Steve Hall, President of ISG EMEA and the Voice of the ISG Index will provide compelling insights on the change market dynamics within the sourcing Industry.  As digital transformation, generative AI, and new capabilities enter the market, Steve will provide his unique insights on how to stay ahead of the trends and gain the right insights to take your business and sourcing relationships to the next level.

Digital transformation, Internet of Things, blockchain, OpenAI and ChatGPT happen for most companies more in the media and consultant presentations than in their own world. There is scepticism, disbelief, and maybe even panic, followed by short bursts of activism that typically die quickly like fireflies.

At the same time, the highly improbable event coined ”black swan”, described in the 2007 bestseller of options trader and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, became a herd animal that shows its black feathers in spades.

We have to learn and adapt to modern supply chains - now.

In today's dynamic business landscape, the seamless integration of multiple cloud providers, various ISPs, and diverse security products is a huge challenge. To overcome all the hurdles and embrace the full potential of the digital era, Orange Business provides seamless management and orchestration with its intuitive API or user-friendly console, bringing business a genuine network-as-a-service experience. Join us for an immersive session that delves into the limitless potential of network cloudification and the Evolution Platform. Gain insights, exchange ideas, and discover how this transformative approach can propel your organization forward in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

While the 10s were characterized by the fear of disruptive business models, the 20s demand that we deal with not only more extreme but also more sudden events. In today's digital world, organizations rely heavily on technology to run their operations. Any disruption to the IT infrastructure can cause serious damage to a business's reputation and bottom line. That's why having an IT resilience strategy is crucial. Resilience on the next level is more in demand than ever. Being resilient means being prepared for any type of disruption – planned or unplanned – to mitigate the consequences of that disruption.  For your IT strategy enhancing resilience requires more than ever to focus on transformation. It ensures business keeps moving forward, and, in fact, can accelerate transformation by letting you proactively see and adapt to changes to prevent disruption. In conclusion, mitigating the consequences of disruption requires a proactive approach to risk management. Organizations must develop business continuity and disaster recovery plans, implement risk management measures, establish clear communication protocols, and continuously improve their plans. By taking these steps, organizations can ensure that disruptions have minimal consequences, protecting their financial performance, reputation, and customer trust.  

So let’s talk about resilience – of your business, your IT, your data and –last not least - your people.

IT threats know no bounds in 2023, and it is paramount that you have absolute confidence in your IT strategies to ensure your business remains safe from disruptions. Today, it is not just about ensuring that you are resilient, but learning how to measure, report and improve your organization's ability to adapt. As far as your customers are concerned, this panel will cover how to best communicate to them regarding the safety of their data.

Entrepreneurs behind innovative solutions will each present pitches on why their technology is best and how it will add the most value to business. After some tough questions from our judges, the audience will have their chance to vote on which technology they are more likely to implement within their own organizations. Who should win this startup challenge?

Deutsche Bahn is on a mission to reduce its climate impact – from factories to train stations and offices. In this session, we take a look at sustainable IT transformation and the framework needed to drive results. It’s a framework that works! Two years after implementation, the results are tangible. Deutsche Bahn’s Ramona Müller and Denise Baidinger outline the pillars of action and showcase real-world examples of how they're making a difference. 
 

Almost two years ago, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) was officially announced. For many companies, an intensive preparation started. The law has been in force for larger companies since January 1, 2023. It now has to prove itself in practice. Our keynote will provide you with some insights how we prepared Bayer AG for the new regulation. We will also share some practical experiences six months after the go live.

Hands on demonstrations of innovative and cutting-edge technologies that are helping to shape the future of business.

Several trends impact the future of security operations. Particularly in all European countries the demand for improved detection gets enforced by the new NIS2 regulations. After almost a decade, since the wave to implement Security Operation Centers came to its zenith, the rise of AI in a combination with all the data collected since, allows seriously accelerated recognition of unusual patterns. This nourishes expectations to significantly reduce the time between detection and response. And, with the grown maturity of controls and processes in the light of millions of missing cybersecurity experts, many business leaders consider the sourcing of next-level capabilities, for e.g. to perform the accelerated automation of security operations. Audiences will receive an overview of the current challenges clients have, and observations about the security operations, an overview of the current challenges clients have, and observations about the security operations and the ISG point of view on where they need to focus more and where they need to expect more value add from service providers.

In order to prepare for a NextGen security operation, there are options that must be considered. In this panel, hosted by ISG's Reza Memarian, speakers will examine a number of factors that should be addressed in order for optimal preparedness: 

•    How to increase the effectiveness of the security operation
•    How to activate the security operation potentials in order to support business resiliency 
•    How to attract security talents and how to keep them 

In a digital world, business processes are relying on interconnectivity with your customers, suppliers and partners.

Cybersecurity will be challenged in such a digital ecosystem. We are going to focus on addressing the challenges of securing the supply chain in a digital ecosystem. Let’s elaborate the potential threats for enterprise and how you can start to mitigate the risks associated with them.

While IT sourcing decisions were in the past primarily made for reasons of cost optimization, strategic considerations are becoming increasingly important. In times of uncertainty, talent shortage and global supply chain disruption, cost as the main decision factor are increasingly replaced by more long-term relevant criteria such as access to innovation, talent, or improving resilience. Based on insights from selected case studies, participants will learn on how to successful transform into ecosystem builders collaborating with e.g., startups, customers, universities, public institutions or even competitors. Thus, the traditional customer – provider relationship needs to be enhanced by a long-term partnership in an open ecosystem.  

A discussion with clients, partners and competitors that have implemented models under a different sourcing paradigm. Listen to the challenges, learnings and opportunities this transformation brought about in their organisations and how they achieved value for their customers.

Join us as we discuss how we have transformed major customer processes into a digital journey and new user experience, using the agile methodology from day one for software development. We will dive into the experience of establishing the right partner ecosystem for agile SW development and defining internal core competencies. Exploring the challenges, learnings, and opportunities during such a digital transformation initiative.

The fight to improve human rights, address climate change, improve labour conditions and fight corruption has led to growing regulatory requirements and market pressure. Enterprises are continuously navigating new policies, standards, laws, and regulations that are driving them to change their ways of doing business. Reputation, and therefore bottom line business results, increasingly hinges on pledges to minimize carbon emissions, progress toward the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) or commitments to investing using Economic, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles. Across industries and continents, corporate leaders are embracing the need to transform a global economy founded on an idea of unlimited access to resources to one that recognizes the limits and consequences of everything we extract, manufacture, and consume. This requires a concerted effort across organizational stakeholder groups, and IT can play a key role.

Clients are having to establish and execute a variety of strategic, organizational and operational measures involving multiple corporate functions to avoid breaching regulatory requirements and risk incurring sanctions from regulatory bodies.
•    How to align the organization on jointly addressing ESG compliance requirements
•    The role of Procurement and IT 
•    The control levers enterprises can leverage to quickly get on top of managing ESG compliance across their large supplier portfolios