Where Data and AI Leaders Meet to Transform Vision into Impact.

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Join us at the DataIQ 100 North America Summit on April 29-30 2026 in Nashville as we gather the top data and AI leaders to network, benchmark and crack into complicated and futuristic topics relating to the evolving technological landscape.

The Premier Conference for Data-Driven Transformation

With insights from voices across the C-Suite, leading researchers and fellow industry visionaries, the learnings packed into this two-day conference will make a true impact.  Through keynotes, panels and interactive discussions, you will gain the strategies and inspiration needed to confidently lead data and AI transformation in a rapidly evolving landscape.

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Honoring the Top Data & AI Leaders of 2026

Be part of the celebration as we reveal the 2026 DataIQ 100 North America - the industry’s only fully curated power list spotlighting the most influential and impactful data and AI leaders.

Don’t miss your chance to shape this year’s cohort: submit your nominations before December 12th!

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Key Theme at a Glance

  • Building an Indispensable Data Function: Proving value to the board to keep top-down buy-in.
  • Readiness for Agentic: Ensuring strong, high-quality data foundations exist to future-proof the organisation, maintain competitive advantage and allow AI scalability at speed whilst managing risk.
  • Establishing Robust Data Literacy: Embedding literacy as a leadership capability, building a culture of confidence in data and AI across the organisation.
  • Managing the Full Force of Regulatory Pressures: Handling rapid changes in a fragmented regulatory environment; learn to balance innovation with compliance, risk and ethical use of AI and data.
  • Winning Executive Commitment and Sponsorship: Align data strategy with enterprise objectives and understand how the motivations and priorities of members of the C-Suite.
  • Progressing from Pilots to Sustainable Enterprise Impact: Demonstrating tangible results quickly across functions to secure future funding for long-term projects.
  • Navigating the AI Hype Cycle: Cutting through the noise and conceptualising emerging technologies that will soon be investment priorities.
  • Overcoming the Talent & Skills Bottleneck: Attract the right talent, upskill and retain humans with AI capabilities to drive investments forward.
  • Connecting the Business Through Strategic Alignment: Enable transformation by building a culture that truly trusts and adopts data to deliver on organisational priorities.
  • Adapting to be the Best Data Champion in Any Organization: Proving agility and resilience as the role of the Chief Data Officer continues to evolve.

What our attendee's say

It's a great crowd and well-organized event, everything was sharp and professional. You guys know how to do it.

Chief Information and Data Officer, Delek US

A very well-organized agenda. It not only focuses on AI, but other challenges which all us data leaders are facing.

Vice President of Analytics, University of Phoenix

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By partnering, you'll:

  • Access unparalleled opportunities to connect with the most senior decision makers across data, analytics, and AI.
  • Position your organization as a trusted authority in the data and AI landscape through thought-leadership opportunities.
  • Build high-value relationships through curated networking sessions, executive roundtables, and 1:1 conversations.
  • Gain real market insight into the priorities, challenges, and opportunities shaping the future of data and AI.

At the DataIQ Summit North America, you don’t just participate - you help to transform vision to impact.
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