CDO Institute: UK

CDO Institute: UK

Location: London, University of London, Senate House

Date: Thursday 28th November 2024

Time: 08:00 - 17:30 BST

Event Summary

The Global CDO Institute offers a curriculum of world-class, Chief Data Officer-driven academia helping executives respond to their top challenges and make the right decisions. Covering the latest trends and challenges, our flagship event provide a dynamic and agile mix of thought leadership, best practice discussions, and networking sessions.

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Agenda


Schedule
 

Agenda

08:00 - 08:45

Registration and Networking Breakfast

Join us for coffee and pastries to prepare for the day of learning and networking
08:45 - 09:35

Opening Panel

Navigating Digital Transformation: Strategies for Sustained Growth and Innovation

- Best practices for implementing digital transformation initiatives
- The role of emerging technologies in driving business innovation
- Strategies for fostering a culture of continuous innovation and agility
- The importance of cybersecurity in the digital age
- Aligning digital initiatives with overall business strategy and objectives to ensure long-term success

Mary-Jane Newton

Ed-Tech Executive & CxO Institute Event Chair

Sophie Le Reste

Senior Manager - EMEA/International, Tangoe

Guv Dhaliwal

CIO, Longhurst Group

Adina Iliescu

Consumer Digital & Technology Director, Diageo

Dave Archer

Global Head of Data Governance & Data Excellence, Apex Group

Rob Garlick

Head of Innovation, Technology & the Future of Work, Citi

09:40 - 10:20

Session Track 1

Explore insightful sessions addressing the latest industry trends and challenges
From Crisis to Clarity: Strengthening Organisational Resilience Through Strategic Decision-Making

- We’ll explore what organisational resilience is, how to measure it and provide some common traits that successfully resilient organisations share.
- We’ll look at how these organisations integrate resilience into top management and board level meetings, and associated trends.
- We’ll explore how organisations make better decisions, with some real-world examples of how organisations tackle the most complex cyber security and IT operations challenges.

Shaun Cooney

Field CTO, Splunk

Enhancing the Software Development Cycle through Gen AI

Developers face challenges such as productivity, enterprise grade security, performance, and production optimization. How can we leverage Generative Artificial Intelligence to enhance the Software Development Lifecycle (DevOps) and achieve better outcomes? Such as reducing time spent on tedious tasks like documentation, optimize coding, quickly find bugs, and refactor large code bases.

To create this and other GenAI applications at scale, we built a multi-module platform to help our teams and clients get GenAI models and applications from ideation to production faster.

Ricardo Garza

VP of Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Softtek

10:25 - 11:05

Session Track 2

Linear vs. Digital TV, an Ongoing Battle: the Experience of the Largest Spanish-Speaking Content Producer

- Address the technological and cultural hurdles encountered during the merger of Televisa and Univision, focusing on strategies to overcome these challenges and maintain operational efficiency
- Discuss the necessary shifts in business and sales models to adapt to the digital landscape, including how to align content production and distribution with evolving consumer demands
- Explore the relevance of assuming the risks of a fully integrated platform, producing content for consumers from two countries, and how this can enhance content relevance and audience engagement on any platform.


Rodrigo Becerra Mizuno

Executive Vice President, Televisa Univision

Transforming Data Management for Business Agility

- Streamlining data workflows to support rapid development and deployment
- Ensuring data privacy and compliance while enabling broad access for innovation
- Explore how optimised data management accelerates digital transformation

Matthew Livermore

Director, Sales Engineering EMEA, Delphix

Digital Experience Assurance for Digital Resilience

- Discuss the implications of DORA and the necessary adjustments for your digital service strategies to ensure compliance with the Digital Operational Resilience Act
- How to ensure quality digital experiences by proactively monitoring and maintaining the performance of your digital services to meet regulatory expectations and enhance customer satisfaction
- Explore innovation under regulatory pressure and how to use the requirements of DORA as an opportunity to innovate our digital services and improve our competitive edge in the market

Sofie Feeney

Regional VP, North Europe, Cisco Thousand Eyes

Balancing Innovation and Risk: Elevating Quality with AI

As we navigate an age of relentless technological evolution, CIOs are at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge innovations like GenAI with quality assurance to optimise software performance while tackling cost challenges.

During this roundtable we will explore how embedding robust quality practices can avert disruptions, enhance efficiencies, and strike a delicate balance between risk, reward, and efficiency. Engage in an impactful dialogue with fellow CIOs, examine real-world scenarios, and discover actionable solutions to optimise risk management and quality control, ensuring your technology investments deliver the best outcomes for customers.

Join this discussion to share insights and uncover strategies that elevate your organisation's approach to risk management and quality assurance in an AI-driven landscape.

Alex Edwards

Chief Operating Officer, Planit

Andrew Simister

Executive General Manager of Customer Experience

11:10 - 11:50

Session Track 3

Accelerate AI Transformation with Purpose-Built AI Governance

AI is transforming every business function, and enterprises must quickly embrace and operationalize AI to stay competitive. Traditional governance tools were not designed to manage risk of AI systems at scale, and over 85% of AI projects fail as a result. This session will discuss the challenges with traditional solutions that slow innovation, and why enterprises must embrace a new, purpose-built approach to AI governance designed to empower and accelerate AI transformation.

Adriano Koshiyama

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Holistic AI

Demystifying Telecom Expense Management

Join Tangoe for an interactive boardroom discussion on the key IT expense strategies for effectively managing fixed wireline telecom services and their expenses. Many organizations struggle with gaining visibility to what they have during mergers and acquisitions, rapid expansion, or consolidation initiatives, particularly when they are dealing with multiple carriers. Whether you are fully immersed in Unified Communications, still using wirelines, have various wireless devices, or a mixture of them all, you don’t want to miss this session!

In our roundtable we will cover how to:

- Audit existing tech services and assets to establish an accurate list to benchmark your current spending
- When to Consider Modernization Strategies
- Negotiate service provider contracts with the help of professionals
- Create budget for Digital Transformation Projects

You will leave with a few key recommendations on how to identify what you have and how to start enacting cost savings programs to help reduce costs and waste and more efficient use of existing communications services.

Sophie Le Reste

Senior Manager - EMEA/International, Tangoe

Challenges in Building a Data-Driven Culture: Overcoming Obstacles for Enterprise Success

- Promoting Data Literacy to give employees the necessary skills to interpret data and make informed decisions at all levels of the organizatioLeadership buy-in and effective communication to manage and overcome resistance to change
- Breaking down data silos to establish a single source of truth for data
- Ensuring data is accurate, complete and up-to-data to deliver consistent data quality to deliver reliable insights
- Building trust in data with established data governance processes and procedures

Kassim Hussein

Head of Data and Analytics, Cleveland Clinic

11:55 - 12:35

Session Track 4

Aligning Generative AI with Operational and Business Outcomes at Scale

The majority of clients struggle to link AI to business impact. Join Keepler to discover how AI can be strategically integrated to improve both operational efficiency and business outcomes, and how to do so at scale across the organization. We will explore practical examples of AI implementations that generate tangible business value, from improving decision-making processes to optimizing resource management. Additionally, we will delve into the challenges and best practices for scaling AI initiatives and the importance of creating an efficient and prioritized roadmap to ensure they align with organizational goals

Sean Poulley

COO, Keepler Data

The Convergence of Data and Identity Governance in the era of Continuous Compliance with AI

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the convergence of data and identity governance has become crucial for organizations striving to maintain continuous compliance. We will explore the integration of AI-driven solutions to enhance governance frameworks, ensuring robust security and regulatory adherence. Key subtopics include:


- AI in Data Governance: Leveraging AI to automate data classification, monitoring, and protection, reducing manual efforts and enhancing accuracy.
- Identity Governance and Administration (IGA): Implementing AI to streamline identity lifecycle management, access controls, and compliance reporting.
- Continuous Compliance: Utilizing AI to maintain real-time compliance with evolving regulations, minimizing risks and ensuring proactive governance.

Paul Cripsey

Director Solution Consulting Cybersecurity, OpenText

12:35 - 13:25

Networking Lunch

Connect with industry peers and exchange ideas over a relaxed midday meal
13:25 - 14:05

Session Track 5

Explore insightful sessions addressing the latest industry trends and challenges
From Insight to Action, Transforming Organisations Through Data-Driven Decision Making

- Explore how organisations can use data to uncover new opportunities and make informed decisions and the frameworks needed to integrate data insights into everyday operations and long-term strategy
- How leadership can inspire and foster a culture where data-driven thinking becomes a core component of decision-making across all levels of the organisation

- The importance of leveraging data as a critical resource to spark and guide innovation across different areas of the businessthe change process including effective messaging, stakeholder engagement and feedback mechanisms

Mike Leverington

Director of Data, ITV

Scaling Efficiencies with AI: Waltzing from Prototype to Production

Organizations are increasingly looking to leverage LLMs to explore various use cases. Building prototypes is often the first step to evaluate feasibility, but transitioning prototypes to production systems presents challenges across key dimensions: accuracy, speed, scalability, safety, and affordability. This session will be an interactive exploration of how organizations can address these challenges and smoothly scale AI-powered solutions from prototype to production.

Con Conlon

Founder and Managing Director, Merit Data & Technology

Sowmya Vivek

Principal Consultant, Merit Data & Technology

Getting beyond the AI POC trap: The Path to True Business Value

Struggling to advance your AI projects beyond the pilot stage? You’re certainly not alone – 70% of GenAI projects never make it to production. Join our 40-minute roundtable where industry experts will discuss practical strategies for moving past the proof of concept and driving real business value.

Learn what the most common blockers are – such as aligning AI with your strategic goals, data quality, and compliance - and how Credera is solving these problems for some of the biggest brands across the world with our structured scaling AI framework.

Mark Atterbury

Director, Head of Data, Credera

14:10 - 14:50

Session Track 6

Building Business Resilience - Navigating Disruptions with Operational Resilience Strategies

- Explore the strategies and processes to ensure that your organisation can adapt and continue to operate effectively throughout times of change and disruption.
- Topics to be addressed include risk management, business continuity planning and building and maintaining robust systems.
- Learn how to identify vulnerabilities, implement mitigation measures and develop a resilient framework for business operations.

 

Matthew Simon

Director of Global Operations, Freewheel

Browser Security: The Missing Layer in Security Strategies

- Why organisation need to evaluate the different approaches to browser security
- How the threat landscape is evolving to bypass browser security
- Why browser security is enhancing productivity for users and security teams
- How rethinking browser security can reduce costs and duplication
- What aspects of browser security secure access and data – both for managed and unmanaged endpoints

Tom McVey

Senior Sales Engineer EMEA

Unlocking IT Transparency with Unit Economics for Cloud and On-Prem Environments

- Discuss approaches to achieving holistic unit economics as a foundation for IT cost transparency. How precise tracking, allocation and reporting that aligns IT spending with business outcomes and value can shift the trajectory of a business.
- Learn best practices for reducing cloud and infrastructure costs by integrating ITFM and FinOps, including resource right-sizing, usage monitoring, and leveraging reserved instances.
- Explore strategies to enhance data-driven decisions and maximize ROI, ensuring IT investments are transparent, measurable, and aligned with long-term business goals.

David Harding

CEO, MagicOrange

14:55 - 15:35

Session Track 7

Unleashing Creativity and Innovation - Harnessing the Power of Generative AI

- Explore beyond the hype of Generative AI, and the ways it can be used to enhance the business experience
- How can organisations effectively integrate generative AI tools into existing creative and production workflows?
- Understand key implementation and adoption challenges and ways to address them, including both ethical and practical considerations

Tara Waters

Experienced Chief Digital Officer

Cyber Security: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger

In this session, Dan Jones will delve into the key things organisations need to consider when building a robust cybersecurity strategy.

Cybersecurity is getting Harder. How can organisations be secure when they have less people, a larger estate and a larger attack surface?
- How can organisations make it Better? The importance of People, Technology and Process.
- Why you need your data Faster? And why Real Time Data Measured in Milliseconds is imperative.
- How to make your organsation Stronger with Visibility, Control, and Remediation

Dan Jones

Senior Security Advisor, Tanium

15:40 - 16:20

Session Track 8

Drowning in Vulnerabilities? Manually Trying to Locate the IT Asset Owners? Reactive After the Event Response?

- Proactive & collaborative cyber resilience utilising the world’s largest Asset AI of 5BN devices
- Practical and fast applications of AI in identifying assets, risk, remediation owners and automating the fix.
- Continuously monitor all assets and asset types from ground to cloud, IT to OT & IoT

United Airlines case study: 200M vulnerabilities, to 11,000 security findings and a “self defending AI inventory”.

James Watts

Sector Lead - Banking, Financial Services & Operational Resilience, Armis

Building a Future-Ready Data Strategy to Unlock Business Value Through Data Governance, Analytics and Security

- Best practices for ensuring data quality, compliance and accessibility across the organisation
- How to leverage advanced analytics and business intelligence tools to drive strategic decision-making
- Balancing data access with robust security measures to protect sensitive information in a rapidly evolving digital landscape

Kieran Poynton

Director of Data & Analytics, Bromford

16:25 - 16:55

Closing Session

Unlocking Business Potential - Navigating Digital and AI Transformation

- Discuss the importance of strategic alignment and how you can ensure that digital and AI initiatives align with long-term business goals? And how can the value of these initiatives be articulated to stakeholders?
- Explore how organisations can manage and utilise data effectively to support Digital and AI transformations. And what measures should be taken to protect data security and privacy in the context of Digital and AI initiatives?

Giles Lindsay

Chief Information and Technology Officer, Lif3away

17:00 - 18:00

Closing Drinks Reception

Event Speakers

Mary-Jane NewtonEd-Tech Executive & CxO Institute Event Chair

Sophie Le ResteSenior Manager - EMEA/International, Tangoe

Guv DhaliwalCIO, Longhurst Group

Adina IliescuConsumer Digital & Technology Director, Diageo

Dave ArcherGlobal Head of Data Governance & Data Excellence, Apex Group

Rob GarlickHead of Innovation, Technology & the Future of Work, Citi

Shaun CooneyField CTO, Splunk

Ricardo GarzaVP of Innovation and Emerging Technologies, Softtek

Rodrigo Becerra MizunoExecutive Vice President, Televisa Univision

Matthew LivermoreDirector, Sales Engineering EMEA, Delphix

Sofie FeeneyRegional VP, North Europe, Cisco Thousand Eyes

Alex EdwardsChief Operating Officer, Planit

Andrew SimisterExecutive General Manager of Customer Experience

Adriano KoshiyamaCo-Founder and Co-CEO, Holistic AI

Kassim HusseinHead of Data and Analytics, Cleveland Clinic

Sean PoulleyCOO, Keepler Data

Paul CripseyDirector Solution Consulting Cybersecurity, OpenText

Mike LeveringtonDirector of Data, ITV

Con ConlonFounder and Managing Director, Merit Data & Technology

Sowmya VivekPrincipal Consultant, Merit Data & Technology

Mark AtterburyDirector, Head of Data, Credera

Matthew SimonDirector of Global Operations, Freewheel

Tom McVeySenior Sales Engineer EMEA

David HardingCEO, MagicOrange

Tara WatersExperienced Chief Digital Officer

Dan JonesSenior Security Advisor, Tanium

James WattsSector Lead - Banking, Financial Services & Operational Resilience, Armis

Kieran PoyntonDirector of Data & Analytics, Bromford

Giles LindsayChief Information and Technology Officer, Lif3away

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