CDO CIO SEA Series - May Edition 2023

Overview

Accelerating business outcomes across your organisation with AI and automation: The overall goal of AI is to enhance decision making, and improving the structures around automation. The effects of automation might be slow at first but the pace has recently picked up with the ongoing impact of a declining working-age population.

Join us in to discuss and learn with your peers:

How CIOs and CDOs can jumpstart AI and automation for the workforce

Creating business value at the intersection of customer and employee experience

What’s next in automation and how do you get there?

Governance automation and scaling with control

What we will cover

• Driving Business Value The intersection between client relationship and employee experience
• AI strategies for business Lack of clarity where to start an automation process, what's next?
• The role of a CIO/ CDO CIO's/ CDO's role in bridging in jumpstarting a cost effective transformation journey
• Adapt & Thrive Building resilience to adapt and thrive under current economic conditions

Agenda

• 10:00 am Closing the Data Value Gap Using A Democratisation Approach(CDO SEA Virtual Series) Today, only 32% of the companies realise tangible business value from their data initiatives, and 60 - 73% of the data within enterprises still need to be explored. Could a decentralised data strategy based on real-time data integration be the next big thing to unleash the data innovation and productivity we badly need to close this data value gap? Join us as we explore the shifting role of the data and how you should be preparing for this paradigm shift to democratise real-time data to deliver highly actionable insights and recommendations to the business: Data Mesh vs Data Fabric: Which Approach Should You Be Taking Develop A Data Integration Strategy That Drives Business Value Unlock Hidden Value In Data With Qlik Cloud Data Integration and Analytics
• 10:25 am How to Attract the Right Talent to Foster Innovation and Growth(CDO SEA Virtual Series) The War on Talent is real, and all organisations need to understand how to compete, as well as retaining and up-skilling existing workforce to drive competitive advantage. Join this session to gain insights to: Talent and acquisition issues facing the region, and solutions to help How to communicate your data strategy to attract top talent How to retain your talent through a culture of purpose and providing growth opportunitie.
• 10:40 am How to Protect your Cloud, Workforce and Assets in the Post-Pandemic World(CDO SEA Virtual Series) The pandemic has presented chief information security officers (CISOs) and their teams with two immediate priorities. One is securing work-from-home arrangements on an unprecedented scale now that organizations have told employees to stop traveling and gathering. The other is maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of consumer-facing network traffic as volumes spike‚ partly as a result of the additional time people are spending at home. Recent discussions with cybersecurity leaders suggest that certain actions are especially helpful to fulfil these two priorities. In this presentation, Steven shares the technology modifications, employee engagement approaches, and process changes that cybersecurity leaders have found effective that will keep us thriving in the new normal. Join this session to gain insights to: Data protection and reliance in a hybrid era. Reinventing your data protection strategy in the work-from-home era. Scaling data protection through secure storage.
• 11:02 am The Upside to Failing Faster, Recovering and Moving Onto the Next Thing: Can Changing the Course Correct Help?!(CDO SEA Virtual Series) It's important to look for patterns in data even from a security point of view. Join this session to learn how to not be distracted by the noise, personal bias and especially press bias. Why pattern always proceeds press? Key takeways: Looking at charters and the data points market numbers and their place in predicting movement. Recruiting people who can connect the dots.
• 11:17 am Using Blockchain and NFT to Create a Secure and Authentic Community(CDO SEA Virtual Series) Join Alvin Lim in this session as he shares an ambitious journey that aims at bridging the real and virtual world to create a trusted community. ARC Community uses NFTs as a token-gated membership model, with blockchain technology introduced to curate an authentic and safe environment for members. ARC is a members-only community bringing curated groups of people together with a common goal ‚ collective value creation through collaboration. ARC seeks to build a borderless ‚city in the cloud‚ where members with differing interests, ideas, skill sets, backgrounds, and knowledge can connect, collaborate, and create value collectively as a community. Alvin will further share the future plans and the value of introducing a new technology backed networking ecosystem that encompasses online and offline experiences, while pushing online boundaries and enhancing the overall experience. Key takeaways: Reimagining the subscription model for membership with NFTs Using account-bound tokens as an unique identifier to token-gate membership&nbsp. Using web3 technology to create a thriving IRL and URL community.

Partners

• Qlik Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud®, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

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