AGENDA
MORNING WEBINAR 10:00am – 12:15pm BST
10:00am – WELCOME REMARKS
Tania Ferreira, Head of Event Content Production, Bonhill Group plc
Ramat Tejani, Founder and Chief Encouragement Officer, The Inspiration Box
Shereen Daniels, Managing Director, HR Rewired
THE FUTURE OF THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
10:10am KEYNOTE: ESG in Technology
- Looking beyond purely financial growth for long-term sustainable success – embracing sustained, robust ESG practices
- How to link your growth strategy with a wider societal purpose – investors and customers want to see more
- How to manage polarised views on ESG – a trend vs embraced belief/culture
- Being held accountable through more standardized ESG reporting – SMART goals with a focus on sustainable value creation
- Being a competitive and thriving organisation by being prepared for everything, even hard-to-plan for incidents
- How to do better and be good corporate citizens
Speaker
Preeti Sinha, Executive Secretary, United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)
10:35 Accenture KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
- The link between sustainability and business success.
- The role of technology in supporting an organisation’s sustainability journey.
- Using technology to build sector-specific solutions to sustainability challenges.
- The impact of initiatives like sustainable coding and Responsible AI.
- How we can mitigate potential unintended consequences of technology use.
Speaker
Jasmine Dhiman, Managing Director, Technology Sustainability Lead, Accenture UKI
STREAM 1: TAKING YOUR TECH TO THE NEXT LEVEL
11:00 PANEL: The Cybersecurity Mesh
- Analysing the all-digital world
- What have been the successes and challenges of 2020/2021 (risk management)
- Remote working: how to enable secure access to digital assets no matter the location of your employees and customers
- How are you training your people and how are you educating your clients on security?
- Addressing the skills gap in the industry
- Diverse teams = better security. How diversity of mind and experience will fortify your security 10-fold
Moderator
Simon Ratcliffe, Board Advisor, Non-Exec CIO, Principal Consultant, Ensono
Speakers
Saba Ahmed, Senior Manager, Accenture Security
Jessica Figueras, Vice Chair of Trustees, UK Cyber Security Council
Dr. Chitra Balakrishna, Program Leader, Cyber Security, Institute of Coding, The Open University
11:45 FIRESIDE CHAT: The Evolution of Zero Trust
- Reviewing the social and ethical implications of using the power of data
- How can we change external negative perceptions around AI?
- How can we ensure AI products and solutions are built in an ethical way?
- What needs to happen to data collection and analytics tools to re-establish lost user trust?
- Where do we draw the line on personalisation?
- Best practice demonstrated through case studies
Moderator
Erica Langhi, Senior Solutions Architect, Red Hat
Speakers
Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect, Ethical AI Practice, Salesforce
Cecilia Harvey, CEO / Founder and Chair, Hyve Dynamics / Tech Women Today
STREAM 2: IT’S ALL ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE
11:00 PANEL: Enhancing your cultural intelligence
- We are not all the same and that is a great thing!
- Cultural intelligence explained
- The ability to distinguish and identify different cultures
- Acknowledge the differences and catering to each one differently
- What do leaders need to do to better understand their employees/teams?
- What can organisations do to facilitate open discussions and cultural mentoring?
Moderator
Jennifer Stanzl, Head of Talent Management UK&I, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Speakers
Fiona Daniel, CEO & Founder, FD2i
Deborah Williams, Founder, The Women’s Association
Karen Huish, Head of Retail Banking UKI, Google Cloud
11:45 FIRESIDE CHAT: Are you truly supporting your people?
- Analysing the effects of the virtual world on visibility in the workplace
- “Levelling the playing field” – it is worse than we thought
- How are organisations supporting employees with greater external challenges which impact their presence during “working hours”? The 9 to 5 day no longer exists
- How are organisations measuring productivity?
- What worked before may not work now, how have you and your organisations adapted your ways of working and evaluations?
Moderator
Fiona Daniel, CEO & Founder, FD2i
Speaker
Joel Blake OBE, Founder & CEO, The GFA Exchange
Joanne Webb, Founder, The Girls Club – Network
12:15 – CLOSING REMARKS
12:30 – 2:00pm: LUNCH BREAK – NETWORKING & MASTERCLASSES
MASTERCLASS: Becoming a member of a Board
- Why should you consider becoming a member of a board?
- How do you become a board member?
- What should you be looking for when considering an organisation?
- Corporate vs not-for-profits – what is the value for you and the organisation?
Speaker
Fiona Hathorn, CEO, Women on Boards UK
AFTERNOON WEBINAR 2:00pm – 4:15pm BST
2:00 – WELCOME REMARKS
Tania Ferreira, Head of Event Content Production, Bonhill Group plc
Ramat Tejani, Founder and Chief Encouragement Officer, The Inspiration Box
Shereen Daniels, Managing Director, HR Rewired
INCLUSION IN TECH MEANS EVERYONE
2:10 KEYNOTE: Inclusive Teams Deliver
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that agile teams produce better outcomes. But is that really as true as we think? Is it working to an agile format, or something else that makes these teams really work?
It’s been almost 20 years since the Agile Manifesto was created. How has it changed the way we work? Is the way forward about what we do, how our teams look or how we think?
This session presents years of research done with many TW teams – and a way forward, intertwined with the Agile Manifesto. We give a vision for the future that builds on what the best teams already do – but often do unknowingly. By making these actions a mindset, conscious and thoughtful, we can have huge impacts.
Speaker
Dr. J Harrison, Harbinger of Change, ThoughtWorks
STREAM 1: FROM DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TO DIGITAL OPTIMISATION
2:35 PRESENTATION: Digital Transformation leading to Purpose-led Growth
Organisations have embarked upon the Digital Transformation journey and achieved a significant pace, it is crucial now for them to focus on transformation with a purpose. Addressing the need for healthier communities, sustainable and inclusive growth, nurturing our planet, and resilience to economic and environmental disruptions needs to be woven into the tapestry of an organisation’s agenda, and business model.
- Creating business models which are more purpose-driven, digital at the core, leverage the ecosystem, and look at the future to bring purpose to life
- Building on ambition and optimism to transform businesses for the better while driving purpose-led growth to unlock continuous business value
- Combining our know-how and innovation mindset supported by amazing things that technology can do, must lead to a meaningful future
Speaker
Satya Mishra, Vice President and Business Unit Head – BFSI, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
3:00 LIGHTNING TALKS: The Time For Digital Optimisation Is Now
- Evolving from digital transformation into digital optimisation
- Introducing citizen development – cross-departmental development, fresh perspectives and established requirements for internal innovation
- The power of employee upskilling and empowerment
- The low code, no code access model = continuity, efficiency, fulfillment, increased communication, digital literacy, low-cost and high returns
Moderator
Avril Chester, Chief Technology Officer, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
Speakers
Louise Brown, Digital Services and Diversity Lead, Heathrow
Kathleen Moore, Strategic Projects Director – Data and Architecture, HSBC
STREAM 2: SUPPORT IN TIMES OF TRANSITION
2:35 PRESENTATION: Together All The Way?
- How are you creating unity with Male colleagues and Leaders to create inclusion and balance?
- How will your organisation RISE to unity?
- Do you believe you are ‘Together All The Way’?
Speaker
Gavin Laybourne, CIO APMT and Head of Brands, Maersk Line Operation
Penny Richardson, Principal Engineer, Test Automation | Technology D&I Lead, Maersk Line Operation
3:00 LIGHTNING TALKS: Making a career shift during a pandemic – best or worst decision?
- What are considered the best and worst times to change jobs and/or careers
- Highlighting the challenges and opportunities pre- and during Covid
- How to successfully transition into tech from a different industry
- How to successfully shift into a new organisation
- The top five make or break factors
Moderator
Joanne Webb, Founder, The Girls Club – Network
Speaker
Barbara Gottardi, CIO, Vanguard Europe
Cecilia Harvey, CEO / Founder and Chair, Hyve Dynamics / Tech Women Today
3:35 CLOSING KEYNOTE – Get off your Sticky Floor. Liberate yourself with a Growth Mindset
- Glass ceiling? Or is it the Sticky floor? Taking charge of your own narrative and success
- Innovate for today or invest for tomorrow? The classic struggle and the adoption of a Growth Mindset
- Thriving in a VUCA world as a Woman Leader – 21st Century Feminine Leadership
Speaker
Ruchi Aggarwal, TEDx Speaker, Director Business Development, University of Lincoln
3:55 CLOSING REMARKS
4:10 – END OF SUMMIT
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