Kate Sargent

As data demands grow, decentralising platforms offers a powerful path to agility, scalability, and innovation. This session explores the benefits and challenges of decentralised architectures, with a spotlight on a real-world case study showcasing the shift to a self-serve, cloud-agnostic model. Learn how leading enterprises are:

• Implementing decentralised data platforms to empower teams and reduce bottlenecks.
• Leveraging self-serve models to accelerate access and improve operational efficiency.
• Integrating cloud-agnostic solutions to future-proof enterprise data strategies.

In this fireside chat, Mark O’Brien, Director of Product at Shutterstock, will explore how enterprises can unlock new value from their data by reimagining it as a product. The discussion will cover industry-wide challenges and opportunities, including:

• Assessing where data has the strongest commercial potential.
• Building standards and enrichment approaches that scale across use cases.
• Creating frameworks that better connect data with customer workflows and demand.

As data becomes one of the most valuable assets in the enterprise, and more of it becomes available, monetisation offers a compelling opportunity to drive revenue and data product innovation. This panel explores the strategic, operational, and regulatory considerations required to turn raw data into market-ready products. Learn how to fully leverage your data-assets and build a sustainable monetisation framework by:

• Establishing the right mix of people, processes, and platforms to support monetisation.
• Considering ever-evolving privacy, quality, and consistency challenges from the start.
• Creating innovative data products that meet market needs.