2026 San Francisco CDAO Community Town Hall

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Data Management for the Agentic Era

Participate with your CDAO peers in the San Francisco community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for data leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.

Join fellow CDAOs in the San Francisco community to discuss:

The transition from data engineering to context engineering for autonomous decision making

Deploying role-based agentic AI providing end-to-end workflows

The new metrics around productivity relating to ROI and risk mitigation

Agenda

February 26, 2026

11:00am - 12:00pm PST

Data Management for the Agentic Era

As Enterprise AI moves from passive assistants to autonomous agents, the foundation of success has shifted. Leading organizations no longer just manage data, they engineer Agent-Ready environments. This townhall explores the transition from human-centric dashboards to machine-readable context, ensuring that Agentic AI solutions are grounded in high-integrity, multimodal enterprise data.

Come together with your peers to discuss:

The transition from data engineering to context engineering for autonomous decision making
Deploying role-based agentic AI providing end-to-end workflows
The new metrics around productivity relating to ROI and risk mitigation

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Data Management for the Agentic Era

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February 26, 2026

Data Management for the Agentic Era

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