TDWI Chicago Conference

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.

In an out-of-this-world keynote, Kara Swisher will interview Tara Ruttley to understand the motives behind space tourism, why Silicon Valley is so obsessed with this idea, and why the government is not. They’ll also talk about the role data plays in all of this craziness. Are they qualified to take this topic down? Yes, yes they are.

All over the world, organizations are harnessing the true power of data and analytics strategies to optimize decision-making during this time of ever present disruption. As a chief data and analytics officer (CDAO), it’s up to you and your team to scale cohesive ecosystems across your organization while using AI to ethically manage data and privacy. In the face of a continuously challenging global environment, you’ll need to purposefully lead your team by balancing trust, accountability, governance and security with adaptability and responsiveness. Taking a human-centric approach to sourcing and retaining talent will be critical to your success.

The Second International Conference on Digital Data Processing (DDP 2022) is dedicated to data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies.