

CIO’s crossed a threshold where they are now seen as key to revenue generation through enabling and often leading innovative digital products. Yet the realities from the splurge to expedite digital channels and transform workplaces is only just settling in and many technology leaders are seeing cost cutting on the horizon.
This need to optimise profit rather than focussing mainly on delivering on budget represents a huge shift for the CIO who’s influence will only grow as digital becomes a more significant part of companies make up.
Connect with 70+ senior IT leaders for a curated agenda focused on tackling your current business critical challenges and driving industry forward. Our summits are designed to help you:
Build new connections with likeminded senior leaders
Stay current with emerging business trends
Understand the impact new technology can make
De-risk new projects by gaining a broad range of insights
Accelerate key projects through meaningful new partnerships
Downloadable and actionable takeaways
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:20
09:20 - 09:50
Harnessing talent to drive revenue generation
09:55 - 10:35
AI and Community Data for Profitable Partnerships
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: The journey to El Dorado! Trials and tribulations of the revenue enabling CIO
Track 2: Breaking down siloes to find universal truths – throwing bricks or breaking bread?
Track 3: Outsourcing, contracting and democratising to innovate digitally – Shaping your IT organisation in response to an expanding innovation ecosystem
11:50 - 12:20
Building a Digital Infrastructure to Achieve a Business Advantage
Join Equinix as we discuss the trends that have been supercharged over the past eighteen months, and how a company can deliver world-class experiences to its customers, partners and employees by implementing a platform approach.
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Preparing for Hybrid - Key learnings on Hybrid and managing app ecosystems from senior enterprise technology leaders who are now driving the future of virtual collaboration through start ups
09:45 - 10:25
Best Practices for a Successful Cloud Center of Excellence
10:25 - 10:35
Decoding the Strategic Decision Engine of Modern IT
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: The journey to El Dorado! The journey to El Dorado ! Trials and tribulations of the revenue enabling CIO
Track 2: Breaking down siloes to find universal truths – throwing bricks or breaking bread?
Track 3: Outsourcing, contracting and democratising to innovate digitally – Shaping your IT organisation in response to an expanding innovation ecosystem
11:40 - 12:10
De-Risk working with 3rd and 4th Parties to Achieve Innovation in Highly Regulated Industries
09:10 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Breaking Down the Buzz Word: Digital Adoption
No longer viewed as a service provider, IT is at the epicenter of the business, employees, and customers. CIOs are now seen as a leading innovator and revenue-generating component of the business, with responsibility for driving successful digital transformation that results in business impact. Dan Adika, CEO at WalkMe, shares what exactly digital adoption is, and how this plays a strategic role in driving value from transformation initiatives.
09:45 - 10:25
Reimagine & Re:invent business
10:30 - 11:30
11:35 - 12:05
Many small steps for man, making giant leaps for Mankind. Space exploration and digital innovation
Summary of the deep space exploration adaption of exponential technology. An evolution using mars, europa, asteroid detection and earth climate change examples.
Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.
The ultimate live polling and gamification tools, keeping your audience engaged.
Enabling our team to help you control your session experience.
Interactive quizzes to gamify your session
Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most
There is no cost associated with attending a GDS Summit. In return, we ask that all senior executives in participation attend for the full duration to ensure that all attendees get maximum value and insight from the interactive roundtables, live Q&As and breakout networking sessions.
Our digital summit portfolio is designed to bring together senior decision makers from large global businesses and innovative disruptor brands to drive industry forward through addressing business critical challenges collaboratively.
If you’re keen to build new connections with likeminded leaders, de-risk your projects through new insight and establish new partnerships that can accelerate your projects then apply to attend today.
Complete our ‘apply to attend’ form on the event page if you’re interested in attending the summit and you meet our application criteria. A member of the GDS team will then reach out to run you through the programme and event format and discuss your participation.
On stage: co-host a panel discussion with a group of likeminded senior executives or host a solo keynote presentation. Both slots include elements of interactive audience Q&A
Off stage: become a roundtable moderator, leading the discussion with the same cohort of executives for the duration of the summit around a specific topic you’ve agreed to focus on during the roundtable session.
We can tailor a partnership package to help meet your business objectives. This might include brand awareness, driving traffic to your site or quality editorial content via exclusive interviews and Q&As with our executive audience. Enquire today for more information.
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You will leave the summit with best practices to immediately apply back to your organisation and new connections from meaningful conversations.
If you haven’t been to a GDS Digital Summit, you will be incredibly impressed. It’s far more engaging than most digital event experiences. It’s a very interactive environment.
I connected with peers that I know I’ll stay in touch with, including suppliers which have presented a fantastic opportunity for 7-Eleven Global in the future. It may well be the most valuable summit I’ve attended in many years
Thank you so much! Great Summit - an outstanding 3 days that culminated in this Award ... I am humbled and honored. Congratulations to you all for pulling off a Hybrid Summit with Augmented Reality features that are truly unparalleled in the Industry! Collaborative, Interactive & showcasing leading edge technology ... GDS Summits really set the bar so high that a return to physical conferences might be re-evaluated in the Industry. You are an amazing Team of Professionals & I am truly honoured to have been a part of this Summit.