2026 North American Semarchy Summit Schedule
Join customers, partners, and data leaders from across North America for two days of learning, innovation, and connection with the Semarchy community.
10/05/2026 - 10/06/2026
Westin Chicago River North
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Day 1 — Build the Foundation: Treat Data as a Product and Operationalize Data Products at Scale
| Time | Event | Description |
| 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Registration | |
| 3:00 PM- 3:10 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks | House welcome and agenda overview: Where Are You on Your Data Transformation Journey? |
| 3:10 PM – 3:50 PM | Opening Keynote: Industry Perspective | The Data Transformation Journey: From MDM and Systems of Record to Intelligent Data Products for the Agentic Enterprise by Stewart Bond – IDC |
| 3:50 PM – 4:30 PM | Vision Keynote | Building Intelligent Data Products for the Agentic Enterprise: Data products = unit of value; DataOps = operating model; AI = first-class consumer |
| 4:30 PM – 4:40 PM | Customer Innovation Spotlight: T. Rowe Price | Building modern data products with the Semarchy Snowflake Native App — video, all regions |
| 4:40 PM – 4:50 PM | Customer Advocacy – Partnering on Activation to Drive Mutual Awareness | Session to overview advocacy and discuss benefits |
| 4:50 PM – 5:30 PM | Customer Awards Ceremony & Day 1 Closing Remarks | Connecting data strategy to business outcomes and AI value |
| 6:00 PM | Evening Offsite Event, Cocktail Reception & Dinner |
Day 2 — Enable an agentic enterprise at scale
| Time | Event | Description |
| 7:30 AM – 8:45 AM | Networking Breakfast | |
| 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM | Day 2 Opening & Overview | |
| 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM | Strategic Ecosystem Panel: Building Trusted Data Products for the Agentic Enterprise | Snowflake + Azure + Semarchy |
| 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM | Breakout Overview & Directions | |
| 10:05 AM – 10:30 AM | Networking & coffee break | |
| 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM | Breakout 1: Building Trusted Data: The Business Case for MDM and Intelligent Data Products | Trusted data / golden-record foundation |
| 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM | Breakout 1: A Data Strategy That Scales: Treat Data as a Product with Built-In Context and Reasoning | Turning trusted data into reusable data products with contex and reasoning built in |
| 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM |
Breakout 1: DataOps: How to Operationalize Data Products at Scale Across All Consumers
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DataOps & AI data engineering |
| 11:20 AM – 12:00 PM | Sponsor Session Block: Partner + Customer Showcase | |
| 12:00 PM- 1:30 PM | Lunch & Networking | |
| 1:30 PM- 1:35 PM | Afternoon Welcome & Updates | |
| 1:35 PM– 2:20 PM | Customer Panel: The Evolution from MDM to Intelligent Data Products | Traditional MDM + SDP adopter + AI-focused customer |
| 2:30 PM- 3:10 PM | Breakout 2: Meet our CPO and CTO | Executive discussion and open Q&A |
| 2:30 PM- 3:10 PM | Breakout 2: Our xDM to SDP Migration Journey | Migration deep-dive for existing customers |
| 2:30 PM- 3:10 PM | Breakout 2:SDP Deep Dive | POC/POV |
| 3:10 PM– 3:30 PM | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30 PM– 4:10 PM | Breakout 3: Building a Data Product Marketplace | |
| 3:30 PM– 4:10 PM | Breakout 3: Persistent Data Governance for All Consumers | AI governance: Explainability, quality and transparency travel with Data Products |
| 4:15 PM- 5:15 PM | Product expert clinics and open networking |