Agenda

Virtual Day 1: November 17, 2020

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET

Opening Keynote and Welcome Remarks Training Artificial Intelligence with Small Data and Truly Transforming Processes

With large companies becoming data hungry involving projects with deep learning systems, most of our valuable data sets are smaller than we expect. What is the reason this is overlooked? As small-data techniques grow, the efficiency and accuracy will be put to work across a number of industries and technology executives will need to adopt the data-driven mindset and think small.

11:35 AM – 12:05 PM

Sponsored Keynote Presentation IT System Prep: Handling the Increase in Remote Work and Digital Fulfillment of Market Demand

As we encourage our employees to avoid unnecessary travel and large gatherings, it is important now more than ever to make sure people have the systems they need to stay productive. Understanding the typical workflow, identifying security needs, and leveraging technology to address the customer demand are just a few of the things we should be focusing on.

12:15 PM – 1:15 PM

Roundtable 1 Data Storytelling and Visualization: A Unified Approach to Data

Roundtable 2 Is AI Mature Enough to Combat COVID-19?

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM

Session 1 Workshop Your Business Digital Transformation: Confluence of Technologies, AI and Deep Learning Analytics

Key Discussion Points:

• Does more data mean better results?
• How can we find nonlinear relationships within data using progressive learning?
• The widespread adoption of deep learning
• The decline of computing costs and the rise of hardware power

2:10 PM – 2:40 PM

Session 2 Workshop Preserving Employee Well-Being: The New CIO Skill Set

Key Discussion Points:

• What are the tools and solutions a CIO can extend to employees?
• Long term strategies of communication 
• Experimenting with technologies to improve remote work

2:50 PM – 3:20 PM

Session 3 Workshop Is Customer Intelligence the Predictor of Revenue Growth and Profitability?

Key Discussion Points:

• Shifting from product-centric to customer-centric enterprises
• Creating exceptional customer experiences that drive differentiation, loyalty and growth
• Do you know what your customers value?
• The technological advances that give businesses access to more data

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Session 4 Workshop The Era of Quality: Data Science and Quality Control

Key Discussion Points:

• How can CIOs best support data scientists as they integrate data sets within the enterprise?
• Improving revenue, reducing costs and improving the customer experience
• The differences between data science, big data and analytics
• Quality assurance testing in analytics

4:10 PM – 4:40 PM

Session 5 Workshop Is Digital Transformation Missing Context?

Key Discussion Points:

• Focusing in on business transformation versus leading digital transformation efforts
• Defining a clear strategy and definition to connect with your digital strategy
• Why do digital strategies fail?
• Digital disruption and the nature of competition

4:50 PM – 5:20 PM

Session 6 Workshop Leading From the Front: The Agile Enterprise

Key Discussion Points:

• Rapid response to consumer behaviors given unprecedented global events
• Cultivating talent and culture needed to drive outcomes over outputs
• How can we speed up to become customer-centric?
• Bridging data gaps between business and technology teams

Virtual Day 2: November 18, 2020

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM ET

Keynote Panel C-Suite Collaboration Without Physical Proximity: Enabling Tech Wide Fluency From the Comfort of Your Own Home

In today’s digital era, technology is taking center stage and becoming the core of future businesses. How can we build trust within the C-Suite in order to adapt to the pace of change? Tech fluency plays a large role in this trust and level of collaboration.

11:50 AM – 12:20 PM

Session 7 Workshop Data Culture: Where Organization Meets Analytics

Key Discussion Points:

• Is corporate culture a critical contributor to effective analytics efforts?
• Steering companies away from risky outcomes with the application of analytics
• Getting a clear understanding from the Board and beyond
• Honing in on the fundamental objective – collecting, analyzing and deploying data to make better decisions

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

Session 8 Workshop Serverless Computing Model: Friend or Foe?

Key Discussion Points:

• Eliminating the frustration of infrastructure concerns
• Is cloud success linked to serverless adoption?
• Putting your focus on developing software assets
• Approaching the cloud in a holistic fashion

1:20 PM – 2:20 PM

Executive Education Roundtable The Coronavirus Outbreak: Data Platforms on the Rise

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Session 9 Workshop Getting a 360-degree View of the Customer Experience

Key Discussion Points:

• Leading efforts to engage more holistically through technology
• How can the CIO engage more directly with customers?
• The explosion of options for how your customer interacts with brands

3:10 PM – 3:40 PM

Session 10 Workshop AI in a Post-COVID World: Will Robotic Human Helpers Be the Fix?

Key Discussion Points:

• Using AI and ML in the changing economic times
• What are the new priorities and how are companies responding?
• Will automation and data analytics defend against future disruption?

3:50 PM – 4:20 PM

Session 11 Workshop The Dark Data Hole: Opportunity or Risk?

Key Discussion Points:

• How can we best manage this dark data?
• Identifying the misuse to minimize the possibilities your company may face
• Handling dark data compliance risk
• Is dark data analytics taking a backseat due to other priorities like technology, process and investment constraints?

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM

Session 12 Workshop Data Priorities for 2021 and Beyond: Meeting Goals in a Recuperating Economy

Key Discussion Points:

• Improving digital commerce experiences and strengthening supply chains
• How did data carry your organization during a crisis?
• Dedicating resources to combining technologies and initiatives across the enterprise
• An intentional approach to data investments