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 UNLEASH THE POWER OF YOUR DATA AT DATA SUMMIT 2019
Welcome to the Data Summit and Cognitive Computing & AI Summit conferences. We’re delighted to
be back in Boston and to greet all of you at the conferences.
At Data Summit 2019, you’ll hear speakers give their practical experiences within these six tracks:
Moving to a Modern Data Architecture, Competing on Analytics, Data Lake Boot Camp, Building the
Data-Driven Future, Digital Transformation, and DataOps Boot Camp. At the Cognitive Computing & AI
Summit, our speakers address the important issues facing these new technologies. I particularly call
your attention to the panel discussion on Wednesday about ethics.
This year we’ve added a session called Data and Donuts (yes, there will be donuts!) to get your
Wednesday off to a sweet start. I encourage you to network with other attendees and chat further with
speakers. Visit the exhibit area to see new and exciting products. And don’t forget the reception in the
Data Solutions Showcase.
Marydee Ojala, Conference Program Director

TUESDAY MAY 21 WEDNESDAY MAY 22

Moving to a Modern Data Architecture
Moving to a Modern Data Architecture takes you
through the latest advancements in data management,
from NoSQL and Hadoop to in-memory computing,
cloud migration, data lakes, and real-time architectures.
Attend this track to gain a deeper understanding of the
latest technologies and techniques underpinning the
hybrid future of data management and how you can
succeed in this rapidly changing world.
Designed for data scientists, data engineers, enterprise architects,
systems architects, application developers, data administrators,
and associated information professionals.
Building the Data-Driven Future
Building the Data-Driven Future equips you with new
insights and practical advice on the key technologies
and emerging best practices in building modern systems
and applications, from containers and microservices, to
recommender systems, mobile IoT applications, and cloud
security. Attend this track to navigate the latest trends
in big data and cloud engineering and agile application
development.
Designed for chief information officers, systems architects and
engineers, software developers and engineers, application developers,
database developers, and associated IT managers and directors.

Competing on Analytics Digital Transformation

Competing on Analytics is your guide into the most
important trends in analytics today, from dark data and
machine learning to data science and prescriptive insights.
Attend this track to understand the latest trends in data
discovery and visualization, how new data preparation
techniques are changing the analytics game, emerging
best practices in statistical modeling, and the impact of
cloud computing and new data platforms.
Designed for chief information officers, chief data officers, data
scientists, data analysts, BI architects, BI developers/engineers,
digital analytics directors/managers, and data analytics technologists.
Digital Transformation helps you navigate the core
technologies disrupting the business world today, from
big data and cloud computing to artificial intelligence and
the Internet of Things. You learn how these technologies
work, and how businesses are harnessing them to
increase efficiency, agility and innovation. Attend this
track to understand the game-changing technologies and
how you can use them to succeed.
Designed for business executives, line of business managers,
marketing professionals, sales professionals, innovation strategists,
and new information technologists.

Data Lake Boot Camp DataOps Boot Camp

From centralized data acquisition and offloading to data
discovery and data science projects, data lakes are
on the rise at enterprises today. Data Lake Boot Camp
offers attendees a deep dive into the latest supporting
technologies, best practices, real-world success factors,
and expert insights.
Designed for data scientists, architects, and engineers, as well as
technology decision-makers and administrators. Both data lake
veterans and novices are welcome.
The world of data management, with its rigid schemas,
silos, and manual processes, has historically been at
odds with the fast, automated, highly iterative world of
DevOps. At DataOps Boot Camp, you hear about the key
supporting technologies, strategies, real-world success
stories, and how to get started on your DataOps journey.
Designed for data scientists, architects, and engineers, as well as
technology decision-makers and administrators. Both DataOps
veterans and novices are welcome.

Cognitive Computing & AI Summit

A new era of cognitive computing has already begun, and its impact is being felt across industries, from healthcare and
financial services to manufacturing and education. However, building cognitive systems and applications that can perform
specific, humanlike tasks in an intelligent way is far from easy. This one of-a kind-event is an intense, 2-day immersion
into the leading cognitive computing and AI use cases, strategies, and technologies that every organization should know
about. If you are on the front lines of AI and cognitive computing, this summit is for you.
Designed for chief information officers, chief data officers, data scientists, data engineers, enterprise architects, systems architects, application
developers, and tech-savvy business leaders.

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 CONFERENCE
AT-A-GLANCE
MONDAY MAY 20 PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS (All workshop rooms are located on the Main Lobby Level.)

Martha's Vineyard B Martha's Vineyard A

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. W1 z Machine Learning Best Practices W2 z D
 ata Ops 101
Martha's Vineyard A Martha's Vineyard B
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. W3 z D
 ata Science Best Practices W4 z C
 ognitive Computing 101

TUESDAY MAY 21 (All session rooms are located on the 4th floor.)

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. WELCOME & KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Big Data, Technological Disruption, and the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Corner z Michael Stonebraker, MIT & Tamr

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. SPONSORED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B z Information as Competitor Advantage z Lee Levitt, Oracle
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. SPONSORED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B z A View From the Front Lines of Data Analytics z Lynda Partner, Pythian
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase
TRACK A ❚ Grand Ballroom B TRACK B ❚ Duxbury DATA LAKE
Modern Data Architecture Competing on Analytics boot camp Dedham Plymouth
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. A101 ❚ Building a Modern B101 ❚ Taking Your C101 ❚ B
 uilding a Data CS101 ❚ The Rise of
Data Architecture Analytics to the Lake for the Artificial
Next Level Enterprise Intelligence
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. A102 ❚ The New World B102 ❚ Data Science C102 ❚ Data Discovery CS102 ❚ Machine
of Database Best Practices in Data Lakes Learning in the
Technologies Real World
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ATTENDEE LUNCH ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. A103 ❚ Understanding B103 ❚ Analytics C103 ❚ PANEL: Data CS103 ❚ AI in Action
Cloud Licensing in Action Lakes: Challenges
and Opportunities
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. COFFEE BREAK ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. A104 ❚ Overcoming Big B104 ❚ Delivering C104 ❚ Data Lakes in CS104 ❚ AI Success
Data Integration Trusted Data Action Factors
Challenges
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. A105 ❚ Securing the B105 ❚ Everyday Chaos C105 ❚ Frameworks for CS105 ❚ Exploring
Internet of Things the Future Machine Learning

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase

WEDNESDAY MAY 22 (All session rooms are located on the 4th floor.)

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. DATA & DONUTS PRESENTATION z Grand Ballroom B z Paul Wolmering, Actian Corp.
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. OPENING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Digital Transformation Is Business Transformation z Michelle L. Gregory, Data Science, Elsevier
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. SPONSORED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B z The Evolution of Big Data Analytics z Matthew Deyette, Gemini Data, Inc.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. COFFEE BREAK ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase
TRACK A ❚ Grand Ballroom B TRACK B ❚ Duxbury DATAOPS
Building the Data-Driven Future Digital Transformation boot camp Dedham Plymouth

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. A201 ❚ Winning With B201 ❚ Achieving a C201 ❚ S
 ucceeding With CS201 ❚ Machine
a Modern Data 360-Degree DataOps Today Learning Best
Strategy Customer View Practices
11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. A202 ❚ Supporting B202 ❚ Digital C202 ❚ The Rise of CS202 ❚ Diving Into
Modern Transformation in Containers Deep Learning
Applications the Real World
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ATTENDEE LUNCH ❚ In the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. A203 ❚ Designing B203 ❚ Tapping Into New C203 ❚ Operationalizing CS203 ❚ AI Use
for Speed & Data Sources for Big Data Cases Today
Scalability Business Value Workloads
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. A204 ❚ The Rise of B204 ❚ Emerging C204 ❚ Unlocking the CS204 ❚ PANEL:
Knowledge Applications for Power of Data Cognitive
Graphs Blockchain Wrangling Computing

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CLOSING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B

 ring It Home: How to Advance Your Analytics Strategies z John O’Brien, Radiant Advisors
B

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 GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION KEY
All rooms are located on the 4th Floor.
Keynotes ■ DATA LAKE
Grand Ballroom B boot camp
(Tuesday, May 21) ■ Dedham
Track A ■ Grand Ballroom B
Track B ■ Duxbury DATAOPS
boot camp
■ Plymouth (Wednesday, May 22) ■ Dedham
NETWORKING AT DATA SUMMIT
Data Summit 2019 offers wonderful opportunities to get
acquainted with experts and your peers in the field. Learn
from their experience and share your successes and
challenges.
Networking Reception in the Showcase
Tuesday, May 21 ■ 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Data & Donuts presented by
Wednesday, May 22 ■ 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfasts, Breaks, & Lunches
Check the schedule for times and locations.
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MONDAY
MAY 20
PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Martha's Vineyard B
W1 z Machine Learning Best Practices
Chelsey H. Hill, Assistant Professor of Business Analytics,
Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University
Machine learning (ML) is on the rise at businesses hungry for
greater automation and intelligence with use cases spreading
across industries. At the same time, most projects are still in
the early phases. From selecting datasets and data platforms
to architecting and optimizing data pipelines, there are many
success factors to keep in mind. The advantages that ML offers
organizations—the ability to automatically build models that
can analyze huge volumes of data and deliver lightning-fast
results—have also led to a growth in the availability of both
commercial and open source frameworks, libraries and toolkits
for engineers. Attend this workshop for a hands-on course in the
enabling technologies, techniques, and applications you need to
know to succeed in today’s environments.
Martha's Vineyard A
W2 z Data Ops 101
Mark Marinelli, Head, Product, Tamr
DataOps has emerged as an agile methodology to improve the
speed and accuracy of analytics through new data management
practices and processes, from data quality and integration to
model deployment and management. By leveraging automation,
data democratization, and greater collaboration among data sci-
entists, engineers, and other technologists, DataOps can help
organizations improve the time-to-value of their data. Attend
this workshop to hear about the key supporting technologies,
real-world strategies, and success stories and how to get started
on your DataOps journey.
Preconference workshops are practical and hands-on. Please bring a laptop with you so you can participate in the exercises.
Laptops will not be provided on site.
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DATA SOLUTIONS SHOWCASE
A vibrant marketplace for data and information management
companies, the Data Solutions Showcase features the
top companies in the industry and offers attendees the
opportunity to explore new developments in product and
service solutions. The Showcase is an excellent place to
look for a particular product, evaluate competing systems,
and keep up with the latest trends. Located in Adrienne
Salon/Grand Ballroom A
SHOWCASE HOURS
Tuesday, May 21 ■ 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception ■ 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 22 ■ 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Many speakers have made their presentations available for
download at dbta.com/datasummit/2019/presentations.aspx
(All workshop rooms are located on the Main Lobby Level.)
1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Martha's Vineyard A
W3 z Data Science Best Practices
Joe Caserta, Founding President, Caserta
Data science, the ability to sift through massive amounts of data
to discover hidden patterns and predict future trends, may be the
"sexiest" job of the 21st century, but it requires an understanding
of many different elements of data analysis. Extracting actionable
knowledge from all your data to make decisions and predictions
requires a number of skills, from statistics and programming to
data visualization and business domain expertise. Attend this
workshop for a deep dive into the fundamentals of data explora-
tion, mining, and preparation, applying the principles of statistical
modeling and data visualization in real-world applications.
Martha's Vineyard B
W4 z Cognitive Computing 101
David Bayer, Executive Director, Cognitive Computing Consortium
Sue Feldman, President, Synthexis
A new era of cognitive computing is unfolding, and its impact is
already being felt across industries, from preventative mainte-
nance at manufacturing plants and patient diagnosis at hospitals
to the rise of sophisticated chatbots ready to assist us across the
connected world. The goal of cognitive computing is straightfor-
ward: to simulate human thought processes in a computerized
model. However, building cognitive systems and applications
that can perform specific, humanlike tasks in an intelligent way
is far from easy. Attend this workshop to get a full understanding
of how cognitive computing works, popular use cases, and best
practices IT leaders and practitioners can apply today.
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MAY 21
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
WELCOME & KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Big Data, Technological Disruption, and
the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Corner
Michael Stonebraker, Adjunct Professor, MIT,
& Co-Founder/CTO, Tamr
Stonebraker focuses on the current market for Big Data prod-
ucts, specifically those that deal with one or more of “the 3 V’s.”
On the one hand, the Volume problem for business intelligence
applications is pretty well solved by data warehouse vendors.
However, upcoming data science tasks are poorly supported at
present. On the other hand, there is rapid technological progress,
so we need to stay tuned. In the Velocity arena, recent “new
SQL” and stream processing products are doing a good job,
albeit with some storm clouds on the horizon. The Variety space
has a collection of mature products, along with considerable
innovation from startups. He identifies opportunities, particularly
those enabled by possible disruption from new technology. And
then there’s that 800-pound gorilla in the corner.
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Information as Competitor Advantage
Lee Levitt, Business Strategist, Oracle
While organizations have dramatically more data readily avail-
able, few are leveraging this data for true competitive advan-
tage. McKinsey found that data-centric companies are driving
a 9-fold increase in customer loyalty and an almost 20-fold
increase in customer profitability. As data and analytics lead-
ers, you have the opportunity to drive organizational focus on
identifying, curating, and leveraging valuable data to support
better strategic decision making. Levitt shares information man-
agement frameworks and anecdotes that highlight the value
of thinking outside box, discusses critical success factors, and
recommends specific actions to improve your organization's
competitive advantage.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
A Big Data Reality Check: A View From the
Front Lines of Data Analytics
Lynda Partner, VP, Analytics, Pythian
Lynda Partner and her team of Big Data and analytics profes-
sionals work to solve the toughest data challenges for their
clients. As veterans in the continually evolving Big Data space,
her team has been helping clients break down their data silos
by bringing together data from disparate sources and enabling
use cases from BI to ML. When it comes to Big Data they’ve
seen it all. In this session, you hear how data professionals like
you are dealing with the most challenging issues with data and
keeping up with innovations. Learn through real-world examples
how you too can be ready to address tomorrow’s opportunities
with ever-advancing cloud analytics technologies and emerging
practices—in other words, what’s coming and how can you
maneuver today to take advantage.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
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TRACK A z Grand Ballroom B
Moving to a Modern Data Architecture
MODERATOR: J ohn O’Brien, CEO & Principal Advisor,
Radiant Advisors
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
A101 z Building a Modern Data Architecture
There is a conflict going in the IT industry pitting Big Data against
“legacy” data architectures. However, traditional architecture
and technologies and newer Big Data approaches each offer
advantages.
Designing a Data Architecture for
Modern Business Intelligence & Analytics
Richard Sherman, Managing Partner, Athena IT Solutions
Find out what you need to know regarding structured, unstructured,
and semi-structured data; hybrid integration and data engineer-
ing; and different analytical uses. Learn about the technologies
to use for different projects, including relational, columnar, and
in-memory. Topics include the must-have underlying foundational
concepts for every project; high-level architectural design to pull it
all together; the best and pragmatic practices to ensure success;
how to avoid deadly data and integration silos; and how to prevent
data swamps, data shadow systems, and spreadmarts.
A New Wave of Analytics
Dan Potter, VP, Product Marketing, Attunity
Unlike traditional batch movement and ETL scripting approaches,
new approaches to automate the creation of data streams from
core transactional systems, efficiently move it to the cloud and
data lakes, and refine it to make it immediately available char-
acterize the new wave of analytics.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
A102 z T he New World of
Database Technologies
There are game-changing technologies emerging in data man-
agement. But to win at the new world of Big Data, you have to
know the changing rules.
Database Trends 2020
Craig Mullins, President & Principal Consultant,
Mullins Consulting, Inc.
The world of data management and administration is rapidly
changing as organizations digitally transform. Mullins examines
how database management systems are changing and adapting
to modern IT needs. Understanding the trends occurring now
and on the horizon is critical to being prepared for the rapidly
changing data landscape. This presentation looks at cloud, ana-
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Tuesday, May 21 ■ 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Networking Reception ■ 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 22 ■ 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
lytics, NoSQL, IoT, in-memory, and DevOps and examines what
is happening with DBAs and their roles within modern organi-
zations. Mullins backs up the trends with references and links
where appropriate.
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
A103 z Understanding Cloud Licensing
It was hard enough to manage IT infrastructures when everything
was on-premise only. But today, with combined on-premise
deployments, SaaS, and hybrid cloud scenarios, there is uncer-
tainty about the proper way to license software in these very
complex environments.
Straight Talk on the Cloud License Landscape
Michael Corey, Co-Founder, LicenseFortress
Don Sullivan, VMware Product Line Manager, Business Critical
Applications
Keeping software in compliance is a more significant challenge
today than ever before. Sorting through all the FUD (fear, uncer-
tainty, doubt) and getting straight answers from the vendors on
the proper way to license software in this complicated world is
nearly impossible. Making matters worse is the fact that many
software vendors have turned to software license audits as an
easy way to generate additional revenues. This session covers
current software licensing trends, important lessons learned
from the real world, and the steps every organization should
take now to avoid becoming a victim of a software license audit
whose real purpose is to generate revenue.
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
A104 z O
 vercoming Big Data
Integration Challenges
Data is flowing into organizations from a previously unimaginable
array of sources and at unprecedented speed and volume. This
means that the challenges of cleaning, deduplicating, and inte-
grating data are increasing.
Dismantling Data Silos Through Cloud Integration
Danil Zburivsky, Director Data Engineering, The Pythian Group
A cloud-native data platform may be the best way for organiza-
tions to cost-effectively deliver on the promise of better insights
and more intelligent systems through data. Danil Zburivsky cov-
ers how a cloud integration approach can lead to better data
governance and more accurate analysis and ensure consistency
of data across systems, as well as the best practices for cloud
data integration and how a cloud data platform breaks down data
silos within the organization. The presentation also looks at how
one client successfully took its global sales data to the cloud to
uncover new opportunities.
Diving Under the Hood of Actian Avalanche,
a Gen III Cloud Data Warehouse
Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales Engineering, Actian Corp.
From the perspective of an experienced engineering thought
leader, Paul Wolmering delivers a deep dive into Actian’s newly
launched Gen III cloud data warehouse. Learn about key con-
siderations for building a fully managed, multi-cloud data ware-
house with federated query capabilities that’s built for hybrid
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data. Understand key success factors for migrating to columnar
analytics to gain actionable insights from an operational data
warehouse. Learn what it takes to deliver insights from real-time
data economically and at scale with hybrid data regardless of
location—in the cloud, on-premises, or both.
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
A105 z Securing the Internet of Things
There are significant benefits offered by IoT, but also new threats
and dangers. Do we really understand the challenges posed by
all these connected “things”?
The Dark Side of the Internet of Things
Jeff Crume, Distinguished Engineer, IT Security Architect,
IBM Master Inventor
With the Internet of Things (IoT), essentially everything becomes
a computer. This means that everything can be hacked—includ-
ing cars, home appliances, medical devices, and more. This pre-
sentation provides examples of IoT hacks and the consequences
of not getting security right as we move forward in the world of
smart and connected machines.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION in the Data Solutions Showcase
TRACK B z Duxbury
Competing on Analytics
MODERATOR: L indy Ryan, Professor & Research Faculty,
Montclair State University and Rutgers University
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
B101 z T aking Your Analytics
to the Next Level
AI and Big Data offer seemingly unlimited potential for orga-
nizations to better understand their customers, make more
informed decisions, and address challenges with greater agility.
It’s important to understand the choices available to achieve the
best outcomes.
Applied Analytics: From BI to AI
Kimberly Nevala, Strategic Advisor, SAS
The intersection of AI and Big Data provides the ability to deliver
more targeted, timely, relevant insight in a pervasive and intuitive
manner. However, delivering that simplicity requires an analytics
and data ecosystem that is markedly more complicated than 10
years ago. To that end, effectively deploying analytics from BI to
AI is a now an exercise in portfolio management—complete with
discrete customer segments, diverse data environments, devel-
opment methods, and a wide spectrum of deployment options.
This session puts the diverse—and growing—landscape of
analytics capabilities from BI to AI into context.
How to Build Data Science Teams
that Deliver Business Value
Ganes Kesari, Co-Founder & Head, Analytics, Gramener Inc.
In spite of the buzz around AI, organizations are struggling to
build data science teams that deliver value on the ground. This
talk presents the three distinctive phases of growth for data
science teams, highlighting potential challenges and suggesting
a standard framework of guidelines to successfully navigate this
evolution. Vastly different approaches are needed in each stage
of maturity to tackle aspects such as strategic direction, project
framework, the mix of skills, hiring strategies, and fostering of
a data culture.
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12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
B102 z Data Science Best Practices
Emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, and machine learning are
changing what is knowable about customers. At the same time,
the frequency of data misuse is leading government entities and
individuals to demand higher standards of accountability.
Ethics, Data Ownership, & Privacy in Data Science
Anne Buff, Strategic Advisor, SAS
This presentation explores the issues around modernizing
security and governance, as well as what it means to deliver
transparency and what users actually expect. It also covers
the need to manage accountability within systems of multiple
decision-makers; why it is necessary to build fairness into the
system to overcome bias, discrimination, and enable diversity;
and the need to address expectations of privacy and appropriate
use of data.
Accelerating Analytics in a New Era of Data
Dan Leichner, CMO, SQream
Due to exponentially growing data stores, organizations today are
facing slowdowns and bottlenecks at peak processing times, with
queries taking hours or days. Some complex queries simply can-
not be executed. Data often requires tedious and time-consuming
preparation before queries can be run. This session demonstrates
how the power of GPUs can help conquer these challenges,
enabling data professionals to rapidly analyze more data on more
dimensions for previously unobtainable business insights.
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
B103 z Analytics in Action
Organizations in all industries are under pressure to take advan-
tage of Big Data and newer data sources for real-time decision
making in mission-critical environments. New technologies pro-
vide opportunities to gain insight into the future.
Fannie Mae’s Journey to a Data-Driven Organization
Badal Shah, Director, Development, Fannie Mae
How does an organization evolve from an application-centric to
a data-driven enterprise? This presentation covers how Fannie
Mae embarked on a major transformation journey to modernize
its data infrastructure, transitioning from legacy data platforms
to more integrated and scalable architecture to capitalize on the
growing opportunities of the analytics economy and generate
substantial business value, internally and externally.
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Riding the Waves of Big Data Disruption:
Machine Learning, Cloud Analytics, IoT, & More
Paige Roberts, Open Source Relations Manager, Microfocus |
Vertica
As Big Data grows and evolves, your enterprise faces both chal-
lenges and market-disrupting opportunities to analyze and man-
age larger data volumes for business value. But with seemingly
endless commercial, open source, and "as-a-service" offerings
hitting the market each week, how do you choose the right mix
of technologies and avoid creating an accidental architecture
that will limit you from future innovation? How are organizations
actually achieving true bottom-line benefits from their Big Data
initiatives? Learn how to adopt an effective and agile approach
to Big Data analytics.
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
B104 z Delivering Trusted Data
With the vast quantities of data flowing into organizations, the job
of cleansing and validating data is only becoming more difficult.
In order to gain the kind of insights and outcomes that organiza-
tions seek, new processes and technologies must be deployed.
Flipping the 80/20 Rule of Data Prep and Analysis
Robin Rappaport, Senior Operations Research Analyst, IRS–RAAS
(Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics)
The (IRS) Compliance Data Warehouse (CDW) is an analyti-
cal data warehouse used for research purposes. It empowers
researchers to spend more time on analytics and less on data
wrangling. To ensure all data is loaded properly, consistent, well-
thought-out validation steps must be included in the ETL pro-
cess. This presentation offers a case study of accomplishments
and lessons learned (since FY 2016), including the data quality
issues identified by CDW users (data stewards), and takeaways
for attendees on how to improve decision making.
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
B105 z Everyday Chaos
Best-selling author David Weinberger previews his new book
on everyday chaos.
How Machine Learning Is Changing the
Future as a Fact and as an Idea
David Weinberger, Senior Researcher, Harvard’s Berkman Center
for Internet & Society
Interviewed by Hadley Reynolds, Co-Founder, Cognitive
Computing Consortium
Ultimately, machine learning’s most important effect may not be
in the benefits its use brings, but how it is implicitly transforming
our understanding of how the world works and our most basic
strategies for dealing with the future. From Newton on through
the Computer Age, we have assumed that the universe is ruled
by a relative handful of laws that are the same everywhere and
that are simple enough for us to understand. But machine learn-
ing shows us a world of motes of data in networks so dense with
connections and so delicately balanced, we sometimes can’t
understand them. This sort of model of the world is changing
not only our strategies, but our moral sense, our ideas about
meaning, and even what makes humans special.  
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION in the Data Solutions Showcase
 From centralized data acquisition and offloading to data
discovery and data science projects, data lakes are on the rise
at enterprises today. Data Lake Boot Camp offers attendees a
deep dive into the latest supporting technologies, best practices,
real-world success factors and expert insights.

TUESDAY, May 21 MODERATOR:

Julie Langenkamp, Director, Editorial & Content Strategy, Radiant Advisors

All sessions are located in the Dedham room, 4th floor unless otherwise noted.

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
W
 ELCOME & KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Big Data, Technological Disruption, and
the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Corner
 ichael Stonebraker, Adjunct Professor, MIT, & Co-
M for the Enterprise
Founder/CTO, Tamr
Stonebraker focuses on the current market for Big Data products,
specifically those that deal with one or more of “the 3 V’s.”
On the one hand, the Volume problem for business intelligence
applications is pretty well solved by data warehouse vendors.
However, upcoming data science tasks are poorly supported at
present. On the other hand, there is rapid technological progress,
so we need to stay tuned. In the Velocity arena, recent “new
SQL” and stream processing products are doing a good job,
albeit with some storm clouds on the horizon. The Variety space
has a collection of mature products, along with considerable
innovation from startups. He identifies opportunities, particularly
those enabled by possible disruption from new technology. And
then there’s that 800-pound gorilla in the corner.
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Information as Competitor Advantage
Lee Levitt, Business Strategist, Oracle
While organizations have dramatically more data readily avail-
able, few are leveraging this data for true competitive advantage.
McKinsey found that data-centric companies are driving a 9-fold
increase in customer loyalty and an almost 20-fold increase in
customer profitability. As data and analytics leaders, you have
the opportunity to drive organizational focus on identifying, curat-
ing, and leveraging valuable data to support better strategic deci-
sion making. Levitt shares information management frameworks
and anecdotes that highlight the value of thinking outside box,
discusses critical success factors, and recommends specific
actions to improve your organization's competitive advantage.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
A Big Data Reality Check: A View From the
Front Lines of Data Analytics
Lynda Partner, VP, Analytics, Pythian
Lynda Partner and her team of Big Data and analytics profession-
als work to solve the toughest data challenges for their clients.
As veterans in the continually evolving Big Data space, her team
has been helping clients break down their data silos by bringing
together data from disparate sources and enabling use cases
from BI to ML. When it comes to Big Data they’ve seen it all. In
this session, you hear how data professionals like you are dealing
with the most challenging issues with data and keeping up with
innovations. Learn through real-world examples how you too
can be ready to address tomorrow’s opportunities with ever-ad-
vancing cloud analytics technologies and emerging practices—in
other words, what’s coming and how can you maneuver today
to take advantage.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
C101 z B
 uilding a Data Lake
A new data platform approach is needed to extend the data
warehouse and address the vast quantity and variety of data
flowing into organizations, much of it unstructured.
The Data Warehouse Is Dead
Lynda Partner, VP, Marketing and Analytics as a Service,
The Pythian Group
The data warehouse is experiencing pressure from increasing data
volumes, more users, and tight budgets—a triple threat to its
ongoing existence and value. In addition, new data types are com-
ing into play. This increased pressure means the old-school data
warehouse may not be delivering insights at the speed of business.
There are a number of alternatives to meet modern analytics infra-
structure needs. This presentation outlines in detail why a modern
data platform is required to deliver on new analytics demands.
Exploiting Enterprise Data for Transformational Projects
Sean Martin, CTO, Cambridge Semantics
In a data fabric, the data discovery and integration layer maps
all enterprise data in its original business context so that users
can find and blend data from diverse siloed sources into analyt-
ic-ready datasets on an on-demand basis. Join Sean Martin to
hear how companies are using data discovery and integration
solutions to exploit enterprise data for transformational analytic
and machine learning projects.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
C102 z D
 ata Discovery in Data Lakes
With the abundance of data stored in data lakes, finding the
relevant information is increasingly challenging, particularly in
light of the many formats in which the data appears.
Data Discovery, Selection, & Provisioning
Subhayan Das, Associate Director, Digital Capability Management
With the realization of the power of data lakes, more and more
organizational data in various formats and standards are being
made available there. Given this plethora of information, it is
becoming increasingly daunting for users to search for the data
of interest to them with the use of conventional data analyti-
cal tools. A combination of data discovery tools, making use of
semantic search and concept search, brings in the right blend of
capability, enabling "comparison shopping" between seemingly
similar datasets and allowing end users to evaluate the best fit
while facilitating the discovery and reuse of all available infor-
mation and data assets, both internal and external.
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase

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C103 z P
 ANEL: Data Lakes:
Challenges and Opportunities
As part of our deep dive into data lakes, our panel of experts
contemplates success factors, failure avoidance, and new devel-
opments. Join us for an invigorating discussion.
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
C104 z D
 ata Lakes in Action
Data lakes are highly appealing as they provide the capacity to
support all types of data and maintain it in its original format
for future purposes. Before diving in, it’s important to be aware
of the components of a successful data lake implementation.
Uber’s Hadoop Data Ingestion and Dispersal Framework
Danny Chen, Engineering Manager, &
Omkar Joshi, Software Engineer, Uber
Marmaray, Uber’s general-purpose Apache Hadoop data inges-
tion and dispersal framework and library, was open-sourced
in 2018. Marmaray was envisioned, designed, and ultimately
released in late 2017 to fulfill the need for a flexible, universal
dispersal platform that would complete the Hadoop ecosystem
by providing the means to transfer Hadoop data out to any online
data store. Before Marmaray, each team was building its own ad
hoc dispersal systems, which resulted in duplicated efforts and
an inefficient use of engineering resources.
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Building a Data Lake in Two Weeks Without Writing Code
Ori Rafael, CEO & Co-Founder, UpSolver
Rafael shares how an ad-tech company moved from a DW to a
fully functional data lake that processes over 400,000 events per
second without writing one line of code.
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
C105 z Frameworks for the Future
New frameworks and platforms are enabling organizations to
improve time-consuming processes and meet enterprise require-
ments for high performance.
Tackling Data Ingestion Challenges at
LinkedIn With Apache Gobblin
Krishnan Raman, SR Site Reliability Engineer, LinkedIn
Apache Gobblin is a distributed data integration framework for
both streaming and batch data ecosystems. This presentation
covers how Gobblin powers several data processing pipelines at
LinkedIn and use cases such as ingestion of more than 300 bil-
lion events for thousands of Kafka topics on a daily basis, meta-
data and storage management for several petabytes of data on
HDFS, and near real-time processing of thousands of enterprise
customer jobs. It also looks at the key Gobblin features that help
LinkedIn build and run these data pipelines at extreme scale.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION in the Data Solutions Showcase
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 WEDNESDAY
MAY 22
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
DATA & DONUTS PRESENTATION z Grand Ballroom B
Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales Engineering, Actian Corp.
Learn about next-generation cloud data warehousing and what
it takes to deliver insights from real-time data economically and
at scale with hybrid data, regardless of location—in the cloud,
on-premises or both—while you enjoy Boston's finest deep-
fried pastries!
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Digital Transformation Is
Business Transformation: How to
Incorporate AI Technology Into a
130-Year-Old Company
Michelle L. Gregory, SVP, Data Science, Elsevier
Any company that’s been in existence for 130 years has col-
lected a vast amount of data. When that company is a publishing
behemoth like Elsevier, making that data into actionable infor-
mation is not simply an exercise in digital transformation, it has
the capacity to transform the entire business.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
The Evolution of Big Data Analytics
Matthew Deyette, Chief Customer Officer, Gemini Data, Inc.
We find ourselves continuously copying, transforming, and aggre-
gating data into various large scale, complex, proprietary systems
for the purpose of gaining some sort of competitive edge through
enhanced analytic capabilities. Unfortunately, this process ends
up exacerbating the problem by making Big Data "bigger" and
making the process of extracting knowledge more difficult overall.
Deyette reviews where we are, how we got here, and what must
come next with regard to leveraging Big Data Analytics.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
TRACK A z Grand Ballroom B
Building the Data-Driven Future
MODERATOR: J ohn O’Brien, CEO & Principal Advisor,
Radiant Advisors
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
A201 z W
 inning With a Modern Data Strategy
Today, there are more opportunities than ever for organizations
to achieve new levels of success by capitalizing on data and
analytics. Despite this fact, many organizations struggle to build,
grow, and reinforce their analytics capabilities.
ADAPT+C: A Framework for Building
a Data-Driven Organization
Shelly Brown, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton
Understanding that no two organizations are the same, and there
are no “one-size-fits-all” solutions, Booz Allen uses a framework
known as ADAPT+C to address an organization’s most critical
analytics problems with a “best-fit” approach. This presentation
covers the six components to ADAPT+C and how this framework
can be applied to organizations of all types and sizes to help
guide them in their data-driven journeys.
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Quest’s Solutions for Database
Management & Replication
Jason Hall, Senior Systems Consultant, Quest Software
The role of a database administrator has changed significantly
over the past few years. The continued adoption of open source
databases, cloud and/or hybrid architectures, and non-relational
data sources has added significant complexity to the modern data
center, all while organizations strive to become more agile through
DevOps. Hall focuses on these trends, how they've impacted
DBAs, and best of breed solutions being used by enterprises today.
11:45 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
A202 z S
 upporting Modern Applications
Modern data architectures address the need of business agility
required in the modern age. However, moving from a traditional
data architecture to a modern architecture has many challenges.
Modern Data Platforms & Application Architecture
Padmesh Kankipati, Lead Information Architect, Florida Blue
This presentation helps to define a modern data architecture and
takes an in-depth look at how to build an end-to-end modern
data platform from the plethora of choices and tools available,
including when and why to use cloud implementations. It also
focuses on application architecture and discusses some real-
world examples of click stream analysis, customer 360, fraud
detection, and scoring, in addition to data platform optimizations
for business applications.
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
A203 z D
 esigning for Speed & Scalability
There are new technologies that contribute to speed and scale
of a modern data platform. But as data size and complexity
increase with Big Data, data quality and data integration issues
must still be addressed.
Designing a Fast, Scalable Data Platform
Prakriteswar Santikary, VP & Global Chief Data Officer, ERT
Similar to many other mission-critical data management situ-
ations, clinical trials are fraught with missteps and data quality
issues. This presentation focuses on the architecture of a modern,
cloud-based, real-time data integration and analytics platform
that ingests any type of clinical data (structured, unstructured,
binary, lab values, etc.) at scale from any data sources. Attention
is paid to assembling the architectural building blocks of a mod-
ern data platform, including the benefits of a “serverless” data
pipeline, cloud architecture and deployment, microservices, con-
tinuous integration and deployment pipeline, platform scalability,
data governance, and master data management.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
A204 z T he Rise of Knowledge Graphs
The ability for knowledge graphs to amass information and rela-
tionships and connect facts is showing potential for a range of
use cases.
From Structured Text to Knowledge Graphs:
Creating RDF Triples From Published Scholarly Data
Bob Kasenchak, Director, Business Development,
Access Innovations
For publishers, content is the most important data asset. How-
ever, journal articles (and other content) are expressed in formats
ideally suited for transmittal and display—not as data for anal-
ysis. By leveraging the structure inherent in scholarly published
XML content, we can create structured data in RDF for analysis.
Further, we can link out to external resources as linked data
to further enrich the content-as-data assets and provide a rich
analytical environment.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CLOSING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Bring It Home: How to Advance
Your Analytics Strategies
John O’Brien, Principal Advisor & Chief Researcher,
Radiant Advisors
Companies are not lacking in technology options; in most cases,
more advanced technologies exist than can be absorbed into
the organization all at once. As data and analytics leaders, you
need to determine how to make the biggest business impacts
with advances in AI and ML for analytics, enable self-service
with governance, and support BI and data engineering processes
with the data lake. To establish this solid enterprise foundation,
it is essential to recommit to data management principles and
prioritize platform technologies and ecosystems accordingly. In
his closing keynote, O’Brien shares a clear path forward based
on the evolving concepts in data and analytics within the context
of an enterprise-scale data strategy.
TRACK B z Duxbury
Digital Transformation
MODERATOR: L indy Ryan, Professor & Research Faculty,
Montclair State University and Rutgers University
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
B201 z A
 chieving a 360-Degree
Customer View
The holy grail of marketers is to attain a 360-degree view of
customers in order to increase brand loyalty and understand
preferences and purchases for a more personalized approach.
Technologies are available to help make that goal a reality.
User Behavior Data Analysis in R & Python Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology, is expected to
Babak Khosravifar, Data Analyst/Scientist, Square Enix impact a diverse range of industries, from agriculture to account-
Brand and marketing teams often have questions about how to
segment and classify users based on various attributes. This is
used to identify cohorts and consequently run campaigns with
strategic plans. This presentation shows how a data analyst can
collect relative data and give sense to analysis output.
Enabling Robust Integration Strategies
Jay Benedetti, Global Solutions Director, CloverDX
If you take a step back, a 360-degree view begins with a success-
ful integration strategy‹a really good one! In this talk, Benedetti
shares two different stories, one in B2B and another in B2C, on
how CloverDX helped enable customers to achieve a 360-degree
view without too much of an investment and left them empowered
to bring in more data as they grow in the future.
tions and across the industry, companies are increasingly moving
toward leveraging data for business decisions and analytics.
Chasing Real-Time Decision-Making
With NoSQL at Scale
Ken Bakunas, NoSQL Data Architect, Wayfair
Wayfair, one of the world's leading home furnishing platforms,
has undergone immense and rapid growth, analyzing data all
along the way. The successful creation of a retail holiday pushed
its systems to the limit. "Way Day," as it's affectionately known,
was full of highs and lows and showed the team it needed to
transform not only to the cloud but also to a high-performance,
low-latency database. Wayfair lives and breathes on data-driven
decision making that impacts the entire customer experience.
Data science has been the core driver of Wayfair's success. The
Aerospke NoSQL database enables a highly scalable, fault-tol-
erant, and performance-driven environment for customer intel-
ligence, product recommendations, and real-time marketing.
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
B203 z T apping Into New Data
Sources for Business Value
With the rise of Big Data, IoT, and AI, useful sources of data are
emerging and new opportunities are being created.
Mind the Gap: How Location Data Connects
Consumers’ Online & Offline Journeys
Mark Coffey, SVP, Strategic Partnerships, GasBuddy
Location data is critical to closing the gap between the online and
offline world. By leveraging location data, marketers can create
impactful moments to influence the behavior of the consumer.
This session reveals how location data is the cookie for the real
world and how it empowers marketers to run unique campaigns
to drive real results in a highly measured way.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
B204 z E merging Applications for Blockchain
ing to healthcare. From guaranteeing the authenticity of products
to safeguarding transactions, blockchain holds wide-ranging
potential.

11:45 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

B202 z D
 igital Transformation
in the Real World
The demand to become a data-driven business with a compet- Join Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales
itive edge in the rapidly changing economy is greater now than Engineering, of Actian Corp. in Grand Ballroom B
ever. With the constant explosion of data within the organiza- for donuts and a special morning presentation.

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Arnab Banerjee, Principal Consultant, Infosys
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The world of data management, with its rigid schemas, silos, and
manual processes, has historically been at odds with the fast,
automated, highly iterative world of DevOps. At DataOps Boot Camp,

boot camp you hear about the key supporting technologies, strategies, real-world
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WEDNESDAY, May 22
MODERATOR: 
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All sessions are located in the Dedham room, 4th floor unless otherwise noted.

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. 10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

DATA & DONUTS PRESENTATION z Grand Ballroom B
Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales Engineering, Actian Corp.
Learn about next-generation cloud data warehousing and what
it takes to deliver insights from real-time data economically and
at scale with hybrid data, regardless of location—in the cloud,
on-premises or both—while you enjoy Boston's finest deep-
fried pastries!
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
C201 z Succeeding With DataOps Today
DataOps is an emerging set of practices, processes, and tech-
nologies for building and enhancing data and analytics pipelines
to better meet the needs of the business.

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Digital Transformation Is
Business Transformation: How to
Incorporate AI Technology Into a
130-Year-Old Company
Michelle L. Gregory, SVP, Data Science, Elsevier
Any company that’s been in existence for 130 years has col-
lected a vast amount of data. When that company is a publishing
behemoth like Elsevier, making that data into actionable infor-
mation is not simply an exercise in digital transformation, it has
the capacity to transform the entire business.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
The Evolution of Big Data Analytics
Matthew Deyette, Chief Customer Officer, Gemini Data, Inc.
We find ourselves continuously copying, transforming, and aggre-
gating data into various large scale, complex, proprietary systems
for the purpose of gaining some sort of competitive edge through
enhanced analytic capabilities. Unfortunately, this process ends
up exacerbating the problem by making Big Data "bigger" and
making the process of extracting knowledge more difficult over-
all. Deyette reviews where we are, how we got here, and what
must come next with regard to leveraging Big Data Analytics.
Five Key Requirements for DataOps Success
Dan Potter, VP, Product Marketing, Attunity
Join this presentation to explore the five key steps necessary
to be successful with DataOps, including the process and cul-
tural shift required. The discussion also covers the benefits of
enabling DataOps’ success, such as improved productivity,
streamlined and automated processes, increased output, and
higher collaboration across teams. Learn how to better manage
data flow across the data lifecycle—from ingestion to provision-
ing to analytics; derive tips from use cases involving data lakes,
cloud, and data warehousing for better business insights; and
increase collaboration, productivity, and business value.
How to Succeed With DataOps Today
Christopher P. Bergh, CEO & Founder, DataKitchen
The list of failed Big Data projects is long. They leave end users,
data analysts, and data scientists frustrated with long lead times
for changes. Bergh illustrates how to make changes to Big Data,
models, and visualizations quickly, with high quality, using the
tools teams love. Synthesizing techniques from DevOps, Dem-
ing, and direct experience shows you how to succeed with
DataOps today.
11:45 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
C202 z The Rise of Containers
The use of containers—which enable applications, data,
dependencies, and runtimes to be housed within a portable
environment to support greater flexibility—is becoming more
widespread.
Understanding Database Containerization
Jeff Fried, Director of Product Management, &
Joe Carroll, Product Specialist, InterSystems
Container usage is now being adopted by organizations of all
sizes, from small startups to companies with huge, established
microservices platforms. This presentation is aimed at helping
practitioners navigate the minefield of database containerization
and avoid some of the major pitfalls that can occur. It covers con-
siderations such as container configuration and homogeneous
versus heterogeneous node types; data resilience, resources,
and storage; cluster upscale, downscale, and upgrade; and data
locality and networking.

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
Join Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales
Engineering, of Actian Corp. in Grand Ballroom B
for donuts and a special morning presentation.

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2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
C203 z O
 perationalizing Big Data Workloads
When confronted with Big Data and expected to make sense of it,
the role of DevOps and DataOps should be carefully considered.
Transformational Analytic Outcomes Through DataOps
Mark Marinelli, Head, Product, Tamr Radiant Advisors
We’re at a unique point in time when fundamental changes in
data management in the enterprise, the emergence of new tech-
nologies, and the volume and value of enterprise data combine
into a massive opportunity to create next-generation data engi-
neering pathways. Marinelli highlights the converging factors
that affect why DataOps is gaining traction in the marketplace
today, how it’s different from earlier generations of data curation,
and what the key components are to implementing DataOps.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
C204 z U
 nlocking the Power
of Data Wrangling
Data wrangling skills and capabilities are critical and a true busi-
ness imperative. Organizations that are unable to derive true
business insights from data will be left behind in the ever-chang-
ing and fast-moving digital economy.
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4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CLOSING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Bring It Home: How to Advance
Your Analytics Strategies
John O’Brien, Principal Advisor & Chief Researcher,
Companies are not lacking in technology options; in most cases,
more advanced technologies exist than can be absorbed into
the organization all at once. As data and analytics leaders, you
need to determine how to make the biggest business impacts
with advances in AI and ML for analytics, enable self-service
with governance, and support BI and data engineering processes
with the data lake. To establish this solid enterprise foundation,
it is essential to recommit to data management principles and
prioritize platform technologies and ecosystems accordingly. In
his closing keynote, O’Brien shares a clear path forward based
on the evolving concepts in data and analytics within the context
of an enterprise-scale data strategy.

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 MAY 21-22
2019
HYATT REGENCY
BOSTON
BOSTON, MA
TUESDAY, MAY 21 All sessions are located in the Plymouth room unless otherwise noted.
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
WELCOME & KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Big Data, Technological Disruption, and
the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Corner
Michael Stonebraker, Adjunct Professor, MIT, &
Co-Founder/CTO, Tamr
See page 5 for complete description.
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Information as Competitor Advantage
Lee Levitt, Business Strategist, Oracle
See page 10 for complete description.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
A Big Data Reality Check: A View From the
Front Lines of Data Analytics
Lynda Partner, VP, Analytics, Pythian
See page 10 for complete description.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
10:45 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
CS101 z The Rise of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) had the potential to completely revo-
lutionize how we do business and increasingly affects people’s
daily lives.
No AI Without IA
Seth Earley, CEO, Earley Information Science
Depending on who you talk to, AI will either enable massive
productivity gains from your employees or replace them entirely.
Hype aside, AI is coming, and companies need to understand
how to harness it. Despite the promise of “plug and play”
technology, real AI requires varying degrees of information
architecture (IA), knowledge engineering, product and content
architecture, and high-quality data sources to be effective. Seth
Earley demystifies AI in this mini-keynote.
12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
CS102 z Machine Learning in the Real World
The power of machine learning is particularly evident when used
to predict events in the real world.
Session to be announced
For updated information on this presentation, please visit http://
dbta.com/cognitivecomputingsummit.
12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
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2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
CS103 z AI in Action
The customer experience (CX) is prime territory for employing
AI technologies.
AI-Driven CX
Don Spaulding, Business Principal, Verizon
Let’s take a look at enhanced customer experiences for hos-
pitality consumers delivered via virtual concierge services that
provide resort guests with personal and contextual hospitality
services. Built upon mobile use and location data, bot services
help customers with a variety of services, ranging from in-room
amenities and dinner reservations to event tickets. Don Spauld-
ing provides an overview of the technical solution and powerful
results of this virtualized solution.
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
3:15 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
CS104 z AI Success Factors
The combination of Big Data with AI technologies creates both
challenges and opportunities. Identifying the factors that turn
challenges to opportunities leads to success.
AI On the Edge
Wolf Ruzicka, Chairman, &
Polina Reshetova, Data Scientist, EastBanc Technologies
With edge computing becoming a thing, AI on-the-edge is quickly
following suit. It unlocks a whole new world of possibilities,
including predicting customer needs before they even know them.
But edge AI seems like it’s only a game for the most cutting-edge
companies. Traditional enterprises aren’t really embracing it out
of fear it may cost too much or due to uncertainty about the
potential ROI. Organizations don’t need to choose a risky “all
in” approach; a small iterative approach reduces the risk while
ensuring your edge AI projects aligns with your overall business
strategy. Join this session to learn how to apply a Minimal Viable
Prediction (MVP) approach to your next edge AI project.
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CS105 z Exploring Machine Learning
Everyone’s talking about machine learning, but we hear much
less about how to put it into practice.
Exploring Machine Learning on the
Google Cloud Platform
Sara Robinson, Developer Advocate, Google
Only 10 years ago, you needed access to extensive academic
and computing resources to make use of machine learning (ML).
Fast-forward to today, and we’ve seen revolutionary changes in
the hardware and software that are making ML accessible for
any developer or data scientist. No matter where yo are in ML,
Google Cloud Platform has a variety of tools to help you. Sara
Robinson starts with the basics: how to use a pre-trained ML
model with one REST API call. Then she explains how to use
your own dataset to customize a pre-trained model with transfer
learning, and how to train and serve it in the cloud with GCP.
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
NETWORKING RECEPTION in the Data Solutions Showcase
A new era of cognitive computing has already begun, and its impact is being felt across industries, from healthcare
and financial services to manufacturing and education. However, building cognitive systems and applications that
can perform specific, humanlike tasks in an intelligent way is far from easy. This one of-a kind-event is an intense,
2-day immersion into the leading cognitive computing and AI use cases, strategies, and technologies that every
organization should know about. If you are on the front lines of AI and cognitive computing, this summit is for you.
MODERATOR: Seth Earley, CEO, Earley Information Science

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 All sessions are located in the Plymouth room unless otherwise noted.

8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

DATA & DONUTS PRESENTATION z Grand Ballroom B
Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales Engineering, Actian Corp.
Learn about next-generation cloud data warehousing and what
it takes to deliver insights from real-time data economically and
at scale with hybrid data, regardless of location—in the cloud,
on-premises or both—while you enjoy Boston's finest deep-
fried pastries!
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
OPENING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Digital Transformation Is
Business Transformation: How to
Incorporate AI Technology Into a
130-Year-Old Company
Michelle L. Gregory, SVP, Data Science, Elsevier
See page 18 for complete description.
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
SPONS0RED KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
The Evolution of Big Data Analytics
Matthew Deyette, Chief Customer Officer, Gemini Data, Inc.
See page 18 for complete description.
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
COFFEE BREAK in the Data Solutions Showcase
10:45 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
CS201 z Machine Learning Best Practices
There are many ways to implement ML projects, but not all of
them work out as planned.
How to Implement a Machine Learning
Algorithm in Lean Production
Oleg Kondrashov, CEO, EnCata Soft
EnCata's work is organized according to lean principles, which
means reducing delivery time and eliminating time and money
losses connected with knowledge transfer and materials logis-
tics. Kondrashov explains how the company used machine learn-
ing to create a neural network as a means of monitoring the
working tool in production.
ATTENDEE LUNCH in the Data Solutions Showcase
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
CS203 z AI Use Cases Today
Think big, start small, and just get going is an excellent approach
to take full advantage of AI’s transformational technologies.
Solving Business Problems in
Government, Financial Services
Amy Guarino, COO, Kyndi
AI is already having a significant impact for the U.S. government,
including Defense and Intelligence Community use cases, and is
also providing game-changing capabilities for global enterprises
in a range of industries, including financial services, life sciences,
and technology. Guarino provides real-world examples of how AI
is driving measurable benefits in a range of industry sectors. She
discusses the importance of Explainable AI to regulated industries
like financial services and healthcare, where being able to justify
the reasoning behind algorithmic decisions is essential.
3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
CS204 z P
 ANEL: Ethical Considerations
of AI Technologies
David Bayer, Executive Director, Cognitive Computing Consortium
Sue Feldman, President, Synthexis
Tom Wilde, CEO, Indico
Steven Cohen, EVP & COO, Co-Founder, BASIS Technology
As cognitive computing and AI technologies mature and grow,
becoming pervasive in our business and personal lives, ethical
use of technology deserves attention. Come hear our illustrious
panel address these ethical considerations.
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
CLOSING KEYNOTE z Grand Ballroom B
Bring It Home: How to Advance
Your Analytics Strategies
John O’Brien, Principal Advisor & Chief Researcher,
Radiant Advisors
See page 19 for complete description.

11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

CS202 z Diving Into Deep Learning
Deep learning brings many opportunities that businesses can
use to augment current processes.
Using Deep Learning for Recommender Systems
Lakshman Bulusu, Consultant & VP, Research, Matlen Silver, Qteria
Using ML-based deep neural networks for prescriptive analytics
via recommendations, followed by predictive analytics using the
results of recommendation is the focus of Lakshman Bulusu’s
presentation. He explains the pragmatics of using R and pro-
vides an industry use case as a proof of concept about how
business can leverage this to augment BI at an enterprise level. Join Paul Wolmering, VP, Worldwide Sales
He includes a demonstration of how AI Meets BI via integration
with a BI platform using Oracle/Tableau.
Engineering, of Actian Corp. in Grand Ballroom B
for donuts and a special morning presentation.

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 SPEAKER
DIRECTORY
Ken Bakunas Matthew Deyette Oleg Kondrashov Hadley Reynolds
Wayfair Gemini Data, Inc. EnCata Soft Cognitive Computing
mbushell@aerospike.com matt.deyette@ social.encatasoft@ Consortium
geminidata.com gmail.com hreynolds@cognitive
Arnab Banerjee
computingconsortium.com
Infosys Seth Earley Julie Langenkamp
Arnab_Banerjee08@ Earley Information Science Radiant Advisors Paige Roberts
infosys.com seth@earley.com julie.langenkamp@ Microfocus | Vertica
@EarleyInfoSci radiantadvisors.com cornish@microfocus.com
David Bayer
Cognitive Computing Susan E. Feldman David Leichner Sara Robinson
Consortium Synthexis SQream Google
dbayer@cognitivecomputing sue@synthexis.com sarah@sqreamtech.com thesararobinson@gmail.com
consortium.com @susanfeldman @srobtweets
Lee Levitt
Jay Benedetti Jeff Fried Oracle Wolf Ruzicka
CloverDX Intersystems lee.levitt@oracle.com EastBanc Technologies
jay.benedetti@cloverdx.com jfried@intersystems.com wruzicka@
Mark Marinelli
@jefffried eastbanctech.com
Christopher P. Bergh Tamr
DataKitchen Michelle L. Gregory mark.marinelli@tamr.com Lindy Ryan
joanne@datakitchen.io Elsevier Montclair State University;
Sean Martin
mgregory@elsevier.com Rutgers University
Shelly Brown Cambridge Semantics
lindymryan@gmail.com
Booz Allen Hamilton Amy Guarino sean@cambridge
brown_S-Asst@bah.com Kyndi semantics.com Prakriteswar Santikary
amy.guarino@kyndi.com ERT
Anne Buff Craig S. Mullins
@amyg44 prakriteswar.santi@ert.com
SAS Institute Mullins Consulting, Inc.
anne.marie.buff@gmail.com Jason Hall craig@craigsmullins.com Badal Shah
@anne_buff Quest Software @craigmullins Fannie Mae
jason.hall@quest.com badal.shah@yahoo.com
Lakshman Bulusu Kimberly Nevala
@jasonfhall
Matlen Silver, Qteria SAS Richard Sherman
balakshman@gmail.com Chelsey H. Hill kimberly.nevala@sas.com Athena IT Solutions
Feliciano School of rick.sherman@athena-
Joe Carroll John O'Brien
Business, Montclair State solutions.com
InterSystems Radiant Advisors
University @rpsherman
joe.carroll@ john.obrien@
chh35@drexel.edu
intersystems.com radiantadvisors.com Don Spaulding
Omkar Joshi @obrienjw Verizon
Joe Caserta Uber donald.spaulding@
Caserta Lynda Partner
omkar@uber.com verizon.com
joe@casertaconcepts.com The Pythian Group
@joe_caserta Padmesh Kankipati slack@pythian.com Michael Stonebraker
Florida Blue MIT
Danny Chen Dan Potter
padmesh.kankipati@ dbtcom@gmail.com
Uber Attunity
bcbsfl.com
danny.chen@gmail.com dan.potter@attunity.com Don Sullivan
Bob Kasenchak VMWare
Mark Coffey Ori Rafael
Access Innovations, Inc., sullivand@vmware.com
GasBuddy UpSolver
USA
savannah@credpr.com ori@upsolver.com David Weinberger
bob_kasenchak@
Harvard's Berkman Center
Steven Cohen accessinn.com Krishnan Raman
for Internet & Society
BASIS Technology @taxobob LinkedIn
david@weinberger.org
scohen@basistech.com krraman@linkedin.com
Ganes Kesari @dweinberger
Michael Corey Gramener Inc. Robin Rappaport
Tom Wilde
LicenseFortress ganes.kesari@ IRS–RAAS (Research,
Indico
michael@michaelcorey.com gramener.com Applied Analytics, and
tom@indico.com
@Michael_Corey @kesaritweets Statistics)
robin.rappaport@irs.gov Paul Wolmering
Jeff Crume Babak Khosravifar
Actian Corporation
IBM Master Inventor Square Enix Polina Reshetova
paul.wolmering@actian.com
jnquadri@us.ibm.com bkhosravifar@square-emix- EastBanc Technologies
montreal.com preshetova@ Danil Zburivsky
Subhayan Das
eastbanctech.com The Pythian Group
Bristol-Myers Squibb
slack@pythian.com
subhayan.das@bms.com

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