Schedule
All times in British Summer Time (BST)
1:00 PM | Registration and Light Refreshments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1:30 PM | Opening Remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1:40 PM | Hybrid Cloud + Artificial Intelligence: The Next Generation of Digital Disruption A strategic look at what's new and what's next as organisations navigate these transformative shifts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1:55 PM | Inside the Innovation Journey of Trusted AI and Hybrid Cloud By Design While Gen AI presents a revolutionary change in how businesses engage with and scale AI, few enterprises have the skills and infrastructure needed to implement it. Organisations are exploring strategies to maximise their existing investments while deploying AI in a manner that addresses security and ensures compliance within industry and geographic requirements, including data sovereignty. In this session, learn how the latest industry and technology trends successfully foster AI innovation and how to deploy a hybrid cloud-by-design architecture to drive growth. Top executives will share examples of how hybrid cloud architecture is keeping their workload placement decision central to digital strategy with a focus on resiliency, performance, security, and compliance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:20 PM | Breaking Boundaries An innovation strategy session. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:35 PM | Artificial Intelligence and WatsonX: The Next Generation of Digital Disruption The convergence of AI and cloud computing is redefining possibilities for companies of all sizes and sectors. In this thought-provoking session, hear a strategic roadmap that will influence your own digital transformation initiatives and key use cases and demos that will demonstrate how AI in the cloud is becoming the new standard for business success. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3:00 PM | Transformation Showcase: How To Deliver Results Right Now As businesses evolve to meet the rapidly changing needs of customers, cloud-based solutions must deliver and must anticipate and exceed what’s to come around the corner—or be hit with a wall of complexities as workload varieties increase. Hear from top technology leaders as they share their latest applications and creative approaches with true hybrid cloud-by-design approaches. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4:00 PM | Modernise or Be Left Behind - An Innovation Strategy Session Digital transformation is not a one-time event, it’s a journey that is critically important for every organisation as they adopt modern technologies to deploy hybrid cloud-by-design strategies. How do you leverage trusted AI at scale to facilitate smarter ideas, faster executions, and greater innovation at every stage? How do you create a culture that drives these outcomes? In this strategic discussion, hear the latest industry intelligence needed to inform business strategy and best practices for driving it in the next 12 months. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4:35 PM | Critical Workloads: How to Achieve Security and Stable Performance In an era where business agility and reliability are paramount, delivering secure and stable performance for critical workloads is non-negotiable. As organisations adapt to the dynamic demands of the market, their cloud solutions must not only meet but exceed expectations to avoid operational bottlenecks. Top industry experts will discuss innovative strategies and technologies designed to ensure robust security, deliver consistent performance, and future-proof your enterprise’s IT infrastructure against the growing complexity of modern workloads. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5:15 PM | Networking Reception |