The Context Swamp: Are We Making the Same Mistake Faster?

​The pattern is familiar: a data lake grows faster than teams can organize it. Definitions drift, ownership gets unclear, and finding trusted data becomes harder.

​AI agents can create the same problem at a new layer. Every agent needs context: what your data means, which definitions to trust, what decisions have been made, and what each system is allowed to access. When teams rebuild that context agent by agent, across disconnected tools and workflows, the result is a context swamp.

Join Bharath Chari for a conversation with Eric Kavanagh, CEO & Co-Founder of The Bloor Group and host of DM Radio, the longest-running radio show in the world dedicated to data, on air since 2008, and Jo Perez, Head of Solutions Engineering at Collate and host of Data 30.

​Together, they’ll explore:

• ​Why data swamps and context swamps form

• ​How AI agents raise the stakes

• ​What teams can do across workflows, governance, and technology

• ​How to give people and agents a shared understanding of data

​Expect practical perspectives, a candid discussion, and plenty of time for audience questions.

​Join us live on October 7 at 9 a.m. PT.