Day One : Thursday, October 1, 2020
09:00 EDT
10 minWelcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
09:10 EDT
50 minData Governance and Its Role in Combating COVID-19
- Apply the best available tools to mitigate the virus’s impact
- Chartering a data-trust-like structure
- Practical tools to enhance disease surveillance through contact tracing
- Learn how to use demographic information to reach out to at-risk populations
- Support healthcare resource optimization
10:00 EDT
15 minBreak
10:15 EDT
60 min
Developing Data Strategies: A Holistic Approach to Data
Philippe Johnston, Director General, Digital Services Directorate, Transport Canada
- A look at Transport Canada’s approach to data governance
- Developing data strategies and using holistic methods to assess the effectiveness of those strategies
- Data Service Desks; developing and using tools to strengthen data governance initiatives
- Improving the quality of data and establishing consistent verification standards
11:15 EDT
60 min
The Canadian Border Services Agency and Implementing Data Governance Processes
Anton Bazilev, Senior Advisor, Canada Border Services Agency
- How the Canadian Border Services Agency transitioned from having IT heavy roles to incorporating data governance initiatives
- Implementing new data governance processes
- Building systems and processes to verify data and metadata integrity
- Conceptualizing business data entities and forming data strategies
12:15 EDT
60 minBreak
13:15 EDT
60 min
Complying with Treasury Board Guidelines in Practice: The Other Side of the Data Management Coin
Sherin Emmanuel, Information Architect, Canada Revenue Agency
- Initiating data management and data processes towards complying with the Treasury Board’s Guidelines on Data
- Developing better ways of not only analyzing data, but data collection as well
- Building data management and metadata frameworks
- What are some other ways we can view data? How can we think outside the box to develop more effective data management and management processes?
- Using data governance principles to tie everything together
14:15 EDT
15 minBreak
14:30 EDT
60 minData Governance and Privacy in the Fight Against COVID-19
- Learn how to translate and represent the standardized data to the public
- Overcome data privacy breaches and governance concerns
- Hear the latest techniques in translating data to the public
- Understand the importance of compliance and regulation risk
- Assess the possible trade-offs in data utilization
15:30 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Day Two : Friday, October 2, 2020
09:00 EDT
10 minWelcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
09:10 EDT
50 min
The City of Edmonton’s Data Governance Initiative
- A case study on how the city of Edmonton is implementing its data governance framework
- Implementing data governance at the municipal level
- A review of the steps followed, lessons learned, and outlook for the future
- Working around existing ad-hoc infrastructure to make it work for you
- Developing a data governance team from the ground-up
10:00 EDT
15 minBreak
10:15 EDT
60 min
National Data Governance Standards and How Your Organization Can Use Them
Matthew MacNeil, Director of Standards and Technology, CIO Strategy Council
- What is a National Data Governance Standard
- Why Standards are important to your organization
- Current published Data Governance Standards and those in Development
- How a Standards can assist in design and deployment of a Data Governance Program
- Making a Standard work for your organization
11:15 EDT
60 min
Data Governance for the Consumer
- A focus on the main users of data: the end consumer
- How can we change the way we view data governance to focus on those that need it most?
- How data governance is viewed currently and difficulties that view can create
- How can effective data governance make data easier to access and verify for consumers?
12:15 EDT
60 minBreak
13:15 EDT
60 minAn Ethical Approach to Data Ethics and Privacy
- Developing a sustainable data ethics code to address the digital world; translating ethics into practice
- Preventing and avoiding inappropriate uses of data
- Availability of data content, and the data subject’s legal right to access
- Implementing a data privacy protection strategy
- Addressing freedom from unauthorized access to private data
14:15 EDT
15 minBreak
14:30 EDT
60 minCOVID-19 Has a Data Governance Problem
- Addressing parameters and standards used to report on confirmed and active cases
- Learn how to illustrate and represent the standardized data to the public
- Verify the quality of data used in the analysis
- Step-by-step guide to better preparing for the next global pandemic
- Implementing technologies that can be used to tackle data governance issues
15:30 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair