JOIN US June 24-25, 2026 | Washington D.C. Metro
CDAO Government
Drive Innovation and Excellence in Data and Analytics for Government
Returning for its 14th year, CDAO Government 2026 is the premier event for senior data and analytics leaders across U.S. government agencies.
Join us for a transformative experience where industry experts will explore the latest strategies in data-driven decision-making, AI implementation, and data governance. This year’s event will focus on overcoming the unique challenges of the public sector, such as enhancing transparency, improving citizen services, and ensuring data security and ethical use of information in government operations.
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2025 Speakers
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Patrick McLoughlin
Executive Director, MD THINK
State of Maryland

Jing Liu
Executive Director, Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society
University of Michigan
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Fumin Yang
Director, Product Management | Business Intelligence & Advad Analytics Transformation
FINRA

Daniel Stoian
Director, Solutions Office of Management Strategy and Solutions
U.S. Department of State
What's being said about us?
“CDAO Government offered a broad collection of Gov/Fed Data Professionals that served as an accelerator to networking, solution awareness, common roadblock removal, and awareness. Great to stretch data thinking to be more creative and encourage collaboration in the community."

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Our key themes for 2026
Data-Driven Decision Making:
Leveraging advanced analytics to enhance decision-making processes and improve operational efficiency within government agencies.
AI in Fraud Detection:
Using machine learning algorithms to identify and prevent fraud in real-time within government systems and services.
Data Governance and Compliance:
Best practices for ensuring data privacy, regulatory compliance, and maintaining data integrity across public sector initiatives.
Ethics of AI in Government:
Balancing innovation with ethical considerations in the deployment of AI technologies within the public sector.
Why attend?
Join us at CDAO Government and immerse yourself in an environment designed to propel your agency’s data strategy forward. Hear from expert speakers, engage with influential government leaders, and gain insights into the latest data-driven technologies and services tailored to the public sector.
Connect with peers to explore how to align data strategies with mission objectives, balance risks and opportunities, and leverage advanced analytics to drive innovation while ensuring compliance, security, and operational efficiency.
Who will be there?
CDAO Government is designed for senior data and analytics leaders, including Chief Data Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, Chief Information Officers, Directors, and Managers from government agencies.
If you specialize in data strategy, analytics, AI, data governance, risk management, compliance, or automation, this event provides a unique opportunity to connect with top government professionals and expand your network in the public sector’s data and analytics space.
Lead Sponsor
Cloudera
At Cloudera, we believe data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. We empower people to transform data anywhere into trusted enterprise AI so they can reduce costs and risks, increase productivity, and accelerate business performance. Our open data lakehouse enables secure data management and portable cloud-native data analytics, helping organizations manage and analyze data of all types, on any cloud, public or private. With as much data under management as the hyperscalers, we're a data partner for the top companies in almost every industry. Cloudera has guided the world on the value and future of data and continues to lead a vibrant ecosystem powered by the relentless innovation of the open-source community. Learn more at Cloudera.com/publicsector. Visit websitePlatinum Sponsor
Informatica
Achieve greater business outcomes by accelerating your data’s AI-readiness with the only end-to-end AI-powered data management platform. Connect, manage and unify your data across virtually any multi-cloud, hybrid environment to bring your data and AI to life. Visit websiteGold Sponsor
FME by Safe Software
Safe Software transforms organizations with FME, the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data, anywhere, at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25,000+ enterprise customers across 125+ countries, we simplify your data journey, wherever it leads.
Safe Software has been recognized in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools for 5 consecutive years, as well as a Customers’ Choice in the Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’ for Data Integration Tools for 2 consecutive years.
Silver Sponsors
Tricentis
Tricentis enables public sector IT modernization and digital transformation through low-code automated testing and risk mitigation
for mission-critical applications, processes, and data. We build trust in government services by enabling the quality release of mission-
critical applications, processes, and data, accelerated through testing that is completed in hours instead of weeks.
Visit websiteQlik
Qlik® helps you use your data to solve problems, meet new objectives, and address critical business needs. It all starts here. With the industry leader in data integration and analytics solutions that support your AI strategy. Visit websiteai squared
Accelerate the Delivery of Data and AI Insights into Your Business Applications
Render AI insights directly into front-end business applications and create a feedback loop between AI consumers and AI developers.
Starburst
Starburst is the data platform built for flexibility, delivering fast, secure access to all your data, wherever it lives. Whether on-premises, across clouds, or in hybrid environments, Starburst provides choice and control to your architecture. Built on an open data stack with Trino and Apache Iceberg, it unifies distributed data without complex or costly migrations, unleashing the full power of the data lakehouse for analytics and AI.
With our Lakeside AI architecture, enterprises gain federated access, governed collaboration, and full data lineage, laying the foundation for scalable, compliant AI innovation. Starburst empowers data-intensive and security-conscious organizations to unlock the full potential of their data while ensuring performance, governance, and control.
Enterprises in 60+ countries, including Comcast, Citigroup, and 4 of the top 5 global banks, trust Starburst to maximize data value. Our strategic partnerships with AWS, Dell Technologies, and top cloud providers ensures seamless interoperability across environments.
From insights to action to AI, Starburst fuels innovation at every level. Learn more at starburst.ai.
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Virtualitics
Virtualitics, the Mission AI Company, creates impactful readiness applications powered by our Virtualitics AI platform.We are a fast growing startup built on a decade of Caltech research in partnership with NASA/JPL. We transform mission readiness and operational efficiencies at speed and scale by reshaping how to approach maintenance and sustainment. Our AI provides essential insights that address critical capability gaps focused on key areas within readiness: Maintenance, Materiel, Critical Insights and Cyber. Visit website
snowflake
Snowflake for the public sector makes it easy to modernize and accelerate cloud migration, share data securely and seamlessly, and ensure data governance for improved resiliency and enhanced mission outcomes. Snowflake’s Data Cloud empowers public sector organizations to spend more time on what matters most: enabling a data-informed institution. Learn more at snowflake.com/public-sector. Visit websitePyramid Analytics
Pyramid Analytics is the next generation of business analytics. The award-winning Pyramid Analytics Platform empowers users with augmented, automated, and collaborative insights that simplify and guide the use of data in decision-making. The Pyramid Platform provides direct access to any data, enabling governed self-service for any person and meeting any analytics need in a no-code environment. It combines data prep, business analytics, and data science into one frictionless platform to empower anyone with intelligent decision-making.
Visit websiteQuantexa
Protect, optimize, and grow your organization with the power of Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform and outcome-driven solutions. Visit websiteStackAI
Augment your workforce with AI Agents.Outsource back office processes to LLMs.
Make your organization smarter. Visit website
elastic
Take advantage of all your data. Secure your private information. Optimize your infrastructure. Build smarter apps. Visit websiteIndustry & Media Partners
AI Tools Network
AI Tools Network is an online resource that helps people find the best artificial intelligence tools for their needs. It offers a directory of AI tools in various categories, such as sales, marketing, education, HR and finance. They also provide educational content about AI, such as blog posts and upcoming events. Visit website-Jan-13-2025-05-54-48-2859-PM.png?width=300&height=300&name=Template%20(2)-Jan-13-2025-05-54-48-2859-PM.png)
How can we help?
We carefully craft our events from scratch, tailoring them to support your business needs and facilitate industry growth. Our team oversees the whole process from research to post-production and are happy to answer any questions you have. We look forward to seeing you at the event!
Lariza Carrera
Conference Director
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