IN-PERSON

DACH CIO Executive Summit

29 November 2018 | Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

29 November 2018
Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the DACH CIO Executive Summit.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Investing in your people and the right technologies

Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models

Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes

DACH CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Martin Bally

Diebold | Nixdorf
VP & CSO

Ricardo Diaz Rohr

Emil Frey Group
CIO

Agenda


28 November 2018

29 November 2018

18:30 - 21:30  Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Networking Dinner

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking. Join us at the Holbein's Restaurant in the Städel Museum where attendees will enjoy dynamic discussions, fantastic wine and gourmet dishes as the kitchen lets their passion for cooking run wild. 

11:30 - 12:15  Breakout Session

The Role of Humans in the Digitalisation Age

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Dominik Bösl

Vice President Consumer Driven Robotics

KUKA AG

The era of digitisation and automation is here, and it will soon affect every sphere of our lives from work to home. Dominik Bösl explores how you should be navigating the impact of technology on the human.

In this session, you will hear about:

  • The challenges of ethical technology governance
  • Autonomous business as the next wave of change
  • The new ways people, and employees, are interacting with corporations

11:30 - 12:15  Breakout Session

Driving Customer Centricity

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Andreas Walter

Head of Customer Insights & Interaction Management

BMW Group

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Venkateswara Rao Palakodeti

Client Partner

Cognizant

As technologies reshape customer strategy, businesses explore new ways to disrupt the customer experience. BMW partnered with Cognizant to apply data, advanced analytics and marketing automation technologies to achieve a lifecycle management approach that is fully centered on the customer.

Join this session to explore:

  • Why a customer-centric approach is imperative for modern business strategy
  • Leveraging data, analytics and marketing automation to support customer centricity
  • Lessons learned in data discovery, technology and scalability

11:30 - 12:15  Executive Boardroom

Improving IT Clock Speed and Shortening Time-to-Value

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Thilo Press

CIO

TRUMPF

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Carolina Soto

CIO

Santander Consumer Bank AG

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Hans de Visser

VP, Strategic Alliances

Mendix Inc.

Today’s digitisation wave puts IT under pressure to be more disruptive. While the demand for apps is exploding, many organisations struggle to fulfill business needs and shorten time-to-value.

This roundtable will explore:

  • Why executing a digital transformation strategy is more than just buying new technology
  • Best practices within the four pillars of portfolio, people, process and platform
  • Lessons learned in business and IT alignment, talent scarcity and rapid application delivery

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

11:30 - 12:15  Executive Boardroom

People-Centric Security

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Sascha Brock

VP Chief Information Security Officer

DHL

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Matthias Muhlert

Chief Information Security Officer

HELLA

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Adenike Cosgrove

Cybersecurity Strategist

Proofpoint

Ninety percent of all cyberattacks start with an email targeting your end-users. Discuss with your peers how to reduce phishing attacks and malware infections by changing risky behavior within your organisation.

In this boardroom, we’ll explore:

  • Who is being targeted, and who is falling victim
  • What attackers are sending, and which lures are working
  • When threats arrive, and when people are most likely to click

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

12:15 - 13:20  Lunch & Comments

13:20 - 14:00  Keynote

Adapt or Fail — Embrace New Behaviour and Technology

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Hartmut König

CTO Central Europe

Adobe

Consumers engage with brands through multiple channels and devices, but they don’t distinguish between these interactions. Consumers expect a seamless, relevant experience – from mobile to desktop to in-store. Keeping up with these rising expectations requires a culture with customer value at its centre.

This keynote will explore how to:

  • Foster a culture of consumer-driven innovation
  • Build workflow around data and actionable insights
  • Leverage AI, machine learning and automation technology to deliver standout customer experiences

08:00 - 08:45  Registration & Breakfast

08:45 - 09:45  Keynote

What’s Next? Exploiting the Unexpected

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Anders Indset

Author of "Wild Knowledge: Outthink the Revolution"

The Business Philosopher

One of the world’s leading business philosophers, Anders Indset, kicks off the event with a resounding question: What comes after Digital? CIOs and CISOs must step up and become “Leaders of Change” and “Curators of Compassion.” Learn to expect the unexpected as Indset explores the skills and competencies that you need in the 21st century to guide your team through chaos and complexity.

In this keynote, you’ll learn to:

  • Cope with the global forces of permanent change and revolution
  • Leave “reaction mode” and shape your own reality
  • Rediscover the lost “Art of Thinking”

09:45 - 10:00  Networking Break

10:00 - 10:45  Breakout Session

The Digital Enterprise — Getting There

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Claudia Plattner

CIO

DB Systel

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Thomas Hänel

Enterprise Strategist

DB Systel

Deutsche Bahn — a huge, state-owned, dinosaur of a company — reconceived itself as a startup to generate the momentum necessary to embrace digital change and fend off the fate of the dinosaurs.

Join this session to master the ingredients of digitisation:

  • A bottom-up culture of innovation
  • Obstacles as learning opportunities
  • The courage to put power in the hands of your people

10:00 - 10:45  Breakout Session

Digital Experience Journey Powered by APIs

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Paul Gariboldi

Head of Strategic Platforms

Google Cloud

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Martin Graf

Vice President Cloud & Digital Services

Swisscom AG

The customer no longer orbits the enterprise. Instead, enterprises need to find new ways to deliver their services to customers, who expect seamless digital engagement and whose journey spawns across multiple enterprises and industries.

In this session, you will learn about:

  • How APIs deliver value to the customer digital experience
  • How to build digital products and services that are accessible anytime, anywhere
  • How Swisscom transforms to a customer centric business platform

10:00 - 10:45  Executive Boardroom

Secure Transformation — Avoiding Risk in ERP Applications

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Kylie Mitchell

CIO

Sony DADC

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Jan Pasotto

Group IT Director

Heritage B Group

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Jan Hubicka

Senior Security Expert

Onapsis, Inc.

Digital transformation is not just a buzzword, but an outline of business and operational plans to integrate and prioritise the latest digital technologies. Unfortunately, security is often second priority or not even in the scope of the transformation project.

Join this session to discuss how to:

  • Make security an enabler instead of a roadblock
  • Develop a plan to secure critical ERP applications
  • Ensure your organisation’s ERP applications are compliant

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

10:00 - 10:45  Executive Boardroom

Reaching Customers in the Digital Environment

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Anna Klebus

VP Information Technology EMEA & Member, European Executive Team

Invacare Corporation

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Ricardo Diaz Rohr

CIO

Emil Frey Group

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Thomas Sindemann

Owner

Infront Consulting, Part of KPS

As the CIO of your company you are at the epicenter of the digital transformation. You have a vital role in steering your business towards new opportunities arising from new technologies, while also addressing the challenges in your market caused by the digital disruptions.

We will discuss:

  • How the creation of a customer-centric organization is impacting the role of the CIO
  • The alignment of (new) technologies, processes and people
  • Establishing end-to-end platforms integrating back-end and front-end applications

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

10:45 - 11:30  Networking Break

14:00 - 14:15  Networking Break

14:15 - 15:00  Breakout Session

The Why of Security Awareness

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Martin Neubauer

Group CISO

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

ProSieben’s security awareness program pivots away from the traditional fear tactic and instead focuses on the “why” rather than the “how” of the human exposure factor.

Join this session to discover:

  • The tangible impact this positive approach can have on your security program
  • Lessons hiding in plain sight in your awareness policies
  • The benefits of — and roadblocks to — educating disparate business units with e-learning

14:15 - 15:00  Breakout Session

The Next Wave of Enterprise Intelligence

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Rob Davis

Vice President of Product, International

MicroStrategy

Organisations that build an intelligent edge today will be the dominant force of tomorrow. To join the ranks of these future-forward competitors, your team needs to go beyond business intelligence to deliver widely applicable insights.

In this breakout session, you’ll learn:

  • How to transform your organisation into a data-driven enterprise
  • Ways to harness traditionally counteractive forces such as convenience and security
  • Ecosystem solutions to help manage data securely while remaining agile

14:15 - 15:00  Executive Boardroom

AI Drives Digital — CIOs and CMOs Take Action

Claudia Plattner headshot

Claudia Plattner

CIO

DB Systel

Hartmut König headshot

Hartmut König

CTO Central Europe

Adobe

Today, digital roadmaps rule and AI enables your customers to demand new, personalized experiences at any given moment. Your IT department has become a driver of this transformation, joining forces with marketers to drive revenue and growth.

Join this session to discover:

  • Actionable steps for transforming into a data-driven business
  • How to unleash content velocity while keeping your data meaningful and secure
  • AI as next level marketing — truly personalized, at the scale of the cloud

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

14:15 - 15:00  Executive Boardroom

Transforming Cybersecurity Risk Management, Monitoring and Reporting

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Jimmy Heschl

Head of Digital Security

Red Bull GmbH

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Judith Wunschik

Chief Information Security Officer

ING-DiBa

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Frank Weisel

Director

BitSight Technologies

It is now much easier to determine what’s important, dangerous and a real risk to your cybersecurity posture. Using a common framework leads to more effective conversations on risk with your security teams, board members, business partners, insurers and regulators.

Join the roundtable to explore:

  • Managing third and fourth party risk in today’s hyper-connected environment
  • Prioritisation, justification and validation of IT security investments to underpin business digital transformation
  • Supporting audit and compliance tracking including GDPR

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

15:00 - 15:30  Networking Break

15:30 - 16:15  Breakout Session

Zero Trust — Rethinking Security

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James Kretchmar

Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Akamai Technologies

Prevailing models of information systems security are more problematic — and dangerous — than most enterprises recognise. The digital revolution has increased the stakes and led to “best practice” security architectures that are fatally flawed — a mix of components doing the wrong job and having an outsized impact on overall systems safety.

James Kretchmar explores:

  • Getting to the heart of the security problem
  • Rethinking how safety systems work
  • Executing the simpler, safer and more consistent methods of zero trust

15:30 - 16:15  Executive Boardroom

Data as an Enabler of Cloud Strategy

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Martin Bally

VP & CSO

Diebold | Nixdorf

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Gareth Whiting

Regional VP, Central Europe & LATAM

Delphix

Enterprises face significant pressure to accelerate the migrations of core business applications and data to the cloud — safely. As businesses assess their data architecture and data migration strategies, you must ensure that data is safe and complies with regulations like GDPR.

This roundtable will cover key challenges in:

  • Migrating apps and data to the cloud
  • Overcoming the constraint that is data
  • Ensuring data security whilst moving to the cloud 
  • Realising the benefits of a cloud infrastructure

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

15:30 - 16:15  Executive Boardroom

The Business Possibility of Blockchain

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Percy Hamer

Chief Information Officer (CIO), Europe

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH

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Jaroslav Kacina

CEO

SophiaTX

Blockchain presents an enormous opportunity for business-focused CIOs, but the depth of awareness around its potential remains fragmented at best – even at the executive level. Moving from hype-cycle concept to practical reality requires a deeper understanding of the technological possibilities, profound business impact, and long-term evolution of blockchain.

Join this discussion if you want to:

  • Lean in to blockchain technology
  • Compete with disrupters, new business models and ways of thinking
  • Embrace the impact blockchain will soon have on the entire organisation

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees.

To reserve your seat, please contact:

Lucy Guille at +441784267397 or lucy.guille@gartner.com.

16:15 - 16:30  Networking Break

16:30 - 17:15  Keynote

The CEO Perspective

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Klaus Vehns

CEO

Rabobank Germany

Are you asking your CEO the right questions? Klaus Vehns, CEO of Rabobank Germany, believes the future of information technology will not just be an investment in the business, it will be the business. Learn how to set up game changing conversations that can radically transform your company and position it as a progressive leader in the rapidly changing IT and security industry for years to come.

Join this interactive closing keynote to:

  • Establish a close and constant dialogue with your CEO and executive board
  • Influence decision making on every level of the organisation to ensure that technology implementation matches the speed of change
  • Explore what is really driving innovation at your company — from business needs to customer demand to the evolution of technology

17:15 - 18:00  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

28 November 2018

29 November 2018

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Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

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