DAMA-Vanc Fri AI Context & Chaos & Careers - Chad Sanderson

  Context as Code - How Code Level Lineage Powers AI at Scale

Please join us on Friday May 22nd for what will be a great talk by Chad Sanderson on his view of the rapidly emerging question of Context in AI. Chad will be speaking primarily to Context as Code, which his Gagle.AI is built around, and will provide tips and best practices for deploying Data Contracts. Some interesting and alternative reading around different perspectives of Context are available here:

• Context and Chaos: Prukalpa's substack articles on metadata and context 
• AI's trillion-dollar opportunity: Context graphs (Foundation Capital)
• Context Graphs: A Prerequisite for Agentic AI in Enterprises (Causaly)
  
• Gartner on Context Graphs: Trends, Capabilities, Setup in 2026 (Atlan)
  

Agenda: 

• 8:45 In-person networking, coffee, and muffin at Deloitte's sunny Learning Centre
• 9:00 DAMA chapter announcements
• • Thanks to our Sponsors Deloitte, Qlik, Denodo
• 9:10 Chad Sanderson on Context as Code - How Code Level Lineage Powers AI at Scale
• 10:30 Questions and discussions, coffee refill, networking
• 10:45 Yeah, but what about jobs! 
• • Hang around for some free form questions and discussions around best practices, tips, and traps when searching for a job in the Lower Mainland. We will have DAMA-Vancouver and Data for Good-Vancouver representatives ready to field your questions and lead the discussion.
  • Finally a draw for a $50 Amazon Gift Card as well as several books from Gordon's bookshelves for in-person attendees only.
  • • The books will be on Python, R, Snowflake, Solidity. There might be more books but my backpack can only carry so many books. 
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In this era, AI suffers from all the same issues of data quality and data governance as previous data platform building tools. The technical debt is exploding (some suggestions that the rate has tripled), leading to compounding issues of trustworthiness and inefficiencies. What we've gained in speed of development, we've lost elsewhere in the AI process. However, the core concepts of data management still unlock trust, not just in the analytics space, but for the entire engineering organization. These core concepts must be redefined for a new era, expanding beyond data teams to support the broader business and empowering data organizations everywhere.

Chad Sanderson, CEO of Gable.ai, is a prominent figure in the data tech industry, having held key data positions at leading companies such as Convoy, Microsoft, Sephora, Subway, and Oracle. He is also the author of the upcoming O'Reilly book, "Data Contracts” and writes about the future of data infrastructure, modeling, and contracts in his newsletter “Data Products.

About our location:

• Deloitte Summit Building (architecture)
• Follow lobby signage to the 23rd floor
• Capacity - up to 140 people
• Location - Deloitte Summit Building at 410 West Georgia, Vancouver - great view!
• Please join us early for networking while enjoying the coffee, muffins, and croissants. 

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DAMA-Vancouver 2026 Events - Mark Your Calendars:

• Please send in topics/vendors/paradigms you would like to see!
• Fri Apr 24 - AI Governance - DG-SIG, IIBA, PMI, ISACA, BC-AI
• Fri May 22 - TBA
• Fri Jun 19 - TBA
• Fri Sep 25 - TBA
• Wed Oct 21 - DAMA Days Conference - Theme TBA  (Premium)
• Fri Nov 20 - TBA
• Fri Dec 11 - Christmas Party  (Premium)

Interesting Data Events in 2026 across Canada:

• Please send in events our members would like to see!
• Tue Apr 28 - DAMA-Ottawa - Lunch & Learn (virtual & free)
• May 11-14 - AI Web Summit - Vancouver
• Jun 9-10 Big Data & Analytics - Toronto
• Jun 14-18 - Databricks AI Summit - San Francisco
•  Nov ??-?? - Big Data & Analytics West Summit - Vancouver - TBA