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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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Senior Executives

9 Hrs

Industry Insights

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Mark Adams

SVP and Head of Innovation

Lisa Wardlaw

Chief Strategy Officer

Shantala Sadananda

EVP & Regional Managing Director

Michelle Goad

Senior Director, Gen Z Digital Innovation

Girish Juneja

Chief Digital Officer

Vincent Yang

CEO and Co-Founder

Franky Pathyil

Director of Partnerships & Strategy

Miriam McLemore

Director Enterprise Strategy

Aditya Jaigopal Nagarajan

Head of Strategy and Business Operations

Soma Venkat

SVP & Chief Information Technology Officer

Rodrigo Stanger

Senior Partner & VP

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Why Attend

Connect with 70+ 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

Interactive Panel

Delivering Business Outcomes Through Digital Innovation

Soma Venkat SVP & Chief Information Technology Officer, Cooper Standard

09:55 - 10:35

Workshop

AI Marketplaces and their role in Cross-Company Innovation

Organizations need to get access to external data and AI models in order to both improve the accuracy of their AI models as well as to speed up their development cycle

Kaladhar Voruganti Senior Fellow, CTO Office, Equinix

10:45 - 11:45

Roundtables

Track 1: Defined by CX – Powered by Digital

Track 2: Creating value through business model innovation

Franky Pathyil Director of Partnerships & Strategy, Workgrid Software

Miriam McLemore Director Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services

Aditya Jaigopal Nagarajan Head of Strategy and Business Operations, TCS

Track 3: Innovating with data – your strategic growth asset

Camila Serna SVP, Digital Portfolio Manager, Chubb

11:50 - 12:20

Closing Keynote

Live Stream and Video Commerce; The Future of Digital Is Here

Shoppable video commerce and immersive, interactive live streams are a $300bn industry in China. These discovery and shopping behaviors are quickly moving west to the US, where the market size is expected to double in the next year

Vincent Yang CEO and Co-Founder, Firework

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Innovation at the Core: Delivering Business Outcomes Through Digital Transformation

Girish Juneja Chief Digital Officer, Dover Corporation

09:45 - 10:25

Workshop

How to create a successful hybrid enterprise with Slack

As we return to pre-pandemic life, companies may struggle with deciding on a working model to adopt. Should they continue working fully remotely or revert to the traditional in-office style of work?

Andy Pflaum Senior Director of Platform Solutions, Slack

Marc Goldberg CTO, Society for Human Resource Management

10:35 - 11:35

Roundtables

Track 1: Defined by CX – Powered by Digital

Track 2: Creating value through business model innovation

Franky Pathyil Director of Partnerships & Strategy, Workgrid Software

Miriam McLemore Director Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services

Aditya Jaigopal Nagarajan Head of Strategy and Business Operations, TCS

Track 3: Innovating with data – your strategic growth asset

Camila Serna SVP, Digital Portfolio Manager, Chubb

11:40 - 12:10

Closing Keynote

Future Proofing your ERP Solutions

As organizations modernize core IT systems to support business processes and rising customer expectations, new demands are being placed on critical ERP applications like SAP

John Pawlikowski SAP Product Management Leader, IBM Cloud

Rodrigo Stanger Senior Partner & VP, IBM

09:00 - 09:10

Opening Remarks

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote

Business Model Innovation

Michelle Goad Senior Director, Gen Z Digital Innovation, Nike

09:45 - 10:25

Workshop

Embedded Innovation - The New Status Quo

The pandemic was bleak from many perspectives but the speed at which the industry innovated and transformed to help their customers was a game changer

Shantala Sadananda EVP & Regional Managing Director, Globant

10:35 - 11:35

Roundtables

Track 1: Defined by CX – Powered by Digital

Track 2: Creating value through business model innovation

Franky Pathyil Director of Partnerships & Strategy, Workgrid Software

Miriam McLemore Director Enterprise Strategy, Amazon Web Services

Aditya Jaigopal Nagarajan Head of Strategy and Business Operations, TCS

Track 3: Innovating with data – your strategic growth asset

Camila Serna SVP, Digital Portfolio Manager, Chubb

11:40 - 12:10

Keynote

Game-Changers: It’s about your Customer, not your Competitors -

Your strategy is about your customer and their journey.

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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