? Wrapping up a Phenomenal CDAO New Zealand 2024! ?

What a powerful two days! CDAO New Zealand 2024 event saw an amazing turnout, incredible energy, and a wealth of insights that kept the room buzzing from start to finish. With an outstanding speaker lineup, dedicated sponsors, and an audience of data, analytics, and AI leaders from across New Zealand and beyond, this year’s event was an absolute highlight.

Held on November 5th & 6th, CDAO New Zealand 2024 didn’t just explore trends — it ignited conversations around the future of data and AI. AI, especially GenAI and data quality, were the stars of the show, sparking thought-provoking discussions on its profound impact on data management.

Here are the key takeaways:

Data Quality as the Backbone of Exceptional Data Products: Recognising that powerful data products rely on high-quality data, it is key to invest in data quality initiatives that ensure data foundations supports innovative and impactful product development.

Driving Continuous Improvement to Amplify Productivity with Existing Teams: Leverage continuous improvement methods, by empowering teams to achieve more without increasing headcount, maximising output, and maintaining momentum on key projects.

Business-Led Data Governance for Strategic Ownership and Quality: Governance frameworks that prioritise initiatives, defines clear data ownership, and ensures data quality—all led by business needs, aligning data initiatives directly with core organisational objectives.

Aligning Data & AI Investments with Strategic Roadmaps through a Centre of Enablement: Data and AI roadmaps, championed by a Centre of Enablement, can provide a clearer path for how each investment aligns with long-term goals, fostering collaboration across business units through specialised Centers of Excellence.

Streamlined Platform Strategy for Cost Reduction and Simplified Management: By consolidating platforms, data leaders can minimise redundancies, reduce operational costs, and create a more supportable and streamlined environment that drives efficiency across the organisation.

Agile Architecture to Harness the Power of Generative AI Responsibly: ?Built on a flexible architecture, enable workforces to safely explore GenAI’s capabilities, staying adaptable in a fast-evolving landscape while maintaining responsible use and ethical safeguards.

From inspiring keynotes to vibrant Q&A sessions and hands-on panels, the event delivered actionable strategies and visionary ideas to help shape what’s next for data in an AI-powered world. Here’s to shaping the future, one conversation at a time!

GenAI is redefining what is possible – there’s never been a more exciting time to be in data!

A heartfelt thank you to our incredible speakers, sponsors, and participants! Together, you've transformed this event into a powerhouse of innovation and possibility, setting a new benchmark for the data and AI space – not only in New Zealand but on the world stage. The future is unfolding right now, and we’re thrilled to be shaping it alongside you!

To our sponsors, we express our appreciation for your unwavering support in shaping the field of data and analytics – Informatica ANZ 赛仕软件 Westcon-Comstor Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tiger Analytics Precisely Snowflake dbt Labs IBM OSS Group Ltd Fivetran Databricks FIRN Theta (NZ) Dataiku Ataccama Tableau Venn Consulting NZ AcumenBI

To our charismatic chairs – Peter Gavin and Xanthe Sulzberger , your experience in the subject matter bridged through each insight we hear from the speakers!

To our esteemed speakers, your invaluable insights and thought leadership enriched the discussions and inspired the attendees – Helius Guimaraes Kathryn Byrne Astrud Burgess Kari Jones @Bryan Ng Brian Ferris Sukanya Maharathy Sarah Cawsey Kate Kolich David Thomas Tony Aitken indrajeet singh Mike Parsons Mark Modricker Adam Courtier Emma Burte Adele Marshall Ashly Smith Atilio Ranzuglia Richard Wright Brooke Treadgold Nick Draper Adam Morton-Mason Xanthe Sulzberger Mudit Marwah Rachel Harrison Peter McCallum Stasha Rmandic @Rachel O'Brien Angela Zhao Gurbani Singh Mira Bradshaw Penelope Maxwell Paulo Gottgtroy Mike Congdon Farhein Akmal Simon Edwards Snehanshu Bhaisare Tanveer Bal Jonathon Bowring Paul Milinkovic Sam Darmo Wessel De Meyer Diego Morales Sepulveda

To our media partners, thank you for your constant support!

To our esteemed delegates, thank you for your invaluable participation, insightful contributions, and steadfast commitment to advancing data and AI innovation. The energy and ideas shared over the past two days have left us inspired, and we’re eager to see the impact these insights will have as you bring them back to your organisations.

We are already looking forward to CDAO New Zealand 2025, where we’ll gather once again to celebrate your achievements and dive even deeper into the future of data, AI, and analytics. Until then, here’s to driving real transformation through data — see you next year!

A huge shout out to the Corinium team Alistair Clemett Jenny Azores-David Kye Ling Gan Chris Beales Bryane Kwok Ryan Ciceron Rusty D. !

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