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UK & Ireland CIO Executive Summit
14 September 2021 | Royal Lancaster London
14 September 2021
Royal Lancaster London
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with UK & Ireland's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Embrace newfound exposure to advance your digital agenda and create a strong digital capability
Design a data and analytics strategy that responds to technology and business change
Transform IT operating models for new ways of working and overcome resistance to change
UK & Ireland CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Co-Chairs

Debra Bailey
Telefonica UK
CIO

Marina Bellini
BAT
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Director, Digital and Information

Claire Dickson
DS Smith
CIO

David Germain
RSA
Group CIO

Robbert van Rutten
Royal Dutch Shell
VP & Downstream CIO
What to Expect
Agenda
13 September 2021
14 September 2021 - morning
08:00 - 09:00 Registration & Breakfast
09:00 - 09:45 Keynote
Overcoming Resistance to Change — Structuring Your Organisation to Maximise Digital Transformation

Dan Fiehn
Business Strategist and Author of 'Overcoming Resistance to Change'
There’s been no shortage of change in the workplace in 2020 and 2021, especially for IT departments. Change can bring uncertainty and resistance in the workplace, and managing this will require a shift of view for most leaders. A project’s success is not just influenced by your actions, it is influenced by the actions and reactions of those involved. This is why it's important to understand how your efforts impact others to influence the project’s success. Join Dan Fiehn as he shares research and personal experience to understand the root cause of resistance, and how to overcome the associated challenges.
Specifically you will:
- Identify how system metadata can be used to visualise variability in performance
- Understand how new technologies can reinforce digitalisation and enhance experience
- Ask powerful questions to understand the resistance within the system by understanding goals, reality and options
09:45 - 10:00 Networking Break
10:00 - 10:45 Breakout Session
Practical Advice and Insight From a Former CEO on Leading a Team through a Devastating Cyber Attack
Hosted by Adarma

Dominique Cerrutti
Chairman
Adarma

David Calder
Chief Product Officer
Adarma
Hear from Adarma’s chairman Dominique Cerrutti, former Chairman and CEO at Altran to discuss real world examples & practical advice from a CEO who presided over a catastrophic ransomware attack, and how you as a CIO can better prepare and react. Specifically, you'll hear:
- Details of a catastrophic cyber attack at Altran and how events unfolded
- Lessons learned from the attack and how IT teams can fully prepare
- Practical takeaways and advice for CIOs who may face a similar risks and threats
10:00 - 10:45 Executive Boardroom
As Economies Roar out of Lockdown, Is IT Equipped for Business Transformation?
Hosted by Apptio

David Jones
SVP, IT
AEG Europe

Chris Lord
Group CTO
Babcock

Greg Holmes
Regional Vice President of Presales
Apptio

Faisal Jaffri
Global IT Director
GKN
Financial and operational agility are the keys to value capture in a world where business and technology are inseparable. New technologies and methods are creating new classes of “haves” and “have nots” among peers. The importance of juggling efficiency gains while informing strategies and intelligent adoption of cloud, agile and hybrid operations has never been greater.
Join this boardroom for a timely discussion on:
- A CIO’s view of strategic cost and consumption optimisation
- How Finance, the business and IT team to inform better strategic decisions and outcomes
- What characterises “maturity” in organisations that successfully achieve this three-way capability
10:00 - 10:45 Executive Boardroom
Digital Transformation — Making Your Strategy Stick

Debra Bailey
CIO
Telefonica UK

Tarun Kohli
Managing Director & Head - New Propositions
Swiss Re
2021 has seen the role of the CIO undergo a gear change within their organisation. Armed with new found influence and leverage, IT Leaders are poised to progress their organisations along the digital business path. But transformation programs can still stall behind organisational resistance and, in some instances, lack of motivation. This boardroom will explore the strategies being used to re-engineer organisations to be agile, adaptable and well placed to deliver on their digital vision, together with what really works, and what the key pitfalls to avoid on your journey. Specifically you will discuss how to:
- Have effective conversation and communication with the board to drive your initiatives forward
- Ensuring you have the right culture and future skills in place to fuel transformation
- Identify digital opportunities that drive adoption and customer satisfaction
10:45 - 11:15 Networking Break
14 September 2021 - mid-afternoon
14 September 2021 - afternoon
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Royal Lancaster LondonHealth & Safety Local Guidelines
Information regarding local health and safety guidelines coming soon.
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