CIO Institute: Germany

Join us for coffee and pastries to prepare for the day of learning and networking

Explore how digital leaders can navigate the complexities of digital transformation and AI integration, emphasizing the evolution of leadership roles and the importance of fostering a culture that champions innovation.

- Adapting leadership styles to embrace digital and AI innovations
- Skills and strategies essential for future leaders
-Aligning digital initiatives with overarching business objectives for sustainable growth

- Explore insights into building and executing transformative strategies that embrace technological advancements, foster innovation and enhance business agility
- Understand how to align technology initiatives with overall business objectives, navigate challenges and the importance of creating a culture of change
- Delve into the critical components of digital transformation and how to guide your organisation to a future-ready, digitally empowered enterprise"

- Define and elaborate on the core principles of Zero Trust strategy and explore the key technologies that enable Zero Trust such as multi-factor authentication, encryption and behavioural analytics

- Discuss methods for conducting thorough risk assessments and classifying digital assets to identify critical areas for zero trust implementation

- How Zero Trust can align with and enhance  cloud security strategies

- The importance of fostering a security-conscious culture and educating employees on their role in maintaining a Zero Trust environment

- Explore the various factors that contribute to complexity in IT environments, such as diverse technologies, interconnected systems and organisational structures
- Understand the importance of adaptability and flexibility in responding to changing business requirements, technological advancements and market dynamics
- Discuss approaches to ensure IT infrastructure and applications can scale to meet growing demands while maintaining optimal performance in complex environments

Stefan Weber, Leiter IT Operations and Shared Services Vertriebsplattform, DB Fernverkehr AG

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- Discuss the role of threat intelligence in your cybersecurity strategy and how it contributes to strategic decision-making, risk assessment and your overall cybersecurity planning
- Explore strategies for effectively integrating threat intelligence into your security operations, incident response and vulnerability management process
- Discover the benefits of threat intelligence collaboration and sharing  within industry groups and information-sharing communities to enhance collective cybersecurity defense
- Define the role that automation could have in processing and integrating threat intelligence feeds, enabling faster and more efficient response to emerging threats

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- Discuss the importance of assessing your current infrastructure and deciding a comprehensive plan for migrating to the cloud and what strategies to implement to optimise the costs associated with cloud infrastructure, including resource utilisation, pricing models and budget management
- Leveraging the scalability and flexibility of cloud infrastructure to optimise performance, meet changing business demands and accommodate growth
- Explore the benefits and challenges of adopting hybrid and multi-cloud approaches to infrastructure management and developing strategies for integration

Most companies have already actively embraced Open Source - not just from a pure consumer perspective. Active Open Source participation helps to better attract developers, have more roadmap influence on software components they rely on, get community support and visibility for their own strategic projects.

Companies like Mercedes-Benz, SAP, Zalando, Paypal or Bosch went even further and adopted the collaboration practices that made OpenSource so successful within the bounds of their own commercial software development - calling it InnerSource and achieving faster time to market.

In this interactive session, we will first explore the key pillars of successful Open Source and Inner Source practices and what benefits they could bring to your organization. We will then discuss the common pitfalls and challenges implementing those practices, what crucial role your APIs play in this and whether any practice needs to be adopted to best deal with API-first products. We will also share some lessons learned from the companies mentioned above but are most interested in the experiences and feedback of the participants.

- The benefits of implementing a strong CX strategy for your organisation and how this can drive growth.
- What are the key elements that should be considered when implementing a CX strategy that will make a positive impact?
- How to empower your workforce and equip them with the technology needed to provide excellent service is key to successful CX

- Examine the current trends and types of security threats facing cloud environments, including malware, data breaches, insider threats and DDoS attacks
- Explore effective strategies to identify and prioritise potential risks to cloud infrastructure, applications and data and implementing effective risk mitigation measures
- How to establish incident response plans and procedures to swiftly detect, respond to and recover from security incidents or breaches in the cloud, including data backup and restoration strategies

- Explore the importance of developing and implementing flexible strategies that can adapt to evolving challenges and disruptions
- Discuss measures to fortify technology infrastrcuture, ensuring it remains robust and reliable in the face of disruption, identifying and mitgating risks to enhance operational and business resilience
- Considering regulatory compliance and implementing strategies for maintaining business resilience while remaining compliant with the relevant regulations and standards, exploring measures to strengthen data security and privacy, safeguarding critical information in times of crisis

- Identify ways to integrate your cybersecurity goals with broader business strategies and what impact it can have on achieving long-term key business objectives
- Analyse how effective cybersecurity will contribute to overall business success and delve into various methods of measuring ROI of your security initiatives
- Address effective ways to communicate your cybersecurity needs and priorities to executive leadership
- Explore innovative and cost-effective cybersecurity solutions and how you can optimise budgets without compromising effectiveness

- Explore methods for analysing and designing efficient business processes tailored to organisational objectives and discuss the tole of technology in automating process, enhancing efficiency and selecting appropriate tools for seamless integration
- Address the challenges of implementing BPM and consider the change management strategies to ensure smooth transitions and employee buy-in, including the importance of fostering collaboration across the business, breaking down silos for a holistic approach to BPM
- Discuss how Business Process Management can enhance regulatory compliance and risk management, ensuring processes align with industry standards and mitigate potential risks

- Strategic Alignment: Cost-benefit and risk perspectives for transforming (generative) AI into a strategic corporate asset
- Intelligent Integration of AI and Machine Learning: Effective incorporation of AI into (business) processes
- GenAI use cases & learnings in 2024

Marco Mueller, Head of Digital CoE for Digital Solutions Business, Bayer AG

- Justifying security investment by making ROI speak for itself, offer a reduction in risk that exceeds cost of adoption
- Learning to speak the language of non-IT stakeholders to achieve organisational buy-in
- Partnering with key players across the enterprise and understanding their key objectives and performance indicators
- Key steps to making security an essential component of your operating model

Explore the latest technology trends within cloud environments and their impact on enterprise IT. During this boardroom, discuss emerging trends such as edge computing, serverless computing, containerization, and hybrid cloud, and discover how these trends are changing the way your peers are managing their IT infrastructure and applications.

- Emerging technology trends within cloud environments, including edge computing, serverless computing, containerization, and hybrid cloud
- How these trends are impacting enterprise IT, including changes in infrastructure management, application development, and security
Best practices for adopting new cloud technologies and managing cloud environments
- Real-world examples of successful cloud deployments and lessons learned from cloud migration projects

- Explore the implementation of zero-trust approach to enhance security by continuously verifying identities and monitoring access
- Discuss the need for continuous monitoring of user activities and access patterns to detect and respond to anomalies promptly, also the importance of having in place a robust incident response plan to address identity and access-related security incidents promptly
- Address the challenges and solutions related to managing identities and access in a cloud-centric environment, ensuring a seamless and secure transition

- The importance of building diverse teams and how DEI will drive employee engagement and organisational value and growth
- Discuss ways to break down the barriers to an inclusive workplace culture and take steps to address and remove unconcios biases
- Explore ways to create and adopt an equal and inclusive recruitment process that is open-minded and welcomes diverse candidates