UK & Ireland CIO Community
Inner Circle
7 December 2023 | 113 Chancery Lane, London
7 December 2023
113 Chancery Lane, London
Expand your network and engage with peers
Join the Gartner UK & Ireland CIO Community Inner Circle, an intimate dinner event offering facilitated, roundtable discussions and informal networking with CIO peers. Explore a timely, peer-driven topic and exchange ideas in a collaborative setting designed to surface candid perspectives and actionable insights.
Engage with peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Supporting Faster, Data-Driven Decisions
Building Advanced Capabilities in a Competitive Environment
Optimise capabilities to increase IT’s impact and show greater business value across the enterprise
UK & Ireland CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Tony Battle
Jaguar Land Rover
Group CIO
Jean-Pierre Cussac
BAT
CIO
Claire Dickson
DS Smith
CIO
David Germain
QBE
Group CIO
Robbert van Rutten
Shell
SVP & Downstream CIO
Agenda
7 December 2023
16:30 - 17:30 Executive Networking Reception
17:30 - 18:45 Discussion Topics
Optimising Efficiencies Through Data, Automation and AI
Tony Battle
Group CIO
Jaguar Land Rover
Graeme Hackland
Vice President IT
PlayStation
Ed Hutt
Group CIO
Impellam Group
Tracey Jessup
Chief Transformation Officer
De Montfort University
Samantha Liscio
Chief Information and Technology Officer
NIHR
Euan Davidson
Group Head of IT
KCA Deutag
Barrie Green
Regional Vice President, UK&I Broad Markets
Appian
With organisations facing headwinds due to economic uncertainties, it is essential for business leaders to improve efficiencies, lower costs, increase productivity and support business growth. Technology leaders who adapt the IT strategy to leverage data, automation and generative AI practices will ensure their company remains competitive amid rapid change.
As speed and agility become essential components for an enterprise to make smarter, quicker decisions, CIOs must empower the organisation with the right capabilities and information to maximise benefits and decrease time to value. Creating opportunities for speedy outcomes by providing accessible data, automating to make space for strategic work, and empowering leaders to make decisions with the support of AI models will ultimately lead to a more competitive enterprise.
Join your peers to discuss how CIOs are optimising capabilities to increase IT’s impact and show greater business value across the enterprise.
Supporting Faster, Data-Driven Decisions
- What goals do you have around using data insights to create a more efficient business? What challenges are you facing when it comes to those goals?
- How do you create new avenues for accessible data, while fostering data literacy for quicker and smarter business decisions?
- Is your data environment mature enough to move forward with automation and/or generative AI models? What do you need to do to get there?
Building Advanced Capabilities in a Competitive Environment
- What business processes are you currently automating and how do you identify the areas of the business that should be automated?
- How do your future automation plans affect cost/resource optimisation and people productivity?
- Have you identified small use cases or pilots for incorporating generative AI within the enterprise? Have you realised any benefits as of yet?
- What does the future look like for generative AI in your enterprise? Are there pressures from the C-suite to implement this before your data environment is mature enough?
18:45 - 19:15 Networking Break
19:15 - 20:30 Summary Discussion & Dinner
20:30 - 21:30 Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
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Parking & Public Transport
The nearest underground stations are Chancery Lane on the Central Line and Temple on the Circle and District Lines. The mainland stations, Waterloo Station, Liverpool Street, Charing Cross and City Thameslink are all a short taxi or bus ride away.
Parking outside the Law Society is not allowed during the normal working day. Visitors can be dropped off or picked up from outside the main entrance and there is some metered parking nearby.
Parking is free after 6.30pm.There are cycle parking stands on Bell Yard and cycle hire on Carey Street, for further information on the Barclays Cycle Hire please visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/cycling/14808.aspx.
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