CIO Institute: Zurich

Join the Opening Panel Session moderated by Nikolaus Obwegeser, Professor, Director, Bern University of Applied Sciences -

Achieving an inclusive culture within your organisation requires leadership involvement to ensure integration of these expectations into the business mission. Starting with recruitment, inclusivity should be embedded into the foundations of a business to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace.

As leaders in the technology sector are striving to make progress toward equity for all workers, unfortunately discrimination still affects employees of underrepresented backgrounds. This includes gender identity, ethnic background and many other traits that contribute to the diversity of the IT department.

• Ruben Fuentes, Global Head IT Applications, Transformation and Innovation, COfCo International
• Irina Novikova, Segment CIO, TE Connectivity Ltd
• Michael Beaupre, Head of Cyber Security, Hays
• Mercedes Pantoja, Head of Applications and Data Architecture, E.ON

Join this Keynote session with Marcus Gilg, Head of IT/CIO, DB Regio Bus -

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Join this interactive Boardroom session with Jered Markoff, CTO, World Health Organization -

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Join this interactive Boardroom session in association with Workmotion Software -

The shift toward remote work allows companies looking for specific skills to tap into new talent pools across Europe. We will present and discuss ways of onboarding talent abroad without setting up an entity thereby leveraging possible savings in employment costs.

Constantin Michel, Head of Sales DACH, Workmotion Software

Join this Keynote session with Anwar Mirza, Data Strategy & Governance - FedEx Express EU -

This insightful keynote will put Data into the context of Business Strategy and Digital Transformation. Anwar will describe how Data Assets, Data Products & Data Services must be embedded into business operations with the appropriate processes, controls and measures.

Using Data to deliver short‐, medium‐ and long‐term Value in Digital Transformation is a survival imperative. This session will inspire a practical and pragmatic approach toward -

• Adopting a ‘connected thinking’ approach, methodology and culture
• Developing a Business Strategy Roadmap with Data embedded into its core
• Using a Data Governance Framework to deliver trusted data
• Quantifying and realising a tangible value for data and data quality
• Educating the workforce with a scalable and flexible data literacy program

Anwar Mirza, Data Strategy & Governance - FedEx Express EU

Join this Boardroom session in association with OwnBackup -

Data is the lifeblood of the organisation. Its loss or compromise would significantly affect their ability to do business and damage their corporate reputation. By securing and backing up their data, companies can have peace of mind that their data is protected against loss and theft, while shrinking costs and simplifying compliance.

Pierre Soria, VP Enterprise Sales, South EMEA, and Eric Morel Journel ,Account Executive Switzerland OwnBackup

Join this Boardroom session in with Georgio Mosis, Next Generation AI and Data Lead, Philips -

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Join this Keynote session with Stefan Weber, Leiter IT Operations and Shared Services, DB Vertrieb GmbH -

As a leader, you have to stand in front of your team to protect them, not behind to watch. The main question is always - Does what we do or deliver meet the needs and requirements of the final user/customer/system and can we do that in reasonable economic parameters?

Discussion points -

• IT-Operations
• Organisational development
• Transition of organisations
• Agile models and combinations
• Projects and Management
• Make it happen

Join this interactive Boardroom session in association with Box - 

Access to corporate networks tended to be more controlled pre-Covid as employees were either in the office and secured via local and network credentials or used VPN to access systems. In both cases, employees are accessing content through corporate-controlled mechanisms. Now, this is not their sole access point with transition to a hybrid work environment. You need an entirely new approach to protecting the content that supports your customers and enables your teams — anytime, anywhere, and on any device.

In this boardroom discussion we want to evaluate how businesses can create a unified approach to data security to protect their organization from cyber threats.

• Has your organization been hit by a malware attack in the past 12 months?
• What tools are you using for cyber threat prevention?
• Do you have clear visibility into who has access to your business content?
• How do you implement rules such as Zero Trust in your organizations with regard to data protection and compliance?

Marco Rohr, Country Lead Switzerland, Box

Hubert Meckel, Staff Solutions Engineer, Box

Join this interactive Boardroom session in association with Darktrace - 

Fast-moving cyber-attacks like ransomware can strike at any time, and security teams are often unable to reach quickly enough. Join Nick Amon Amonsen, cyber-security expert at Darktrace, to learn how Autonomous Response uses Self-Learning AI’s understanding of ‘self’ to take targeted action to stop in-progress attacks, without disrupting your business.

Nick Amon Amonsen, Senior Account Executive, Darktrace

Join this interactive Boardroom session with Michael Beaupre, Head of Cyber Security, Hays - 

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Join this closing Keynote session with Mercedes Pantoja, Head of Applications and Data Architecture, E.ON -

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