2026 Southern California CDAO Community Executive Summit

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Southern California's top CDAOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CDAOs today:

Scaling AI for Business Impact

Driving a Data-First Culture

Building Trust Through Governance

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Meetali Agarwal

Domino's
VP & Head of Global Data

Mike Burkes

Ultra Mobile
SVP, Enterprise Information Management & CDO

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CDAO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Southern California CDAO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

Coming Soon

The CDAO Executive Summit agendas are driven by the mission-critical priorities identified among the community. Each agenda is uniquely crafted By CDAOs, For CDAOs™, and will be available closer to the gathering. All topics and sessions will be inspired by the following themes.

Scaling AI for Business Impact

CDAOs must move beyond pilots to deliver value at scale. Success requires creating frameworks for enterprise-wide AI adoption, aligning initiatives with strategic priorities and ensuring investments produce measurable outcomes.

Driving a Data-First Culture

Building a data-driven organization starts with leadership. CDAOs need to develop leaders as data stewards and embed data literacy across teams, enabling informed decisions and breaking down silos.

Building Trust Through Governance

Reliable, well-governed data is essential for AI success. CDAOs must implement governance that ensures quality, security and compliance while allowing flexibility for advanced analytics and innovation.

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Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.

Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.

Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.

Community Member Criteria

To ensure peer connections and conversations at the highest level, members must meet the following criteria:

- C-level or senior most executive for respective function

- Organization revenue of $500M+

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Venue & Accommodation

The Waterfront Beach Resort

Community Program Manager

For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Casey Tomooka

Community Program Manager

casey.tomooka@gartner.com