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Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026

The 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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57Speakers
38Sponsors
37On the bill · sessions
56Companies · in total
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Speakers

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
Angela Alexander
Sr. Data Strategist, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Baris Sarer
Consulting Principal, TMT Strategy & Analytics, Deloitte · Deloitte
Beth Albright
Visual Effects Supervisor, Pixar Animation Studios · Pixar Animation Studios
Bj Price
Manager, Business Intelligence & Reporting · The Walt Disney Company
Brandon Ramsey
Director of Engineering, ESPN · ESPN
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
Celia Gomez
Sr. Research Scientist, Disney Research, Walt Disney Imagineering · Walt Disney Imagineering
Chad Cooper
Sr. Manager, Digital Analytics, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Chase Abraham
Senior Director of Creative Excellence, The Coca-Cola Company · The Coca-Cola Company
Chris Lisciandro
Vice President and Executive Creative Director - Corporate Alliances & Partnership Marketing, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Chris Szydlo
Content Director, Disney Institute · Disney Institute
Christopher Fults
Sr. Facilitator, Disney Institute · Disney Institute
Emily Kubicek
Manager, Data Science, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
Eric Siegel
Founder, Machine Learning Week · Gooder AI
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
Jaclyn Mathai
Sr. Manager, Data Science, Data, Measurement & Advanced Analytics, Disney Entertainment · Disney Entertainment
Jacob Benoit
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering, The Walt Disney Company · The Walt Disney Company
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
CouchbasePlatinum
AnthropicGold
ClouderaGold
ConfluentGold
DeloitteGold
IBMGold
InformaticaGold
OracleGold
World Wide TechnologyGold
Amplitude, Inc.Silver
EPAMSilver
HPESilver
QubikaSilver
SAPSilver
SplunkSilver
Strategy Inc.Silver
Synergy Inc.Silver
AccentureShowcase
AT&TPlatinum Plus
AWSShowcase
BrazeShowcase
DatabricksExhibitor
Domino Data Lab, Inc.Showcase
ElasticShowcase
FactspanShowcase
FivetranShowcase
GlobantShowcase
HightouchShowcase
KnitShowcase
LTIMindTreeShowcase
MeltwaterShowcase
Metric InsightsShowcase
MongoDBShowcase
OPTOMIShowcase
QLIKShowcase
Recognizant IOExhibitor
Revenue Management SolutionsShowcase
TunnlExhibitor
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Agenda

Selected from 37 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    Adventures in Writing Terrible Code

    Matt Parker is famous for many things including writing terrible Python code. Over ten million people have watched him try to run code on his 500-LED Christmas tree and fail. But s…

  • 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

    Disney Compass: Charting a New Course in Data Collaboration and Audience Insights

    As Disney’s data and analytic capabilities continue to advance, how do we optimally leverage these capabilities to learn more about our audiences? Enter Disney Compass: Disney Adve…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 56 companies show up — and 3 bet on three roles at once?

56 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.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
35Sponsoringsponsor only
18Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Couchbase·IBM·Deloitte

Speakers by seniority

35% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite35%
  • Founder / Owner12%
  • VP-level59%
  • Director / Head of1119%
  • Manager / Lead2137%
  • Engineer · IC24%
  • Research / Science24%
  • Marketing / Brand24%
  • Other roles1018%

Of 57 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01The Walt Disney Company27V
  2. 02CouchbaseSp·P2V
  3. 03IBMSp·G2V
  4. 04DeloitteSp·G1V
  5. 05AccentureSp·S
  6. 06AmplitudeSp·S
  7. 07AnthropicSp·G
  8. 08AT&TSp·P
  9. 09AWSSp·S
  10. 10BrazeSp·S
  11. 11ClouderaSp·G
  12. 12ConfluentSp·G
  13. 13DatabricksSp·E
  14. 14Disney Institute3V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
3% of 38
gold8
21% of 38
silver8
21% of 38
exhibitor3
8% of 38
platinum plus1
3% of 38
showcase17
45% of 38
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.

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