Sponsored by: Accenture & Avanade | How data strategy powers mission-critical work at the Gates Foundation
Overview
Experience | In Person |
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Type | Breakout |
Track | Data Strategy |
Industry | Education, Enterprise Technology, Health and Life Sciences |
Technologies | Databricks Workflows, Unity Catalog |
Skill Level | Beginner |
Duration | 40 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