EVENT
CIO Summit Europe | May 13 - 15, 2019 | Barcelona, Spain
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Keynote Presentation
Visionary speaker presents to entire audience on key issues, challenges and business opportunities
Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee." title="Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee.
Executive Visions
Panel moderated by Master of Ceremonies and headed by four executives discussing critical business topics
Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members." title="Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members.
Thought Leadership
Solution provider-led session giving high-level overview of opportunities
Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community." title="Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community.
Think Tank
End user-led session in boardroom style, focusing on best practices
Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard." title="Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard.
Roundtable
Interactive session led by a moderator, focused on industry issue
Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done." title="Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done.
Case Study
Overview of recent project successes and failures
Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions." title="Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions.
Focus Group
Discussion of business drivers within a particular industry area
Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions." title="Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions.
Analyst Q&A Session 
Moderator-led coverage of the latest industry research
Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst." title="Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst.
Vendor Showcase
Several brief, pointed overviews of the newest solutions and services
Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences." title="Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences.
Executive Exchange
Pre-determined, one-on-one interaction revolving around solutions of interest
Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest." title="Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest.
Open Forum Luncheon
Informal discussions on pre-determined topics
Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch." title="Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch.
Networking Session
Unique activities at once relaxing, enjoyable and productive
Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive." title="Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive.
Sunday, May 12, 2019 - CIO Summit Europe
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Registration and Greeting
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Summit Happy Hour
Join the entire audience for networking, food and drink to kick off the summit!
Monday, May 13, 2019 - CIO Summit Europe
8:00 am - 8:45 am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:50 am - 9:00 am
Welcome Address and Opening Remarks 
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Keynote Presentation
Digital Transformation: A Journey Not a Destination
There are many forces that are driving companies to continue to transform how they do business. Technological advances such as IoT, AI, machine learning, virtual reality and augmented reality are creating demanding expectations from customers, employees and boards. Adding to the complexity of CIOs and CISOs is the increasing threats to the security of the data that is at the heart of digital transformation. This keynote presentation will focus on the realities that this transformation will never end and it is critical to implement both the mindset and processes to treat digital transformation as a journey...not a destination.
Takeaways:
- It is critical to realize that digital transformation will never end, but will always be unfolding.
- CIOs and CISOs must implement processes to ensure that not only their departments are forward thinking, but that their entire company is aware of what new technologies can bring to bear for customers and employees.
9:40 am - 10:15 am
Keynote Presentation
Intelligence Everywhere: How AI, IoT and Blockchain Enable New Use Cases
While incremental computing is reaching near zero marginal cost, big amounts of data are being generated from the edge to the core and the cloud. Thanks to our innovation in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, IoT and Blockchain we can deploy now new use cases that were not feasible in the past. In this session we will cover how AI, IoT and Blockchain can enable efficencies, compliance, customer intimacy and how to capture the new shared economy disruption, including examples of use cases deployments.
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Solutions Spotlight
Deep dives into the latest and greatest technology solutions to today's business problems.
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Morning Networking Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Accenture Technology Vision 2018
Five technology trends are upping the game and allowing companies to tap into the powerful potential of intelligent enterprise, creating new business opportunities and helping to change the world as we know it.
Leading companies are improving the way we live with new products and services that will become indispensable in the future.
Business is getting personal. Leaders must shift their mindsets and business models to focus on forging strong, trusted relationships with partners, customers, employees, governments, and more.
11:35 am - 12:00 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
De-Risking Digital Delivery
How do you build repeatable transformation projects quickly and effectively? How do you ensure your investment in new technology results in sustainable, scalable and cost effective solutions?
nearForm has a proven methodology to quickly move from requirements to delivery engaging with stakeholders and transferring skills along the way to your IT teams. We'll share our success criteria for re-engineering existing business models, transforming legacy operations or adopting new technology that changes how you service your customers. We will discuss the successful outcome on a recent nearForm project with EY, marking the development of a software platform for virtual business advice.
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Executive Exchange
Case Study
Cloud as a Foundation for Digital Transformation
Organizations that digitally transform are disrupting and reshaping markets and this is putting digital transformation at the top of Boardroom and management agendas. Doing nothing is not an option, so where do you start? This session will outline the digital transformation journey, starting with why cloud is a foundational step and take you through the next stages of digital transformation with real world customer examples. Attending this session will help you define your organization's digital transformation roadmap in terms of what, why, when and how.
Key takeaways:
- Digital transformation: where do you start
- Learn about the digital transformation journey with real world customer examples
- Define your organization's digital transformation roadmap
12:35 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Luncheon
1:35 pm - 2:00 pm
Solutions Spotlight
Deep dives into the latest and greatest technology solutions to today's business problems.
2:05 pm - 2:30 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
CIO's Got Talent: Finding, Growing & Retaining the Best People
While new technology and solutions can help CIOs make more, faster and better decisions for an organization, nothing will take the place of a highly talented workforce. CIOs need to be great recruiters of talent but even more importantly growing the skills and capabilities of their team providing engaging and challenging opportunities for people. Competitive compensation is important for retaining great talent but so is a work environment where individual growth and development are front of mind and not an after thought.
Takeaways:
- Highly skilled employees want an environment where they can grow their skills and feel appropriately challenged.
- Finding the best people, inside and outside of your company, and then providing a path to individual excellence is a key responsibility of CIOs.
2:35 pm - 3:00 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom 
Connected Storage: The Forgotten Risk of IoT
When we talk about the security risks of IoT, we think of smart devices, driverless cars and PLCs. We don't often think about Connected Storage. Nowadays businesses cannot succeed unless they are able to share information widely and rapidly, so it is no surprise that these types of devices - cloud storage, personal NAS drives, databases - are proliferating. But this constant flow of information introduces numerous cybersecurity risks.
Attendees will learn:
- The data exposure risks associated with Connected Storage
- How threat actors are already exploiting these vulnerabilities
- What measures can be taken to mitigate the risks posed by Connected Storage
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm
Afternoon Networking Coffee Break
3:20 pm - 3:45 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Which "Friends" Do I Trust? Realities of 3rd Party Risk
It is not a matter of if, but a matter of when. Organizations, more and more, and are outsourcing business activities to third parties because of cost-savings, revenue opportunities, expertise, etc. Thus, collaborating with our business partners early to select the right third-party vendor(s) with the appropriate security posture is essential, especially for vendors hosting, processing and/or transmitting sensitive/regulatory information, or having access to our IT assets.
Takeaways:
- Regardless of the reasons, outsourcing some business functions to a third party seems inevitable in today's world.
- It is critical to have a proper vetting procedure of third parties before engaging them as business partners who have access to company systems and data.
3:50 pm - 4:15 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Are You Digitally Ready? The State of Digital Transformation
To thrive in a digitally disrupted world, organisations need to have access to the right technology and tools that enable them to keep pace with changing industry, business and customer trends. In this keynote, Tom Homer from Telstra will share the latest digital transformation trends along with Telstra's expertise in shaping organisations' transformation. Get insights from Telstra's research in partnership with The Economist Intelligence Unit, to find out how organisations can influence their digital transformation success.
4:20 pm - 4:45 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities for Large Enterprises
Successful companies are constantly evolving and identifying new and innovative ways to grow their business and drive customer demand. Data is all around us, and whether we are aware of it or not, virtually everything we do now results in the generation of new data. Every electronic message we send and receive, every internet site we visit - all of this contributes to the vast amount of data that corporations currently hold on us. Data is a commodity in today's world and one whose value is endless. So, what do we do with all this data? The average person remains largely unaware of exactly how much power businesses have through data analytics.
During this session, Dr. Léa will explain how machine learning algorithms work through concrete exemples, and how data can inspire us to disrupt and think big; what are the main challenges and assets to consider (data privacy, datascience expertise, human fears of AI, etc..) in order to deliver a successful AI project in the enterprise setting.
4:50 pm - 5:30 pm
Governing Board Executive Visions
CIOs/CISOs as the Consummate Communicator
Digital transformation is changing how you equip your employees and how your company interacts with customers. It is also changing the role of the CIO and CISO to be a business leader and internal sales leader for transformation. CIOs are now responsible for communicating strategies and recommendations to CxOs, boards and key stakeholders within a company. Join us, during lunch, for a passionate panel discussion with your peers as they share how they are successfully communicating internally to accomplish the company's goals.
Takeaways:
- CIOs must be great communicators, not only with their teams, but the rest of the organization.
- CIOs must learn the best ways to communicate clarity and urgency with boards and CXOs.
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Summit Happy Hour
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Networking Dinner
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm
After Dinner Networking
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - CIO Summit Europe
8:15 am - 9:15 am
Networking Breakfast
9:20 am - 9:55 am
Keynote Presentation
Impact of AI on the Future of Business and Society
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Keynote Presentation
Strategies for Managing the Risk of Targeted Attacks
Attackers taking aim directly at your organization can cause the most damage. What are the most effective means of detecting "low-and-slow" attacks? How are organizations minimizing business impact once these attacks occur? What is the right balance between investment in prevention and detection versus crisis response capabilities?
10:40 am - 11:05 am
Solutions Spotlight
Deep dives into the latest and greatest technology solutions to today's business problems.
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Networking Session
Morning Networking Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Building the Connected Business
In an age of unprecedented digital and technological advancement, the pace is disruptive and businesses need to move faster with increased agility and be smarter with actionable insights. To thrive in today's competitive marketplace, enterprise organizations are adopting innovative technologies that promise a competitive advantage. But new technologies can disrupt established workflows and operational processes.
The challenge is integrating the latest cloud SaaS applications with existing legacy systems - whether its on premise, in the cloud or both while trying to meet the dynamic business needs.
In this session, you will learn about the journey with Dell Boomi to become a Connected Business and how IT organizations can connect everything and engage everywhere. Attend this presentation to hear how leading organizations are building the connected business to drive pervasive connectivity with people, processes, applications, data, devices and things in a low code, cloud-native unified platform.
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Disrupt or Be Disrupted: The Digital Transformation Journey Has No Parking Lots
The seemingly ever expanding cadre of technological tools available to incumbent industry leaders are also available to myriad start-ups. Start-ups are using these new technologies to disrupt industries of all types, changing how customers think about tried and true industries. Disruption is found on every corner and it is critical for CIOs to lead their organizations in a way that make them as nimble as their competitors.
Takeaways:
- Technology enables companies, especially start-ups with no legacy infrastructure, to disrupt industries overnight.
- CIOs need to lead their companies in ways that disrupt before they are disrupted by others.
12:15 pm - 12:40 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
GDPR is Coming - Ready or Not!
Time is running out to get ready for GDPR.
How is your GDPR compliance programme coming along?
The ICO has stressed that "there will be no 'grace' period" for compliance, "there has been two years to prepare and we will be regulating from May 25th".
The recent DCMS/IPSOS study has found that the majority of organisations in private and third sectors have never even heard of soon-to-beimplemented EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and far fewer still have done any work to prepare for the incoming legislation.
Figures published by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reveal that just 38 per cent of companies and 44 per cent of charities in the UK are currently aware of GDPR, which introduces much more stringent rules around use of personal data - along with heftier fines for breaches.
Of those that have heard of the legislation, only 27 per cent of businesses and 26 per cent of charities have made any changes to their operations in response to the new regulation.
This means that about nine in ten organisations are yet to do any preparation for GDPR, just four months ahead of its implementation date of 25 May.
12:40 pm - 1:00 pm
Governing Board Summary
Next Steps on the Digital Transformation Journey
Our Governing Board will summarize the learnings from the day and discuss the path forward for building an ongoing community of CIOs where common issues can be addressed and success stories can be shared.
Takeaways:
- Building an ongoing community with your peers can be an invaluable resource for tackling the digital transformation projects ahead of you.
- Sharing stories of success (and failures) is not reserved to a one-day CIO Summit, but should be shared on a regular basis with your peers.