1 OCTOBER 2026 - ON AN ONLINE DEVICE NEAR YOU
The Foundation of Data Driven Organisations
ABOUT
What’s DataNext Architecture all about??
Architecture is the foundation of every organisation's data strategy - it must align with the short and long term goals of the organisation whilst creating an environment that supports data collection, processing, analytical & ML workloads.
DataNext Architecture will deep dive into how organisations are using their architecture to create the foundation to become truly data driven. Showcasing how architecture underpins the value that an organisation derives from its data initiatives.
Who should attend
> Data Strategists
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> Data Architects
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> CIO’s
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> CDO’s
> Data Services
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> Transformation Leaders
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> Data Management
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> Business Analysts
> CTO’s
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> AI Architects
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> Data Engineers
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> Data Leaders
Speakers 2025
Abhishek Chowdhury
Senior AI Enterprise Architect
APG Asset Management
Arnaud Cellier-Theron
Head of Enterprise Data Arch
Zurich Insurance
Muhammad Saleem
Head of Data Architecture
BAE Systems
Roshan Bhondekar
Data Integration Architect
Continental
Alex Stuart
Senior Solutions Engineer
Confluent
Ashkan Ashkpour
Senior Data Architect
Gemeente Delft
Nasir Arafat
Data Engineer - Renewables
ScottishPower
Tripti Patil
Enterprise Data Architect
SGN
Andreas Kollegger
Senior Developer Advocate
Neo4j
Kashif Mir
Lead Data Architect
Bboxx
Oleg Yermilov
Lead Architect Data & AI
Henkel
Arianna Valentini
Director of Product Markt
Precisely
Kumar Sambhav
Lead Data Solutions Architect
Bupa
Puneet Babbar
Head of Data Architecture
NewDay
AGENDA
The schedule is based on the Central European Time Zone
Opening Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits
The Collapsing Stack: Why Data Architecture Must Reinvent Itself Again
Speaker to be Confirmed
Governing AI Pipelines: Data Architects at the Centre of Responsible AI
Speaker to be Confirmed
From Lakehouse to What? Navigating the Next Generation Data Platform
Speaker to be Confirmed
Designing for Unknowns: Building Architectures That Survive Strategic Pivots
Speaker to be Confirmed
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
Architecting Real-Time Feature Stores Without Drowning in Operational Complexity
Speaker to be Confirmed
Data Mesh at Year Three: What the Early Adopters Got Wrong & How to Fix it
Speaker to be Confirmed
Data Contracts in ML Pipelines: Preventing the Silent Corruption Nobody Sees
Speaker to be Confirmed
Automating Lineage: Closing the Gap Between Policy Intent and Data Reality
Speaker to be Confirmed
When Your LLM Needs a Schema: Structuring Unstructured Data at Enterprise Scale
Speaker to be Confirmed
Designing for GDPR, EU AI Act & Whatever Regulation Comes Next - All at Once
Speaker to be Confirmed
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
The Semantic Layer Is Not Dead: Rethinking Metrics Where They Actually Live
Speaker to be Confirmed
Selling Architecture to the Board: Speaking Business When You Think in Systems
Speaker to be Confirmed
Event-Driven Architecture at Scale: Lessons From the Streaming Wars
Speaker to be Confirmed
Technical Debt Triage: How to Modernise Without Stopping the Business
Speaker to be Confirmed
Multi-Cloud Data Architecture: Managing Gravity, Cost, and Vendor Lock-In
Speaker to be Confirmed
Building a Data Architecture Practice: From Lone Expert to Embedded Discipline
Speaker to be Confirmed
Exhibition & One 2 One Networking
- Take a virtual walk through our online exhibition - find some inspiration
- One 2 One Meetings with Sponsors, Exhibitors & Peers
Panel Discussion - The Architect's Dilemma: When Business Speed Demands you Cut Corners on Design
Panellists & Moderator to be Confirmed
Closing Remarks
Philip Bell, Director, Sofa Summits
Registration Options
* Sofa Summits reserves the rights to cancel the registration if the registration conditions are not met or the registration details are false.
Sponsors 2026
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