Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 02:45 PM - 03:45 PM JST
Yoshi Matsumoto, VP, Advisory, Gartner
To drive data-driven business management, it is essential to have the CEO’s understanding. However, sometimes, Chief Data Officer and IT leaders are frustrated to persuade data strategy and data-driven initiatives to the CEO. This session will answer your questions about why you can’t persuade by providing the difference between CEO and IT leader perspectives.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 05:05 PM - 06:05 PM JST
Alan D. Duncan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Storytelling provides a “ties that bind” that brings together the themes of measurable business value and data-driven culture. This interactive roundtable, will bring you together with your peers to share the secrets of storytelling success. How to tell stories that engage stakeholders build relationships and create empathy? How to structure stories effectively to simplify complex technical communications? How to make use of a simple three-act storytelling approach used by many of the world's best storytellers? How to focus your communications and tell a better story and to create better outcomes by emphasizing the perspectives of the audience personas?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM JST
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
There are seven desirable digital innovation leaderships skills to successfully lead and execute digital business transformation. This session discusses what they are, how to acquire them, and some case studies on how they have been applied successfully or not so successfully (hence lessons learned) elsewhere.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Director Analyst, Gartner
Ted Friedman, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Carlie Idoine, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
In a changing world resilience is not enough, you must be prepared to turn disruption to your advantage. But in an uncertain future the only sure requirement is having the creativity to find the right solution in any situation. But creativity doesn’t just come from having the right people, it must be designed into your organization and that takes leadership. Yours.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM JST
Svetlana Sicular, VP Analyst, Gartner
We discuss various myths and pitfalls of AI - especially around machine learning and discuss best practices of how to navigate/ solve them. Find out what are the top 10 myths and the top 10 pitfalls in AI?
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 04:40 PM - 05:00 PM JST
Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner
This magic quadrant session discuss key trends and will highlight the results of the Data Integration and Master Data Management (MDM) magic quadrants.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 05:20 PM - 06:05 PM JST
Tsuyoshi Ebina, VP Analyst, Gartner
IT procurement leaders and negotiators struggle to negotiate effective software and SaaS deals with the software megavendors: SAP, Microsoft, Oracle and IBM. This session will provide you with best practices, strategies, tips and tactics related to negotiating:
● Appropriate licensing
● Optimized pricing
● Robust contract terms to minimize risks
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 05:20 PM - 06:05 PM JST
Sally Parker, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session explains the foundational concepts for the discipline of master data management. What is master data and why is it important? What are the business benefits? What are the discipline and technology components of a successful program and what are the future trends for MDM?
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM JST
Tsuyoshi Ebina, VP Analyst, Gartner
Is there a better way to negotiate an application software agreement? In this session, the Gartner analyst will engage participants in discussions using the material from “Negotiating with the Software Megavendors.”(Session No. 23D) We will explore practical negotiation tactics, such as selecting the right licensing option/pricing metric (e.g., SaaS) and identifying key negotiating points, considering the participants’ status.
(Note: Attendees are asked to actively participate in the discussion. Depending on the volume of questions received, we may not be able to answer each one during the session.)
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM JST
Svetlana Sicular, VP Analyst, Gartner
Learn about the current trends influencing the machine learning and data science landscape, including ML augmentation and automation, MLOps and model management, explainability and open source. Employ emerging practices to manage and govern data science corporate initiatives, and which platforms to choose. We will discuss high-level some complexities and how enterprises can become more effective.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM JST
Julian Sun, Director Analyst, Gartner
This magic quadrant session discuss key trends and will highlight the results of the Analytics and BI and Data Science and ML magic quadrants.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 03:25 PM - 03:45 PM JST
Julian Sun, Director Analyst, Gartner
Analytics itself cannot generate the value for organizations. The analytics economy — not just the solution people use, but also how people share, exchange and promote the analytics module as an ecosystem — is essential to prosper the analytics effort. Data and analytics leaders need to build an analytics economy with more consumers and producers working on and monetizing analytics along the analytics journey.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 04:05 PM - 05:05 PM JST
Svetlana Sicular, VP Analyst, Gartner
Participants will discuss their challenges in ML into the organization. The discussion can range from organization challenges, platform selection, AI governance, special techniques to advanced cutting edge considerations. PLEASE NOTE: Reserved for end-users only. Pre-registration required.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 05:50 PM - 06:35 PM JST
Carlie Idoine, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Augmented data science not only gives citizen data scientists (non-experts) access to data science and machine learning capabilities. It also increases efficiency of the experts. Augmentation is about extension, not replacement. This presentation will demonstrated how to leverage augmented DSML via case studies where augmented data science is having a measurable business impact.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Svetlana Sicular, VP Analyst, Gartner
How can storytelling help get your projects approved, and then finally adopted. We discuss the four essential patterns of storytelling in data science:
How to create the right sense of urgency?
How to justify the ROI of AI/ data science projects?
How to do prototyping?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Julian Sun, Director Analyst, Gartner
This session gives data and analytics leaders guidance about how to leverage cloud analytics to achieve the full potential of analytics. It includes why, where and how they should blend and plan cloud analytics into their existing architecture and eventually helps the organization to achieve the benefits from analytics collision between Mode 1 and Mode 2 effort and identify the reusability of analytics capabilities by the designed approach.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Akimasa Nakao, Principal Analyst, Gartner
In this session, participants will be engaged in discussions using the material from “Acquiring Individuals’ Abilities: A New Sourcing Option.” Today, new services such as skill-sharing and crowdsourcing are emerging. Discussions will include exploring the future potential of these services through use cases from digital transformation initiatives. (End-user attendees only. Note: Attendees are asked to actively participate in the discussion. Depending on the volume of questions received, we may not be able to answer each one during the session.)
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Julian Sun, Director Analyst, Gartner
Analytics and BI platforms are rapidly transforming from focusing on enabling the analyst to augmenting the consumer. This is being driven by a convergence of capabilities including, conversational and consumer experiences and augmented analytics, a disruptive trend that leverages machine automation and AI to transform how data is prepared, how insights are generated and shared and how data science and ML models are created and operationalized. This presentation provides insight into how you can prepare for and leverage these market disruptions in your organization.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Director Analyst, Gartner
Data is the core asset of all organizations. Enabling the use of data across the enterprise and outside the organization has become an imperative. The database management market is undergoing a rapid and profound transition to the cloud, as the supporting technology is changing. Cloud and dbPaaS has become the platform of choice and pricing models are under pressure from both open-source and the cloud.
What is driving the data infrastructure transformation to new technologies, cloud platforms and cost models?
How are existing technologies changing and what new technologies are emerging to support this transformation?
What are the vendors doing to address the shift to the cloud and how will the market evolve?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 04:20 PM - 05:05 PM JST
Akimasa Nakao, Principal Analyst, Gartner
Digital transformation requires more individuals with specialized abilities in creating ideas with extensive insights, utilizing advanced technologies, or promoting data science. In this session, we will recognize those abilities as one of new sourcing options (e.g., hourly skill-sharing and crowdsourcing) and lay out the pros and cons of using the option.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 04:20 PM - 05:05 PM JST
Yoshi Matsumoto, VP, Advisory, Gartner
Although CIOs intend to drive digital initiatives, it will be a painful work without companywide understanding and digital capability. CIOs need to drive digital enlightenment activities. This session will introduce how CIOs and other function leaders conduct training and events to improve awareness and mindset change of all of management and employees.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 04:20 PM - 05:05 PM JST
Carlie Idoine, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
This session will highlight two of the biggest trends in data science and their interconnectivity. Augmented analytics are accelerating the growth of model volume and bringing machine learning everywhere in the organization. This creates exciting opportunities to empower data science professionals but also significant challenges around the ongoing operationalization of machine learning. How do I properly balance the ambition of augmented analytics investments with the demands of MLOps? How do the various tools and people involved work together? What does successful augmented analytics look like and what are the pitfalls to avoid?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 04:20 PM - 05:05 PM JST
Sally Parker, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Whilst much of the software market has marched towards the cloud, master data management has been slow to follow pace. With vendor offerings remaining distributed across on premises, hybrid and cloud, when is the right time to commit to a cloud based MDM strategy? This session explores the MDM cloud landscape and the pros and cons of strategy options.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM JST
Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner
Data and analytics leaders using cloud-based data management solutions are often surprised by cost overruns. A comprehensive approach combining proactive, reactive and product-specific measures is essential for predictable budgeting for cloud data management environments. We will explore financial governance approaches including choosing the best cloud pricing models for given workloads.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Masaki Suzuki, VP Analyst, Gartner
What is the impact of blockchain technology on our future? Foreseeing social innovations arising from technology and business activities and being proactive about the future environment are becoming more important. This session explores emerging trends in blockchain technology and discusses how Japanese innovation leaders can be better prepared.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM JST
Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner
The increased adoption of multicloud and intercloud deployments in support of data management solutions has important implications for data and analytics strategies. Data and analytics leaders must prepare for these impacts now, to ensure optimal use of cloud resources. How can you leverage the new cloud ecosystems effectively? What are the trade-offs between choice and the complexity it entails?
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 01:05 PM - 01:25 PM JST
Hideaki Horiuchi, Managing Vice President, Gartner
After more than 30 years since the concept of BI (Business Intelligence) was introduced, a variety of BI tools and services are available in the market and are still evolving today.
This session will discuss the history and future perspectives of BI tools and introduce some of the latest BI best practices.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 05:50 PM - 06:35 PM JST
Adam Ronthal, VP Analyst, Gartner
The new data and analytics platform is the cloud. Cloud service providers and independent software vendors are providing the basis for a new cloud based ecosystem. In this session, we will explore the state of the data and analytics platform (data management, BI/analytics/data science, data and analytics governance), the transition to cloud and its implications, and what it means to operate successfully in the cloud, or more likely, in multiple clouds.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Director Analyst, Gartner
An application takes input, stores it in a database, and outputs it to the screen or a ledger as necessary. But going forward, there will be a demand for applications to also analyse stored data and data obtainable from outside the application, and improve their own functionality. In this session, we will discuss what it means to improve an application’s functionality using data and analytics, and important points when doing so.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Masaki Suzuki, VP Analyst, Gartner
Blockchain's data provenance features and trusted interactions could change how data is controlled, shared and governed. Although big technological hurdles remain, innovative data management opportunities are emerging. It's time for data and analytics leaders to start experimenting. This session explores:
● How does blockchain compare to today's databases?
● How might blockchain disrupt your data management program?
● What is the maturity level of data management on blockchain, and where should you begin?
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM JST
Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
"What should my data and analytics strategy look like" is one of the most common inquiries Gartner’s D&A research community gets. This is because the role of data and analytics is changing. From being a discipline of itself to becoming a set of capabilities in support of the wider digital strategy or transformation, this presentation will share the best practices that have emerged from hundreds of document reviews and thousands of inquiries.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 12:45 PM - 01:30 PM JST
Tatsuya Ichishi, Director Analyst, Gartner
Getting buy-in is a consistent challenge for data and analytics leaders, such as CDOs. To do so, they must “sell” the overall vision and strategy for data and analytics and the measurable business benefits, while also overcoming any stakeholder objections and underlying change resistance challenges. How to articulate the benefits of analytics solutions to executives? How to link data and analytics efforts to business outcomes or trace them through to hard benefits? How to encourage experimentation and entrepreneurialism while overcoming change aversion and the need for certainty?
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 05:20 PM - 06:05 PM JST
Hideaki Horiuchi, Managing Vice President, Gartner
Most executives believe that they need to leverage data for business growth. Yet many organizations struggle to achieve business results while pursuing data utilization efforts. This session will discuss the roles Gartner believes to be essential for employees promoting data utilization and make recommendations on how to identify areas to be enhanced.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 05:20 PM - 06:05 PM JST
Julian Sun, Director Analyst, Gartner
AI is not the only thing driving rapid change in data and analytics. From the next generation of augmented analytics tools to the use of continuous intelligence to interpret streams of data from IoT or the potential of intuitive interfaces, there is rapid evolution in how and where analysis can be deployed. Understanding the business impact of these changes will allow organizations to prioritize the innovations that will drive digital business.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Alan D. Duncan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Data and Analytics Leaders struggle to define and illustrate data monetization. How do you convince your stakeholders that data monetization is "not" about data selling, but instead about data value? Are you using industry use cases to enable better communication for data monetization support and funding? This session will clarify data monetization misconceptions, identify opportunities to create internal efficiencies and drive new revenue, and illustrate cross-industry success stories.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Hideaki Horiuchi, Managing Vice President, Gartner
This session will mainly discuss the results of a domestic survey on the use of BI conducted in November 2019. It will also present recommendations to BI users in Japan based on the survey results on the transition of BI tools and services used, the adoption status of those among Japanese firms, and the real-world use cases.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 04:05 PM - 04:50 PM JST
Yoshi Matsumoto, VP, Advisory, Gartner
CIOs need to understand the CEO’s perspective on digital transformation. The digital is an enterprise issue now. “Digital big” has gained its market capitalization. On the other hand, if you don’t have a digital story, you will have a tough time to show a growth story. This session will explain the reasons why the CEO needs to drive digital strategies and identify the risk not to do it.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 05:05 PM - 06:35 PM JST
Andrew White, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This workshop introduces a new toolkit that helps data and analytics leaders diagnostically and causally connect data in their business systems to a business outcome. Use this workshop and supporting toolkit to demonstrate the connection between data and analytics, their governance, and their value to business process, decisions and outcomes. What are the challenges and why do you need to link data to outcome? How to link data to outcome with Gartner’s Business Value Pyramid. How to start demonstrating business value from data tomorrow?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Alan D. Duncan, VP Analyst, Gartner
Most executives readily admit that their organization mismanages its information assets, particularly compared to how traditional assets are managed. This foundational session will explain the core principles and practices of infonomics that help data and analytics leasers unlock the true business value of their information assets. How to measure the potential and actual value of information assets? How to improve the quality, availability, discoverability and utility of information assets? How to identify opportunities for innovation to become more data-driven?
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Tadaaki Mataga, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
In the past few years, many companies have implemented digital and bimodal mode two practices, but most have either been suspended at PoC or not achieved much. The biggest reason for this is not changing the way of thinking and working from the past. In this session, we will organize mindsets (thinking) to cope with the new era and give advice to enterprises. It is important to listen to and think of this theme repeatedly to fix your thoughts, because this theme can be understood by your mind but actions need to overcome physical inertia.
Tuesday, 26 May, 2020 / 02:45 PM - 03:30 PM JST
Alan D. Duncan, VP Analyst, Gartner
The increasingly pervasive nature of data makes it crucial for all employees to learn to “speak data.” This foundational session will provide data and analytics leaders with the basis to start a data literacy program as a key enabler of data-driven business. How to champion data literacy awareness and craft a clear case for change? How to conduct data literacy pilots test the value proposition? How to partner with other executive stakeholders to align the data literacy program and collectively create a data-driven culture?
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM JST
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
How do you innovate new business models? You do not win by copying the same digital business models that competitors or disruptors are playing. Instead, explore untapped business model space. This may work in Silicon Valley, but what if everyone around you is afraid of failure and provides no budget, no resources, no executive support which are common barriers? This presentation provides a practical roadmap for developing a business model mindset.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 05:50 PM - 06:35 PM JST
Tsuneo Fujiwara, VP Analyst, Gartner
Despite deep social inequity in digital access, the CIO of the Cape Town City Council innovated to solve a deadly water crisis, using data to address citizens’ water use. Chief data officers can exert great influence in using data to transform behavior, which can be pivotal in times of crisis and transformation.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This session details the foundation of an effective data and analytics operating model.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 04:05 PM - 04:50 PM JST
Andrew White, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
This forward looking and provocative research explores and explains the state of the market for data (and analytics governance capabilities and supporting technologies. We will review the market overall and discuss how organizations should look at technology; and where, when and if a market for data (and analytics) governance will emerge.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 04:05 PM - 04:50 PM JST
Sally Parker, Sr Director Analyst, Gartner
Realizing the promise of MDM is complex and costly. As a technology-enabled business initiative the challenge cannot be met by software alone - period. Can the promise of MDM be met through alternate approaches? Is MDM a right-sized solution? This session explores the foundations required for success and helps data and analytics leaders make informed decisions by comparing available choices against strategic goals.
Wednesday, 27 May, 2020 / 05:50 PM - 06:35 PM JST
Ted Friedman, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Traditional data and analytics governance that focuses only on policy, compliance and enforcement is now obsolete for digital business. Adaptive governance practices that are contextual and elastic are urgently needed for successful digital business initiatives. This session discusses why current practices are now inadequate and how adaptive governance practices can be adopted to enable better outcomes.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Andrew White, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Organizations are confused (most often by vendors) who overcomplicate siloed approaches to data and analytics governance and integration. An effective data hub strategy is not complicated; it is a synthesis of best practices that can help you succeed with D&A governance and data integration, while simplifying your infrastructure. This session covers:
- What is a data hub and why is It NOT the same as a data warehouses or data lake?
- What is a data hub strategy and how does it add value to your organization?
- What are the critical starting points for a data hub strategy?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM JST
Ted Friedman, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Consider taking the viewpoint that because data is increasingly distributed, changing constantly and touched by so many entities, controlling it is simply impossible. And that aiming for structure, standardization and zero technical debt in data management brings sub-optimal value.
● Why is striving for precise management of data a fool's errand?
● How can you create more value by accepting disorder in data?
● What specific actions are required to stay "safe" amid data chaos?
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:00 PM - 02:45 PM JST
Yuichi Isoda, VP Analyst, Gartner
Amid the expansion of data utilization, balancing between that and data protection is considered essential. So how can we achieve it? With a revision of Personal Information Protection Act scheduled for 2020, organizations that fail to comply with the law might suffer legal and reputational damage and even business disruption. In this session, we will discuss privacy risk trends and hot spots for businesses to consider.
Thursday, 28 May, 2020 / 02:55 PM - 03:15 PM JST
Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Gartner
Organizations around the world have published their guidelines for the ethical use of AI. Most of these organizations touch upon the five same themes. In this showfloor session we will introduce these five most common guidelines and discuss their underlying dilemmas.