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Day One - Plenary
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08:30
Register; Grab coffee. Mix, mingle, and say hello to peers old and new
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08:45
Welcome from Corinium and the Chairperson
Srividya Subramanian Vidyasagar - Global Head, Cloud and Production Engineering, WRB Tech - Standard Chartered Bank
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08:50
Speed Networking – Making new connections at CDAO Singapore!
During this 10-minute networking session, the aim of the game is to go and meet three people you don't already know. Use the questions on the screen to guide your conversation. Have fun!
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09:00
Opening Keynote
Leadership in The Age of Intelligent MachineSachin Tonk - Deputy Chief Data Officer - GovTech
- Exploring how leaders must take charge of integrating AI into their organisations, moving beyond IT departments to embed AI into strategic planning and decision-making
- Defining success metrics and fostering a culture that embraces AI-driven change to enhance operational efficiency and competitive advantage
- Highlighting the necessity for leaders to champion ethical AI practices and promote a culture of continuous learning and innovation
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09:25
The Path to AI-Ready Data
Nick Dobbins - VP, Field CTO - Informatica
Join VP, Field Chief Technology Officer – Nick Dobbins as he explores how the combination of AI and reliable data leads to remarkable business success. Discover how advancements in master data management and AI governance can shape your future and prepare you for what’s next.
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09:50
AI Panel
Exploring the Impact of AI and Data Democratisation in Modern Enterprises- Exploring how AI and data democratisation are reshaping business operations by enabling real-time insights and enhancing operational efficiency
- Discussing how enterprises can measure the return on investment (ROI) from AI initiatives in conjunction with data democratisation efforts
- Examining the ethical implications of leveraging AI within a democratised data framework
Moderator
Sigrid Rouam Chief Data Officer & Head of Data Management, Data Analytics & Gen AI EFG Bank International
Panellists
David Duan Head of Data GoTo Group
Soumyajit Sarcar Head of Data & Analytics Product Development, Chief Data Office Nomura
Vijay Jairaj ED, Responsible AI & Data Ethics Standard Chartered
Durjoy Patranabish VP – Head of Global Business Tiger Analytics
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10:25
Data Readiness for Agentic AI: Empowering Autonomous Intelligence
- Discussing the need for seamless data integration to provide agentic AI with a holistic view of the organisation to enabling intelligent and autonomous decision-making
- Ensuring high-quality, clean, and bias-free data for agentic AI delivers accurate, ethical, and effective outcomes
- Examining the technological upgrades necessary to support agentic AI’s high computational and real-time data demands
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10:50
Coffee & Connect
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11:20
Strategy Panel
Harnessing the Power of Data Partnerships: Strategies for Collaboration and Innovation- Building effective collaborations among stakeholders to enhance innovation and driving business growth.
- Navigating regulatory and compliance challenges while forming data partnerships, ensuring that data sharing aligns with legal frameworks and ethical standards.
- Maximising value through data integration to unlock new insights
Moderator
Rakesh Menon EVP – Group Head of Advanced Analytics Solution Maybank
Panellists
Shobana Ravisankar Director, Data & Analytics PSA BDP
Hou Kiat Chao VP, Asset Management Department (Digitalisation & Data Analytics) SBS Transit Rail
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11:55
Transforming Raw Data into Strategic Insights: Innovations in Customer Analytics
- Discussing how innovative analytics tools can transform raw data into actionable insights, enhancing customer understanding and engagement strategies.
- Identifying key metrics for success -
defining relevant metrics that align with business goals - Integrating feedback for continuous improvement
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12:20
From Data to Decisions: Leveraging Advanced Analytics for Business Impact
Clara Lee - Chief of Practice, Data Science - NUS-ISS
- Exploring techniques for converting raw data into meaningful insights that drive strategic decision-making within organisations
- Quantifying the impact of advanced analytics on business performance through key metrics and case studies
- Highlighting strategies for encouraging a culture that prioritises data-driven decision-making across all departments
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12:45
Designing Tools for User-Centric Analytics
- Discussing the importance of designing analytics tools that are intuitive and user-friendly, enabling easy access to insights for all users
- Exploring methods for gathering user feedback to continuously improve analytics tools and ensure they meet user needs effectively
- Highlighting strategies for empowering users with self-service capabilities, allowing them to explore data independently and make informed decisions
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13:10
Connect, Converse, and Lunch
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09:50
Quantexa's Private Lunch
Ahsan Mehmood - Head of Data Management - Quantexa
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Track A - Governance
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14:10
Navigating the Ethical and Compliance Landscape of Agentic AI
Andrew Morentz - Group Deputy General Counsel — Data Ethics, Technology & Innovation - bolttech
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14:35
AI You Can Trust: The Role of Data Integrity in AI-Readiness
Ronit Sen - Senior Sales Engineer - Precisely
AI has the potential to transform businesses, but its success relies on one critical factor—trusted, high-quality data. Despite the excitement around AI, only 4% of businesses believe their data is AI-ready. Without accurate, complete, and well-governed data, AI can produce biased, unreliable, and even damaging outcomes. In this session, we’ll explore:
- The risks of AI failures caused by poor data quality and governance
- Essential strategies for improving data integrity to enable AI success
- Practical solutions for integrating, enriching, and governing data to maximize AI value
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15:00
Achieving Data Governance in Decentralised Data Environments
Balaji Rajamani - Director of Data Management - Tetra Pak SEA
- Encouraging experimentation and learning
without fear of failure. - Providing training and resources to enhance the team’s data literacy and analytical skills
- Aligning data innovation with business goals to maximise impact and drive growth.
- Encouraging experimentation and learning
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15:25
The AI-Driven Data Revolution
Roland Slee - Vice President - Nuix Ventures
Since the 1960s, the bulk of investments in enterprise IT have been focused on processing structured, transactional data. As a result, we now expect 24x7 reliability and straight-through processing from transactional systems. But while we were busy mastering the art of transaction processing, 90% of enterprise data has always been held in unstructured formats: documents: files and images. Until recently, most businesses had no ability to leverage this unstructured data for strategic business advantage. But now, Generative-AI has sparked a data revolution. Gen-AI systems are both trained on and produce unstructured data. So, corporates everywhere are suddenly looking to leverage their unstructured data to better train AI models and drive deeper business insights. Come and hear how Nuix is powering the application of Generative-AI to business by deeply curating enterprise data and enabling a variety of innovative use cases.
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Track B - Innovation
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14:10
Trust and Data Security: Managing Financial Crimes in an AI-Driven World
Amaresh Mohan - Chief Risk Officer - Flutterwave
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14:35
Turning Complex Data into Actionable Narratives
Sachin B Singh - Head of Enterprise Solutions - Dow Jones
- Utilising storytelling techniques that resonate with stakeholders and facilitate understanding.
- Simplifying data visualisation to make it more accessible and actionable for decision-makers.
- Connecting insights to strategic actions to drive business strategies and outcomes.
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15:00
Creating a Culture of Data Innovation: Strategies for Empowering Teams
Dr Bryan Tan - Group Chief Scientist - Carro
- Encouraging experimentation and learning
without fear of failure. - Providing training and resources to enhance the team’s data literacy and analytical skills
- Aligning data innovation with business goals to maximise impact and drive growth.
- Encouraging experimentation and learning
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15:25
How Top CDAOs Are Building Safe Enterprise AI
Tim Stead - Technical Director - Securiti
In today's rapidly evolving generative AI landscape, Chief Data & Analytics Officers (CDAOs) face unprecedented opportunities to revolutionize their organizations. While GenAI integration offers tremendous potential for innovation and competitive advantage, building secure AI systems presents significant challenges.
How do you safely tap all of the unstructured and structured data within your hybrid cloud landscape to feed these AI models? How can you ensure sensitive data is protected? What guardrails are needed to protect AI models from prompt injection and data exfiltration attacks? How do you implement continuous risk monitoring throughout your generative AI pipeline?
Join Tim Stead, Technical Director at Securiti to learn how CDAOs can implement a comprehensive framework to build safe, scalable generative AI systems that drive organizational success.
Key Takeaways:
- Critical risk factors in generative AI implementation
- Four essential components for developing secure, compliant generative AI systems
- Strategic best practices for embracing generative AI with innovative governance and compliance approaches
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15:50
Coffee & Connect
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16:20
Fireside Chat
Harnessing the Power of Data Partnerships: Strategies for Collaboration and Innovation- Building effective collaborations among stakeholders to enhance innovation and driving business growth.
- Navigating regulatory and compliance challenges while forming data partnerships, ensuring that data sharing aligns with legal frameworks and ethical standards.
- Maximising value through data integration to unlock new insights
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16:45
She Loves Data
Patricia Mulles - Director and Global Head of Partnerships - She Loves Data
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17:10
Chair's Remarks and Close of Day One
Srividya Subramanian Vidyasagar - Global Head, Cloud and Production Engineering, WRB Tech - Standard Chartered Bank
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17:30
CDAO Cheers with Peers
Cocktail Reception & Networking
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Day Two - Plenary
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08:30
Register; grab coffee. Mix, mingle and say hello to peers old and new
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08:55
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Ban Horng Tan - Head of Data Platform Solutions - OCBC Bank
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09:00
From Fragmentation to Value Creation: Scaling Data Strategy for Business Growth
Wouter van Groenestijn - Data & Analytics Lead, APAC - Cargill
- Structuring the foundational elements—data quality, governance, and ecosystems—to build scalable and impactful data strategies
- Tackling the complexities of fragmented legacy systems and integrating diverse data sources to unlock performance transparency and drive value.
- Practical insights into how generative AI and advanced analytics can complement traditional methods to deliver operational and strategic benefits.
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09:25
The Role of Data Analytics in Identifying Monetisation Opportunities
- Uncover monetisation opportunities by identifying trends, customer needs, and competitive advantages
- Evaluating data quality and relevance for monetisation efforts
- Creating targeted strategies based on insights to optimise revenue streams effectively
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09:50
Fireside Chat
Building the Backbone: IT Infrastructure for Agentic AI Success- Exploring the infrastructure requirements to support the computational intensity of agentic AI
- Discussing the importance of robust data pipelines and real-time processing capabilities to ensure agentic AI systems can make accurate, timely decisions in dynamic environments
- Examining how enterprises can enhance their IT infrastructure with advanced cybersecurity measures and fault-tolerant systems to safeguard autonomous AI operations against threats and disruptions
Speakers
Pawan Darda CTO Pelago
Aishwarya Prabhat Field Solution Architect Google
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10:15
RAiD: The RSAF Tech Startup Experience
Gek Peng Tay - Chief Digitalisation Officer - Republic of Singapore Air Force
- People strategy: Recruiting and developing tech workforce
- Culture strategy: Nurturing enabling culture for the data and AI era.
- Structure strategy: Structuring for speed, agility and innovation.
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10:40
Coffee & Connect
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11:10
From Data to Dollars: Turning AI and Analytics into Real Business Value
Eddie Ng - Head of Data and Analytics - PSA BDP
- Monetizing AI with Purpose – Why generative AI alone doesn’t guarantee ROI and how to strategically implement AI to drive measurable business outcomes.
- Identifying the right AI applications that enhance user experience, boost productivity, and create revenue opportunities.
- How a strong data foundation, modern infrastructure, and stakeholder buy-in pave the way for impactful AI-driven transformation.
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11:35
Driving Railway Excellence with Data
Hou Kiat Chao - VP, Asset Management Department (Digitalisation & Data Analytics) - SBS Transit Rail
- How SBS Transit is leveraging advanced data analytics to optimize operations, improve efficiency, and ensure smoother railway performance
- The journey of turning in-house rail solutions into marketable IP and expanding SBS Transit’s impact beyond local operations.
- The journey of turning in-house rail solutions into marketable IP and expanding SBS Transit’s impact beyond local operations.
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12:00
Elevating Data Maturity: Aligning Agile Data Strategy with Business Objectives
Doan Lingga - VP of Data Science - Traveloka
- Assessing the maturity level of your data capabilities and setting improvement goals
- Ensuring data initiatives are agile and closely aligned with key business goals
- Leveraging data maturity to drive informed, real-time decision-making
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12:25
The Role of Domain-Oriented Data Teams in Data Mesh
- Enabling faster and more relevant insights for each business unit by establishing the data owner
- Encouraging collaboration between data experts and business leaders with domain-oriented teams
- Allowing each domain team to operate independently, enhancing scalability across the organisation using data mesh
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12:50
Connect, Converse, & Lunch
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13:50
Fireside Chat
Insights vs Privacy: Leveraging Customer Data without Compromising Privacy- Discussing strategies for leveraging customer data to enhance personalisation while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR
- Explore best practices for collecting, storing, and using customer data ethically to build trust and maintain customer relationships
- Utilising Technology to protect customer data while still extracting valuable insights
Panellists
Tanveen Singh Director - Legal & Governance IRD Global
Tarun Samtani Data Protection Director (Privacy & Cyber Risk) Morgan McKinley
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14:15
Transforming Data Insights into Actionable Revenue: A Step-by-Step Approach
Natz Que - CIO & CDO - Kenvue
- From insights to strategy – how organisations can translate data insights into actionable business strategies that drive revenue generation
- Developing clear action plans that outline specific steps for implementing insights into revenue-generating activities
- Monitoring impact and adjusting tactics based on performance metrics
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14:40
Fireside Chat
Conquering the New Data Landscape - Governance, AI, Culture, and Cost- Navigating the complexities of data governance in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment
- Addressing the cultural shift required to integrate AI responsibly across organisations
- Balancing the costs of data initiatives with long-term value and business outcomes
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15:05
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Ban Horng Tan - Head of Data Platform Solutions - OCBC Bank
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15:05
Coffee & Connect
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16:00
Close of CDAO Singapore 2023
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08:00
REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST
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09:50
How Deep Learning is Unlocking a $362B Value Creation Opportunity in Financial Services
Sergio Rego - AI Customer Engineer - SambaNova Systems
In the highly competitive age of digital transformation financial service organizations are facing accelerated urgency to improve their customer and employee experience while simultaneously reducing operating costs, and managing risk and compliance.
To meet these competing demands on their business, these organizations are racing to deploy deep learning to achieve a new competitive edge by optimizing their back office operations with intelligent document processing, personalizing their customer experience with cutting edge NLP models, and reducing fraud and risk using state-of-the-art deep learning.
AI is here and delivering new capabilities to help businesses solve large and complicated challenges. Join Bob Gaines to learn what that means for your business and how deep learning is helping organizations:
• Achieve higher compliance, faster and with lower costs • Dramatically improve Customer Experience • Reduce time to value from years to weeks
Sergio Rego is a customer engineer at SambaNova Systems where he helps clients deploy purpose-built, deep learning solutions in weeks rather than years. Sergio started his career in financial services, where he worked in strategy; active and index management; and product design and management. Sergio also served as a senior data scientist and team manager for a system integrator where he helped federal government agencies deploy ML and AI solutions.
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08:00
REGISTRATION & LIGHT BREAKFAST
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09:50
How Deep Learning is Unlocking a $362B Value Creation Opportunity in Financial Services
Sergio Rego - AI Customer Engineer - SambaNova Systems
In the highly competitive age of digital transformation financial service organizations are facing accelerated urgency to improve their customer and employee experience while simultaneously reducing operating costs, and managing risk and compliance.
To meet these competing demands on their business, these organizations are racing to deploy deep learning to achieve a new competitive edge by optimizing their back office operations with intelligent document processing, personalizing their customer experience with cutting edge NLP models, and reducing fraud and risk using state-of-the-art deep learning.
AI is here and delivering new capabilities to help businesses solve large and complicated challenges. Join Bob Gaines to learn what that means for your business and how deep learning is helping organizations:
• Achieve higher compliance, faster and with lower costs • Dramatically improve Customer Experience • Reduce time to value from years to weeks
Sergio Rego is a customer engineer at SambaNova Systems where he helps clients deploy purpose-built, deep learning solutions in weeks rather than years. Sergio started his career in financial services, where he worked in strategy; active and index management; and product design and management. Sergio also served as a senior data scientist and team manager for a system integrator where he helped federal government agencies deploy ML and AI solutions.
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