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Artificial Intelligence Forum Meeting (August 18th)

Hear from experts at our next Artificial Intelligence Forum Meeting August 18th.

Forum Mission and Alignment

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Forum is a monthly, member-led forum bringing together experienced leaders from across the EDM Council membership to collaborate, exchange insights, and shape best practice for responsible AI.

The Forum provides a trusted space for senior practitioners to explore both the opportunities and challenges of generative AI, with a strong emphasis on the data and analytics foundations that enable AI at scale—data quality, governance, controls, transparency, and accountability. Discussions are practical and experience-driven, focused on real-world implementation rather than theory.

Aligned with the EDM Council’s mission, the AI Forum draws directly on the DCAM™ and CDMC™ frameworks to identify and advance the data management practices required for high-quality, ethical, and well-governed AI. Outcomes from the Forum aim to inform recommendations, guidance, and shared deliverables that help members address ethical, legal, and regulatory expectations with confidence.

Why join?

To engage with peers at a similar level of experience, influence emerging standards and practices, and be part of a monthly forum shaping how trusted AI is delivered across industries.

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US Public Sector Forum: Member Discussion on the SEC–CFTC Harmonization MOU

Join EDM Association’s US Public Sector Forum for an open discussion on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Harmonization Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed March 11, 2026, and the Association’s forthcoming written input submission to the Commissions.

Article V, Paragraph 3 of the MOU commits the SEC and CFTC to work toward practical interoperability, including compatible data standards and analytical tools. This call reviews the current draft statement and gathers member input ahead of the contribution deadline.

Our statement aims to offer helpful practitioner perspectives in three main areas:

  1. Sharing practical ways to enable data sharing, such as aligning data fields, terminology, and underlying concepts across agencies.
  2. Highlighting how the use of data management and governance best-practice frameworks, automated controls, and ontologies enables the semantic layer, preserving clear context and enabling trust as information moves between agencies.
  3. Demonstrating how open industry-standard ontologies, such as FIBO (Financial Industry Business Ontology), and standard identifiers can help map entities and overlapping activities efficiently.

By sharing real-world operational insights, our community can support both Commissions as they work to implement these interoperability goals smoothly.

Agenda

  • Overview of the MOU and the EDM Association’s draft statement
  • Open discussion
  • How to contribute examples and join as a co-signatory
  • Timeline and next steps

If you would like to share this meeting with colleagues, please encourage them to register.

This meeting will be recorded. AI notetaking will be in effect. The meeting notes and recording will be shared with the U.S. Public Sector Forum post-event.

Key Resources

Member Participation & Feedback

We welcome input from across our entire membership. Insights are particularly helpful from:

  1. Institutions subject to both CFTC and SEC reporting frameworks.
  2. Technology and service providers building tools to bridge multi-agency data sharing.
  3. Data management, architecture, and governance professionals focused on advancing data standards and literacy.

How Your Organization Can Contribute

  1. Share Your Organization’s Insight: Describe how the SEC-CFTC Harmonization MOU impacts your organization, clients, regulation, or industry at large. Share your insight for contribution to the EDMA’s written input.
  2. Add Your Co-signature: Add your organization’s name to show market alignment around data standards, data literacy, and interoperability.

Organizations wishing to be listed as co-signatories should note this in their response. Co-signature is offered as an EDM Association member benefit and indicates support for these data management principles; it does not commit your firm to specific regulatory policy positions.

Timeline & Next Steps

  • July 30, 2026: Call to Action to EDM Association Membership Announcement for Contributions
  • August 5, 2026: Draft circulated to members for review
  • August 19, 2026: Open discussion meeting
  • August 21, 2026: Member contributions and examples due
  • August 26, 2026: Final draft of statement shared
  • August 28, 2026: Co-signature list closes
  • August 31, 2026: Final statement submitted to the Commissions

How to Respond

Reply with your interest, feedback, and additions for the statement via EDMA’s SEC-CFTC Harmonization MOU Input Form or by email to Alex Izotic, Manager, Data Excellence and Partner Programs, and join our upcoming member call on August 19, 2026, to discuss the draft.

AI Optimization: Building Your Data Roadmap for Trusted AI

Every organization is pursuing AI—and fast—but are they truly set up to succeed at it? Or are they at risk of their AI falling short of expectations—or even failing altogether?

Boards are pushing hard, businesses are diving in, technology teams are experimenting, pilots are in place. But what is MISSING from their AI? Most organizations have not first properly defined their end-to-end AI roadmap and put the right foundations in place, especially regarding their DATA. Most data is not ready for AI production, so how do you know if you can trust your data, and trust the output from your LLMs?

Join EDM Association as we discuss our recommended roadmap for AI optimization. We will give you a preview of the content from our new AI Optimization Masterclass which outlines how to:

  • Build a modern AI data layer: including data management frameworks, data catalogue, metadata, business context, and technology architecture and tools
  • Develop the AI semantic layer: leveraging knowledge graphs, ontologies, data automation and controls, and scalable data products
  • Accelerate AI with graph integration: exploring enterprise-ready graph databases, LLMs and the specific upskilling needed to keep the “human in the loop”

Front-Running Simulation: Turning Digital Twin Predictions into Navigable Actions

A prediction you cannot act on has no operational value. Front-Running Simulation (FRS) is a digital twin framework introduced by Dr. Michael Grieves that continuously synchronizes with a live system, predicts probable futures using simulation and AI, and identifies the navigable information actions that move the system toward its goal with minimal wasted time, energy, and material. Dr. Grieves presents the framework and Pieter van Schalkwyk, CEO of XMPro, demonstrates a working implementation on a hydrocarbon processing plant, running a single candidate setpoint change end to end — from simulated future to guarded, auditable action.

Dr. Grieves’ paper, Front Running Simulation: A Digital Twin Framework for Real-Time Replication, Prediction, and Goal Navigation, frames a shift from reacting to operational anomalies to proactively navigating toward operational goals. At its center is the Simulation Integration Engine, which fuses two complementary mechanisms: causation, supplied by physics-based models of reality, and correlation, supplied by observed current and historical data — a fusion, not a competition. The demonstration walks one action, raising reboiler duty to hold propane purity as the feed turns heavier, through the full loop: physics-based prediction, an explicit structural causal model, a data-anchored surrogate with a model-fit check, a deterministic safety guardian, and a confidence tier that determines whether the system acts autonomously, recommends to an operator, or holds.

Attendees will be able to learn about the FRS framework and the added value this provides to a Digital Twin. Using the FRS framework, attendees will understand how to evaluate whether their own digital twin architecture can close the loop from prediction to safe and effective execution, and to apply FRS’s causation-correlation fusion, safety gating, and confidence tiers to continuous and discrete process use cases in their organizations.

Learn more about Digital Twins

Our Digital Twin Consortium fosters our members’ value-driven innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership to drive continuous growth and evolution across the digital engineering landscape. Learn more and join us!

African Forum Meeting (July 28th)

Hear from experts at our next African Forum Meeting on July 28th.

Our next African Forum continues our discussion of “Leading with Fundamentals at AI Speed: From Global Frameworks to African Execution.” 

As organizations accelerate AI adoption, the biggest challenge is translating them into practical operating models that work in the real world. Join our panel of experts, to explore turning governance frameworks into operational reality, AI implementation in the African context, building organizational capability for AI, and more.

With insights from:

  • Simone Pozniak, Webber Wentzel
  • Mornè Japtha, Standard Bank Group
  • Emeka Dibia, Access Bank Plc
  • Moderated by Howard Diesel, Modelware Systems
  • Welcome remarks from Denise Washington and Stella Cabrera of EDM Association

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from leaders shaping the future of AI governance.

Advancing Data Management Excellence Across Africa

The Africa Regional Forum provides a platform for EDM Association members across the continent to collaborate, exchange insights, and address key topics in Data Management, while aligning with regional practices, regulatory environments, and market dynamics.

The forum aims to:

  • Strengthen the African EDM Association member community through increased engagement, collaboration, and knowledge sharing.
  • Provide learning opportunities through member-led discussions on data maturity journeys and the adoption of DCAM / CDMC frameworks and emerging capabilities such as knowledge graphs.
  • Bring in EDM Association expertise and resources to share insights on critical topics including data risk, privacy, AI, and evolving regulatory landscapes across African markets.

 

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Public Sector Discussion: The trusted data requirements for today’s federal mandates

Post-event Update: See below for a recap of this event, the recording and numerous resources. Then get involved!

Join an open discussion hosted by our US Public Sector Forum where we will unpack the multi-faceted data challenges facing government agencies, as well as those organizations which serve them. From implementing the FDTA to addressing the requirements from June’s AI Executive Order and OMB M-25-06 outlining “zero trust” data architecture and AI deployment governance, these mandates require the same foundation: a governed, trusted, machine-readable data environment. But how is this best achieved?

Join us to discuss:

  • How are today’s government agencies activating these initiatives? What are the lessons learned so far?
  • Are government employees and contractors educated in the requirements and how to fulfill them?
  • What tools and technology are critical to accelerating compliance with these orders?
  • Is DCAM (Data Management Capability Assessment Model) being adopted effectively to accelerate data management best practices in support of these requirements?
  • What is the role of LEI (Legal Entity Identifier) and ontologies, such as FIBO (Financial Industry Business Ontology), in meeting these requirements?

This event is designed to be interactive and conversational in nature, allowing participants to ask questions and share their own perspectives. It is targeted in particular to federal government data leaders, CDOs, practitioners and their solution partners – all are welcome.

WDP EMEA Coffee Chat | Turning Data into Business Power: The Role of Ownership & Engagement

Hear from experts at our next WDP EMEA Coffee Chat, “Turning Data into Business Power: The Role of Ownership & Engagement” on August 20th.

Join us for the next event in our series of  “Coffee, Insights and Real Conversations” hosted by Women Data Professionals – Europe Chapter.

Data ownership is more than a responsibility — it’s a key driver of business value. In this session, we’ll explore how to bring business owners into the data journey in a meaningful way: how to connect with them, communicate in a way that resonates, and clearly demonstrate the value data can unlock. We’ll also dive into practical ways to engage stakeholders and, most importantly, how speaking the language of the business can turn data into a powerful enabler for decision-making.

Join us to discover how stronger ownership and engagement can elevate your data impact.

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One copy of the truth – Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Solid and the future of enterprise data

Please view the post-event links and materials below.

Most organisations keep their own record of the people and businesses they deal with. The same details are repeatedly collected, copied, secured and checked against each other, yet they are rarely up to date, easy to move, or under the control of the people they describe. That one habit accounts for much of the cost, the risk of breaches and the compliance burden carried by data leaders in finance, healthcare and government.

Solid, an open web standard stewarded by the Open Data Institute, offers a different way of working. Data is stored once and shared only with clear, recorded permission. This ensures information stays up-to-date at its source and remains under the control of the person or organisation it belongs to. The services that need the data read it directly rather than each keeping their own copy.

The EDM Association and the Open Data Institute are establishing a community of practice to help finance, healthcare and government put this into practice. The group will:

  • Run real pilots in each sector
  • Agree how Solid aligns with the data standards these industries already rely on, starting with finance
  • Build a trusted, independent way to certify that a Solid service meets a sector’s requirements

To mark the launch, we are joined in conversation by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, who developed Solid with collaborators at MIT, and John Bruce, co-founder and chief executive of Inrupt, the company Sir Tim co-founded to bring Solid to enterprise. They will discuss:

  • What Solid is and why it was developed
  • Early deployments in various industries including government and healthcare
  • Why this matters even more now with the rapid pace of AI development

The community of practice co-chairs will close the session by outlining the group’s deliverables and how to participate.

WDP EMEA Coffee Chat | You Didn’t Move On. You Buried It!

Hear from experts at our next WDP EMEA Coffee Chat, “You Didn’t Move On. You Buried It!” on 3rd September.

Join us for the next event in our series of  “Coffee, Insights and Real Conversations” hosted by Women Data Professionals – Europe Chapter.

Have you ever walked away from an uncomfortable moment at work – a comment that stung, a situation that felt wrong – and told yourself you were fine, that you’d moved on? What if you hadn’t moved on at all, but simply sent it somewhere deeper, where it now quietly shapes every presentation you hesitate to give, every promotion you don’t apply for, every time you blame yourself instead of the situation?

In this talk, drawing from narrative therapy, we will explore the invisible roles we step into when we face difficult moments at work (victim, frozen, defeated) and how to recognise which one we are in, so we can move toward the one role that actually changes things. This is not a talk about being fearless. It is about being honest with yourself first, so you can finally act.

We are looking forward to meeting and learning from many fellow women in our community.

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APAC Regional Forum – The Missing Link in your AI Strategy: Data Governance That Delivers Results

APAC Regional Forum Meeting – June 16th

Join us for our APAC Regional Forum meeting, “The Missing Link in your AI Strategy: Data Governance That Delivers Results” on June 16th! Featuring speakers from Deakin University:

  • Dr. Bahareh Nakisa
  • Sindhuja Ghosh
  • Henrique Delamanha Mendonca

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Most organisations are investing heavily in AI, but results are often disappointing because the underlying data is not well governed. When data is inconsistent, unreliable, or poorly managed, even the best AI models cannot produce value. In fact, organisations with strong data governance achieve significantly better analytics outcomes, showing that governance is a direct enabler of AI success. Simply put, AI does not fail because of technology, it fails because of data.

To unlock real value, data governance must be treated as core infrastructure, not just a compliance function. When organisations establish strong governance, they create trusted data, which enables better analytics and ultimately more effective AI. This is how governance turns from overhead into measurable business value.

Join this session to learn how leading frameworks such as EDMA DCAM® v3 and DAMA DMBOK® work together to provide both the structure and the practical guidance needed to design, implement, and scale a data governance program that delivers real, measurable outcomes.

Plus, watch the recording or view the slides from a past session on May 7th “Integrating DMBOKs and DCAM for Enhanced Data Management in AI Projects,” presented by Howard Diesel (President, DAMA® South Africa) and Andrew Andrews (Regional Advocate, Australia & New Zealand, EDM Association).

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