Join Minh Hua, Chief People Officer and Human Capability Thought Leader, for a fireside chat on the intersection between people and digital transformation. Organizations often get so caught up in technology that they forget about the people side. You’ll hear about lessons learned and interesting behaviors that occur in some of the largest and best companies in the world. How can IT work more effectively with HR? What are CEOs and Boards looking for when searching for a CIO and CTO? Join this session to get a unique perspective and a chance to ask questions.

As organizations continue to transform, a critical step in the process is ensuring they have a data- driven culture. According to McKinsey, companies that treat their data as a corporate asset grow revenues, on average, five times faster than companies that don’t. If companies want to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, they will need to enable a robust and sustainable data culture first. Furthermore, to capitalize on the true potential of data at our fingertips, organizations must fundamentally change how they view and use data. Transforming the view of D&A from what was typically considered a support function, to a strategic growth asset and core business competency requires data leaders to innovate to match the pace of digital transformation. Join this panel to hear how leaders have ensured that the right mindset, training, leadership, and technology are in place to create an effective data- driven organization.

Multiple surveys performed by McKinsey indicate that large companies host 10 to 15 percent of their applications in the cloud, but continue to host the core of their technology environment in traditional data centers. Unlike past successful programs to adopt Linux, x86 processes, or server virtualization, implementing cloud is more challenging.
CIOs and CTOs need to drive cloud adoption, but, given the scale and scope of change required to exploit this opportunity fully, they also need support from the rest of the management team. Engagement with the leadership team is important for technology funding, business- technology collaboration, and finding the right technical talent.
Companies that adopt the cloud will bring new capabilities to market more quickly, innovate more easily, and scale more efficiently—while also reducing technology risk. Cloud platforms can provide the required agility and scalability required for a business to adapt to the changing digital business models of 2022 and beyond.

Questions to answer during this roundtable include:
•How do you streamline cloud decisions while saving money?
•As new digital channels and workplace strategies consolidate, how do you recognize which innovations to embrace and which existing systems to retain?
•How have you worked through talent pipeline when it comes to technical roles?
•As an IT leader, What is your advice on how to effectively leverage the cloud to achieve your technology transformation agenda?
•Has your operating model changed to take advantage of the flexibility and speed that cloud offers?
•Have you used cloud as a catalyst to build new capabilities?
•Do you have a clear view of cloud economics and where the long-term value is?

Forrester defines modern BI as “Impactful via insights-driven actions; based on augmented (infused with AI) capabilities; unifying all decisions, analytics, data sources, and data types; personalized for all user personas; based on adaptive, future-fit technology; and pervasive — scaled across the enterprise and embedded in all digital workspaces or systems of work.”
While we have access to massive volumes of cloud data in data lakes and warehouses, the analytics penetration has not increased over the last ten years. We also have to increase the trust in data, and this will require integration with data catalogs, governance, and other metadata systems.
Scaling real-time analytics to every worker, every device, and every decision is the key challenge for analytics in the future. The solution to the scaling challenge is to use a multi-experience approach to analytics. Our users need to be able to use natural language, visual analytics, chatbots, data discovery tools, BI notebooks, low-code/no-code environments, and other ways to consume analytics. The era of “one dashboard fits all” is over.
Join this roundtable to hear about the key aspects of Modern BI: actionable insights, integration with AI and other advanced data technologies, personalization, and, most importantly, wider use of BI and Analytics systems.

Questions to answer in this roundtable include:
•What are the key aspects of Modern BI to achieve actionable insights, integration with AI and other advanced data technologies, personalization, and, most importantly, the wider use of BI and Analytics systems?
•How could we scale real- time analytics to every worker and every device, so that every decision is data- driven?
•How do we increase trust and adoption in consuming analytics across the organization?
•How can leaders drive change while bridging the gap between data and technology?
•How can leaders quantify and prove the ROI of data in initiatives in the context of business value?
•What cultural and infrastructural changes are required to adopt real-time, open, secure, and scalable data analytics throughout the organization?
•How do you get data to the last mile, while the underlining infrastructure continues to change at a rapid rate with so many moving pieces?

To stay competitive in 2022, you need a software ecosystem. A recent study conducted by McKinsey concluded that technology investments are creating significant business value. Large incumbent companies are looking to technology to be as dynamic a force in their business as it is in so many of the start-ups that are reshaping how people work, shop, communicate, make decisions, and live.
Tools like digital adoption platforms, digital workplace suites, team collaboration & communication tools, social intranet tools, and cloud storage tools, among many others, are key to improving both the employee and customer experience. Digital tools are the core of all digital transformation efforts within an organization. With increased budgets and willingness of boards to experiment, now may be the time to consider technologies that don’t just keep the lights on and create efficiencies, but deliver competitive advantage.

Questions to answer in this roundtable include:
•How much value will your top five tech initiatives provide to the customer?
•What new technologies are on the horizon that leaders need to be aware of?
•What initial challenges are IT teams when piloting cutting edge tools?
•Are there any tools that you’d recommend to your fellow roundtable participants that have improved the customer or employee experience and/or have increased revenue?
•How have you seen customer expectations change, particularly after the last 24 months of disruption? How has that translated to the steps you have been taking to transform with technology?
•Some might say that digital innovation is sometimes used as a marketing tool or PR campaign more than anything else, but how can we really harness it to drive business outcomes?
•What has the role of data and analytics been for you as we shift to using more and more technology and tools?

Interpol’s Cybercrime Threat Response team has detected a significant increase in the number of attempted ransomware attacks in the years following the onset of COVID-19. As many companies are adopting hybrid and work-from-home strategies, as well as cloud and other technologies, it’s more important than ever for organizations to ensure their workforce goes beyond awareness training, but adopts the right behaviors through a cyber security culture. We must recognize that people are both the best response to cyber-attacks, and the weakest link in cyber security chains. It’s critical to foster an environment where employees have the knowledge and instinct to be the first line of defense. Join this panel to hear how cyber security leaders are working to create a security- conscious corporate culture at every level of the organization.

Making hybrid cloud useful to the goals of the business - going beyond mere acquisition of the technology - depends on learning how to meet five critical challenges.
Once those challenges have been met, using cloud, software, data, and AI to generate needle-moving improvements in business performance may still require significant rethinking of the enterprise cloud adoption strategy.
Join this session to hear about the 5 distinctive levers to mastery and the “deep cloud” alternative strategy for business value generation.

Join Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy, Managing Director and Chief Data Scientist at Halliburton, as he discusses the essential nature of digital transformation in the era of Industry. 4.0+.

Key discussion points during this session include: •Digital maturity from Digitization, to Digitalization, to Digital Transformation needs clarity of practice
•The complex landscape of technologies, exponential value, and needs in the era of Industry 4.0+ will remain
•How computing platforms, automation, and talent transformation will play a key role
•The current state, challenges and success roadmap that will accelerate digital transformation

Digital transformation starts with strong leadership. It is driven by people within the enterprise who understand the organization as is, and who envision what the organization can eventually be. True digital transformation is more than just new tech; it’s about the people, the culture, capabilities, and the business model. During this panel discussion, we will be exploring this concept from a cross-industry perspective to hear from our senior leaders regarding their experiences and lessons learned from disruptive times, as well as how they are developing the next generation of leaders. What does this look like for them and their industry? What are the biggest challenges when it comes to leadership, and redefining strategy & cultural mindset? How can we drive innovation through the convergence of people, processes, data, and technology?

Join Bhargavi Sunkara, Head of Corporate Technology at BNY Mellon, as she discusses future strategy and visions for CIOs and IT professionals. Bhargavi will discuss the lessons she learned during disruptive times, how to create a winning IT team, how she has been working to innovate and disrupt in a highly- regulated industry, and the importance of nurturing partnerships with the leading business stakeholders. What does the future look like for the CIO function?

Join this closing keynote discussion to hear from Marina Bellini, Former Chief Information & Digital Officer ABInBev, BAT & PepsiCo Latin America, on how to build a portfolio of digital innovation that delivers cultural transformation and business value. Marina will discuss the importance of a ‘garage’ approach, as well as processes, metrics, mindset and ecosystems and how they are utilized to deliver on the promise of planet, people, and profit success to organizations.