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CIO Digital Summit

The move to the virtual workplace has given IT an influence like never before! As customer centric digital transformation makes the technology organisation a revenue generator and as emerging technologies sit at the heart of the employee experience in the new world of work, it is time for the CIO to step up.

Join 70+ senior IT leaders on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.

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Attendees

100%

Senior Executives

9 Hrs

Industry Insights

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Gopalratnam VC

CIO

Petra J Zijlstra

Group Chief Data Analytic Officer

Luis Lancos

SVP Systems and Technology

Tony O'Donnell

Prev. Eng. at Shutterstock, CTO

Brett Caldon

CEO

Nadine Thomson

Global Chief Technology Officer

Dax Grant

CIO - Global Operations

Mike Keirsey

Director, Global Technology, EMEA

Alistair Pooley

CIO

Rodrigo Medgenberg

Head of EMEA Sales

Nicolas Ford

Global VP Product & Solutions Marketing

Kamales Lardi

CEO

Guillaume Cabrere

Head of Open Innovation

Francois Mongy

Connect BI director - Deployment CoE

Sneh Agrawal

Principal, Strategic Advisory and Consulting

Gavin Cary

Head of Enterprise

KJ Kusch

CTO

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Why Attend

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

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Event Agenda

Day one

Day two

Day three

09:00 - 09:20

Opening Remarks

Intro & Challenger Panel - 3 Roundtable moderators

09:20 - 09:50

Keynote

Accelerating digital transformation in healthcare

Gopalratnam VC CIO, Phillips

09:55 - 10:35

Keynote

Restructuring your IT organisation to sit closer to the business

Nadine Thomson Global Chief Technology Officer, Mediacom

10:35 - 10:45

Insight Break

10:45 - 11:45

Roundtables

Track 1: The journey to El Dorado ! Trials and tribulations of the revenue enabling CIO

Mike Keirsey Director, Global Technology, EMEA, Boomi

Track 2: Breaking down siloes to find universal truths – throwing bricks or breaking bread?

Alistair Pooley CIO, Snow Software

Rodrigo Medgenberg Head of EMEA Sales, Digital Asset

Track 3: Outsourcing, contracting and democratising to innovate digitally – Shaping your IT organisation in response to an expanding innovation ecosystem

Nicolas Ford Global VP Product & Solutions Marketing, Mendix (Acquired by Siemens)

11:50 - 12:10

Closing Keynote

Our CDO 2.0 Preparation and Race – 2022 and Beyond

Petra J Zijlstra Group Chief Data Analytic Officer, Shell

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:45

Keynote

Driving digital transformation through digital empathy

Kamales Lardi CEO, Lardi & Partner Consulting

Guillaume Cabrere Head of Open Innovation, Societe Generale

Gavin Cary Head of Enterprise, Refinitiv

KJ Kusch CTO, Walk Me

09:45 - 10:25

Panel Discussion

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

Tony O'Donnell Prev. Eng. at Shutterstock, CTO, Prezi

Brett Caldon CEO, Workgrid

10:25 - 10:35

Insight Break

10:35 - 11:35

Roundtables

Track 1: The journey to El Dorado! Trials and tribulations of the revenue enabling CIO

Mike Keirsey Director, Global Technology, EMEA, Boomi

Track 2: Breaking down siloes to find universal truths – throwing bricks or breaking bread?

Alistair Pooley CIO, Snow Software

Rodrigo Medgenberg Head of EMEA Sales, Digital Asset

Track 3: Outsourcing, contracting and democratising to innovate digitally – Shaping your IT organisation in response to an expanding innovation ecosystem

Nicolas Ford Global VP Product & Solutions Marketing, Mendix (Acquired by Siemens)

11:40 - 12:10

Closing Panel

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Intelligent Automation

Francois Mongy Connect BI director - Deployment CoE, Nielsen

Sneh Agrawal Principal, Strategic Advisory and Consulting, InfoCepts

09:45 - 10:25

Keynote

Digitisation in a regulatory world

Dax Grant CIO - Global Operations, HSBC

10:30 - 11:30

Roundtable Review

Mike Keirsey Director, Global Technology, EMEA, Boomi

Alistair Pooley CIO, Snow Software

Rodrigo Medgenberg Head of EMEA Sales, Digital Asset

Nicolas Ford Global VP Product & Solutions Marketing, Mendix (Acquired by Siemens)

11:35 - 12:05

Closing Panel

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Audience Interaction

Engage with a virtual live audience just as you would at a physical event and create meaningful conversations.

Live Polling

The ultimate live polling and gamification tools, keeping your audience engaged.

Audience Q&A

Enabling our team to help you control your session experience.

Interactive Quizzes

Interactive quizzes to gamify your session

Thought Leadership

Content and insight from industry experts when it matters most

FAQs

What does it cost to attend?

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.
Is this event right for me?

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.
What’s the application process?

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.
What types of speaking slots are available?

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.
What media partnership packages are available?

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.

William Hendrickson, Managing Director, Dupont Sustainable Solutions

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.

Ryan Waymire, Senior Vice President, FabFitFun

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

Cynthia Richardson, Senior Director, Global Logistics & Merchandising, 7-Eleven Global

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.

Christina Alexander Alexandropoulou, Four Seasons Hotels

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