Put Data at the Centre of Business Decisioning
Now in its eighth year, CDAO Melbourne is Victoria’s largest annual gathering of Data and Analytics decision makers.
Covering everything from strategic data governance, culture and leadership, to analytics at scale with ML and AI, be part of THE event that sets the data agenda.
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Featured Speaker
Bart Watson, Head of BI & Data, Team Global Express
Experience a captivating session with Bart as he highlights how Team Global Express utilizes analytics to prepare their NGERS submission. Discover how ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) analytics can help organisations proactively adapt to proposed changes in the emissions safeguard mechanism, ultimately driving sustainable practices.
When: 5th September, 4.10pm
Session Title: Case Study: Using ESG Analytics to Prepare for Proposed Changes to the Emissions Safeguard Mechanism
Our 2023 Speakers included

Sam Shaheen
Chief Data Officer (Director City Data)
City of Melbourne

Coert du Plessis
Chief Executive
MaxMine

Alan Lowthorpe
(recently) General Manager of Data and Advanced Analytics
Wesfarmers

Revital Rosenberg
Chief Data Officer
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute

Darshil Mehta
Chief Data & Analytics Officer
ASIC

Bob Sparshatt
Chief Data Officer, Data & Analytics
Equifax Australia/New Zealand

Dr. Ansar Kassim
Head of Finance Analytics
Verizon (USA)

Clare Kitching
General Manager - Data, Insights & Analytics
Treasury Wine Estates

Maruf Hossain
Data and AI Leader

Varun Verma
Chief Data Analytics Officer
L’Oreal

Andrea Chang
Chief Data Officer
Comcare

Sandhya Iyer
General Manager - Data Science
Sportsbet
Why should you attend?
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CDAO Melbourne 2024 is designed for CDAOs, Directors, Heads, Managers of data and analytics, and practitioners from across sectors in Australia working in the data field.
Network with Melbourne's Key Data Decision Makers over three action packed days
Make new contacts and reconnect with peers at Melbourne's largest and most senior data meeting place.
Ask Your Burning Data Questions of 100+ speakers!
Let your voice be heard at our Discussion Groups, Roundtables and Panel Discussions. Join the fun and bring discussions as we work towards solving common problems.
Deep Dive on Governance and Innovation Focus Day
Focus on the most relevant topic to support your strategic goals.
Update Your Tech Stack
Be inspired by those delivering change and serving the community through exciting new services at our one-stop amazing tech exhibition and trade show!
Who should attend?
Decision makers and influencers in data and analytics - from any organisation that puts data at the center of decisioning.
What people say about the event






"I recently started in an Executive leadership role in Data and Analytics, and this event gave me the ideal opportunity to get across industry trends, new tools and technologies, and to gain from hearing about experiences and learnings which has given me a head start in my role."
Key themes & takeaways
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INNOVATE Stay at the cutting edge of data innovation at our Innovate pre-conference focus day |
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BUILD and keep strong, diverse data teams for the long haul |
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SCALE Embed data-enabled decision making as part of your business DNA |
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CREATE a data-sophisticated organisation through data literacy, democratisation and leadership |
Thanks to our 2023 partners
Lead Partner
Alteryx
As a leader in analytic process automation (APA™), Alteryx unifies analytics, data science and business process automation in one, end-to-end platform to accelerate digital transformation. Organizations of all sizes, all over the world, rely on the Alteryx APA Platform™ to deliver high-impact business outcomes and the rapid upskilling of their modern workforce.
Visit websitePlatinum Partners
Denodo
Denodo is the leader in data virtualization providing agile, high performance data integration, data abstraction, and real-time data services across the broadest range of enterprise, cloud, big data, and unstructured data sources at half the cost of traditional approaches. Denodo's customers across every major industry have gained significant business agility and ROI by enabling faster and easier access to unified business information for agile BI, big data analytics, Web, and cloud integration, single-view applications, and enterprise data services. Denodo is well-funded, profitable, and privately held. For more information, visit www.denodo.com
Visit websiteDataiku
Dataiku is the centralized data platform that moves businesses along their data journey from analytics at scale to enterprise AI. By providing a common ground for data experts and explorers, a repository of best practices, shortcuts to machine learning and AI deployment/management, and a centralized, controlled environment, Dataiku is the catalyst for data-powered companies.
Customers across retail, e-commerce, health care, finance, transportation, the public sector, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and more use Dataiku to power self-service analytics while also ensuring the operationalization of machine learning models in production. By removing roadblocks, Dataiku ensures more opportunity for business-impacting models and creative solutions, allowing teams to work faster and smarter.
More information on www.dataiku.com
Visit websiteQlik
Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, one where everyone can use data to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. Only Qlik offers end-to-end, real-time data integration and analytics solutions that help organizations access and transform all their data into value. Qlik helps companies lead with data to see more deeply into customer behavior, reinvent business processes, discover new revenue streams, and balance risk and reward. Qlik serves over 50,000 customers around the world.
Visit websiteInformatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader, brings data to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets. We have pioneered a new category of software, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ (IDMC), powered by AI and an end-to-end data management platform that connects, manages and unifies data across any multi-cloud, hybrid system, democratizing data to modernize and advance their business strategies. Customers in more than 100 countries and 85 of the Fortune 100 rely on Informatica to drive data-led digital transformation. www.informatica.com. Connect with LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. Informatica. Where data comes to life.
Snaplogic
SnapLogic powers the automated enterprise. The company’s self-service, AI-powered integration platform makes it fast and easy to connect applications and data across the enterprise to improve business processes, accelerate decision-making, and drive better business outcomes.
SnapLogic powers the automated enterprise. The company’s self-service, AI-powered integration platform helps organisations connect applications and data sources, automate common workflows and business processes, and deliver exceptional experiences for customers, partners, and employees.
SAS Institute
SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative software and services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform data into intelligence. Some people see data as facts and figures. But it’s more than that. It’s the lifeblood of your business. It contains your organization's history. And it’s trying to tell you something.
SAS helps you make sense of the message. As the leader in business analytics software and services, SAS transforms your data into insights that give you a fresh perspective on your business. You can identify what’s working. Fix what isn’t. And discover new opportunities.
We can help you turn large amounts of data into knowledge you can use, and we do it better than anyone. It’s no wonder an overwhelming majority of customers continue to use SAS year after year. We believe it’s because we hire great people to create great software and services.
SAS gives you THE POWER TO KNOW®.
Tiger Analytics
Tiger Analytics specializes in building AI and data science solutions that enable enterprises to generate business value from data. The company brings deep expertise in marketing science, customer analytics, operations analytics, and risk analytics, and is a trusted partner for several Fortune 500 companies
Visit websiteTableau Software
Tableau helps people see and understand data and explore with limitless visual analytics. Customers can build dashboards and perform ad hoc analyses in just a few clicks. They can share their work with anyone and make an impact on their business. From global enterprises to early-stage startups and small businesses, more than 70,000 customer accounts around the world use Tableau to turn data into actionable insights, and more than 300,000 people use Tableau Public to share public data in their blogs and websites. See how Tableau can help you https://www.tableau.com/leading-through-change
Visit websiteDataRobot
DataRobot is the leader in Value-Driven AI – a unique and collaborative approach to AI that combines our open AI platform, deep AI expertise, and broad use-case implementation to improve how customers run, grow, and optimize their business.
Visit websiteGold Partners
ThoughtSpot
ThoughtSpot is the Modern Analytics Cloud company. Our mission is to create a more fact-driven world with the easiest to use analytics platform. With ThoughtSpot, anyone can leverage natural language search and AI to find data insights and tap into the most cutting edge innovations the cloud data ecosystem has to offer. Companies can put the power of their modern data stack in the hands of every employee, extend the value of their data to partners and customers, and automate entire business processes. Thoughtspot enables everyone within an organization to limitlessly engage with live data regardless of their cloud data platform, making it easy to achieve granular, actionable insights through Live Analytics. Customers can take advantage of ThoughtSpot’s web and mobile applications to improve decision making for every employee. With ThoughtSpot’s developer-friendly platform, ThoughtSpot Everywhere, customers can also bring the Modern Analytics Cloud to their products and services, engaging users and keep them coming back for more. Organizations like Walmart, BT, T-Mobile, Snowflake, HubSpot, Exxon, Daimler, Medtronic, Hulu, Royal Bank of Canada, Nasdaq, OpenTable, Workato, and Nationwide Building Society rely on ThoughtSpot to transform how their employees and customers take advantage of data. See for yourself and try ThoughtSpot today.
Visit websiteCollibra
Since 2008, Collibra has been uniting organizations by delivering trusted data for every use, for every user and across every source. Our Data Intelligence Cloud Platform brings flexible governance, continuous quality and built-in privacy to all types of data. The Global 2000 relies on Collibra to create the critical alignment that accelerates workflows and delivers better results faster. Visit websiteSnowflake
Snowflake enables every organization to mobilize their data with Snowflake’s Data Cloud. Customers use the Data Cloud to unite siloed data, discover and securely share data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single data experience that spans multiple clouds and geographies. Thousands of customers across many industries, including 543 of the 2022 Forbes Global 2000 (G2K) as of October 31, 2022, use Snowflake Data Cloud to power their businesses. Learn more at snowflake.com.
Visit websiteAlation
Alation is the leader in enterprise data intelligence solutions including data search & discovery, data governance, data stewardship, analytics, and digital transformation. Alation’s initial offering dominates the data catalog market. Thanks to its powerful Behavioral Analysis Engine, inbuilt collaboration capabilities, and open interfaces, Alation combines machine learning with human insight to successfully tackle even the most demanding challenges in data and metadata management. More than 350 enterprises drive data culture, improve decision making, and realise business outcomes with Alation including Cbus Super, Belong (Telstra), Spark NZ, Virgin Australia, HBF Health. Alation was named in Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces list and is backed by leading venture capitalists including Blackstone, Costanoa, Data Collective, Dell Technologies, Icon, ISAI Cap, Riverwood, Salesforce, Sanabil, Sapphire, and Snowflake Ventures.
For more information, visit alation.com.
MicroStrategy
MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is the largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, with the leading enterprise analytics platform. Our vision is to enable Intelligence Everywhere. MicroStrategy prides modern analytics on an open, comprehensive enterprise platform used by many of the world’s most admired brands in the Fortune Global 500. Optimized for cloud and on-premises deployments, the platform features HyperIntelligence ®, a breakthrough technology that overlays actionable enterprise data on popular business applications to help users make smarter, faster decisions. For more information about MicroStrategy
Visit websiteNeo4j
Neo4j is the world’s leading graph data platform. We help organisations – including Comcast, ICIJ,NASA, UBS, and Volvo Cars – capture the rich context of the real world that exists in their data tosolve challenges of any size and scale. Our customers transform their industries by curbing financial fraud and cybercrime, optimising global networks, accelerating breakthrough research,
and providing better recommendations. Neo4j delivers real-time transaction processing, advanced AI/ML, intuitive data visualisation, and more. Find out more at neo4j.com and follow us at @Neo4j.
MIP
MIP: Revolutionising Data Analytics with Cutting-Edge Solutions and Expertise.
As a trailblazing data company, MIP delivers comprehensive, self-service analytics solutions for our clients. Combining data experts from our Advisory, Digital Transformation and Project Augmentation Practice with industry-leading technologies, we create innovative solutions that garner consistent praise.
Our partners - including Linkurious, Alteryx, Tableau, H20, WhereScape, Coalesce.io and Neo4J - value our dedication to client success, which has earned us the "partner of the year" recognition on several occasions.
As the exclusive reseller of Linkurious in ANZ, we provide state-of-the-art graph data visualisation and analytics software for a wide range of applications, including financial crime, intelligence, cybersecurity, and data governance. Our graph approach empowers both technical and non-technical users to effortlessly detect, investigate, and manage data, unveiling insights unreachable by other solutions.
Embark on your analytics journey with MIP! Reach out to us at info@mip.com.au.
Visit websiteIM Systems
Information Management Systems (IMS) is a vendor independent, technology focussed management consultancy, specialising in enterprise information management and digital solution transformation. IMS customers include state and territory governments and their statutory authorities; emergency services, banks, utilities and education institutions.IMS offers highly experienced consultants and implementers, including:
- Strategy (IT, Digital, Data Governance, Master Data)
- Enterprise Architecture / Data Architecture
- IM solution implementers - data lakes /warehouses, master and meta data management, and data integration.
IMS has successfully undertaken critical advisory and implementation roles on numerous enterprise data management projects, ranging in size from small business units, to whole of government transformations.
Quest Erwin
erwin by Quest is a leader in enterprise modeling and data intelligence software. The erwin EDGE platform creates an enterprise data governance experience for IT and business collaboration, driving meaningful insights, agile innovation, risk management and business transformation. Integrated data modeling, data governance, enterprise architecture and business process modeling capabilities help guide smart decisions. With erwin, organizations of all types across the globe can maximize the security, quality and value of their assets to control data chaos and prepare for the next IT challenge.
Visit websiteSahaj Software
Our name ‘Sahaj’ reflects the mission that binds us together. As a company of technology artisans, we do this by harnessing the individuality and diversity in every one of us along with an emphasis on first principles thinking. It is how we find simple and yet sophisticated solutions to our clients’ most complex problems.
With purpose-built solutions and technology advisory, we solve the most complex engineering problems for clients to improve data availability and craft AI solutions that adapt and evolve with their changing needs or technology advances. Without technology force-fits and over-designed solutions, everything we do is crafted specifically for each client.
Our emphasis on craft makes us different. Our solutions for clients are never assembled in a software factory or replicas of pre-built solutions designed for others. We are a company that thrives because of our people. Unlike a software factory that relies on regimented processes or rigid methods to reduce our dependence on human talent, everything we do at Sahaj is designed with a singular objective of encouraging human ingenuity
Dear Watson Consulting
We are Australia’s leading Power BI specialist and a Microsoft Gold Partner in Data and Analytics.
Having focused on the Power BI platform since its release in 2015, it’s our mission to demystify data analytics and reporting for users of this powerful tool.
Our method places user-experience as a key metric of success in building the optimal data analytics solution and empowering our clients to leverage Power BI to gain actionable insights from their data.
Our people-centric model is characterised by a high level of interaction and co-creation between the DWC team members and the users and consumers of the business intelligence solution.
The result is that the stakeholders have a major impact on the system design and development, and ensures we deliver critical results and value.
KX
Our mission is to accelerate the speed of data and AI-driven business innovation enabling customers to transform into real-time, intelligent enterprises. Built for the most demanding data environments, our data timehouse software is trusted by the world’s top investment banks and hedge funds, and leading companies in the life and health sciences, semiconductor, telecommunications, and manufacturing industries.
At the heart of our technology is the kdb time series database and analytics engine, independently benchmarked as the fastest on the market. It can process and analyze time series and historical data at unmatched speed and scale, empowering developers, data scientists, and data engineers to build high-performance data-driven applications and turbo-charge their favorite analytics tools in the cloud, on-premise, or at the edge.
Ultimately, our technology enables the discovery of richer, actionable insights for faster decision making which drives competitive advantage and transformative growth for our customers.
Teradata
Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics, solving data challenges from start to scale. Only Teradata gives you the flexibility to handle the massive and mixed data workloads of the future, today — making your data easier to consume everywhere, with no added risk.
Our open approach embraces the modern ecosystem to create a seamless experience for ingestion, exploration, development, and operationalization. We’ve created the fastest path to analytics in the cloud at scale at the lowest risk. Our experience working with thousands of customers and partners around the world, across a wide range of verticals and industries, makes us the most effective platform for delivering business outcomes and unlocking unlimited value by turning data into your greatest asset.
Twilio
We’re the customer layer for the internet, powering the most engaging interactions companies build for their customers. We provide simple tools that solve hard problems, delivered as a developer-first cloud platform with global reach and no shenanigans pricing.
Visit websiteSecuriti
Securiti is the leader in AI-Powered Security, Privacy and Compliance for data across multi-cloud and self-managed systems. Securiti’s platform uniquely integrates Sensitive Data Intelligence with PrivacyOps and Data Security automation to allow organizations to discover and govern sensitive data, ensure its responsible use and comply with global security and privacy regulations. Securiti was named “Most Innovative Startup” at RSA Conference 2020, Winner of the “IAPP Privacy Innovation Award”, Leader in Forrester Wave: Privacy Management Software and Leader in IDC MarketScape for Data Privacy 2021.
Visit websiteSilver Partners
StreamSets
StreamSets, a Software AG company, eliminates data integration friction in complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments to keep pace with need-it-now business data demands. Our platform lets data teams unlock data—without ceding control—to enable a data-driven enterprise. Resilient and repeatable pipelines deliver analytics-ready data that improve real-time decision-making and reduce the costs and risks associated with data flow across an organization. That’s why the largest companies in the world trust StreamSets to power millions of data pipelines for modern analytics, AI/ML, smart applications, and hybrid integration.
Visit websitedbt Labs
Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help analysts create and disseminate organizational knowledge. dbt is a data transformation framework that lets analysts and engineers collaborate on transformation workflows using their shared knowledge of SQL. Through the application of software engineering best practices like modularity, version control, testing, and documentation, dbt’s analytics engineering workflow helps teams work faster and more efficiently to produce data the entire organization can trust.
dbt Labs pioneered the practice of analytics engineering and has been fortunate enough to see a fantastic community coalesce to help push the boundaries of the analytics engineering workflow. Today there are 11,000 companies using dbt every week, 30,000 practitioners in the dbt Community Slack, and 2,000+ companies paying for dbt Cloud.
Fivetran
Fivetran automates data movement out of, into and across cloud data platforms. We automate the most time-consuming parts of the ELT process from extracts to schema drift handling to transformations, so data engineers can focus on higher-impact projects with total pipeline peace of mind. With 99.9% uptime and self-healing pipelines, Fivetran enables hundreds of leading brands across the globe, including Autodesk, Conagra Brands, JetBlue, Lionsgate, Morgan Stanley, and Ziff Davis, to accelerate data-driven decisions and drive business growth. Fivetran is headquartered in Oakland, California, with offices around the world. For more info, visit fivetran.com.
Visit websiteCloudera
At Cloudera, we believe data can make what is impossible today, possible tomorrow. Cloudera taught the world the value of data, creating an industry and ecosystem powered by the relentless innovation of the open source community. We empower our customers, leaders in their industries, to quickly and easily transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. Through our hybrid data platform, organisations are able to build their data-driven future by getting data - no matter where it resides - into the hands of those that need it.
Visit websiteInterworks
InterWorks is a data innovation team. We’re data strategists, analytics experts, solution architects, platform engineers and product builders. Above all, we’re devoted problem solvers. We understand what it's like working with data today because we work side-by-side with our customers to get more done together. We offer services dedicated to dashboarding, UI/UX, performance, governance, data prep and cloud migration. We offer products such as Curator by InterWorks so you can build your dream analytics hub, customize/design the end-user experience and unlock embedded analytics or data monetization. We offer support through ServerCare and KeepWatch which manage and monitor the health of your BI platforms, so you get time back. We offer strategic advisory, solution sprints, assessments, training and a full-scale customer success model through InterWorks PRO. When you think of InterWorks, think of answers and think of a team of people you’ll love working with.
Visit websiteFractal AI
Fractal is one of the most prominent providers of Artificial Intelligence to Fortune 500® companies. Fractal's vision is to power every human decision in the enterprise, and bring AI, engineering, and design to help the world's most admired companies.
Fractal's businesses include Crux Intelligence (AI driven business intelligence), Eugenie.ai (AI for sustainability), Asper.ai (AI for revenue growth management) and Senseforth.ai (conversational AI for sales and customer service). Fractal incubated Qure.ai, a leading player in healthcare AI for detecting Tuberculosis and Lung cancer.
Ground Labs
Ground Labs was founded in 2007 with the purpose of helping organizations understand their data environments and achieve their compliance goals. Its core focus is to support businesses in meeting the increasing challenges of data security and privacy compliance.
Trusted by more than 4,500 companies in 85 countries, Ground Labs offers data discovery and management solutions for all industry sectors. With offerings for the enterprise as well as small- and medium-sized businesses, Ground Labs is a market leader in data discovery for PCI DSS, PII and sensitive data. Its award-winning solutions enable organizations to find and secure all sensitive and high-risk data, in both structured and unstructured formats, wherever it is stored.
Ataccama
Ataccama Corporation is an international software company that prides itself in delivering cutting-edge technology used for data quality, master data management, data governance, and big data. Leading financial, commercial, and government organizations choose Ataccama technologies for their proven ability to execute and deliver real business benefits.
Visit websiteThe Data School
Introducing The Data School: Cultivating Tomorrow's Next Generation Data Analysts and Consultants.
At The Data School, we're committed to nurturing passionate data enthusiasts into exceptional data analysts and consultants. Our selective program guarantees that only the brightest talents are meticulously trained in the latest data analytics and visualisation technologies while refining their technical prowess and soft skills.
Offering cost-effective services, our consultants consistently deliver unmatched value compared to conventional contractors. With a history of success stories, we're eager to help your business elevate its analytics capabilities and reach new heights.
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DataRobot
DataRobot is the leader in Value-Driven AI – a unique and collaborative approach to AI that combines our open AI platform, deep AI expertise, and broad use-case implementation to improve how customers run, grow, and optimize their business.
Visit websiteCoffee Cart – Data & Analytics Recruitment Partner
Konnexus
We are deep specialists in the data analytics, project services and delivery space.
At Konnexus the team is connecting the industry’s lead talent with forward-thinking employers across Australia.
Our technological, data-driven approach to recruitment plays benefit within the industry we've chosen to make our niche. We engage an influential network of passive and active jobseekers, creating strong, long-lasting relationships between talented data professionals and the businesses they impact.
In this ever-evolving sector, we're proudly dedicated to continuous learning and agile working. Our tailored recruitment solutions encompass permanent and contingent hires for roles spanning across all areas within data, as well as project services & delivery, within data based environments.
Expect a personable, decisive approach and a true partner to consult with from start to finish.
Networking Partner
Anchoram Consulting
Anchoram is a contemporary veteran owned and run firm that has been delivering professional services with Integrity, Empathy, Authenticity, and Professionalism since 2019. We are a partnership of trusted experts with strong capabilities across Security, Technology, Risk Assurance, Data Management, Financial Management, Strategy & Governance, and Project Management.
Anchoram's services are tailored to the Critical Infrastructure, Defence, and Public Services industries, including several niche specialisations such as Space, Transport, Utilities, Mining, and Medical sectors. We are headquartered in Canberra with people spread across all major locations in Australia and a growing presence in India, Singapore, and New Zealand.
Charity Partners
Beyond Blue
Did you know that over 3 million people in Australia experience depression or anxiety?
As Australia’s most well-known and visited mental health organisation, Beyond Blue has worked with the community for over 20 years to improve mental health and prevent suicide, so that all people in Australia can achieve their best possible mental health.
Every dollar donated helps to fund Beyond Blue’s 24/7 Support Service which gives every person in Australia the opportunity to talk through their concerns with a trained mental health professional via phone, webchat, or email.
People who access the service can receive a brief one-on-one counselling session to address an immediate concern, as well as receive information and advice on continuing to seek support.
Learn more about Beyond Blue and how to get support, please visit www.beyondblue.org.au
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CDAO Melbourne provides you with the ideal platform to showcase your solutions in front of the key decision makers.
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Siobhan Hady
Conference Director
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