DAMA-MN Data Conference 2026
Powering Data.
Empowering People.
Join DAMA-MN for two days of practical learning, professional connection, and community-building focused on the people, practices, and leadership capabilities that help organizations create trusted value from data.
October 6–7, 2026
Shoreview Community Center
Registration Open
Day One
Tuesday, October 6
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
A full-day data conference symposium in Shoreview, Minnesota.
Day Two
Wednesday, October 7
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Morning symposium sessions, the CDMP exam, lunch, and concurrent hands-on workshops.
Powering Data. Empowering People.
A regional gathering for data professionals, leaders, practitioners, and partners
The DAMA-MN Data Conference brings together professionals working across
data management, governance, quality, architecture, analytics, artificial
intelligence, organizational transformation, and business leadership.
The 2026 theme,
Powering Data. Empowering People.,
recognizes that durable data value is created when strong practices,
trusted information, modern technology, and capable people come together
with shared purpose.
Program Announced
Explore the complete DAMA Days 2026 program
The complete two-day program is now available, including session times, concurrent tracks, abstracts, workshops, speaker biographies, the onsite CDMP exam opportunity, networking periods, and printable schedules.
The Two-Day Experience
Learn. Connect. Advance the profession.
Day One
Data Conference Symposium
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Day One is a full-day symposium featuring thought leadership, practitioner stories, peer learning, professional networking, and practical discussion across the data community.
The symposium will highlight practical approaches for improving trust, quality, governance, architecture, analytics, and organizational readiness for an increasingly data-driven and AI-enabled future.
Day Two
Sessions, CDMP Exam & Workshops
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Day Two begins with concurrent symposium sessions and an onsite CDMP Fundamentals exam opportunity, followed by lunch, networking, and three concurrent four-hour workshops.
Participants may choose among focused workshops on building a live data quality dashboard, communicating for executive action, and applying practical data quality techniques.
Who Should Attend
Built for the people who make data work.
DAMA Days is for professionals who lead, govern, manage, improve, protect, analyze, architect, and use data to help organizations make better decisions.
Data Governance Leaders
Data Stewards
Data Quality Professionals
Data Architects
Business Analysts
Analytics Leaders
AI Readiness Teams
Technology & Business Leaders
Program Themes
Practical topics for a changing data profession.
Governance That Works
Operating models, stewardship, accountability, policy, decision rights, and sustainable governance practices.
Trusted Data Foundations
Data quality, metadata, reference data, master data, lineage, interoperability, and data architecture.
AI Readiness
Preparing data, teams, controls, and leadership practices for responsible AI-enabled solutions.
People & Change
Leadership, communication, culture, adoption, literacy, community-building, and professional growth.
Registration
Registration is now open.
Reserve your place for DAMA Days 2026, October 6–7 in Shoreview, Minnesota. Join data professionals, leaders, practitioners, educators, and partners for workshops, symposium programming, networking, and professional development.
Register Now
Exhibitors
Exhibit at DAMA Days 2026.
Exhibitor spaces are limited. Organizations that serve, support, educate, employ, or partner with data professionals are invited to learn more about the exhibitor opportunity and register for exhibit space.
Sponsorship
Support DAMA Days 2026 and connect with the data community.
Sponsorship opportunities are available for organizations that want to support professional development, data leadership, and community-building across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest.
DAMA Days sponsorship offers a visible way to align your organization with data governance, data quality, analytics, AI readiness, professional learning, and the people who make trusted data work.
Ways to participate
Attend, explore the program, exhibit, or sponsor.
DAMA Days 2026 brings together attendees, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, and community partners who care about advancing data management practice across Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. Review the completed program, reserve your place, or participate as an exhibitor or sponsor.
Hosted by DAMA-MN
Advancing the practice of data management through education, professional development, community, and connection.
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