CDAO Government 2026

Now in its fourteenth year, Corinium's CDAO Government convenes roughly 200 chief data and AI officers and their teams with more than 50 speakers, co-located with a Defense and Security track.

The organising theme is that the chief data officer remit has shifted from data stewardship to AI stewardship, and the agenda follows from that: delivery under pressure, deciding what gets scaled and what gets stopped, data quality and decision trust, AI accountability, risk and governance, the changing role itself, and operating models, talent and decision rights. Sessions also cover agentic AI, machine learning for fraud detection and autonomous decision support for operations.

The format is deliberately peer-led rather than keynote-driven, using confession circles, AMAs and small-group conversation, which suits practitioners more than vendors.

Registration is free for qualifying government attendees. Industry end-user passes are 499 dollars and vendor passes 2,499 dollars, with discount codes circulated by the organiser. Daily times are not published.