CIO Track – Is your data holding your business to ransom? – Gary Hallam

Gary Hallam, Director of Channel Business, EMEA & APAC, Delphix

In this presentation, Gary looks at the need to focus on democratising and securing data and outlines pragmatic ways of getting control of business data so businesses can accelerate innovation, improve security, increase reliability, streamline operations, and save costs.

 

Keynotes to retain from this session:

·        Simplifying data access within multi-generational architectures

·        Delivering data at speed by changing the data delivery paradigm

·        Automating data delivery

·        Empowering practitioners by arming them with data and self-service controls

 

One on One meetings

The morning one-to-one meetings are under way at the CIO/CISO Leaders Singapore Summit 2022.
These are over 150, 30 minutes focused face to face meetings throughout the day with key industry suppliers to get the most out of this summit.

How to survive and thrive in an uncertain world as a business leader – Miao Song

Miao Song, Global Chief Information Officer, Global Logistics Properties

 

The subjects discussed include:

  • The rapidly changing world in the last 2 years and the uncertainties of the current business environment
  • How business leaders should adjust in the dynamic post pandemic environment.
  • The importance to fully understand the global environment and the uncertainties when a business decision is made
  • The leadership skillsets, domain knowledge that are needed for the current and future business leaders

Building a resilient and agile, data driven enterprise – Panel discussion

Moderator:

Paolo Miranda, Vice President, (ISC)2 Singapore

 

Panellists:

Marcus Tan Cheng Lin, Head of Cybersecurity Department, A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R)

Daniel chu, Director of Sales Engineering, APAC, ExtraHop

Steven Sim, President, ISACA Singapore Chapter

For today’s data-driven businesses, adopting new technologies, including cloud based creates risk which must be managed.

This session discussed accelerated adoption of new technologies as businesses rapidly digitalize, as well as the new cybersecurity risks that are created.
The panelists touched point also on the best ways to manage these risks to build resilience into an organisation.

Enabling New Approaches to Organisational Digital Innovation in the Post-Pandemic Era – Chris Bezuidenhout

Chris Bezuidenhout, Managing Director, CIB CIO APAC & Emerging Markets, Deutsche Bank AG

 

One of the main words that emerged in the post pandemic world is the word “Innovation”, especially in the IT and online industry.

In this session, Chris spoke about how all IT leaders are distinctively set to evolve into innovation leaders. They need to be competent enough and have the skills to envision and deliver technology-driven business change.

Welcome to the 9th Annual CIO & 8th CISO Leaders Singapore Summit 2022 – Christopher Tan

Christopher Tan, The Institute of Systems Science, National University of Singapore

Our CIO/CISO Leaders Summit this year features a rich program presented by some of the most senior IT and IT Security leaders and experts from across Singapore.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network and engage in the most relevant sessions for their business.

We welcome to all our sponsors, delegates & speakers.

Our sponsors for the Singapore Event this year are:
HCL BigFix, HCL AppScan, Okta, HCL Technologies, Synopsys, Extrahop, Imperva, Mimecast, Delinea, New Relic, Netscope, Delphix, Goto, LastPass, Exabeam, SecurityScorecard, Human, Varonis, FPT Corporation, Illumio, Cofense.

 

Risk Management in the Digital Era

Roshan Kapoor, Senior Vice President – IT, Olam International Limited

Enterprise risk landscape is changing at a rapid pace. Trade-wars emanating from backlash against free-trade and globalization, uncertainty surrounding political leadership at national and global stage, growing terrorism threats, heightened cyber-security risks coupled with rapid speed of disruptive innovations and/or technologies are some of the key drivers of uncertainty which impact global business outlook. Corporations in all industries and countries are subjected to this increasingly risky global landscape. Identification and investment in right digital technologies are essential for organizations to survive and thrive in this uncertain scenario.

During this presentation, Roshan Kapoor discussed key digital technology trends which can be considered by organizations for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of business operational and financial risk management.

ABOUT ROSHAN KAPOOR

Roshan works as the Senior Vice President at Olam International Limited. He is currently responsible as the Global Head of Trading and Risk Management Systems. His other responsibilities include CIO APAC and Global Head of Business – IT Engagement.

He has 18 years’ experience in multiple technologies working in various parts of the world. His areas of expertise include formulation of IT strategy and roadmap, managing trading and risk management systems, leading IT setup for business acquisitions as well as development, implementation and support of ERP and bespoke systems.

He is a Chartered Accountant, has done EPGM from MIT Sloan and is an ACE certificate holder in Management, Innovation and Technology from MIT Sloan.

The CIO Role in a Post-Digital World

Arvind Mathur, Chief Information Officer, Prudential

CIOs have historically played a translator and an insulator role – understanding what the business really needs and protecting them from the complexities of technology.

Will this still be needed when business leaders are digital natives, and have a comfort and command on technologies that impact their business? What should CIOs do TODAY to drive this change in their business leaders and in themselves to continue to be relevant in the Post-Digital future.

ABOUT ARVIND MATHUR

Arvind is on a mission to create future-ready businesses for a digital world. As CIO at Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Limited, Arvind has delivered transformative change in end-to-end customer experiences through cross-functional, collaborative teams, supported by robust technology delivery organizations. Prior to this, Arvind held several regional and global digital & technology leadership roles at Procter & Gamble Company, including Global CIO for Baby Care and Personal Health Care, and Global Cyber Security Leader for Manufacturing & R&D.

Arvind is an MBA in Finance and an Industrial Engineer, and has lived and worked in India, the Philippines, US and Singapore. He has been named among “Top 100 Fintech Southeast Asia Influencers 2019” by Lattice80.

Arvind runs a Maker Lab at home with his kids, where he can often be caught tinkering with 3D Printers, Raspberry PIs, Micro:bits, Robots, Home Automation, Cloud Services, TensorFlow, Audio/Video equipment, Cameras, Telescopes and various combinations of the above.

Taking Advantage of Technology to Gain a Competitive Edge and Create New Revenue Streams

Chakib Abi-Saab, Group Chief Technology Officer, OSM Maritime Group

This workshop provided an insightful explanation on how to create a business focused IT department for competitive advantages, and how to monetize the technology.

 

ABOUT CHAKIB ABI-SAAB

Chakib is a business leader and technologist with 20+ years of experience aligning technology with operational goals. Chakib has led significant global projects in multinational environments and has played several key roles in global organizations like Baker Hughes Inc. and Bumi Armada Berhad. Since 2017, Chakib is the Chief Technology Officer of OSM Maritime Group.

Chakib’s main focus is always on the utilization of technology as a driver to optimize costs, improve productivity, increase returns, reduce risks, and create new revenue streams. His technology expertise is in connected assets, analytics, automation, and predictive environments. He is also experienced leading complex multinational digital transformations. His educational achievements include an M.B.A., International Business and a B.B.M., Business Management. Chakib has also been a member of the Gartner Research Board, and he is a frequent contributor and speaker at conferences related to leadership and digitalization.

Leading Organisations into a New Reality: The Role of Tech Leaders Over the Next Decade

Harish Shah, Futurist, Stratserv Consultancy

 

The next decade will witness an unprecedented reconfiguration of our world reality, as the ongoing technological evolution, culminates into the Extended Reality (XR) era, characterised by AI Assistance, Datafication, Hyperconnected Environment (Internet-of-Everything), Mass-Automation, Pervasive Digitalisation and Ubiquity. To keep up, Organisations in this period will need their Tech Leaders, whether CIOs or CISOs, to internally play a Central & Strategic Role, to:

  • Lead Organisational Adaptation to External Changes
  • Promote Appreciation of Technology
  • Collaboratively Shape Strategies beyond IT
  • Guide Innovation
  • Provide Strategic Foresight & Long-Term Direction

ABOUT HARISH SHAH

An autodidact and a polymath, Harish is Singapore’s first local born Professional Futurist. A critical reference point today for other Professional Futurists worldwide in the area of Technological Evolution & Foresight, he is endearingly referred to most commonly as “The Singapore Futurist”, apart from also being referred to as “The Asian Futurist” and “The Millennial Futurist”. He has been invited to contribute to international research studies and projects, such as the study on “Technological Innovations for the Physical Domain” by the Council for Environment and Infrastructure, of the Netherlands.
In 2017, Harish was interviewed, regarding the future of the Brain Computer Interface Technology, on an episode of Scitech Voyager, a series exploring emerging technologies, aired on Turkey’s English Language international cable channel, TRT World.

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