From data to decisions: driving business value from data and AI

Now in its 16th year, Data Management Summit (DMS) NYC returns on September 17th 2026, to explore how to use data and AI to drive measurable business outcomes—reliably, repeatedly and at scale.

To deliver true business value data teams must partner with the business and invest in data management capabilities to build a next generation data operating model. The winners will be those who move beyond traditional practices to embrace AI-driven quality, automated lineage and robust governance. The summit will provide data leaders with a strategic playbook, offering practical approaches from strategy to execution for navigating this transformation. Join us to learn how to turn data into decisions, scaling AI, trust and business value.

2026 Topics:

• Driving measurable business outcomes with data and AI
• The next generation data operating model: Roles, governance and execution at scale
• The AI audit trail – lineage, explainability and regulatory confidence in an agentic world
• Scaling with trust – data quality engineering as a driver of business performance
• From silos to interoperability: Semantic layers, data products and the modern data fabric
• The unstructured frontier: Delivering a 360 view across structured and unstructured data
• Decisions as a product – from static assets to intelligent agents