In Short: How Vodafone started and progressed the Data Governance journey with a brand-new data catalog. Onboarding various systems and building use cases. 

Potential Sub-sessions:

Focus on use cases, such as PII data; best cases and worst cases.

Target Audience: CIO, CDO, Head of BI, Data Governance, Privacy and Protection, Data Stewards, Data Owner
Prerequisites: Understanding of generic data and the value of data
Level: Advanced

The presentation discusses the transformation of a traditionally hierarchical data department at 1&1 Versatel into an agile data organization. The target model is the Spotify model. Currently, we are in phase 3 of the transformation. The presentation will highlight and discuss the experiences and insights from the individual phases.

Target Audience: data manager, data leaders, product owner, chapter leads, tribe leads
Prerequisites: Basic understanding of the spotify model
Level: Basic

Extended…

As of September 2025, the EU Data Act will extend regulatory coverage from privacy to product data, targeting connected products and related services, such as cars generating sensor data. With well-organized data, the new obligations for manufacturers active in the EU market will be straightforward. Conversely, organizations with a lower degree of data maturity may well use the regulation as a vehicle to better control their data estate.

Target Audience: Data Professionals with touchpoints to…

Highly developed civilizations achieve remarkable outcomes through seemingly small contributions by individuals and collaboration. The same applies to organizations and data governance. This session draws parallels between the development of civilizations and operationalizing effective data governance and how both can be interconnected. We cover common pitfalls, how AI agents can add business value for and with the foundation of everything: data excellence, and how to convert data quality from a…