Detroit CIO Community
Virtual Executive Summit

Don't miss this opportunity to meet with CIO practitioners and industry thought leaders who shared their insights on the agenda. Come with questions and get ready to meet new friends in this casual session designed to foster peer connections and collaboration in the Detroit community. 

Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues

While organizations worldwide reassess offerings and delivery models in the wake of unprecedented disruption, stalwart industries and leaders in Greater Detroit stand poised at another vital inflection point. This opening keynote leans on the collective wisdom of your Co-Chairs, inviting audience participation as they reflect on: 

• 2020 — key lessons learned; how they evolved as leaders through a year of uncertainty 
• 2021 — key priorities; how their business had changed and how they’re responding 
• 2022 forward — key difference-makers looking ahead; the future of technology and CIO leadership  

Automation transforms work and simplifies how businesses operate. AI accelerates innovation by making every interaction, experience, and process more intelligent. Combining automation with AI will release $134B in labor value in 2022. Whether you want to automate complex operations or automate repetitive tasks, AI-powered automation can help.

Join this interactive conversation to discuss:

• How AI-powered automation is transforming the future of work
• Using machine learning and AI to help collect and analyze operational data
• Optimizing to reduce your manual processes by up to 80%

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In a highly disruptive and digital environment, hyper-automation and agility are critical to the transformation and optimization of business operations. To keep pace, organizations are increasingly looking to empower their technology-savvy workforce with low-code automation platforms to modernize legacy systems, improve customer experience and ignite innovation.

Join this boardroom discussion to explore how CIOs are:

• Improving critical business processes with low-code automation platforms
• Leveraging talent across the business to enable scalable enterprise ready innovation
• Managing the pros and cons of democratized technology

Consumer trends speak volumes: Digital experience is the new order – and a winning game plan tracks with increasing digital demands. As the rules of engagement shift, a CIO is well-positioned to guide the organization from digital ambition to execution. 

This interactive, peer-driven discussion will cover: 

• Identifying digital opportunities that drive adoption and customer satisfaction
• Optimizing digital platforms to build business capabilities
• Delivering value through deeper external and internal engagement

Faced with demands for modernization, cost optimization and digital business transformation, CIOs are looking at how data and analytics programs can support expanding their digital business and increasing their D&A maturity. After a D&A strategy is set, IT leaders must execute and deliver on the intended business outcomes.

Join your peers in discussing:

• Approaches to leveraging technology and resources to support D&A program and improve business outcomes
• Best Practices for building out new business process and executing change management across the enterprise
• Management of cultural shifts in the organization

Accelerated by global disruption, industries have rapidly reached an historic inflection point. Enabled by next-generation technologies, transformation no longer happens in pockets. To lead the wave of transformation, organizations will need to create seamlessly connected ecosystems that create opportunities for new businesses models and revenue growth, while driving costs down through efficiencies. Join this keynote and its integrated panel to hear from experts on the momentous path to the new hyper-connected industry.