Sat AI Day from Excitement to Discipline - IIBA & DAMA collaboration (2026-09-26)

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Saturday AI Governance - Collaboration of IIBA & DAMA

Please join us for a special event Sat Sep 26 8am-6pm focused on AI Governance - "Moving from AI Excitement to AI Discipline". We will be sharing more details in the next few days but wanted to let you know now as there are just 70ish spots and the price is pretty reasonable at $20 for a full-day event including lunch!

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Attend to understand the rules better, manage risk, build trust, save time, and network with other professionals facing the same data and AI challenges. This is our first formal collaboration between IIBA-Vancouver (International Institute of Business Analysis) and DAMA-Vancouver so we are thinking there will be some amazing conversations and opportunities to network.

Agenda:

8:00-9:00 AM Registration, muffins, coffee, networking
9:00-9:15 AM Keynote: Kris Krug ED of BC-AI.ca (BC's AI Ecosystem)
9:15-9:30 AM Keynote: Jared Gorai is the AI guy for all of IIBA
9:30-10:15 AM Susmit Sen: Data Governance vs AI Governance
10:15-10:30 Break - coffee, networking
10:30-11:00 Bruce Davidson: AI Accountability, Measurement, Governance Gates
11:00-11:30 Sudhir: AI Solving Real Business Problems - what really happened
11:30-11:45 Break - coffee, networking
11:45-12:30 Joint Panel (IIBA & DAMA) Who Really Owns AI? Biz / Data / Tech
12:30-13:30 Lunch - cross community networking - BAs and DAs talking
13:30-14:30 Maturity Workshop: How AI-Ready is your Organization? Really?
14:30-14:45 Break - coffee, networking
14:45-16:00 Reflections & Key Takeaways - mikes in the crowd - confrontational?
16:00-18:00 Reception - networking
- Thanks to our DAMA-Vancouver Sponsors Deloitte, Denodo, Slalom

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Location: UBC Sauder at Robson Square on Sat Sep 26 - 8AM-6PM

UBC Sauder Robson Square at 800 Robson St, Vancouver
Capacity - up to 80 people
Please join us early for networking while enjoying the coffee, muffins, and croissants.

DAMA-Vancouver 2026 Events - Mark Your Calendars:

Please send in topics/vendors/paradigms you would like to see!
Sat Sep 26 - UBC Robson - IIBA & DAMA combined for an AI Governance event
Wed Oct 21 - Deloitte - DAMA Days Conference - DG as Foundation for AI (Premium)
Fri Nov 20 - Deloitte - TBA
Fri Dec 11 evening - Slalom - Christmas Party (Premium)

Interesting Data Events in 2026 across Canada:

Please send in events! Our members would like to see!
BC Oracle Users Group annual conference: Converge 2026 at NE University
Nov 3-4 - Big Data & Analytics West Summit - Vancouver
Last Wed of every month - BC-AI Community monthly meetup

DAMA-Vancouver BC Chapter upcoming events

Sat AI Day from Excitement to Discipline - IIBA & DAMA collaboration (2026-09-26)