See how this year's agenda is built around the real challenges shaping data, analytics and AI leadership today:

From Foundation to Commercialisation: Data leaders have moved beyond just enabling AI and they’re now proving its commercial return. Explore how organisations are operationalising data products, monetising analytics, and aligning AI investments with measurable business outcomes.

AI in the Age of Accountability: With regulatory pressure mounting and ethical AI a board-level issue, this year’s discussions focus on how leaders are balancing innovation with responsibility.

Modernising the Stack: Discover how your peers across industries are simplifying architecture, embedding observability, and rebuilding trust in their data foundations to unlock real-time, production-ready intelligence.

Culture as Infrastructure Technology: Delve into the soft systems behind success: stakeholder engagement, data literacy, change management, and the evolving role of the CDO as both architect and educator.

Cross-Industry Collaboration: Join roundtables and benchmarking sessions designed to help you learn from other industries. From government and media to retail, manufacturing, financial services and more.

The CDO Chronicles is the go‑to podcast for data leaders looking to engage in the critical peer-to-peer conversations of the challenges data leaders face today. 

Each episode brings together standout voices in data strategy, AI, digital identity, and customer experience transformation - offering practical, behind‑the‑scenes conversations with CDOs, analytics leaders, fraud experts, and enterprise architects who are shaping the next era of data‑driven business. Our first episode with Loulou van Ravensteijn Director of FRAQTER and Chief Data Officer of Provincie Gelderland, and Shruti Sharma Director of Data and AI at Save the Children UK sets the tone for the series: honest, unfiltered discussions about the challenges, opportunities, and realities facing today’s data leaders. Dive in and see where the future of data is really headed.

Unlock exclusive opportunities to connect with senior data leaders through the CDO Exchange Partnership Programme 2026. Designed for solution providers and innovators, this programme offers year-round visibility across our global portfolio of CDO Exchanges in the US, UK, and Europe.

By partnering with us, you’ll gain direct access to Chief Data Officers, Heads of Data, and senior executives from banking, financial services, insurance, retail, and healthcare. Benefit from bespoke branding, tailored networking, thought-leadership sessions, and guaranteed introductions to decision-makers with active projects and budgets.

Whether your focus is AI, governance, cloud, or analytics, the CDO Exchange Partnership Programme 2026 is your platform to build relationships, showcase expertise, and influence the future of data-driven enterprise.

👉 Explore the partnership opportunities today and position your brand at the heart of the global data community.