Agenda

The big bang! The kickoff to an exciting conference, filled with informative sessions, renowned speakers, and virtual interactions with speakers and peers.

Traditional data integration is falling short to meet new business requirements - real-time connected data, self-service, automation, speed, and intelligence. Forrester analyst will explain how data fabric is emerging as a hot new market for an intelligent and unified platform.

The world economy took a toll due to COVID-19. But has that stopped venture capital investments? In this fireside chat, Denodo CEO Angel Viña will ask Pro-Football Hall of Famer and Investor Steve Young which technologies are worth the dime!

Steve Young, Pro Football Hall of Famer and Founding Partner at HGGC

Interviewer: Angel Viña, Founder and CEO at Denodo

Denodo 8 expands data integration and management to data fabric with advanced data virtualization capabilities. What are they? Denodo CTO Alberto Pan will touch upon the key Denodo 8 capabilities.

UBS' digital wealth management platform (WMAP) was rolled out to help the investment bank's 7,000 advisers and staff with front- and back-office tasks. In this presentation, UBS Executive Director Vitali Rombalski will discuss how UBS built an enterprise integration service layer for richer client experience.

Data visualization and data virtualization are complementary technologies. But how do they come together under a common data fabric? This presentation will discuss how organizations are advancing their data fabric capabilities leveraging innovations in these two technologies in areas of self-service, data catalog, cloud, and AI/ML.

Are logical data fabrics a high priority to implement them now? This esteemed panel will explore if organizations should jump on the logical data fabric wagon now. Watch out for interesting insights that might help your data strategy.

Moderator: Ravi Shankar, Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer at Denodo

Panelist: Brian Matsubara RVP, Global Technology Alliances at Tableau; Alberto Pan, Executive VP & CTO at Denodo; Vitali Rombalski Executive Director, Head of Data Architecture and Analytics, CTO office at UBS; Noel Yuhanna, Vice President, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research

How is a logical data fabric different from a physical data fabric? What are the advantages of one type of fabric over the other? Attend this session to firm up your understanding of a logical data fabric.

Cloud data integration is one of the key use cases within Denodo 8. In this technical deep-dive session, the head of product management will elaborate and demo the capabilities, automation, and deployment of Denodo 8 for cloud data integration.

Now that you have some idea about the logical data fabric, you may be wondering what a real life implementation looks like from a Denodo customer's perspective. Miguel Burguete from Walmart will walk you through how their logical data fabric evolved over time.

You bought into the merits of logical data fabrics, and now you want to implement one. How do you get started? What are the pitfalls to avoid? This session will cover what works and what does not based on insights from successful customer use cases.

Many companies transcend the hybrid world these days on their way to a multicloud solution. How did they do it? What worked and what did not? This panel will explore those questions and give pointed advice on effective strategies that you use to spur your cloud journey.

Moderator: Pablo Alvarez, Global Director of Product Management at Denodo

Panelists: Vincent Fages-Gouyou, & Vasil Tabaku, Senior Manager, ICONSULTING

So, you now understand what a logical data fabric is, but what can you use it for? What are the key business challenges that can be quickly and better solved using the logical data fabric. Hear the experts offer their insights.

Moderator: Ravi Shankar, Senior VP & Chief Marketing Officer at Denodo

Panelists: Mark Pritchard, Director, EMEA Sales Engineering at Denodo; Miguel Burguete, Senior Architect Manager at Walmart & Asgar Mia, Head of Data Solutions at EOH

Is the logical data fabric one monolithic technology or does it comprise of various components? If so, what are they? In this presentation, Denodo CTO Alberto Pan will elucidate what components make up the logical data fabric.

Cloud marketplaces have removed the barrier from technology procurement process. In which marketplaces is Denodo 8.0 available? How do you assess which configurations to buy? In this session, Denodo's Cloud Product Manager will answer all of these questions and show how to do it.

On the surface a logical data fabric sounds like a simple one stop shop for all your enterprise data needs, but underneath it is mostly a complex medley of data sources. Let us show you how it looks underneath this client's logical data fabric.

Implementing a logical data fabric is not a one-shot deal. It is a journey. How do you start small, demonstrate ROI, and then expand to additional use cases? This presentation will provide practical tips on how to start and later expand logical data fabric implementation.

Buying from cloud marketplaces can seem easy, but in practice they are not. In this session, the panelists will debunk the mystery of how to get started on cloud marketplaces, what aspects to consider when buying, and many more.

Moderator: Paul Moxon, SVP Data Architecture and Chief Evangelist at Denodo 

Panelist: Vincent Fages-Gouyou, Director, EMEA Product Management at Denodo & Gustaf Cederstrom, Sr. Executive BI Advisor, CGI

Ok, now we have a Logical Data Fabric, from a technology perspective. But what will the business users use it for? How exactly will they do it? These panel experts will draw upon their experiences from customer implementatoins to provide tangible suggestions.

Moderator: Suresh Chandrasekaran, Executive VP at Denodo

Panelists: Alberto Pan, Executive VP & CTO at Denodo; Raheel Khan, VP, Sales & Strategy EMEA, Edgematics

Many exciting presentations were delivered by notable presenters. And a few of them with demos. Now is the time to recap day 1 and discuss what to expect on day 2.