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.

Unlock the Future of Unstructured Data: Exclusive Interview with Flexor CEO Or Zabludowski

Discover how leading financial institutions are transforming unstructured data into a competitive advantage in this in‑depth interview with Or Zabludowski, CEO and Co‑Founder of Flexor. In this exclusive CDO Exchange feature, Or breaks down the biggest data challenges facing BFSI organizations in 2026 and reveals why context engineering, precision data extraction, and AI‑ready data pipelines are becoming mission‑critical. Learn how Flexor is reshaping the way enterprises handle PDFs, emails, call transcripts, contracts, and other unstructured assets - turning them into structured, trustworthy, and actionable intelligence. From underwriting and claims automation to private equity insights, this article showcases real-world examples of AI impact inside highly regulated environments. If you want to understand where enterprise AI is truly headed - and how data leaders are preparing for the next wave of innovation - this is a must‑read.

Download the full interview to explore the strategies, trends, and technologies shaping the future of AI in financial services.

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.