Leading Data Switzerland: DAMA Switzerland - Zurich Annual Conference

Name: Leading Data Switzerland: DAMA Switzerland - Zurich Annual Conference
Start: 2025-09-15T13:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-09-15T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Toro Building, Brown-Boveri-Strasse 5, Oerlikon, Zurich

Mon, 15 Sep

Toro Building, Brown-Boveri-Strasse 5, Oerlikon, Zurich

DAMA Switzerland - Zurich

DAMA International is a global organization with the objective to develop and share best practices and methodologies in modern Data Management. In 2025 DAMA Switzerland - Zurich was founded: You are cordially invited to join our first conference! 13:30 – 14:00 Leading data to the future in Switzerland. Chapter presentation and initiatives: mission, membership, webinars, metoring. 14:00 - 14:45 Petr Beles : Is data modeling dead? With cloud-native tools and frameworks like DBT reshaping data engineering, traditional data modeling is seen by some as outdated—too slow or disconnected from agile delivery. But is data modeling really dead? In this session, we’ll explore the evolution from 3NF and dimensional models to agile approaches like Data Vault. We’ll look at why past models often fell short, and how automation and CI/CD are redefining modeling practices. You’ll discover how modern tools and standardized workflows make data modeling more relevant than ever—preserving business meaning, enabling governance, and supporting agility at scale. 14:45 - 15:30 Damian Chiossone : Effective data strategy. 15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break 16.00 – 17:30 Keynote Peter Aiken: AI Handle with Care In the era of artificial intelligence, the axiom 'garbage in, garbage out' has never been more relevant. Starting with AI’s original purpose, this presentation explores AI from a data management perspective. While immediately useful, it also highlights significant cautions including over promising and under delivering, technological limitations, data limitations, and ethical concerns. Understanding these will permit data management professionals (and others) to create a virtuous cycle of better data leading to more capable AI systems. The talk finishes with a response from none other than Bob Dylan. 17:30 – 18:00 Closing 18:00 – 19:00 Networking Cocktail and dinner Prices : - Full price : 199 CHF - Member price : 99 CHF The full price includes a 90 CHF discount on the membership fee valid until 30/09. A big thank you to our event sponsor Hitachi Energy.