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Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026

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Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026 ran Aug 18–20, 2026 in Orlando, United States. It is a Data conference that expected about 2,500 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 67 speakers, 44 sponsors and 46 sessions. The next edition, Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2027, is Jul 26–28, 2027.

Lineup updated Aug 20, 2026 · dates verified Jun 12, 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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67Speakers
44Sponsors
46Sessions
65Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Disney, in alphabetical order.

Achille Ettorre
TEDx Speaker & Author
Amir Rozwadowski
Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer · AT&T Business
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
Bill Rand
Goodnight Executive Director, Institute for Advanced Analytics, North Carolina State University · North Carolina State University
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
Greg Pollack
Data Platform Leader · IBM

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

CouchbasePlatinum
AnthropicGold
ClouderaGold
ConfluentGold
CursorGold
DeloitteGold
IBMGold
InformaticaGold
OracleGold
World Wide TechnologyGold
Amplitude, Inc.Silver
EPAMSilver
HPESilver
QubikaSilver
SAPSilver
SnowflakeSilver
SplunkSilver
Strategy Inc.Silver
Synergy Inc.Silver
AccentureShowcase
ArganoShowcase
ArtefactExhibitor
AT&TPlatinum Plus
AWSShowcase
BrazeShowcase
DatabricksExhibitor
Domino Data Lab, Inc.Showcase
ElasticShowcase
Factory AIShowcase
FactspanShowcase
FivetranShowcase
GlobantShowcase
HightouchShowcase
KnitShowcase
LTIMindTreeShowcase
MeltwaterShowcase
Metric InsightsShowcase
MongoDBShowcase
Monte CarloShowcase
OPTOMIShowcase

Agenda

Selected from 46 sessions.

  • 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

    Blurred Lines and Clear Vision:  The Future of Data and Analytics

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in analytics. Semantic analysis of unstructured data will live alongside and in combination with traditional …

  • TBA

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

  • TBA

    Data, Disruption and the Decisions That Define Us

Quick answers

When is Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026?
Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026 ran Aug 18–20, 2026 in Orlando, United States. The next edition, Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2027, is Jul 26–28, 2027.
Where is Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026 held?
Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026 was held in Orlando, United States.
Who is speaking at Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 67 speakers, including Achille Ettorre (TEDx Speaker & Author), Amir Rozwadowski (Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, AT&T Business) and Andrew Wright (Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development Principal, The Walt Disney Company, The Walt Disney Company).
Who sponsors Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 44 sponsors, including Couchbase, Anthropic, Cloudera, Confluent and Cursor.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 65 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

65 companies. six 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
6All threespeak · spons · exh
38Sponsoringsponsor only
21Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Couchbase·IBM·Deloitte·Anthropic·Confluent·Snowflake

Speakers by seniority

37% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite57%
  • Founder / Owner11%
  • VP-level69%
  • Director / Head of1319%
  • Manager / Lead2233%
  • Product11%
  • Engineer · IC34%
  • Research / Science23%
  • Marketing / Brand23%
  • Other roles1218%

Of 67 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1The Walt Disney Company28
2CouchbaseSponsor · Platinum3
3IBMSponsor · Gold3
4DeloitteSponsor · Gold2
5AnthropicSponsor · Gold1
6ConfluentSponsor · Gold1
7SnowflakeSponsor · Silver1
8AccentureSponsor · Showcase-
9AmplitudeSponsor · Silver-
10ArganoSponsor · Showcase-
11ArtefactSponsor · Exhibitor-
12AT&TSponsor · Platinum Plus-
13AWSSponsor · Showcase-
14BrazeSponsor · Showcase-
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
2% of 44
gold9
20% of 44
silver9
20% of 44
exhibitor4
9% of 44
platinum plus1
2% of 44
showcase20
45% of 44
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.

Related events · by shared sponsors
ConferenceDateCityShared sponsors
Disney Data & Analytics Conference 2027July 26, 2027-42
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IT-Tage 2026December 7, 2026Frankfurt am Main10
NRF Big Show 2027January 10, 2027New York10
Adobe Summit 2027March 22, 2027Las Vegas10
Open Source SecurityCon 2026November 9, 2026Salt Lake City9

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