FIMA US 2026

April 22 - 23, 2026

The Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA

Xin Tu

Xin Tu

Director of IT & Data Audit Discover Financial Services

Day 1 Wednesday, April 22, 2026

8:40 AM Morning Mindshare Meetup: Mastering Your Data Future - The Game-Changing Do's and Don'ts for Your Success

Fuel your morning with a stimulating exercise designed to engage, enlighten, and evolve. We’re not just setting the tone but pioneering conversations that matter, creating a dynamic platform in which brainstorming meets expertise. In deep-dive conversations led by our distinguished advisory board, get ready to reimagine your data strategies by unveiling the transformative ✅’s and ❌’s pivotal for driving unparalleled success. Once you’ve exchanged best practices and benchmarked with your fellow data leaders, our distinguished advisors will share their group’s findings with the entire audience from the main stage.

9:20 AM Keynote Panel: The Non-Negotiable Foundation-Data Quality, Ownership, and Lineage as Prerequisites for Optimal Business Operations and AI

What happens when underlying data foundations can’t support the race to deploy cutting-edge AI and agentic analytics, resulting in "garbage in, garbage out"? This essential keynote panel will move past theoretical discussions to deliver practical strategies for hardening your data quality, establishing clear data ownership, and leveraging lineage as a powerful enabler. Join us to learn how to transform data fundamentals into the non-negotiable prerequisite that unlocks scalable, trustworthy AI initiatives and drives optimal, efficient business operations.

    • Hardening data quality at scale
    • Transforming ownership into a business driver
    • Integrating lineage for context-rich decisions
    • Building future-proof governance

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

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