

A recurring theme among analytics and data science leaders is the concern of not being able to keep up with all of the rapid change taking place – both individually and as a team.
Sense check your approach with like-minded industry experts, sharing insight on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Connect with 70+ senior Data & Analytics 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
Future-Proof your data-driven organization
09:20 - 09:50
Future-Proof your data-driven organization-Cisco
The topic of this talk is “Industrialization” and to get organizations to think about delivery advanced data & analytics at scale
09:55 - 10:35
AI Innovation: Ambition vs Reality
The topic of this talk is “Industrialization” and to get organizations to think about delivery advanced data & analytics at scale. Building an analytics factor requires organizations to organize themselves different, change their processes, and adopt new technologies to scale.
10:35 - 10:45
10:45 - 11:45
Track 1: The CDO of the future
What does the future hold for the role and the senior data leaders that support it?
Track 2: The cutting edge of data democratisation- enabling employees to take control of their data destinies
Expanding the pool of people who can analyse and develop meaningful business action from data is critical to gain a competitive edge for your business
Track 3: The emergence of Xops- critical need or just another buzzword?
Is xOps as a term and a function necessary? Is it not creating confusion among other established disciplines such as DevOps and DataOps?
11:50 - 12:20
Data Fabric: The Key to Delivering Strategic Business Outcomes
Organizations can empower people to do higher value work and hyper-personalize digital experiences. However, only 2 of 10 firms have scaled their transformation and technology solutions. Join this session to learn how innovative data and AI methodologies can accelerate your digital transformation today
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
Journey to CDO 2.0
To drive effective digital transformation you need a quality data engine. Learn how Shell is turning data into the new oil and powering towards an exciting future based on the fundamentals, successful integration, transformation and re-imaging the potential of the CDO
09:45 - 10:25
Data Literacy as a Game-Changer: Retain Talent, Monetize your Data, and Eliminate Silos
10:25 - 10:35
10:35 - 11:35
Track 1: The CDO of the future
What does the future hold for the role and the senior data leaders that support it?
Track 2: The cutting edge of data democratisation- enabling employees to take control of their data destinies
Expanding the pool of people who can analyse and develop meaningful business action from data is critical to gain a competitive edge for your business
Track 3: The emergence of Xops- critical need or just another buzzword?
Is xOps as a term and a function necessary? Is it not creating confusion among other established disciplines such as DevOps and DataOps?
11:40 - 12:10
What’s Possible in Data Intelligence
The abundance of data has drastically transformed the way organizations conduct business in today’s digital world. The ability to consume and analyze real-time data strategically for customer experience optimization, site selection, visitor behavioral trends, etc. is necessary in order for an organization to grow and succeed. Join us for an interactive fireside chat as Gladys Kong, COO of Near Inc., and Mark Smith, CEO & Chief Research Officer of Ventana Research, discuss all things data including best practices in leveraging external and internal data sets, data governance, privacy and more!
09:00 - 09:10
09:10 - 09:40
The future CDO leader
Adam will share his personal story of being entrepreneurial and creating his own role as CDO at the largest risk manager in the USA and what he feels the opportunity is for aspiring data leaders
09:45 - 10:25
Leveraging IoT data for business and customer value
Data Silos – how did we get here? Evolution of the Data warehouse (data lake) cooperative architecture (data lakes and data warehouses side-by-side doing basically what they were designed for, but not in a unified way). Understanding that BI/Reporting delivers more value when it’s based on all of the data. On the other side IoT data is more valuable for data science when historical data is used to give it context
10:30 - 11:30
11:35 - 12:05
The future of self service in Healthcare
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.