DAMA NYC - September 2026 Newsletter

President's Report

Well it is September and this will be our last meeting for the year 2026. Here is the September Newsletter.

Reciprocity Agreement with the New England Chapter

Last month we agreed to have a reciprocity agreement with our chapter and the New England Chapter. That means that starting with our first meeting in January 2027, we will allow their chapter members to attend all monthly Onsite and Virtual meetings and we are eligible to do the same. Their chapter has onsite meetings in Conn and Mass. We are waiting to receive a program of all their events. Please look for announcements. Thank you.

DAMA NYC 2027 Program

Here are the first few months of our 2027 Program. Note DAMA Day will be May 13^th, 2027.

Month	Event	Speaker	Affiliation	Presentation	Venue
14-Jan-27	Monthly Meeting	Rick Aiere		“From Black Box to Traceable AI: Where Data Governance Meets AI Governance to Unlock Value“	Virtual
18-Feb-27	Monthly Meeting	Kash Mehdi	Reltio	"Context Layer: Missing the Link between AI Models & Enterprise Data"	Virtual
18-Mar-27	Monthly Meeting	Julia Cherashore		TBD	BOC
15-Apr-27	Monthly Meeting	Angela Chen Richard Reeves, CDO	University Del	TBD	Virtual
13-May-27	DAMA Day	Keynote Peter Aiken	Theme Program		BOC

See you at the September 17^th onsite meeting at the Bank of China. Thank you.

Denis Kosar, President DAMA NYC

Upcoming Events

Sept 17, 2026 - Onsite meeting - Donna Burbank, Global Data Strategy, Master Data for AI

Global Data Strategy
The success of AI initiatives depends on trusted data sets. Organizations who are able to leverage trusted internal enterprise data assets for AI are at a significant strategic advantage in today’s AI-driven marketplace. Customer, Product, Location data and more become the building blocks for effective AI models. Master Data Management is the process of creating these trusted data sets for core enterprise assets, which requires a combination of data governance, business process alignment, and a strong data architecture. This session covers practical ways to use MDM to accelerate your strategic AI efforts.

Donna Burbank Bio
Donna Burbank is a recognized industry expert with over 25 years of experience in data management and enterprise architecture. She currently is the Managing Director of Global Data Strategy Ltd , an international data management consulting company, and has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As an active contributor to the data management community, she is a long time DAMA International member, TDWI Faculty Member, and was awarded the Excellence in Data Management Award from DAMA International. She speaks regularly at industry conferences, has co-authored several books on data management.

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