KC-DAMA is excited to have a full day dedicated to Data and AI (Artificial Intelligence)!

Continental Breakfast begins at 8AM, Lunch will also be provided for those attending in person. 

Speaker Bios

Karen Lopez

Karen is a senior project manager and architect with an extensive background in development processes and information management. She specializes in taking practical approaches to systems development.

She has 20+ years of public speaking (keynotes, speeches, and demonstrations).

She wants attendees to have fun, gain insights and take away inspiration for working with new technologies and methods.  She’s known for her slightly irreverent and practical approach to IT training and speaking.  She wants you to be part of #TEAMDATA.

Ryan Day

Ryan Day is an advanced data scientist at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and the author of Hands-on APIs for AI and Data Science, O’Reilly Publishing, 2025.

He previously led the digital services division for a Federal agency, where he advanced cloud computing, data science and API development initiatives. He is an experienced open-source developer who participates in the FastAPI project. He holds an AWS Solutions Architect certification and is a member of the National Association of Business Economics.

Ryan was a member of KC DAMA during the early 2000s and served as webmaster in 2010.

TOPIC: Data and AI

The day will start with an exciting presentation from a KC-DAMA favorite, Karen Lopez, with her presentation “Securing and Protecting Your Data for AI”. This presentation discusses the importance of data privacy, compliance with regulations, and the growing need for enhanced data security measures. Karen will have hands-on activities and lots of fun presenting in the morning and afternoon. Local KC author Ryan Day will be presenting relevant data management topics from his new book “Hands-On APIs for AI and Data Science: Python Development with FastAPI”. He will also lead a book club style question and answer session! If you join us for the meeting, he’s even arranged to get you a 30-day trial to read his new book digitally. Finally, we will have a great panel on Data and AI where you can get your questions answered about all things Data and AI! Feel free to send your questions ahead of time for this exciting panel.

Meeting Location:

Training Umbrella
10551 Barkley St. Ste. #102
Overland Park, KS 66212

Directions: in Overland Park off of Metcalf: 105th & Barkley

Membership & Participation:

*IT’S TIME TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP WITH KC DAMA!
To attend this session, you must have a 2025 to 2026 membership with KC DAMA.  You can renew on-line using:  Join DAMA
If your company requires an invoice, please contact Membership@kcdama.org to get this process started.

• You must RSVP to RSVP@kcdama.org by May 16th, 2025. TO PARTICIPATE YOU MUST PICK IN PERSON OR REMOTE
• Each individual who will participate virtually must register separately. You can only join virtually using the name you registered under or you will not be admitted.
• Current members can attend at no charge.
• We have special rates for students, retired and unemployed individuals, please contact RSVP@kcdama.org for more details.
• We also offer a scholarship to one deserving individual if you or someone you know would like to apply to attend for free, send an email to RSVP@kcdama.org with a short paragraph for application.

Those choosing to participate remotely:

Virtual details will be emailed to each participant after you RSVP.
You must join virtually using the name you registered under or you will not be admitted

NOTE:  Please contact Membership@kcdama.org or Treasurer@kcdama.org if you are unclear of the status of your membership.