Arrival, registration and breakfast networking
Introduction from The Network Group
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Chairperson's opening remarks
An overview of the changing role of the CIO and your welcome address from the chairperson.
Keynote: Capitalise your seat at the table – commercialisation of the technical function
- Practical ways that your technology can increase company profitability
- Positioning your business: know your place and make strategic decisions that suit the full business ecosystem
A balancing act: managing the immediate while pushing for your long-term goals
- Useful tools and methods in planning your 5, 10 and 20 year plans among ever-changing and advancing technologies
- How to maintain flexibility and agility in the products and applications you implement
- How can you secure seamless business success in the coming years as you are setting-up for the future?
Richard Williams, CIO, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development
Panel debate: Company collaboration: who’s driving your technology revolution?
- Are your IT goals supportive of the departmental needs?
- Who should drive new products, the users or the technical experts?
- How to minimise complexity and guarantee optimal value out of applications
- How to avoid stovepiping and implement a collaborative approach in your digital strategies
Anthony Macey, Director, Emerging Technology, Barclays
Paul Coby, CIO, Johnson Matthey
Coffee break and networking
Workshop 1
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Workshop 3
Agile Digital Transformation
11:00 - 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Cloud
- BI/analytics
- Digitalisation/digital marketing
- Customer relationship/experience
- IoT
- Security
- Mobile
- Enterprise applications
- Legacy modernisation
- Infrastructure and data centre
- Unified communications
- RPA
- ERP
- Networking, voice and data communication
Networking Lunch
Case study: How to implement large-scale integration of applications
- Integration of systems following an acquisition
- What were the main hurdles and how were they overcome? Lessons learnt
- How were the best tools selected?
How to utilise technology for front-running client service
- Case study on innovation in how the customer engages with company applications
- Optimising your client interface
- How to utilise data to make significant change for customer experience
Case study: How to succeed in delivering global digital business transformation
- Hurdles in interconnectivity and system management when delivering global digital transformation
- Engaging with business stakeholders and enabling staff
- How to make the most of Microsoft D365FO: avoiding pit falls and best use
Bjorn Ovar Johansson, Global Program Director, Dometic
How to deliver an industry-leading data strategy
- How the CIO should develop the way their team works with data
- What role does the IT function play in a good data strategy
- Why should the CDO function sit under the CEO and not CIO?
Kat Holmes, Data Governance Program Head, Travelex
Moving from administrators to artists: nurturing the skills and talent needed in the modern IT team
- What skills should you be looking out for to support your transformational objectives?
- Hurdles and strategies in hiring and developing existing staff members
- Best practice in maintaining and developing staff
How can we make use of technology to reduce costs and boost profitability?
- Creative methods and products to optimise cost control
- Where should your budget sit? The balance between innovation or core IT
- How to effectively automate and gather useful insights
Andrew Cobb, IT Director, AS Watson
Coffee break and networking
Workshop 4
Multi-Cloud Management
Workshop 5
Mainframe, Cloud & Hybrid IT
15:25 - 17:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Cloud
- BI/analytics
- Digitalisation/digital marketing
- Customer relationship/experience
- IoT
- Security
- Mobile
- Enterprise applications
- Legacy modernisation
- Infrastructure and data centre
- Unified communications
- RPA
- ERP
- Networking, voice and data communication
De-clouding judgement: optimising the cloud and future-proofing your tools
- How to maintain agility
- How to match technologies in a dynamic and evolving market
- What are the risks for your cloud and how we can ensure longevity in its use and cost-efficiency?
Panel Debate: API and APM management: best practice and solutions
- How to manage data for the long-term
- Challenges and solutions in increasing interconnectivity and ease of use
- How can you ensure the best user experience?
Anthony Stables, CIO, Forsters
Jules Donald, CIO, Essex Police and Kent Police
Chairperson's closing remarks
A short reflection on today's discussions, and thank you to our audience and speakers
Morning registration & breakfast
Informal networking over breakfast
Opening remarks from the chairperson
A welcome from the chairperson
Artificial intelligence: when, where and how to implement
- Current developments and technologies in the AI space
- How to reduce costs through AI
- How to innovate with AI to achieve tangible business success
Tool rationalisation: how to select applications of value and harmonise them with your current tools
- Cost management: how you should budget and reduce costs on core IT to pave the way for cost-effective tools
- How to demonstrate value and make the cut-throat decisions on applications
- The root of the matter: overcoming your encumbering legacy systems
Innovation in technology: pITch-off
In a saturated world of developing technology, it can be difficult to see what would work best for you, in both the short and long-term. Here, companies will give 10-minute summaries on new tools that they have found useful and implemented, including the hurdles and their expected future gains.
Pitches:
AI and process automation: Jon Grainger, CIO, Slater and Gordon
Innovation interconnectivity: Jennifer Anderson, CTO, Incuto (UK CIO100 2019)
Coffee break & networking
Workshop 6
Enterprise Software Support
Workshop 7
Automation & DevOps
Workshop 8
RPA
11:00 - 13:05
One-to-One meetings
Intelligently matched one-to-one meetings:
- Cloud
- BI/analytics
- Digitalisation/digital marketing
- Customer relationship/experience
- IoT
- Security
- Mobile
- Enterprise applications
- Legacy modernisation
- Infrastructure and data centre
- Unified communications
- RPA
- ERP
- Networking, voice and data communication
Networking Lunch
The real cost of security breaches and how to optimise your defences
- Breaches: how do they happen, monetary and personal costs, and who is culpable?
- The human element: how to ensure safe practices from staff members
- How to manage data and introduce protocols to reduce your exposure to cyber attacks
Roundtable Discussions
Join group discussions with your peers on some of the most challenging and significant topics of today—please confirm attendance prior to the session beginning. Each host will facilitate the discussion and deliver a short roundup of key findings during the wrap up session.
Team culture: developing skills and collaboration
Cyber security: mitigation of risk
Tool selection: optimising and integrating your applications
The strongest data strategy
Kat Holmes, Global Director, Data Governance, Travelex
Roundtable discussions - wrap-up session
Each host will provide a short overview of the key findings from their discussion to the room. This is an opportunity for everyone to gain a perspective from each roundtable discussion.