FIMA US 2024

April 08 - 09, 2024

Westin Copley Place, Boston MA

John Bottega

President EDM Council


Agenda Day 1

11:20 AM Thought Leadership Roundtables

These interactive roundtables are led by your peers. Meet other financial data managers and engage in meaningful thought leadership focus conversation on any of the topics below. After 30 minutes, stand up and pick another topic to chat about.


1. Leveraging the DCAM and CDMC Frameworks for Data Management & Cloud Success – John Bottega, President, EDM Council – John Bottega, President, EDM Council


2. Protecting Your Talent: Building Humanity Into Your Data Team Building - Olivier Rose, Head of Projects & International Data Management, Societe Generale Securities Services


3. Identifying the Potential Hurdles in Your Data Governance and Quality Roadmap - Sameer Vanodia, Head of Data Governance and Capabilities, Black Rock


4. Measuring Success When Building a Data Driven Organization, Cara O’Brien, Managing Director, Enterprise Data Services, State Street


5. Neutralizing Toxic Myths Prevalent in Analytics Initiatives – Travis Rogers, Vice President, Technology & Innovation, Bardess


6. Communicating Technical Terms Across the Enterprise – Chris Patrick, Principal Business Intelligence & Data Science Consultant, Continuus Technologies


7. Tips and Tricks for Driving Engagement in Your Organization for Data Governance - Theresa Ancick, Data Governance Strategist, OvalEdge

4:45 PM Practitioner Led Boardroom | | A Perspective on AI Governance

AI governance is not one thing, but a combination of things. A good AI governance program needs the ‘3 legs of the stool’ - data management, model management and outcome management. Come sit and discuss how organizations are viewing the use and governance of their AI agendas.

Agenda Day 2

10:10 AM Panel Discussion | Best Practices for Adopting Technologies into Your Current Data Strategy

Onboarding a new tool can be complex on many fronts. Upskilling your teams and ensuring your legacy systems can be integrated with the new technology are just some of the main hurdles data leaders face when bringing on new tools. Join us as we hear from these industry practitioners on how to best approach adopting new technologies into your current data strategy.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining John.

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