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AI & Data Innovation Strategies: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare), Illinois

Aligning Modern Data Architectures with AI-Driven Innovation in the Enterprise

November 6, 2025

9:00am-5:00pm

7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded

Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois

  

Overview

AI holds huge promise for the industry as a whole.  The key is determining the right strategy for your organization that you can build and execute on.

What You Will Learn

In this one day conference attendees will learn the following:

  • Modern Data Architectures for the AI-Enabled Enterprise
  • Scaling AI with Cloud-Native Data Platforms
  • Operationalizing AI: From Models to Production at Scale
  • Architecting for Real-Time AI and Streaming Analytics
  • Data Governance in the Age of AI: Guardrails Without Roadblocks
  • Enterprise Perspectives: Building AI-Ready Data Architectures (Panel Discussion)

Conference Price: $349.00 per person

Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

9:00am – 10:00am: Modern Data Architectures for the AI-Enabled Enterprise

As enterprises invest in AI, data architecture must evolve to support scale, speed, and governance. This session explores the foundational shifts from traditional data warehouses to modern, distributed architectures like data lakes, lakehouses, and data mesh. Learn how to align architectural strategy with AI priorities, streamline data pipelines, and break down silos to accelerate innovation.

10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshment Break

10:30am – 11:30am: Beyond the Hype: Defining and Delivering a Successful AI Implementation

Karen Pfeifer, Chief AI Officer, Pythian

 

Pfeifer

11:30am – 12:30pm: Building the Autonomous Enterprise: Agentic AI That Scales from Pilot to Production

Alan Hester, President,  Nividous

Dr. Rob Nelson, Principal, Client Solutions, BairesDev

While 70% of agentic AI initiatives fail to deliver expected value, successful organizations are bridging the gap between promising pilots and enterprise-scale deployment. This session explores the strategic framework for evaluating platform versus custom development approaches, the organizational capabilities required for success, and practical deployment strategies that move AI agents from supervised operations to full autonomy. IT leaders will learn actionable frameworks for build-versus-buy decisions, risk mitigation strategies, and the six-stage progression model that enables sustainable agentic AI at enterprise scale.

 

Hester                          Nelson

 

12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch and Exhibit Break

1:30pm – 2:30pm: Architecting for Real-Time AI and Streaming Analytics

Enterprises increasingly rely on real-time insights to drive decisions. This session explores the architecture behind real-time AI systems—event-driven pipelines, streaming analytics, and integration with AI inference engines. We’ll look at technologies like Kafka, Flink, and real-time feature stores, as well as latency trade-offs and design principles.

2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment Break

3:00pm – 4:00pm: Scaling AI with Cloud-Native Data Platforms

As AI workloads grow, so does the demand for scalable, cloud-native data platforms. This session examines the cloud-native stack—object storage, containers, Kubernetes, and serverless compute—and how it enables elasticity, resilience, and cost-efficiency. Case studies will highlight how enterprises are modernizing legacy systems for AI-ready data architectures.

4:00pm – 5:00pm: Enterprise Perspectives: Building AI-Ready Data Architectures (Panel Discussion)

This panel brings together senior IT and data leaders from large enterprises to share how they are modernizing data architectures to support AI strategies. Topics will include cross-functional collaboration, managing change, aligning architecture with business outcomes, and future trends. Panelists will offer candid insights, lessons learned, and strategies for leading successful data and AI transformations.

Moderated by: TBD

Panelists will include Data Executives sharing strategies, tactics and lessons learned.:

 

Conference Price: $349.00 per person

Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.

 

 

Exhibits

As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.