Developing Data Analytics Capabilities Conference

2025 Conference Information

Optional Pre-Conference Workshops: March 18, 2025
Conference: March 19-20, 2025

University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel | 1197 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30602

Agenda

The conference’s agenda included keynotes, panel discussions and breakout sessions featuring expert practitioners from public and private organizations. Conference attendees gained insights into national, state and local perspectives on AI policy and data governance.

Sessions covered topics such as best practices in data dashboard design and underlying data management, incorporating AI in your analytics, and how to scale up your agency's data analytics capabilities. Many sessions included practical examples of AI usage and data governance through use cases and case studies.

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Presentations

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Speakers

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Learn what's new

Please join us for a two-day conference to learn about integrating emerging data analytics technology and data governance. Pre-conference workshops are available to those who want to take a deeper dive before the event. You will have the opportunity to connect with experts in the field, identify your organization’s data readiness and consider next steps for increasing your data analytics capabilities.

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Who Should Come?

This conference will benefit those involved in data-informed decision-making for state and local governments, universities, colleges and school systems. With three tracks to choose from, there are topics relevant to various levels of professionals' experience with data.

Don't miss out!

If you work with data or want to learn more about data-informed decision-making in government or academic settings, you won’t want to miss this conference!