2nd Annual CDOIQ APAC SYMPOSIUM

24 May 2024, Singapore

Nearly 100 individuals from different fields such as industry, academia, and government have already signed up. We eagerly anticipate your participation at Nanyang Technological University as part of the 2nd Annual CDOIQ-APAC Symposium!

Attendee Summary by Level within the company

Attendee Summary by Industry

Cumarran Kaliyaperumal

Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Microsoft Asia

Cumarran is the CDAO for Asia overseeing strategic data driven transformations for key Microsoft clients.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Cumarran was with the Travel and Finance Data Analytics business in Google, Southeast Asia. He was responsible for growing sales in the region and was the key touchpoint for his clients during the pandemic where he implemented digital technologies to help them thrive in the new normal. He authored Google’s flagship ‘e-conomy’ report in 2021.

Cumarran was in McKinsey & Company before Google where he helped clients globally on their multi-year enterprise-wide AI transformations focusing on AI strategy, use case delivery and monetization of data assets.

He was seconded to QuantumBlack in London, McKinsey’s Centre of Excellence for AI, and helped them set-up their first office in Asia (Singapore) in 2018.

As a Singapore Armed Forces scholar, Cumarran served a decade as a Combat Drone Pilot where he led multi-national military exercises globally. He was also the Private Military Aide to the President of Singapore and Foreign Military Secretary to the Minister for Defence and the Chief of Air Force.

Cumarran lives in Singapore with his wife and two children and is a voracious reader. He loves spending time with friends and family and hitting golf courses in his spare time.

Dr. David R. Hardoon

Chief Executive Officer, Aboitiz Data Innovation

Dr. David R. Hardoon is the Chief Executive Officer of Aboitiz Data Innovation and the Group Chief Data and AI Officer of the Union Bank of the Philippines.

Prior to his current roles, David was the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)’s first appointed Chief Data Officer and Head of Data Analytics Group reporting to the agency’s Deputy Managing Director for Financial Supervision and subsequently Special Advisor for Artificial Intelligence reporting to Deputy Managing Director for Markets and Development. In these roles, he led the development of the AI strategy both for MAS and Singapore’s financial sector as well as driving efforts in promoting open cross-border data flows.

David holds a PhD in Computer Science in the field of Machine Learning from the University of Southampton and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London with First Class Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

We are pleased to announce that the 2nd Annual CDOIQ-APAC Symposium Agenda is now available and can be viewed at https://cdoiq-apac.org/event-directory. We have a stellar line-up of speakers for the CDOIQ APAC symposium. Expect to hear from seasoned CDOs, CIOs and CAOs, well-established academics, and government representatives.

We are thrilled to announce that sponsorship opportunities are open for the upcoming CDOIQ-APAC Symposium. Seize this opportunity to showcase your advances in Data, AI and information quality, and shape the discourse in the years to come. Explore our sponsorship packages today and secure your place at the forefront of the CDOIQ-APAC Symposium 2024. To explore sponsorship opportunities or request more information, please contact Neumann Chew at neumann.chew@ntu.edu.sg.

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