EVENTCIO UK Summit | Nov. 2, 2021 | Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - London, UK
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Keynote Presentation
Visionary speaker presents to entire audience on key issues, challenges and business opportunities
Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee." title="Keynote Presentations give attending delegates the opportunity to hear from leading voices in the industry. These presentations feature relevant topics and issues aligned with the speaker's experience and expertise, selected by the speaker in concert with the summit's Content Committee.
Executive Visions
Panel moderated by Master of Ceremonies and headed by four executives discussing critical business topics
Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members." title="Executive Visions sessions are panel discussions that enable in-depth exchanges on critical business topics. Led by a moderator, these sessions encourage attending executives to address industry challenges and gain insight through interaction with expert panel members.
Thought Leadership
Solution provider-led session giving high-level overview of opportunities
Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community." title="Led by an executive from the vendor community, Thought Leadership sessions provide comprehensive overviews of current business concerns, offering strategies and solutions for success. This is a unique opportunity to access the perspective of a leading member of the vendor community.
Think Tank
End user-led session in boardroom style, focusing on best practices
Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard." title="Think Tanks are interactive sessions that place delegates in lively discussion and debate. Sessions admit only 15-20 participants at a time to ensure an intimate environment in which delegates can engage each other and have their voices heard.
Roundtable
Interactive session led by a moderator, focused on industry issue
Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done." title="Led by an industry analyst, expert or a member of the vendor community, Roundtables are open-forum sessions with strategic guidance. Attending delegates gather to collaborate on common issues and challenges within a format that allows them to get things done.
Case Study
Overview of recent project successes and failures
Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions." title="Case Studies allow attending executives to hear compelling stories about implementations and projects, emphasizing best practices and lessons learned. Presentations are immediately followed by Q&A sessions.
Focus Group
Discussion of business drivers within a particular industry area
Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions." title="Focus Groups allow executives to discuss business drivers within particular industry areas. These sessions allow attendees to isolate specific issues and work through them. Presentations last 15-20 minutes and are followed by Q&A sessions.
Analyst Q&A Session 
Moderator-led coverage of the latest industry research
Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst." title="Q&A sessions cover the latest industry research, allowing attendees to gain insight on topics of interest through questions directed to a leading industry analyst.
Vendor Showcase
Several brief, pointed overviews of the newest solutions and services
Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences." title="Taking the form of three 10-minute elevator pitches by attending vendors, these sessions provide a concise and pointed overview of the latest solutions and services aligned with attendee needs and preferences.
Executive Exchange
Pre-determined, one-on-one interaction revolving around solutions of interest
Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest." title="Executive Exchanges offer one-on-one interaction between executives and vendors. This is an opportunity for both parties to make key business contacts, ask direct questions and get the answers they need. Session content is prearranged and based on mutual interest.
Open Forum Luncheon
Informal discussions on pre-determined topics
Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch." title="Led by a moderator, Open Forum Luncheons offer attendees informal, yet focused discussions on current industry topics and trends over lunch.
Networking Session
Unique activities at once relaxing, enjoyable and productive
Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive." title="Networking opportunities take various unique forms, merging enjoyable and relaxing activities with an environment conducive to in-depth conversation. These gatherings allow attendees to wind down between sessions and one-on-one meetings, while still furthering discussions and being productive.
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 - CIO UK Summit
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Registration & Networking Breakfast
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Welcome Address
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Keynote Presentation 
Customer Focus. Technology with Value
Join Dax, as she delve deep into;
- Understanding what customers, clients value and require remains central to ensuring technology is implemented in a way that adds value
- Providing the customer and business perspective shapes how we implement technology based solutions
- We are all customers, clients and able to apply an external perspective with common sense
- Cross-functional groups are essential to ensure effective implementation
Presented by:
Dax Grant, CIO; Global Operations Technology, HSBC
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Innovation Partner
The Past, Present & the Future of Strong Authentication
Join us for a historical recap on strong authentication, what the industry thinks we should be doing now to become more secure, how the approach is causing user frustration and friction, and how there is a better future on the horizon.
Sponsored by:
Beyond Identity EMEA 
Presented by:
Chris Robins, Sales Engineer, Beyond Identity EMEA
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Thought Leadership
CIO Guide to Innovation
Digital transformation is near the top of every CIO's agenda today. To reap the benefits, it's critical to get new products to market faster. Agile and DevOps methods have ushered in a new era of rapid development and delivery. Yet testing remains a bottleneck.
IT leaders must juggle multiple initiatives, from adoption of SaaS technologies to legacy modernization and cloud migration â?" all while ensuring that the business workflows that rely on these applications are not interrupted in the process.
Join our session to learn:
- How innovative CIO's have successfully redefined their organization's end-to-end quality strategies and their top advice for others embarking on modernization journeys
- The top challenges of enterprise application testing â?" from skills gaps to a lack of IT-business alignment to ensuring business continuity during major upgrades and migrations
- The best practices testing leaders are implementing to address these challenges, accelerate innovation, and minimize risk
Sponsored by:
Tricentis
Presented by:
Yigal Elstein, Vice President, Sales EMEA, Tricentis
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Networking Session
AM Break
10:40 am - 11:05 am
Executive Exchange
Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat- Digital Transformation
You may not have ever heard of NHS Resolution, but they handle disputes and concerns relating to the NHS. Not only that, they are embarking on a major programme to enhance their technology capability whilst ensuring continued delivery of services effectively.
Niamh McKenna, CIO, NHS Resolution joins J.D. Miller, Vice President, CDM Media for a fireside chat as they discuss how to lead an organisation through a digital transformation, from remodelling legacy systems, to taking a fresh look at data, to keeping that data safe and secure.
The two will share a roadmap that will help you drive digital transformation within your own organization.
Presented by:
Niamh Mckenna, CIO, NHS RESOLUTION
Think Tank
Headless Tech Disrupts Industries, Reshapes Commerce and how the Business and Tech Work Together
Why and how are so many business racing to Mach. What do you need and more importantly what do you not need. What is the baggage organisations need to dump to be successful and move into true partnership with their Tech team
Presented by:
Jo Graham, Chief Information Officer, boohoo
11:10 am - 11:35 am
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Top security strategies in Times of Uncertainty
Recently most things that we thought we could rely on have transformed. Who dreamt that our workforce would suddenly shift to remote working or that cloud risks and challenges would become central to our security planning?
The importance of planning for the unknowable has become pivotal, whether we are talking about changes of the workforce patterns or of the ever-evolving threat of triple lock malware.
Please join me while we look into real-world examples on how we have been helping organisations to adapt and overcome challenges presented by the 'new normal'.
Sponsored by:
Check Point Software Technologies, Inc
Presented by:
Derek Middlemiss, EMEA Head of Security Solutions Engineering, Check Point Software Technologies, Inc
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
Diversity Within the Information Security Department
Are diversity and inclusion the new "buzz" words in 2021?
What does a diverse information security team look like and as leaders, how do
we ensure that we nurture the team and make the Corporate environment a safe
place to allow the team to thrive?
If you want the answer to these questions and to understand
how the diversity of your security team leads to an effective and productive this is a session not to miss!
Presented by:
Deborah Saffer, Deputy CISO, Cushman & Wakefield
12:10 pm - 12:35 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom 
Look to the Cloud - The Future of File Storage is Here!
We all know enterprise-class file storage has not fundamentally changed in the past 30 years. Hardware refreshes, multiple vendors, multiple systems, high costs, capacity limitations have all contributed to a complicated patchwork of tech for IT. The cloud's promise solves all that. In this session, you will learn how Cloud File Storage will save you around 50-70%, how it will simplify your environment, and how you will enjoy unlimited file storage across every office location. You will love having a single, global file system to manage that has built-in file backup, disaster recovery, rapid ransomware recovery, and file synchronisation.
Key takeaways;
- How the "cloud promise" will change your life.
- Why file storage doesn't have to be expensive, complex, and limited.
- What companies like yours are doing to prepare for the cloud.
Sponsored by:
Nasuni
Presented by:
Neil McCrindle, Global Accounts Director, Nasuni
Executive Boardroom
Would Your Organization Fail the Active Directory Security Assessment?
You'll come away from this session with a practical checklist of AD vulnerabilities to watch for in your environment, including:
- Password policies that are inadequate for modern account protection
- Accounts with elevated privileges in place that haven't been adequately reviewed
- Accounts with delegated permissions over Active Directory that have unwanted consequences on AD security that have proliferated over time
- Weak Group Policy configuration, which creates a variety of holes that attackers can drive through
Sponsored by:
Semperis
12:40 pm - 1:05 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Solving the Third-party Cyber Risk Challenge with a Shared-cost Shared-value Business Model
Cyber attacks are on the rise and many data breaches are now directly attributable to third-parties. This presents a business challenge, as scaling up assessments in a reliable way, to provide clear visibility of, and ability to manage, risk can be difficult and costly. This presentation will show how a shared-cost and shared-value business model can help solve this challenge with a proven approach that is scalable, reliable and economically viable.
Sponsored by:
Cybervadis
Presented by:
Andy Mutton, Enterprise Account Executive, Cybervadis
1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
Open Forum Luncheon
Networking Lunch
2:05 pm - 2:45 pm
Executive Exchange
Panel Discussion
The CIO vs The CISO
Believe it or not, tech and security leaders aren't always aligned. The last couple of years put unique stresses and strains on both leaders. It wasn't long ago that CIOs moved from being technologists to having a much larger role as key strategists for their organisations. Many CISOs found themselves in similar situations going through the pandemic as workers across the globe got thrust into a work-from-home world. Keeping organisations safe and secure moved from a line-item on an agenda to the main initiative at the top of every meeting. CISOs are having a seat at the table more than ever before. Companies had to find a way to work remotely and secure with minimal lead time. For many industries that created tension between the CIO and the CISO. But as our panel will point out, there doesn't have to be a turf war and a well-planned alignment between the two executives can overcome roadblocks to success and lead organisations to a brighter future. Join this session to find out how an environment that features give-and-take between smart, motivated, and innovative executives can help drive optimal business outcomes.
Presented by:
Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security, Canon Europe, Middle East and Africa
Mat Mallett, Chief Digital Information Officer, UK Space Agency
Rob Greig, Group Chief Information Officer, Arup
Tracey Jessup, Chief Digital & Information Officer, UK Parliament
2:50 pm - 3:15 pm
Executive Exchange
Thought Leadership
Addressing the Technology Skills Gap: Reskilling and Upskilling
In the digital age, technology teams are only as successful as their skills are relevant. Companies are under pressure to become more agile, protect against rising security threats, and continuously deliver innovations to the market. This begs the question - how do you keep up with the constant pace of change in technology?
Join this session to hear how leaders must see technology skills as a strategic and essential part of successful digital transformation, as well as how they can gain the clarity they need to lead, and the skills they need to move faster.
Sponsored by:
Zoom
3:20 pm - 3:45 pm
Executive Exchange
Think Tank
The Role of the CIO
Macro trends, new technologies and changing business models will continue to both disrupt and re-shape markets, out to 2030 and beyond.
Organisations will need to understand the risks in their markets and invest appropriately in order to create a flexible and adaptable operating model, allowing them to react quickly to new opportunities and challenges.
Given the implications, CIO's should be thinking about how they add incremental value and position themselves to help drive the forward looking agenda, as a key member of the executive team
Presented by:
Alan Patefield-Smith, Chief Information Officer, Admiral Group Plc
Think Tank
Productivity within a Hybrid Working Environment - the work from Home Debate'
Presented by:
Gary Ardley, Chief Information Officer, Royal London Group Ltd
3:50 pm - 4:15 pm
Executive Exchange
Executive Boardroom
Cyber Resiliency: Achievable Goal or Flight-of-Fancy?
Most organisation's IT infrastructures remain fragile to cyber attacks, especially the current scourge of ransomware operators sweeping across all verticals and all countries across the global. Becoming cyber resilient to these kinds of attack is an emergent property, not a collection of products you can buy. In this session James will discuss those emergent properties and how he has seen organisations best achieve them using best-practice frameworks and solid engineering principles..
Sponsored by:
Rubrik
Presented by:
James Blake, Field CTO EMEA, Security, Rubrik
Executive Boardroom
Using Automation to Cure Vulnerability Management Headache
An exploration of vulnerability management approaches and how automation can help prioritise and assist risk-based decisions. This in turn can help organisations get on top of their vulnerability challenges. With reference to real-world solutions and case studies, we shall investigate the difference automation can make.
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Networking Session
PM Break
4:35 pm - 5:05 pm
Sponsored Keynote
Future-proofing Your Applications with Java
- Assessing the competence of various offers, such as longevity and breadth and depth of experience
- Evaluating solutions and ROI, compared with utilizing vendors or DIY
- Modern application development technology, including faster microservices deployment
- Manageability of application ecosystems
- Oracle's recent announcements in the Java ecosystem and what it means for your enterprise
Sponsored by:
Oracle
Presented by:
Georges Saab, Vice President of Development for the Java Platform Group, Oracle
Manish Gupta, Vice President of Global Marketing for Java and GraalVM, Oracle
5:10 pm - 5:40 pm
Closing Keynote
IT's Leading Role in Enabling Sustainability Goals
Johnson Matthey's vision is for a world that's cleaner and healthier; today and for future generations. With sustainability at the heart of JM's purpose, how IT responds to meeting sustainability objectives is paramount. In this final keynote, Johnson Matthey's, CIO Paul Coby examines the role of IT in meeting business objectives through a sustainability lens.
Key Takeaways;
- How does JM IT apply digital technology to enable to Johnson Matthey's sustainability goals and products?
- How does a business balance the need to deliver sustainable infrastructure and create solutions that meet customer demands?
- Recommendations to help organisations achieve their sustainability agendas
- And why a diverse workforce matters in accelerating the change that is needed.
Presented by:
Paul Coby, CIO, Johnson Matthey.
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Summit Happy Hour
Happy Hour & Tottenham Taster Tour
Step behind the scenes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and walk in the footsteps of your favourite players. You'll gain an insight into how the players prepare on a matchday and follow their journey by walking out of the first team changing rooms, through the tunnel and into the dugouts. You can even take a seat in the manager's chair!
The tour guides will be on hand throughout your journey to share insights, tell anecdotes and further bring the stadium to life.
On the tour, you'll visit;
- The Home Team Dressing Room
- Our Press Auditorium
- The tunnel with access to the Pitch side
- Market Place
- Beaver town