Modern Data Stack Conference

Join the data visualization community in NYC for an evening of data talks and networking.

Lakehouse is fast emerging as the new standard for data architecture but every region has its own unique stories and challenges. Please join us for this virtual event with speakers, customers and content designed with you in mind.

In her new book Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty, Aynne Kokas looks at how technology firms in the two largest economies in the world, the United States and China, have exploited government policy (and the lack thereof) to gather information on citizens. Kokas argues that US government leadership failures, Silicon Valley's disruption fetish, and Wall Street's addiction to growth have fueled China's technological goldrush. In turn, American complacency yields an unprecedented opportunity for Chinese firms to gather data in the United States and quietly send it back to China, and by extension, to the Chinese government. This talk examines the governance challenges presented by data trafficking and proposes potential pathways to improved data governance to protect national sovereignty and democracy.

Too much data, too little return? At IDC, we know that data can help organizations develop agility, resilience and innovation - if they can marshal it correctly. A rising number of European organizations know this, too, and they focus on leveraging new data technologies, creating a data-driven culture and continuously learning how to improve.