CIO & IT Leaders’ Summit

September 25, 2019, Aviva Stadium

Morning Plenary Session

8:50

Welcome from the Chair

Martin Delaney

General Manager and Technology Leader, Innovation Value Institute

Capture the opportunity to drive business change

9:00

How to be more than a tech leader

More than being tech leaders, CIOs and technology leaders have to conceive and sell ideas, identify and secure resources, marshal and lead a team to create a new product or service… that sounds like the role of an entrepreneur! Today’s CIO needs to be an entrepreneurial visionary who sees a totally different way of doing business. What are the qualities needed to be a truly entrepreneurial technology leader?

Mark Little

CEO and Co-founder, Kinzen

9:25

INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY:

Reaping the rewards of culture change

Most CIOs will tell you that the right culture is critical for those aiming to make digital transformation a whole-organisation experience. Park Group, the UK’s leading multi-retailer redemption product provider to corporate and consumer markets, is right in the middle of this journey. We’ll hear how their technology vision centred on creating a culture that enables change is allowing the business to reap the rewards

Stephen Miller

Chief Information Officer, Park Group plc, UK

9:50

True digital transformation = new thinking, new skills and collaboration

In this session, Frank discusses how successful transformation is achieved by harnessing innovative and emerging technologies to make strategy, customer value, user experience, process, technology and operational improvements.

Frank O'Dea

Chief Innovation Officer, EY Ireland

10:10

INNOVATION PANEL DISCUSSION: How can the CIO redefine what’s possible for an enterprise?

How can the CIO drive innovation? Our panel of technology leaders share their insights:

Encouraging, fostering and sustaining an innovation culture
Technologies to help you uncover break-through ideas
Creating and measuring the value of innovation
How to test smarter, learn faster and cut the time and cost of your innovation efforts
Strategies for building innovation teams