15th Annual MIT CDOIQ Symposium, July 20 - 22, 2021
(Streamed Virtually)
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The 15th Annual MIT CDOIQ Symposium will be completely virtual this year, based on consultation with sponsors, industry speakers, and MIT Policy. We will feature global CDOs and Data Leaders from all over the world, shaping the future of emerging data trends. These global leaders will be presenting, discussing, and sharing their insights in and around this year’s theme of delivering mature data & analytics capabilities for ROI. The 2021 agenda is packed with 76 sessions, 3 keynotes, and as always, outstanding speakers and content. |
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OPENING KEYNOTE CONFIRMED |
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Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia
President of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Followed by Fr. Palo Benanti
Consultor Pontifical Academy for Life
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CDO Fundamental Course & Graduate Certificate |
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Online CDO Fundamental Course, Graduate Certificate (GC) with 3 more CDOIQ Courses |
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Prof. Richard Wang is offering a new Chief Data Officer (CDO) Fundamentals Course through the Department of Information Science at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. This is the first time a CDO course has been offered as part of a University graduate degree curriculum. Professor Wang is teaching the course in the current spring semester and will offer this course again in Fall 2021 semester. We are inviting you to apply to the Online Information Quality Graduate Certificate Program. Professor John R. Talburt is the Program Director and has agreed to expedite your admission to this 12-hour, online program. The cost of each course is $1,149 ($383 per credit hour). By taking the CDO Fundamentals course together with another 3 courses (9 credit hours), you can earn the Information Quality Graduate Certificate (IQ GC). If you want to continue your studies, all of the 4 courses in the IQ GC Program will also count toward the 33-credit hours required for the online Master of Science in Information Quality (MSIQ) Degree. In addition, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) requirement for admission to the MSIQ program is waived for students completing the IQ GC program. |
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Featured Session: What makes an effective data strategy?
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Maria C Villar has over 25 years of experience as a Chief Data Officer responsible for building enterprise data management organizations from the ground up and leading the culture change across the enterprise. She has held the position in both the technology and financial sector. Most recently at SAP where she was the CDO from 2009- 2017.
Today, Maria is Head of Enterprise Data Strategy & Transformation, where she advises SAP customer’s on the crucial role of data management in their digital transformation, leveraging her practical, operational experience as CDO.
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MIT CDOIQ Symposium International Track |
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We are thrilled to announce that we have added a fifth track to the Symposium this year; the International Track! By going virtual in 2020, our reach expanded far and wide across the globe. The International Track is booked to the brim with incredible speakers and panelists and we can't wait to share the preliminary agenda with you! |
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From MIT Sloan | THINKING FORWARD |
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1. By multiple estimates, some 80% to 90% of data is unstructured — think text, video, audio, web server logs, and social media, among many other sources.
2. Most executives worldwide are out of touch with what it takes to lead effectively in the digital economy, according to a new study from MIT Sloan Management Review and Cognizant.
The report, “Leadership’s Digital Transformation: Leading Purposefully in an Era of Context Collapse,” is based on a global survey of more than 4,200 managers and executives in over 20 industries. Some 72% of respondents strongly agreed that it is very important that they work for an organization with a purpose they believe in, but a mere 25% strongly agreed that their organizations are as purpose-driven as their leaders believe them to be.
3. How did small business owners spend — and not spend — their own money in the early days of COVID-19? A new study could guide policymakers in drafting additional rescue measures as the pandemic persists, said Antoinette Schoar, one of the report’s co-authors and a professor at MIT Sloan.
To conduct their study, researchers created a dataset using anonymous JPMorgan Chase credit card and debit card transaction information between January 2019 and May 2020 from 380,532 small businesses and their respective owners.
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Why Is It So Hard to Become a Data-Driven Company? |
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February 5, 2021
By Randy Bean
Thriving as a mainstream company today means being data driven. Companies that have lagged on this front have observed their data-driven competitors seize market share and make inroads into their customer base over the course of the past decade and pioneers like Amazon, Facebook, and Google develop dominant market valuations.
Now, mainstream Fortune 1000 companies are fighting back by investing heavily in data and AI initiatives to narrow the gap. For the third consecutive year, investment in data and AI initiatives has been nearly universal, with 99.0% of firms reporting investment in data and AI according to findings from a newly released executive survey from NewVantage Partners, a strategic advisory firm that I founded in 2001 to advise Fortune 1000 companies on data leadership issues.
But this year, despite growing investment, it appears most companies are struggling to maintain momentum.
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Data Valuation Paves The Road To The Future For Highways England |
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Forward-thinking executives have begun measuring the value of their organization’s data assets to forge a data-driven culture that generates increased business benefits from data.
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MIT CDOIQ YouTube Channel |
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We have launched our MIT CDOIQ YouTube channel to serve as a knowledge center for all CDOIQ related videos, including recordings from the Symposium sessions, Country CDO Ambassador Videos, and other media profiles as they become available.
Be sure to subscribe to be notified of new content.
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PwC is once again proud to sponsor the MITCDOIQ Symposium. Each year we look forward to this event where the best and brightest minds gather to share perspectives and trends around the world of data. We chose to sponsor the symposium again this year as we are strong advocates of the CDO agenda, and we have seen firsthand the positive impacts the CDO can make on an organization's ability to execute their corporate vision. We are looking forward to seeing everyone virtually this year as we can continue to shape, build and grow the role of the CDO. |
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A Big Thanks to our 2020 Sponsors |
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Diamond: Deloitte, Informatica, Privacy Analytics
Platinum: Dawex, Fusion Alliance, KPMG, Sandhill Consultants, Tamr
Gold: Alation, AlyData, BigID, Boomi, Caserta, Citizant, Data Kitchen, Gavroshe, Okera, PiLog, Qlik, ThoughtSpot
Silver: Eckerson Group, Global IDs, Snowflake, Starburst
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