Europe's leading expert community for data management
The Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ) is a research consortium and Europe's leading expert community for data management.
Members of the CC CDQ benefit from a cross-industry network, knowledge sharing, and research & co-innovation.
We bring together data management experts from practice and academia:
- Corporate partners are more than 15 renowned companies from different industries.
- The research team is located at the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC – University of Lausanne) and headed by Prof. Dr. Christine Legner.
The CC CDQ was founded in 2006 at the Institute of Information Management (IWI – University of St. Gallen). Today, it is operated by CDQ AG.
If you would like to learn more about the CC CDQ or to become a member of the CC CDQ, please contact us.

Benefits of a CC CDQ membership
Expert Community
Cross-industry network of data management experts from leading European companies & research institutions
- Participation of up to 4 company delegates at 4 CC CDQ workshops p.a.
- Experience sharing, benchmarking and access to expertise in partner companies
Knowledge Sharing
Best practices, concepts, methods, and tools for data management (Data Excellence Model)
- Access for all employees to the CC CDQ WIKI with 800+ documents
- Annual CDQ Good Practice Award to facilitate exchange
- Good practice presentations during CC CDQ workshops
Research & Co-Innovation
Trend scouting, analysis and development of solutions for enterprise-wide data management
- CC CDQ research agenda and deliverables (e.g., market studies, working reports) defined by member companies
- Co–innovation sessions (e.g. data quality revisited, data democratization, data management for sustainability) and development of deliverables in collaboration between practitioners and academics
Prices
Type of Membership | 1-year contract | 2-year contract | 3-year contract |
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CC CDQ membership
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80'000 CHF p.a. | 72'000 CHF p.a. (-10%) | 64'000 CHF p.a. (-20%) |
Our CC Community Members



CC CDQ staff
Our team

Prof. Dr. Christine Legner
Head of Competence Center Corporate Data Quality

Dr. Tobias Pentek
Head of Community and Innovation

Dr. Markus Eurich
Head of Knowledge Management

Grit Lange
Marketing & Community Manager

Pavel Krasikov
Research Associate

Hippolyte Lefebvre
Research Associate

Redwan Hasan
Research Associate

Dr. Elizabeth Teracino
Senior Research Associate