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13 - 15 Jul • America • Online

The State of Modern Innovation

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Digital Innovation Summit

Innovation is a 21st century buzzword which has evolved into an essential department of any business. What are the greatest challenges that all innovators are facing, and how can they be solved?

Sense check your approach with likeminded industry experts, sharing insight 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

Diwakar Goel

Global Chief Data Officer

Mark Adams

SVP and Head of Innovation - VICE Media

Lisa Wardlaw

Chief Strategy Officer

Bruce Schineli

VP IT & CIO

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Why Attend

Connect with 65+ senior Digital Innovation 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

09:20 - 09:50

Keynote

Equity Through Opportunity, Accelerated by Digital

Dru Rai Chief Digital Officer, Goodwill Industries International

09:55 - 10:35

Workshop

Making AI Value Real: From Ideation to Real Business Impact

Nir Kaldero Chief Data, Analytics, & AI Officer, NEORIS

10:45 - 11:45

Roundtables

Track 1: Instill a Test-and-Learn Culture to Win the Digital Era - Has your company learned how to evaluate assumptions and validate decisions with data?

Track 2: How to Store and Analyse Collected Data - Where is your data currently being stored? What are the challenges with this?

Track 3: Pulling Back the Curtain: understand your core business goals - What’s the most effective way of determining your overarching business strategy?

11:50 - 12:20

Closing Keynote

Real Time, Agile, Edge-Enabled: The New Pillars of the Digital Enterprise

Marty Sprinzen CEO, Vantiq

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Sustainable Transformation: Choose Not to Fail….

Alina Aronova SVP of Technology Operations, Cengage Learning

09:45 - 10:25

Workshop

Re-imagining Work: Building an Inclusive, Flexible, and Connected Workplace

Helen Kupp Head of Product Strategy & Partnerships, Future Forum, Slack Technologies

Joseph White Director of Workplace Futures & Insight , Herman Miller Inc.

Katie Lavoie Principal , Boston Consulting Group

10:35 - 11:35

Roundtables

Track 1: Instill a Test-and-Learn Culture to Win the Digital Era - Has your company learned how to evaluate assumptions and validate decisions with data?

Track 2: How to Store and Analyse Collected Data - Where is your data currently being stored? What are the challenges with this?

Track 3: Pulling Back the Curtain: understand your core business goals - What’s the most effective way of determining your overarching business strategy?

11:40 - 12:10

Closing Keynote

Power to the People: Using your Brain and Putting Customer Experience at the Heart of Digital Transformation

Raj Sadasivan Chief Global Digital Architect & Innovation Leader, Schneider Electric

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Navigating New Seas: Bringing AI and Automation to the Edge

Rob High IBM Fellow, Vice President and CTO, IBM

09:45 - 10:25

Workshop

5 Steps to Enterprise SaaS DevOps

David Brooks SVP Products, Copado

10:30 - 11:30

Roundtable Review

Track 1: Instill a Test-and-Learn Culture to Win the Digital Era - Has your company learned how to evaluate assumptions and validate decisions with data?

Track 2: How to Store and Analyse Collected Data - Where is your data currently being stored? What are the challenges with this?

Track 3: Pulling Back the Curtain: understand your core business goals - What’s the most effective way of determining your overarching business strategy?

11:35 - 12:15

Closing Panel

Delivering Business Outcomes Through Digital Innovation

Rashu Garg SVP and Enterprise Head Of Data / Analytics Products, Regions Bank

Joe Thykattil Director Cloud Services & Engineering , Cox Communications

Seth Carpien Director, DPS Digital Practice, Novant Health

Day one Day two Day three

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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