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Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026

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he Disney Data & Analytics Conference (DDAC) brings data and analytics to life as only Disney can, delivering exceptional content focused on business professionals from all backgrounds. Attendees engage in breakout sessions and interactive networking opportunities, learning how data-based, analytical decisions are applied across various business areas. The…

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38Voices
28Underwriters
0Exhibitors
24On the bill · sessions
40Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Disney, in alphabetical order.
Achille Ettorre
TEDx Speaker & Author
Andrew Wright
Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development Principal, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Baris Sarer
Consulting Principal, TMT Strategy & Analytics, Deloitte · Deloitte
Brian Walters
Sr. Manager, Modeling Simulation & Training Tools, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Cara Dienes
Vice President, Decision Science Application Development, Sustainment & Operations, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Cassie Kozyrkov
Chief Executive Officer, Kozyr LLC · Kozyr LLC
Chris Szydlo
Content Director, Disney Institute · Disney Institute
Christopher Fults
Sr. Facilitator, Disney Institute · Disney Institute
Eric Siegel
Founder, Machine Learning Week
Frederick Zahrn
Director, Decision Science Transformation, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Haley Smith
Sr. Revenue Management Analyst, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Jeff Hollan
Director of Product, Snowflake · Snowflake
Joe Duane
Director, Software Engineering, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Justin Hoffman
Business Integration Manager II, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Justin Huang
Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Michigan Ross School of Business · University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Kevin Farrar
Head of Sport Partnerships, EMEA, IBM · IBM
Kevin Masick
Research Systems Manager, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Kiran Pendyala
Sr. Business Analyst, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Kristen Swerzenski
Conservation & Science Technician, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Lauren Boyer
Sr. Manager, Business Insights & Analytics, National Geographic · National Geographic
Lauren Puishys
Conservation & Science Technician, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Madhav Thattai
Chief Operating Officer, Salesforce AI · Salesforce AI

— and 16 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CouchbasePlatinum
AnthropicGold
ClouderaGold
ConfluentGold
DeloitteGold
IBMGold
InformaticaGold
World Wide TechnologyGold
Amplitude, Inc.Silver
EPAMSilver
HPESilver
QubikaSilver
SAPSilver
SplunkSilver
Synergy Inc.Silver
AT&TPlatinum Plus
BrazeShowcase
ElasticShowcase
FactspanShowcase
FivetranShowcase
GlobantShowcase
HightouchShowcase
KnitShowcase
LTIMindTreeShowcase
MeltwaterShowcase
Metric InsightsShowcase
Revenue Management SolutionsShowcase
TunnlExhibitor
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The Programme

Selected from 24 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    AI Factory Unleashed: Creating Moments of Wonder

  • TBA

    Andy’s Toy Box: Sketching Out Research Methodology

  • TBA

    Augmenting Experiments with LLM Knowledge: Robust Fine-Tuning for Content Marketing

  • TBA

    Beyond the Dashboard: Making Agentic AI Real for Enterprise Data

  • TBA

    Beyond the Local Maximum: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Data Science

  • TBA

    Bubbling Up Insights Without Boiling the Ocean: Framing Data for General Audiences

  • TBA

    Data, Disruption and the Decisions That Define Us

  • TBA

    Five Ways to Balance People and Business, Disney Style

  • TBA

    From Uncharted Waters to Actionable Charts: Navigating Data with a Reporter's Mindset

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 40 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

“40 companies. three are betting more than once.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
3All threespeak · spons · exh
25Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
12Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Couchbase·IBM·Deloitte

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

42% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite38%
  • Founder / Owner13%
  • VP-level38%
  • Director / Head of924%
  • Manager / Lead1026%
  • Engineer · IC25%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Marketing / Brand25%
  • Other roles718%

Of 38 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01The Walt Disney Company17V
  2. 02CouchbaseSp·P2V
  3. 03IBMSp·G2V
  4. 04DeloitteSp·G1V
  5. 05Amplitude, Inc.Sp·S
  6. 06AnthropicSp·G
  7. 07AT&TSp·P
  8. 08BrazeSp·S
  9. 09ClouderaSp·G
  10. 10ConfluentSp·G
  11. 11ElasticSp·S
  12. 12EPAMSp·S
  13. 13FactspanSp·S
  14. 14FivetranSp·S
№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier
platinum1
4% of 28
gold7
25% of 28
silver7
25% of 28
exhibitor1
4% of 28
platinum plus1
4% of 28
showcase11
39% of 28
№ 05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.