Make plans now to join CIOs, CTOs and other IT leaders on 24 Oct 2024 at the leading CIO conference in Hong Kong. At the conference you’ll hear how the CIO’s opportunities and responsibilities are expanding – and continue to do so in good times and bad. What is clear is that the CIO is expected to focus the organisation’s attention and energy towards delivering business outcomes.
“CIOs need to orchestrate peers, partners and the IT organization toward the business objectives. With a small, but powerful set of practices, CIOs will be the outcome-driven leader the organization needs,” said Christie Struckman, VP Analyst at Gartner.
The conditions for 2024 reflect a consistent theme of the past few years with uncertainties and volatility continuing to test the mettle of leadership across the board, the executive suite, and down the functional lines of the organisation.
The common thread is the recognition that technology will be central to not only achieving adaptive resilience but uncompromising growth – the Board knows this, and the Executive Suite is counting on this. For the CIO, the task of delivering business outcomes is all the more challenging when faced with calls for greater use of technology to power business initiatives, restrained budgets/resources, and greater pressures for accountability not just for what has been spent but for what is yet to come.
The 2nd FutureCIO Hong Kong Conference is back to Kowloon Shangri-La Hong Kong on 24 October 2024, bringing together seasoned IT professionals in Hong Kong to discover the behind-the-scenes machinations that will drive to the state of innovation and discuss:
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
CIOs, CTOs, Directors, Heads, MDs, SVPs, VPs, Leads, involved in:
The FutureCFO Conference aims to give CFOs, who also act as their company’s strategic business partner and catalyst, insights on ensuring corporate growth and successfully mitigating risks and challenges amidst the current economic and political uncertainties in their countries. The conference will also address strategies and best practices on how CFOs can reimagine finance functions and their organizations to survive and thrive in today’s fast-paced and digitally driven landscape.
This by-invitation only one-day event will gather over 120 senior finance leaders from multiple industries and offers the best opportunity to hear from the industry’s leading professionals, contribute questions from the floor, engage in incisive panel discussions that discuss real-life business cases, updates and strategies to meet the most pertinent challenges facing the finance function in 2020.
We gather 20+ industry speakers and experts from leading organizations for keynote presentations and incisive discussions so you can tap on their invaluable insights and best practices important to your finance function management and transformation.
Be part of our interactive panel discussions that address the current hot topics, share ideas and experiences and get the answers to your pressing questions from prominent finance leaders on stage.
Meet new business partners, engage and forge new connections with fellow finance and treasury leaders in the region, solution providers and many more at our event through luncheons, coffee breaks, one-to-one meetings and informal introductions.
8 hours of learning and networking opportunities packed into 10 in depth sessions. Listen to corporate-driven best practices and case studies sharing that are targeted to your profession through the personalized country-specific conferences we crafted for you - FutureCFO Conferences.
09:00
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
09:15
An IDC study, mentions that digital infrastructure is set to drive 43% of business revenue in Asia by 2027. From adopting customer-centric mindset to embracing product-based approaches, CIOs need to redesign their IT framework and strategy to guarantee continuous business transformation.
Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
09:50
According to Triton Market Research, the global Everything as A Service (XaaS) market is estimated to witness revenue at a CAGR of 20.94% during the forecast period 2023-2030 and is expected to reap revenue worth $2610.98 billion by 2030. Why does XaaS matter to business?
10:15
In an era of on-going disruptions, the leadership team tend to have ambitious business agendas that require technology. CIOs need to step in and manage broad portfolio of enterprise technology required to transform, innovate and run the business. To achieve these, CIOs need to deliver tech at speed, innovate at scale and harness the power of human-centred and bold leadership.
Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
10:50
11:20
Gartner forecast that worldwide public cloud end user spending will reach $679 billion in 2024, with GenAI driving cloud model innovation. As enterprises strengthen their efforts in managing growing volume of data across environments and begin operationalising GenAI, the use of cloud will be intensified to drive flexibility and growth.
Senior Representative, DYNATRACE
11:45
In order to thrive and succeed in today’s challenging business landscape, quite often than not, enterprises need to become more customer-centric, innovative, inclusive and sustainable. However, to drive the change needed to ensure successful enterprise-wide transformation, introducing new technologies alone is not enough.
Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
12:20
13:45
14:00
14:40
The era of widespread adoption of Generative AI (GenAI) tools have come. AI has captured the attention of many IT leaders and reaching more users. CIOs must prepare to fit emerging transformative technologies, such as GenAI, into the enterprise’s digital planning and technology investments.
Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
15:10
The session explores how the democratization of technology is impacting leadership responsibilities, accountability and decision rights.
INTERVIEWER:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
15:35
16:05
AI technologies have redefined the boundaries of what are possible, offering unprecedented insights and recommendations based on enterprise’s data, process and assets. This session will address how the convergence of AI & ML significantly transforms and enhances EA capabilities, thus improving analytics across data, business processes and agility.
16:30
IDC predicts that by 2026, 60% of CIOs will find their roles being challenged by line-of-business (LOB) counterparts who can better demonstrate the ability to align technology with organisation’s mission and customers.
As an enabler that solves business’s problems and needs, IT is a powerful catalyst for business’ progress, innovation and efficiency. Therefore, to emerge as a true business enabler, CIOs must have profound understanding of the organisation’s wider goals and act as business’ strategic partner.
Moderator:
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
17:05
Allan Tan, Group Editor-in-Chief, CXOCIETY
17:15
Group Editor-in-Chief
CXOCIETY
Director of Information Technology
HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Country Manager
SYNOLOGY
Head of IT, Asia
RGA REINSURANCE GROUP
Vice President (Cutting-Edge Technologies)
HONG KONG COMPUTER SOCIETY
Head of STP Platform
HONG KONG SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PARKS CORPORATION (HKSTP)
CTO
PRENETICS
VP, Senior Research Director
FORRESTER
CISO
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HONG KONG
Head of Data Management
NEW WORLD GROUP (NEW WORLD CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED)
CTO
LI & FUNG
IT Director, Asia
CREE LED
Head of Technical Services
MyTV SUPER LIMITED
CTO
DECATHLON HONG KONG
Director, Strategic Accounts
EQUINIX ASIA-PACIFIC
Director- Head of Infrastructure and Operations
ANGLO-EASTERN
Technology Project Director
AIA
Cybersecurity Architect – Greater China
CISCO SYSTEMS (HK)
Regional Director, Technology Innovation
PRUDENTIAL
CIO
UNI-CHINA GROUP
Regional IT Head, APAC
PRADA GROUP
Executive Manager IT Enterprise Applications
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Head of IT & Business Information Security Leader
P&G HONG KONG & TAIWAN
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