Session

Sponsored by: Accenture & Avanade | How data strategy powers mission-critical work at the Gates Foundation

Overview

ExperienceIn Person
TypeBreakout
TrackData Strategy
IndustryEducation, Enterprise Technology, Health and Life Sciences
TechnologiesDatabricks Workflows, Unity Catalog
Skill LevelBeginner
Duration40 min

There’s never been a more critical time to ensure data and analytics foundations can deliver the value and efficiency needed to accelerate and scale AI. What are the most difficult challenges that organizations face with data transformation, and what technologies, processes and decisions that overcome these barriers to success? Join this session featuring executives from the Gates Foundation, the nonprofit leading change in communities around the globe, and Avanade, the joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, in a discussion about impactful data strategy. Learn about the Gates Foundation’s approach to its enterprise data platform to ensure trusted insights at the speed of today’s business. And we’ll share lessons learned from Avanade helping organizations around the globe build with Databricks and seize the AI opportunity.

Session Speakers

Thushan Wijesinghe

/Director, Enterprise Data Solutions
Gates Foundation

Brice Jaggars

/Head of Technology
Avanade