Featured Speaker | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

Lunch

July 11

Enjoy lunch off-site using your prepaid visa gift card!

Main Panel | The Path to AI Adoption, Integration & Alignment

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Rehgan Avon

Co-Founder & CEO

AlignAI

Olivia Gambelin

AI Ethicist

Ethical Intelligence

Jana Eggers

CEO

Nara Logics

Fairness By Proxy: How Financial Institutions Assess for Fairness in Credit Decisions Without Actual Race or Gender Data

Delaware

July 11

Eva Cruz

President/Principal Consultant

QuantDI

Classification of Alzheimer's Disease with Deep Learning on Eye-tracking Data

Union AB

July 11

Harshinee Sriram

PhD Candidate

The University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Cost Containment: A Critical Piece of Data Team ROI

Union CDE

July 11

Lindsay Murphy

Head of Data

Secoda

Featured Speaker | Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Michelle Greene

EVP, Chief Information Officer

Cardinal Health

Empowering People to Collect Critical Data in Harsh Ocean Environments

Union AB

July 11

Bri Snell

Data Collection Solutions Analyst

Real Time Data

Startup Showcase

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Sadie St. Lawrence

Founder & CEO

Women in Data

GANs for Causal Inference: Harnessing Conditional Independence

Delaware

July 11

Breakout Session | Coming soon!

Union CDE

July 11

Deniz Tudor

Head of Modeling

Bread Financial

Afternoon Keynote | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 11

Registration

Expo Hall

July 12

Join us in the Expo Hall, near the Union Foyer, to grab your badge and kick off the day!

Breakfast

Regency Foyer

July 12

An assortment of self-serve beverages and breakfast items will be available outside the Regency Ballroom area when you arrive.

Opening Keynote | What Video Games Taught Me About Working in AI

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Carly Taylor

Director, Franchise Security

Activision

Tutorial | Designing Data & AI Events that Inspire Innovation and Change

Fairfield

July 12

Jade Barry

Manager, Analytics Center of Excellence

CoverMyMeds

Dania Ahmed

Sr Consultant

CoverMyMeds

Turning Bits into Bucks: How to Conduct a Data Valuation Assessment

Union CDE

July 12

Nicole Janeway Bills

Founder & CEO

Data Strategy Professionals

Professional Responsibilities for Embedding AI

Delaware

July 12

Priya Sarathy

Founder & Principal Advisor

Wheel Data Strategies

How to Flourish at Data Communication and Bring Your Analytics to Life!

Union AB

July 12

Lyndsey Pereira-Brereton

Head of Customer Enablement

Flourish

Featured Speaker | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Understanding the Three Categories of GenAI Threats

Union AB

July 12

Shannon Murphy

Global Growth Strategy, Emerging Technologies

Trend Micro

Industry Session | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

The Data Dilemma: Why Companies Must Rethink Data Management for Generative AI Success

Union CDE

July 12

Kathy Koontz

Principal Data Strategist

AWS

Modernizing Local Government: Data & Analytics at City of Cleveland

Union AB

July 12

Elizabeth Crowe

Director, Urban Analytics & Innovation

City of Cleveland

The Human Element: People Are Essential for ROI in Data Initiatives

Union CDE

July 12

Kim Thies

CEO

AbeaData Inc.

Breakout Session | Coming soon!

Union AB

July 12

Featured Speaker | Evolving as Data Professionals in the Age of AI

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Megan Lieu

Data Advocate

Deepnote

Lunch

July 12

Enjoy lunch off-site using your prepaid visa gift card!

Fireside Chat | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Lauren Burke

Data Scientist

CoverMyMeds

Tutorial | Build Your Own Custom ChatGPT for Analytics

Fairfield

July 12

Dimitra Charalampopoulou

Analytics & ML Engineer

Intel

Mining Qualitative Data for Insights: Using ML to Build an NLP Model for Workplace Design Using Open-ended Survey Comments

Delaware

July 12

Jessica Pearson

Strategy Lead

Gensler

Elizabeth Goldstein

Independent Researcher

The Secret Sauce to Un-Complicating the Analysts' Life: Data Quality, Transformation & Management Principles that Analysts Can Own to Simplify their Work Lives

Union AB

July 12

Navigate the AI Maze with Women Defining AI: An Interactive "Choose Your Own Adventure" Panel Discussion

Union CDE

July 12

Featured Speaker | AI for Peace

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Avishan Bodjnoud

Chief Information Management Officer

United Nations, Departments of Peace Operations, Political Affairs and Peacebuilding

A Beginner's Guide to Adversarial Machine Learning

Union AB

July 12

Anmol Agarwal

Security Researcher

Nokia

To Test or Not to A/B Test, That is the Question!

Delaware

July 12

Stephanie Pancoast

Senior Manager of Data

TrainingPeaks

Evolution of Data Literacy in a Developing Organization

Union CDE

July 12

Latha Subramanian

Senior Vice President & Head of Data Analytics

GM Financial

Featured Speaker | Coming soon!

Nationwide Room (Regency Ballroom)

July 12

Tanya Berger-Wolf

Professor

The Ohio State University